The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-13

clubs is for a party of half a dozen ad-
vocates to get together and demand
that it be added to the clubs attrac-
game of bowls has been established on
the lawns Of several country clubs
Archery also has gained favor in GER
tain quarters, but at present this is
more of country home attraction than
a club feature.
Delights OF Many Sports.
The growing delights of automobiIing.
ancient game Of golf, lawn tennis, boat
ing yachting, in which must be includ-
ed motor boating, all leap into active
existence in May From the present
date until May so, which, owing to its
holiday features, is for many sports the
great opening day of the year. the
varied interests of country club activity
viii multiply rapidly.
Polo has already begun at Van Cort-
Iandt park. where the members of
Squadron A practice, and on May 20 the
first match game viii be played. Some
OF the best clubs in the United States
have journeyed to Van Cortlandt to
meet the military troopers, and it is a
great credit to the excellence of this
public field that the Polo association
chose it for the national championship
meeting next fall. Polo is a more ex-
pensiVe sport than many of the other
dIuuSeIHeAlS LudL the man OF InOQ6SL
means may enjoy at his faVOrite club
in New Jersey or Long Island. New
ertheless there have never been so
many young polo players as within the
last two or three years. In the vicinity
Of New York there are eleven flourish
ing polo clubs Westminster, Meadow
Brook and Rockaway were among the
pioneers and the recent additions are
Great Neck, Rumson, Somerset at
Bernardsville, Lakewood Whippany
river a ATorFicfrzrrr7 nd
the squadron A team, while Essex
county, one of the original clubs, is
about to revive the game on it's old
field Tuxedo was once a great polo
there, and tennis, golf, fishing and
winter amusements supply the chief
sporting attractions for the Tuxedo
colony.
The Influence of Golf.
It is safe to say that the athletic girl
Of today owes most of her prestige to
golf. With the exception of women's
tennis tournaments. and the occasional
sight of a woman riding to hounds over
the Hampstead plains, the far sex
few years ago had little opportunity of
participating in healthful sports. Today
the mixed fOursome in golf vieS in pop
ularity with the mixed doubles in ten
mis-. WOmen's teams visit neighboring
clubs, playing team contests. and not
content with this, the fair golfers of
New York Philadelphia and Boston
compete every year in a series of in
tercity matches for a valuable silver
cup presented by Clement A. Griscom
Of Philadelphia.
The number of golf clubs within the
vicinity of New York easily surpasses
that of all other clubs devoted to par
ticular objects. Indeed, a golf course
has become so much of necessity that
it is difficult to find a club that does
not possess one, even though contain
ing no more than nine holes Again,
many golf clubs have gradually ex-
panded into complete country clubs.
Some of the most notable examples of
this sort are the Ardsley club, the
Country club of Lakewood, the Nassau
Country club, the Norris County Coun-
try club, Baltusrol and KnollwOod.
The Ardsley club is now one of the
show places along the Hudson river. It
was started by many of the wealthy
residents of TarrytOwro Irvlngton,
DObbs Ferry and Hastings. It has been
for several years the terminus of the
the Holland house. One of the famous
old residences near the club, Ardsley
towers, has been rented for the coaching
season by Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred GWynne
Vanderbilt. The roads in the vicinity
invite driving and automObiling, while
the private yacht quarters accommO-
date during the summer many palatial
steam and sailing yachts. The golf
course mas rev SlValS IN the country
while tennis is always popular. The
Ardsley golf women have been among
the most energetic in the metropolitan
district. The women's championship
has been held there and Ardsley was
also the scene of the first intercollegiate
golf championship. The natural beau
ties of Ardsley add a peculiar charm to
the place. and, as a club that uphOlds
the best traditions of a social and
sporting country club, Ardsley ranks
among the leaders.
The Monmouth County Hunt meets
there, polo is one of the annual attrac-
tons on the Georgian court fields, while
the open air horse show on the grounds
of the Country club is the first Of the
long series of similar events in the local
district. At ATorristOwn golf again was
the precursor of more ambitious sports.
The women of Madison and Morristown
really organized the Morris County
Golf club in 1885. Seven holes and a
few acres of land marked the begin
nings of what is now one of the longest
and best eighteen-hole courses in the
country. Both the mems and women's
championships have been held there and
the women will meet there again next
October.-New York Times.