New-York tribune., 1902-08-27
CANFIELD'S NEW CLUB.
HE PLANS A MAGNIFICENT RESORT FOR
SARATOGA
TO BE BEST KNOWN FOR OTHER THINGS
THAN GAMBLINCtWORK TO
BEGIN AT ONCE.
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Sara tnga. y. Y. Aug. 26-Richard A. Garfield
will close the Saratoga Club for the season on
Saturday night. and when it reopens next sum-
those who knew il this summer will rub
their eyes and wonder if it is the same place.
Scarcely will the employees have vacated the
building before it will he turned to the con-
tractors and the architect who have been in
struCted To make changes, additions and altera-
tions that will result in one of the most COM
modious and artistic restaurants and supper
the world. Clarence Luce. Of New
York. was instructed some time ago to draw
up plans and specif1ca tions for the changes Mr.
Garfield has had in mind for months and he
has so far completed his labors that work
the foundations viii he begun next week. and
prosecuted with such diligence that the new
structure will he boarded m before snow falls
The gaming side of the Saratoga Club has
been we'll nigh overshadowed this summer by
the social side. Night after night the supper
room has been crowded by gay parties of men
and women which often included representa-
tives of the most modish folk in the country.
So great has been the demand for tables that
they had to he engaged two three days in
advance to make Of getting them. The
improvements that Mr. Garfield has ordered VIII
stll further emphasize the social side Of the
club. and it wo.,id not HA surprising if in time
" an adjunct to other things
The present supper room is 9S by ~ feet
When the improvements are completed it will he
9S by so feet or more than double its present
size. As it will ne for summer use only every
effort viii be made to give II u light and airy
appearance The architecture will he purely
colonial in every detail and saverest simplicity
will he the rradominating note The color
scheme will he white and between the present
room and its extension viii rise a row of So
verely beautiful white pillars twelve feet apart
Bow windows will open on the east the north
and the west while out over the lawn on the
east will bend wide arched window fun of
squares of stained glass. Between the windows
the walls will he covered with mirrors divided
with scores of small panes. which will reflect
the light at hundred different angles. The
ceiling will he composed of many plaster panels
all in white and behind each will he a ventilator
10 let the cool air in and the dead air out.
The extension will he only one story in
height and the kitchen and the pantry will be
equipped as elaborately that of any hotel in
New-York the world The decorative work
o.: the Interior while already laid out will not
he. done until spring but the entire job will he
completed before the opening of the next season
But the most interesting and significant thing
about the pending ena rgement of the club is
the fact that it foreshadows a far greater Sara
toga Club. Mr. Garfield now owns all the prop
erty on the block bounded by Union-ave.. Circu-
Iar-st Putnam-st. and Spring-st The only
buildings standing there the Saratoga Club.
some cottages and. away over in Spring-st-
some stables whose leases will not expire until
the spring of 1904. 1t he authortatively
stated that not long after these leases expire
the buildings will be pulled down. and Mr. Can
field will be in position To execute a long
cherished project.
There will ne huiit the brow of the hill
above the present clubhouse an Imposing struCt-
ure designed to attract the best IN money ana
culture that the country produces Nhlle MI
Canfield is known gambler the most sue
cessfrlI i'm this country and possibly in the world.
he will do everything in his power to make the
new Saratoga club best known for things other
than gambling. There will be facilities there. OF
course for those who wish TO gamble. but the
ga ming room VIII ne deciusuiN III the pd'N-
ground. co.
The feature of the Saratoga club will he
it's theatre and concert hall. and with these 1t Is
designed to add a feature to Saratoga ltfe-
If money can do IT, the highest dramatic talent
and the best music in the world Will he avail
able in future for the thousands who come TO
Saratoga. In the new clubhouse there VIII he a
number. OF private supper rooms and rooms
where private parties may amuse themselves
with their faVorite card games, reading room
supplied with all the current periodical htera-
ture of the world. restaurant on the most elaD-
crate and elegant scale, billiard room baths
Of every kind, and. in fact every convenience
Of the hest appointed metropolitan clubs
AT present Saratoga enjoys no variety OF
entertainment after the races over, but If
Mr. canfeld's long cherished plans are realized.
and he is confident that they VIII pc reahzed'
much will be done to make greater Saratoga
y Saratoga which can we'll compare with any
resort in The world that courts the patronage OF
wealth that needs amusement and refreshment-