New-York tribune., 1901-06-30
LONG BRANCH.
GOLF LINKS IN PLENTY FOR SUMMER
soJoURNERs- HORSE SHOW

PRIZE LIST.
Long Branch. y. J.. June % (speciaD.-Long
Branch is lively. While the season OF 1901 will not
be at its best until after the Fourth of July the
cottage colonies filled while the hotels are
entertaining their quota of guests. There is every
indication OF a successful season. although II de-
pends largely upon the weather With warm
weather and plenty Of IL. during July and August,
nothing but a successful season Will follow. All
OF the hotels with the exception OF the old Atlantic,
which will not open until next Thursday, are enter
tanning guests by the hundred.
There will be no end of amusements for the sum-
mer guests The introduction OF matinee races at
Elkwood Park next Thursday marks the opening
OF that picturesque resort. where fashion and
beauty will be never before. Under tho
present management. the Monmouth Field Club.
otherwise known the Gentlemen's Driving and
Field Club of Monmouth County. series Of inter-
esting events will be off between now and Sep
tember The success of the club is no longer
a question Of doubt All OF the leading cottagers
between Deal and SeabrIght down season
members when all of the cottagers unite moth
ing but success OF the richest kind will follow.
The management has spared neither money nor
time to make things comfortable for its patrons.
Besides matinee racing and trap shooting for the
men, golf and tennis be played by the gentler
sex. who have headquarters OF their own in the
The opening OF Pleasure Bay Park which was
mark is the Mecca for those who like the opera
and swell dinners in which the luscious soft clam
agement this seasan. George S. Startling. who will
have charge Of the plays Is well known IN the
The bathing season is little slow in opening up.
There is every indication, however Of the best in
the history Of Long Branch should the weather
permit Nearly everything TO insure success in
summer must depend little on the weather Plenty
OF hot weather viii I'LL the hotels II will also
take a plunge in the surf with the thermometer
for play being the Norwood Field Club. at Norwood
Park. which opened last Saturday. The Norwood
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Norwood Park and Elberon. The slberon cottagers
cottagers in enjoy the bathing privileges
the Elberon Beach Club. The links at Hollywood
ing games Two tournaments were played last
Saturday. the successful players being Frank Hurd
While the big sign giving notice that the ground
been posted the members not losing any sleep
over The prospects of being without quarters next
TO look up land for in 1902. The club has
Park which will make desirable links The Holly
wood Club is OF the largest along the coast.
hundred, while many applications in transit.
The Ekwood Golf Club win be more popular than
ever this The course is in fine condition,
special attention having been given TO it early in
The oldest cottage at EIberon has been torn down
TO make room for a handsome country seat. The
early in the nineteenth century, has disappeared.
ana me owner a OF tnS nve acre pS1; & Da1ea
country seat The new Guggenheim place will be-
when completed one Of the finest country seats
The prize list OF the annual Monmouth County
Horse Show issued to-day. The exhibition
which viii be given on July g. a and q will from
present indications be most successful. The list OF
special prizes finds the following contributors: Ed
ward Kemp Jacob Rothschild. Edward F. Murphy
Robert S. McCreery, Frank J. Gould, Edward
Kelly. Edward Wasserman, Aurel Batonyi, the
West End Hotel, the association, Fiss Doerr Il
Carroll and Brewster Co. J. T. Hyde
tributes a prize for the best saddle horses R F
Carman Thomas y. Maitland and the Hollywood
Hotel and Cottage Company also contributors
Life at Elberon without the existence OF the
Beach Club would be lonely. The club was or
ganized for specific purpose, that giving to its
members exclusive bathing privileges, which were
denied the cottagers up to five years ago The
ba thing grounds OF the Beach Club have no su-
perior along the Jersey coast. The officers of the
club are: President. p. Sanford Ross: vice-presi-
dent, Henry E. Smith; secretary and treasurer
H b. Billings.
at Elberon. He is occupying an ocean front
cottage the Smith cottage. His father, Peter
Iauck sr.. is with his daughter. Mrs J. B. Bis
sell