Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-06-11
THE COUNTRY CLUB
Review Of the Sports, Field and
Aquatic Last Week.
Many improvements mt tho Club
Thirty .lve Aero Golf Liuks Being
competed, These 90 BE tho Best
Links I'm the State.

The contests between members of the
Country Club. which were to have been
held at the club yesterday afternoon,
were called off on account of the rain.
These contests as mentioned in yester-
comical races, such as a three-legged
race, a sack race. a wheelbarrow race.
etc, and an exhibition game of Singer
quolts and a ladies' shooting contest.
Yesterday was the last day Of the
field sports arranged by the commit
tee, and it is not probable that these
contests will be held at all now. The
club members were very much disap-
pointed because of the interference OF
the rain with the program for yester-
day. The usual Saturday afternoon re-
ception was not held. The Naval Post
band went out to the club, but very few
members put in appearance before
O'Clock so there were no exercises
whatever until that hour, when dancing
WAS indulged in.
The field sports of the club were quito
successful and interesting last week
despite the record breaking hot days.
The sports began Tuesday with tub
race in the river in front of the club.
There were Il number of tubs in tho
men: Messrs. Wellington Hardy. Theo.
$. Garnett, Jr.. w. NJ. Moore. ]. S.
Taylor +. w. Mccullough, r. c. Tay-
lor. Thomas w. Tannor, y. NJ. Osborne,
Jr., T. y. Williams, II. c.. Whitehead,
w. ii. Taylor, Jr., j. Hugh Henry
Frank w. Taylor, Tench f. Tilghman
and n. +. Wilmer. After a contest,
equally exciting and amusing. Mr.. r.
G. Taylor was declared the naviga tor
of tubs, and he will be thus distinguish
cd until the next aquatic sports of the
club are held at any rate.
Wednesday was the day OF the tennis
tournament. which Mr. ]. S. Taylor. Mr..
L. S. Garnet, Jr., Mr.. Hugh G. White
head and Mr.. Washington Reed were
entered. These four gentlemen are con-
sidered the best tennis players of the
club. though there are many other eX-
cellent players. The contest Wednes-
day resulted in favor of Mr.. Tay-
lor and Mr.. Whitehead, and Friday at
ternoon these gentlemen played each
other for the championship, Mr.. White
head Whining because OF his superior
STRATEGY ehd agility.
The htndball game Thursday between
Mr.. FrLnh w. Mccullough and Hugh
G.. Whitehead resulted in IL victory for
Mr.. Mnf>o lo.tgh, thus making him tho
champion Anndballist of the club.
There hnvs been a number of i'm
4
ing of spring. These improvements
have been in connection with the bowl
Ing alley, the tennis court and the golf
links, and there have also been i'm
provements along the road leading to
the club. At the clubhouse new lock-
ers have been put In, and the sewering
system has been enlarged.
The Country Club was never more
prosperous, as is shown by the fact that
the finest golf links in Virginia are be-
ing laid out and constructed by the
club. The links, when completed, will
cover about thirty-hve acres. They
are already in shape for playing. and
several golf games have been played
since spring. These are the only links
around Norfolk. with the exception of
the Virginia Beach links. which. 1t Is
said, Will not compare with the Coun-
try Clubs links when the latter shah
have been completed.
Among the three hundred and TWEEN
ty-five members of the club, there are
about forty golf players, half OF these
being ladies. The construction of the
links here will doubtless create n wide
golf enthusiasm. Norfolk, like the ma
jority of Southern cities. has not SO
many golf enthusiasts as cities of equal
size in the North. but this is because
OF the absence of n golf link in the
Immediate vicinity of the city.