The Washington times., 1906-03-25
SOCIETY TURNS FROM
TEAPOTS TO TROUT
Fishing Season Opens This Week and Izaak WaItons Mil
lionare Cult Will Migrate to Country Homes.
Crinoline Ball Will Be Exclusive.
By CHoLLY KNICKERBoCKER.

Society viii go a-fshing ait the end OF
this week. that is to say those members
thereof who are fortunate enough TO
belong to the various trout fishing clubs
on Long Island. For the trout fishing
season opens on Saturday next, and Oh
Friday there viii be an exodus from
town of number OF millionaire dis
ciples of The cult of Izaak Walton TO
the Long Island clubs in question, so as
to be ready for the sport on the trout
preserves by daylight on Saturday
morning.
These clubs. about a dozen IN number,
are very exclusive. have long list Of
waiting members and most commodious-
ly equipped club houses with extensive
preserves supplied from their own trout
hatcheries. Perhaps the best known of
all the clubs is that bearing the title
of the South Side Sportsman's, to which
w. X Vanderbilt. ST.. and his son, w
X. jr.. w. Bayard Cutting. August Bel
mont. II. NICK. Twombly, Howard VIII
lets. Richard T Wilson, jr, James H
Hyde, Andrew Carnegie. Senator George
Peabody wetmore. Julien T Davies
and f c. Bourne belong Each of the
two hundred members is compelled to
own Share of the stock the par value
Of which is 500. and it's actual worth
about $1,000. Until May 10 the whipping
OF the waters comprised in the preserves
Is restricted exclusively to the members
of the club, and it is only after that
lapse Of time that the privileges are ex-
tended to the family. and to their
guests. The preserves of the yiub,
which are famous as a sanctuary for
Ions Island deer. as well as for trout
fishing include a stretch of country
comprising about $500 acres near Oak
dale. along the main line of I, Long
Island railroad.
The Connetguot brook. which empties
into Great river. connects the three
chief ponds with the small or Slade
pond. and the brooks furnish the fishing
waters. The hatcheries are very extern
sive and permit the club TO set aside
nearly 2G.OO0 yearling trout each season
for its own use and to sell the sur
plus 10 other clubs The main club
house is a picturesque and rambling
structure rather old-fashioned. The
annex. a more modern building of the
colonial order of architecture is at all
times reserved as a bachelors hall. on
either side of the hall OF the old club
house are racks holding the light rods
of the members ready for use. and often
with the flies used for the last cast
Above each rod Is the card of the own
er. constituting directory that holds
many names famous in the annals OF
amateur sport.
Owing to the heavy rains of the win
ter the trout have had an unusually
plentiful supply Of natural food. so that
they are in lusty condition. and should
furnish the best of sport from the open
ing day on Saturday next onward.
Earl Grey's Visit.
Another event of note this week will
be the visit to New York of the Gov
ernor General of Canada with the
Countess Grey, their daughter. Lady
Evelyn Grey. and their niece. Lady
Katherine Beauclerk. daughter of the
late Duke of st. Adams. Lord Grey
who is coming down here from Ottawa
for the purpose of attending the ban
quet given in his honor by the Pilgrims
at the Waldorf-Astoria on Saturday
next, will stay with Lady Grey at the
house OF Former Ambassador and Mrs.
Choate. while Lady Evelyn Grey and
Lady Katherine BeaucIerk will be the
guests of W Butler Duncan, sr.,
Fifth avenue
The visit of the governor general
will be notable as constituting the first
instance of the ruler of the Dominion
being publicly entertained in New York
and Secretary Root and other members
of the Cabinet. as well as Archbishop
Farley, Governor Higgins, and numer-
Gus personages of light and leading
will be present at the Pilgrims banquet
to welcome him During the stay of
the Greys in New York, which will
extend over several days, a number of
entertainments will be given for them
by those of the fashionable set who
have enjoyed the hospitality of Lord
and Lady Grey and of their predeces-
sOrs and relatives, Lord and Lady
Mimic, at Rideau Hall. Ottawa.
That Crinoline Ball.
The intimation that none but the
grandchildren or great-grandchiIdren
of those who took part in the old AS
sembly balls of New York would be re-
garded qualified TO attend the so
called Crinoline dance at the Astor
House. in lower Broadway. on Wednes-
day, April IS. has rendered many eager
for cards, in order to furnish demon I
stration Of the fact that their member |
ship of what is known as society comes
to them by Inheritance rather than by |
invasion. But owing to the limited I
space at the disposal of the manage
ment Of the ball the invitations have
been limited TO 500, all Of which have
already been issued. Those left out in |
the cold. however. may console them |
selves with the information that a !
large contingent of the guests. and |
even some Of the patronesses of the en- |
tertainment, are unable 10 furnish the
ancestral requirements in question, and |
that the attendance at the ball will /
represent not merely the older
touches" of society, but also the new
est
Still the scene presented by The en- |
tertainment viii be very old-fashioned. /
To begin with. the dancing will take
place in the same room which was used |
for the Assembly balls sixty years ago. |
and now employed as a dining room by
the hotel, and as it has undergone no |
structural alterations in all these years. |
and as even the decorations remain un-
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