The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
Brilliant G athe rim 2
When Doors w ere
Opened to Members.
GOLF PLAYERS
REVEL ON LINKS
Five Hundred Members, Half on
Rolls, Spend Day at Attractive
Resort and Admire Elaborate
Equipment-T 90 Wet
for Tennis
Work.

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for Tennis
Work.
With the weather. transportation.
| conditions and the people In the best
| possible form. the Country Club OF
| Virginia swung wide it's doors yes
terday for the reception and entertain
ment of Its 100 members. The grand
| opening was one OF the greatest en-
! tertainments of the year in Richmond.
and a majority of the membership was
present to take a part in the festivi-
| ties.
Unlike many other organizations. the
Country Club of Virginia opened with
every department in working order,
and the members found a second home
when they arrived The various forms
of entertainment, the athletic features.
! and even the swimming pool, were
ready for use.
Rarely has more brilliant scens
| been Witnessed than was presented
yesterday. when about 500 members
| of the club We're on the lawns and
| In the clubhouse. The Interior OF the
club had been most tastefully decorated
with flowers and palms, the exterior,
the porticos and terraces had been
hung with baskets and plants.
| The golf players dotted the green,
| and those who were less athletically
inclined watched them either from
close range or from the clubhouse.
Golf Players Out.
Forty-odd golf players tried out over
the new course which was declared to
be the stiffest in or about the city The
\ thirty-six holes were gone over with
the best intent possible. but the play
ers, accustomed to the rather easy
courses of the Hermitage and Lakeside
Clubs. found the totals of strokes
mounting high before the course was
finished
At o'clock refreshments were
served. and Immediately afterwards
dancing began in the beautiful assem-
bly, hall. Nearly 100 couples danced To
the strains of Kessnich's Orchestra.
Owing to the heavy rains of the pasr
week. the tennis courts, on account OF
] their newness. were unfit for service.
and the tennis tournament which was
scheduled was not played off The
courts We're found to have washed bad
~. and the management decided that
1t would be better not to have tour
nament until the courts were in proper
condition for fast play.
The appearance of the club when
the members, the majority of whom
had not seen the place for several
weeks, arrived yesterday was a reye-
lation Every feature and department.
was ready for use, and the members
TOOK advantage at once The club IT.
self is one of the handsomest buildings
OF its kind in the United States T,l, !.
reception hall is large enough FOR haIs
hundred couples to dance In and
Is htted up inAthe handsomest m q nna,, 81
The wings of the main building onen
directly into the main hall, making a
clear space in the building 100 feet
long. 70 the north of the main hail
are writing and card rooms and the
billiard room. while to the south IS
the main dining room and half !.
dozen small dining rooms.
Athletic Features.
The athletic features of the cluh an,
exploited In the half basement Of the
house. There are locker rooms for
both men and women, and baths and
dressing rooms. The women's side or ss
the club house Is. absolutely cut off
from the mems side in the basement.
and both may use the club at the same
time. i
The upper floor is devoted entirely
to bed rooms, all of which have a
clear view over the James River. The
rooms are we'll appointed and ready
for occupancy.
Members yesterday took advantage
of the extra car service and fiocked to
the club house in large numbers. The
visiting players In the Old Dominion
Tournament all came to the Country
Club after play had been closed for
the day and a number OF visitors FROM
Virginia and other cities were present.
Supper was served in the club house
between the hours of 6 and s and 10
and 11:30 last night.
Golf Scores.
& I VS. y-h0
division. in the golf tournament yes
terday w, IL. Palmer covered the course
finishing, with. 1914. NJ. NJ, Binford fol-
lowed him with 1877 strokes. In the M
eighteen-hole division, DIR S. B, Moon
went the rounds in ninety five strokes.
C, Thatcher. of the Washin gton Country
Club, in lis strokes. The scores fol
low:
Thirty-six- hole championship divi-
sion--W, Fl, Palmer, Jr, 194; NJ. NJ
IL Keesee, COZ; Douglas cali aio; j.
Y 8 Yg eraWfor ssIsRsF PaT Waoa sas
@. Baylor Hill. 2a4;sR. Z. Powers. 22s:
l.. Mex Judkins. 2a2; r. t. Harrison,
$40; r. W, Duke. a4e; Walter Buckner.
"a sSs' = Borden 900 z \ ". Palmer
Eighteen hole. consolation division
Or, s. 3. Moon, s5ieRiyes Fleming lo7;
w. d. Duke. lis; Granville Gray. 49,
#, Garrett Tabb, III. Thomas Boiling.
lis; NJ. NJ Mcclure. 1871; r, NJ. Pitcher,
123; ]. "A. Belvin. 124. w. G, Wright,
$50; Charles Davenport, 1872: i. p.
Ieary, 13is S. Fleming, al; j. c. Tay-
lcr. 1850. j, B. Call, t76.
Guests handicap-W. g. Thatcher IFS,
w. Trlett, 12o, f, p. Palen, 10i; F., w.
Alexander. l05; w. G. Gelshener, ill.,
II, M Horridge, lit.
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