New-York tribune., 1905-04-16
ATLANTIC CITY AFFAIRS.
The Golf tournament Early Bath
ing-ConUentions to Meet.

mas oeen the one week OF the spring in which
everything OF a sporting nature gave way to
soF' The annual tournament OF the Atlantic
City Country Club took place on the links at
-sorthneid the last three days of the week The
uay nor the start was not good. It rained hard
IN the morning so that the starting Of the
pairs could not be made on the scheduled hour.
Dut u cleared away little later so that the
tournament could begin and then everything
went on smoothly. The tournament was the
largest ever held in this country, with the ex-
oepuon OF the national championship event. in
winch there were las starters. In this tourna-
Inent there were 13O starters. including some OF
the pest known players OF the country. Among
the latter were A. L. White. the present inter
colegiate champion; w. Lawrence Gunther and
Charies L. Tappin. two of the well known met
ropoltan champions; four members of the
FoWnes family, of Pittsburg, who have achieved
no little success and honor in the game; Jasper
Lynch and G. G. Patterson, the Lakewood
experts. and the Towneses from Chicago and
many others equally we'll known to the goling
world.
Last week Miss Georgiana Bishop of Bridge
port, Conn.,. was present almost every day at the
Country Club links. Miss Bishop who is the
champion woman golfer Of the United States.
made several excellent scores at the links of
the Country Club. which she declares among the
best that she has ever played over.
A man OF good address walked into the Hotel
Wiltshire, in Virginia-ave. the other day. and
after his name he made a circle, and within
that he placed the letter H over the crossbar
he placed the figure and beneath the figure Is.
The clerk looked at the visitor interrogatively
and the man. divining what was going on. re-
marked: Il expect you think that is a rather
queer looking thing to place after a signature
on a hotel register. but the fact is that is the
IL Of
we are obliged to place that after our names
wherever We register. The order is called the
Homeless 26.' and was formed at Pittsburg
last Thanksgiving Day. BY some singular CO.
incidence there were twenty-six travelling men
met in one Of the hotels there on that day. and
ali were thrown together in the afternoon.
| While discussing our absent families some one
suggested that form order and call it
| The Homeless 26.' The suggestion seemed to
please every one and it was done at special
dinner. which we had arranged that night. We
! pay a funeral benefit Of $3.50 for each member
! The initiation fee is S1.26 and the dues are 26
| cents a quarter. Since the day the order was
formed II has grown into membership of 300
travelling and professional men who are Obliged
10 be away from their homes 1t is simply an
/ organization to promote good fellowship on the
road"
The Atlantic City Horse Show Association has
| decided that it will present innovation in
the shape Of a night show this year. The dates
! fixed for the annual show at Inlet Park
/ July Is to y. inclusive. and on the last three
nights the show viii be held under electric light
| as well as in the day. President Waters be-
Aeves that il will be feature that will take
with the visitors at the resort.
Mary ]. Clements has won her suit against
/ the Young -NcShea Amusement Company and
she viii be permitted to continue to sell orange
! boardwalk She had leased the place for ten
/ Wear md at rnn 0fraTf Of Tho
/ company sought to eject her on the ground that
! Captain John L. Young had no right TO execute
the lease in the name of the company The
/ Vice-Chancellor holds that it would be inequi-
table TO allow the company TO shield itself be-
| hind an informality Of this character, and has
ruled that the lease is proper and that the
tenant may occupy the premises
| The season Of this year is so far ahead Of
! that Of previous years that the shOpkeepers
| along the boardwalk are delighted at the ex-
| cellent business which they doing. Or
dinarily the little shops on the upper part of the
! boardwalk do not open their doors before the
latter part of June the first of July. but this
year they are all open. and there is such large
crowd Of people here that they are doing
good business.
Five bathers. three men and two young
women. sported in the surf near the Casino the
other morning, and they were apparently enjoy
ing the whole affair One of the young women
admitted that when she first dipped In the
waters OF the ocean she thought she had sud-
denly dropped into portion Of the waters Of
the North Pole. but added, 1t wasn't so bad
after your first plunge
The Rev David Mills of Washington, a chap
lain in the United States Army is spending
couple Of weeks here for the benefit Of his
health.
The United States Brewers Association will
hold its annual convention in this city on June
8. and 8. 1t is estimated by the secretary.
Charles J. Warner. Of New-York, that there will
be about three thousand delegates in attend
ance. At the same time the National Hotel
Mems Mutual Benefit Association viii be meet
ing in this city, and there will be about the
same number of delegates in attendance on that
meeting. so that the usually dull month Of June
viii have at least one lively week Besides the
registered delegates upon each convention, they
viii bring large number of friends and rela-
tives along, that outside of the usual number
OF visitors at that season Of the year, there will
be about ten thousand extra brought by the
holding Of the two conventions here
Everything will be the dog show next week.
The annual show Of the Atlantic City Kennel
Association VIII be held at Young's Pier. and,
as there are nearly twelve hundred dogs entered
in the lists it will be of the largest shows
OF the country for this year. Samuel Untermyer,
OF New-York. who is reputed 10 own the finest
collection Of collies in the world has entered all
OF them for this show. and Reginald Vanderbilt
bas entered his kennel of valuable French bull
dogs. The show will be the best in the history
OF the local association
United States Senator Bacon Of Georgia. who
stricken Ill while on his way to the recent
closing session Of Congress. at which time he
was to speak on the Panama question. is here
for the benefit Of his health. He here di-
rectly after his Illness, and is staying at one Of
the large beachfront hotels He has greatly i'm
proved since his advent at the shore, and be-
lieVes that in the course Of few weeks he will
be entirely well, and able TO go back to his
home.
Baron Moncheur the Belgian Minister and
his three charming daughters are spending a
few weeks at the shore this spring. They are
the Brighton, and are living quietly while
here. They spend much Of their time on the
boardwalk. taking long walks along the ocean
front.
O. L. McCurdy. H. L. Davidson. w. Heritage,
J. Thompson and F. G. Stocker, five young
TobiiadelDhians walked TO this CITY last Sunday