New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-10
THE NEWPORT ROUND.
Prospects of Sporting Seaso"
-Uany Entertainments.

Newport r T. July (specaD.-Within the last
few days society in Newport has taken on ihu0'-
life and there has been a continual round or enter
tainments, although none on a large scale; YET NJ
has been enough to keep the society foIA on tie
move and there has been dull evening IoI the
last week. Many OF the leading entertainers Llr
arrived during the week. notably Mrs oilFet Il l.
Belmont and she began her season OF enteF1a1LiIIs
the dav after her arrival with luncheon at Be-
court. Monday, the Fourth Of July. was Oh eo'A''e'
the busy day, and there were scores OF IuhcHeoiis
and dinner parties in the day and evening lth ti
men the event OF the day, which had been 4ookeu
forward to with much expectation was the opening
OF the Clam Bake Club and the 'shanty at last
on's Point was crowded with those bent on a goou
time After the bake" had been eaten the altei
noon was spent in sports including naseDaIi
game Elisha Dyer ir, in the absence OF the presi-
dent of the club, master of ceremonies
In the evening there scores OF dinner par
ties including given by Mrs Hermann Oe4rlchs
at Rosecliff which followed by display Oh
fireworks Mrs Oelrichs had mandolin clup
present for the entertainment Of her guests. MIS-
Pembroke Jones also entertained. giving a
luncheon in the afternoon on board the steam
yacht Narada and a dinner at Inchiquin in the
evening.
The Newport Horse Show Association has issued
its prize list the show to be held at the casino
the first week in September, and there is every IN
dcation that it will be the best show that the as
ISOLATION has ever held The money prizes aggFe-
gate $500 and in addition TO this there Will
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tagers. The demand for boxes has already pee been
large and the indications are that the supply WI!
be too small to meet the demand The show IS heIo
at the Casino and 1t is lT1possio!e 10 aug more
boxes. and in consequence OF this many OF the box
holders engage their boxes from one year TO an
other.
1t Is evident that # is 10 be sporting season at
Newport and in addition to the tennis tournament
and the polo tournament 1t is announced that there
IS to be some fiat racing in August and that auto
mobiles will be Speeded on the Second Beach II
was hoped to have d racetrack built for this
have been secured for The iat races There is a
half mile track around the polo field and here
meet of two three days Will be held. The auto
mobile racing at the Second Beach Will prove an
interesting feature of the season. The beach
being over a mile in length and there being some
fast machines in Newport, there should be some
will be the dog show, and there IS indication OF
coaching parade early in September. In the line
and the special class of thirty footers which for
several years have raced daily off Newport. VIII
be much in evidence There are 10 be races
6 Cub however 9" mere 0y TIE Ns"-4 OH 1'-'
Mrs. stuyvesant Fish is 10 arrive at Newport for
the season the coming week, and with her ARRIVAL
viii see the beginning of a number of notable en-
tertainments Crossways has been made ready for
her coming. and the grounds were never more al
tractive than they at present 1t is understood
that Mrs. Fish arrives she and
Mrs Hermann OeIrichs and Mrs. Oliver II. p. Bel
mont will once get work on plans for a novel
of August II is announced that Mrs Fish has an
idea which she means to carry out. and that the
entertainment that she will give will eclipse any
thing before given in Newport
the season. joining her father at Wakehurst AS
soon as Miss Van Allen arrived she set to work In
she was much concerned when she Informed
that she would have to make declaration as to
~, Inn sajd mai sbe tbought that everybody
should be treated alike and that an arrangement
should be made whereby persons would not have
10 wait forty-elght hours before they could get
their property.