The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-14
BATHING AT TIANA BEACH
WHERE BOATs FIOCk FROM THE
SHORES or SHINNECOtk BtI.
4 Morning sail, . NIP In the surf and
Then the sail Back scenes Familiar
Co Many summer Visitors AleoE
I.Sag islands Southern shores.

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Typical Of many ocean bathing places
along Long Islands southern shore -
TianA Beach: people get to II IN boats
For many miles along the island =
southern cnast the oCean beach. with its
hacking Of sand dunes constitutes a long
marrow strip 10 land separated from tn"
main land hack 80 IL 10y long extending
salt water bays and with inlets here and
there Ia tn. ocean az These hays tn the
westward ther. ~ the Great South hay e.
to the east 10 that Moriche- Raw. and
east 81 MOriches lies Shinnecuok Bay
TiAna Beach - on tn. ocean side 81 the
long strip 80 beach aud dunes fronting
Shinnecock. and a. To- island locality
about south 90 Good Ground. II takes
its name from TianA Raw. which ~ a
mile or more long and half a mile wide
From its shores a. from places all around
Shinnecock Ray. people come to TiAnG
Beach To battle: from Past Quoque and
Springville and Ponquopis and from
around Ponquogue Point. on which
stands Shinnecock light
Morning IN the time when the people
go Ia bathe. II the weather faVors. and
Sunday morning is the greatest day in
the week Built out from the back 81
the beach into tho waters 81 the hay II a
long narrow wharf at which the boats
tie up. the sailboais an one side and the
motor boats on the other. and un a fair
bright morning with "A good breeze you
mi ght find tied up here Cloee tn a hundred
boats, three -fourths uf them sailbOats,
including a few sloops. hut mostly cat
boats. and not very many NJ these sail
boats ~ any sort With auxiliary power
On Shinnscock the sAilhoats still depend
mostly on sails alone Among. the motor
boats YOU find all sorts.
TN fair morning you sec coming
across the hay from all directions. cover
ing DISTANCES Of from two to fi'e miles.
from points around the shores sail boats
and motor boats in great numben.
Their courses arr all con verging on this
long. narrow wharf AZ the hack 81 TianA
l-ach. and when they have all got there
you NAV count along on one aide 81 the
wharf their sides touching and the boats
sonnet lmes two ttcrs dep. sixty or sew
enty sailhoats and on the other side,
made fast along. a sCore or more nj motor
motor boats. thesa boats bringing from
five to tvs enty or more people each,
summer boarderp from the hotels and
I boarding houses around. com. for the
sai and to- take dip IN the surf or To
; look on from the beach
I A. YOU walk up from the wharf Ia the
! headauartsrs building 81 the bathing
I establishment here the first thing that
strikes YOU is bulletin on which you
500 pcS ed the bathing conditions OF the
day. II the bathing this day il dangerous
/ the bulletin SAYS 50. and It gives also the
temperature Of the air and ot the water
and the trend Of the current On the beach
! Al this headquart ens YOU check your
{ valuAbles II you are going to hathe and
l.. l. NnNu
though most II the hnShers bring their
own. and here you find Entertainments and
IN front - a broad piazza On which you
} may sit II you wish TO. though the majority
| prefer the -ettees or the separate seats
! that the fund scattered O the shore
az the inner edge Of the heath. Near
the headquarters house ara the hath
rooms for bathsrs. hundreds OF them
within am enclosure and built in long rows
facing planked walks.
MAYBE a Thousand people have come
IN the boats. perhaps more and hundreds
hattie. including Iuany woL@en.
Al ~ o'clock or So IN. People begin o.
come cut ~ tn" water and by half past
, II th.. rOmping and the laughing and the
/ FLASHING in the water are all over Tor the
! day for all start back early, 10y nonn
And now the people who have been sitting
there begin to stroll mp from the beach
! to the headquarters house. and the piazza
! IL crowded with peopl" from the beach
themselves in their regular attire; and nov
the procession starts and keeps moving
! steadily IN the oppo~it" direction from
that in which IL came. marching now down
. the wharf toward the boats.
And now there IL great activity on the
| wharf and the boats people getting
aboard and shippers getting up sail and
: motor boats starting up their engines
Maybe the fastest motor boat ~ all gets
away right now and certainly she ~ q
hummer in the water. people stand and
I watch her ~ she speeds away And now
the boats are starting all along the line
: from both sides of the wharf motor boats
chug -chugging and the al ll'oats hacking
I out and filing away for their run home
, I 'ominR. they all conVerged here; now they
scatter. starting slnRly and in lunches
| there are 80 many ~ them. and " iSn
many minutes after - o'clock before the
wharf. an hour before So crowded ~ az
! empty A. the beach