New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
LONG BRANCH
Horse Show Exhibitors-Dlnners
and Parties-A Racing Meet.

and PartleS-A hdClnS Ne0''
Long Branch. y. j., July 15.-With Long
Branch violating all presidents TO pegin
catering to excursionists at Ocean Fsrk'
with the social season Of dances. br,dges
and dinners just opening up. with lo'"o per
sons seeing the Giants play on the loca'
diamond, quantities OF fish to tempt the /
angler. moonlight launch parties on the
river enjoying a vogue, and thousands VI
visitors coming to view the new ocean front
anusenents, the week has been the gayest
Long Branch has ever experienced after the
Fourth. when there is usually dun PERIOD. |
And there are still lveler times ahead
Next week comes the dog show, the follow
ing week the famous horse show. two
weeks later the big annual carnival ana,
h .ides all that there is a twenty-six-uay
racing meet at the Elkwood mile track pro-
iected for September II is promised that
steamers will be running from New York TO
the new monolth pier, opposite ocean
Park. within two weeks
rare gathering of notable folk will take
place at the horse show grounds next sat
,,rdav. when the fourth annual bench show
will be held all day. Some three Thousand
prizes will be distributed in 732 regular ana
nearly 1000 special classes. Prominent
among the exhibitors are Raymond Bel
mont, John s. Huyler, Nine Zerona QUA
deau, Andrew Albright, jr., DR.. j. Il. De
Mond Mrs. f. H. Behrenson, John w. MIN
turn. Mrs. Edward W Throckmorton. Mrs
Daniel Foster, Mrs. Il. s. Allaire. BenJa-
min Lewis. Mrs. Anna Kahn Lyman, NJ
Robert Guggenheim. Jules Ferond. James
IIosford. Henry Jarrett. Mrs. I. e. IL.
Kent, NJ Lederer. Abraham Hooley, Ed
ward J.. Mackenzie. Carl Djurman. Mrs.
Maurice Mandy. Mrs. Nina NJ. Dodd' MISS
i. Tarben. Miss Mary Henderson. Mrs. r.
ID. Taintor, Alvin Rosenberg. Mrs. George
H. Pei. Miss G. Davis Mrs. A. r. Conk-
ling. All Belmont, Mrs. William Maurer
and Ralph Stewart.
And not only are Long Branch excur-
sionists visitors here. but hundreds oaily
come from Asbury Park, Belmar, Atlanuc
Highlands and all the neighboring resorts.
There were some doubts as to the success
OF the innovation at first because nothlns
OF the sort had ever been attempted on the
north Jersey coast before, but IL has met
with instant and tremendous favor. New
features are being added all the time.
twenty-six days racing meet on the
Elkwood Park mile track is In contempla-
--tion as a result Of the crowds that attenoeo
the fourth steeplechase contests. j. ..
Herkness, of Philadelphia, is in charge OF
negotiations with owners OF NUMBER OF
racing stables. If the meet is arranged 1t is
planned to have it begin Labor Day anu
extend through September, thus prolongins
the season several weeks.
The vanguard OF the returning corona
ton visitors here are MIR. and Mrs. w.
. Campbell Clark. who have returned to their
country estate. and Harry Content, also
] Mr. and Mrs. Leo Somehow.
House parties are numerous and at scores
OF the cottages summer residents are en-
PERTAINING friends Mrs. f. Auerbach, OF
Chicago, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour
Guggenheimer; Henry 8. Page is guest
Of Charles Schwartz. at Kildesart villa:
Mr. and Mrs. J. l.. KessDer and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Kahn Of Chicago, have been visit
Ing Mr. and Mrs b. j. Greenhut, at Shadow
Lawn, while Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ide have
been Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence ]. Housman'
guests. and Monsignor Lavelle and Mr.. and
Mrs Jose Ferrer have been at the Joseph
J. ODonohue villa
The second bi-weekly dance at the Holly
wood is scheduled for tonight Mrs. ]. p.
Rosenberg and her mother. Mrs. A. ]. Bach,
gave a launch party and dinner at Price 8
TO thirty-five guests the other day. Mrs.
J.. J. Reckendorfer gave dinner TO TWEEN
ty-two guests. Mrs. Jefferson Seligman
gave dinner and bridge. At the West
End Shore Club william Disbrow gave a
luncheon. Mrs S. w. Haysman gave q
. lawn party at her cottage along the river.
Moonlight launch parties on the Shrews-
bury and suppers at the resorts in the
b. Pleasure Bay section OF the city have been
, popular this week. There are scores of
launches on the river filled with merry par
ties every evening.
Informal amusements have the call. Al
the horse show grounds at Hollywood Park,
where coast society is literally patronizing
baseball, shirtwaist costumes are plenti-
fully in evidence on warm days. The visit
Of the Giants last Sunday brought out q
record crowd. This was but the first Of a
series Of Appearances OF major league teams
here throughout the summer, 1t is an
nounced.
The Sunday games are particularly popu.
lar Tomorrow the Cincinnati Nationa
League team is the attraction. Among Tn,
new prominent season boxholders are w. s
Fanshaw, DIT. Ernest Fahnestock J. F
Stanley, Park NJ woolley. Harry Content
Louis Tim, NJ. J.. Schwartz. Arthur McAlee-
nan, Charles De Witt. Philip Lehman, Wal
ter Lewisohn. David Minzesheimer. Il
Kohns, A. Kassel, Harry Loucheim, Ed
ward wasserman. ]. Kohns. Charles ABB
bolt and Anthony N. Brady.
Ocean Park, with its free afternoon anC
evening band concerts and spectacular feat
urea. IL fast becoming the mecca " north
Jersey coast excursionists. The first Of I
series of excursions came from Newark OF
Sunday, when two thousand were LANDED
almost at the park gates on the Jersey Cen
traits shore branch. The free admission
feature appeals TO many.