New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
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pleece" Wells Icy. terrified by inc '"''
trophe. Down on their knees inc! ="
thoroughly exploring every incn o. su''''
and AZ the same time warning OF VIII" p'
testing cries the ball hunsr! SiciiahS ID
the edge OF the meadow.
".zoi, azci, I've got IT," eNclaims key
ecsratlcaily. "und apudder yum lost last
week oder saturday jetzt'
~ FOUND yum. too" reioinS Icy. DC Nun
! los, couplc-trce month ago. whose
s.,uo,zcn ist? Meln honor ephshah' Now
watch Ich schuotzo den halen aul "'"
eroan,.' ON they 60. regardless 81 tho ms
siss that had crszcd their heads Wh!le
= search. slcefuI over the 20 per cent pro"'
in the lost bail" incident
Down al tho brook, facing the iormidap'e
looking bunker. the golfers arc plllhs up
like an invading column shot 10 pieces ~
rho act OF charging a fortress. The i""'eS'
veil Fore" as they fire; the ruoe seem
~ aim deliberately for your head. as II w"
we're nm African human target at Cone!
Island Four expert players como tearing
fovn tho slope. hitting 80 10 no yards AZ
"a elm They 40 through the army OF III
cnn,hIes ike an express train, are up oNe'
tho bunker and on the green. then away
,rbuo tho women innocents scatter 10 the
mark b,nches before the rush OF their on
coming Courtesy? Etiquette? The de-
,ar,ment,s solemn ruling. Players are re-
ouired 70 obey the customary rules ana
etiquette ~ golf" reads like an iron' JOKE
nv great good luck one escapes from the
palcstrom somehow and scramnleS NOME
,nwiue 70 enjoy his future holidays at the
fjrthest possible remove from puohc
playground.
W, the lure If Van Cortlandt can't he re-
sisted Wisely. the novice next tries th'
links on a week day. Early of week usN
mornings he has the grounds all to him.
self There's no gallery then TO lauSh ~
fcozinc and as for losing the baI' tha'
almost impossible with The heavy dc"
marking it's course in the grass ana olahc"-
ing it's hue 20 pure. clear Whlie' rs t"'
sun comes mp the shade OF the big trees Is
"a clcome FOR an occasional rest otncr
plavsrs arrive and pleasant twosomes anG
foursou1es can be arranged. Beautiful views
81 mountain and valley. Of lake, meadow
and wood add 10 the zest OF the sport The
dav rassss easily and eventually. As the
shadows loncthen over the great meadow
friendly hearkening to the suggestion. Just
one moro round before we quit. and al
last The home green won and the sticks
81 fely bestowed In a municipal locker, the
public golfer goes cityward tired and
happy.
Pelham Bay Park is the future play
ground of New YorkS millions. II IS twice
a. big as Central Park n,Ij5 acres, against
sl,. borders Pelham Bay and Long Island
Sound; has beautiful reaches OF upland.
lowland and forest. lovely islets. a splen-
did spacious bay for an kinds of small
craft. and TWO beaches wherein many thou
sands Of hathers could dsport and enjoy
themselves For the average Manhattanite
il Is easier 20 so 10 Philadelphia or To New
Haven than II Is to reach Pelham Bay
Park. The dveller In farthest Brooklyn or
Queens really ought 10 settle his estate
and make his will before he attempts ~.
Three car lines and a steam railroad train
were used by a dwelcr In upper Manhattan
IN getting there last week From High
Bridge a car takes one across town 10 the
West Farms station Of the Harlem division
Of the New York. New Haven & Hartford
Railroad TIE steam trains run about an
easterly from West Farms \ path through
the woods. without guide or sign post of
any sort. leads 10 Pelham Park. ones ar
rival 10 greeted by the barking OF dogs.
Hunters Island Inn. typical automobile
road house. and the dwelling houses back
of il. tenanted by private families who keep
dogs am, chickens and cultivate vegetable
patches. put one completely out OF the no
ton that this is public properly. Not until
one has climbed the hill and viewed the cx-
tenslvc links Is the nature OF the resort
apparent.
Through the park runs the main highway
Of the northern shore OF Long Island
sound Motor cars-trucks, as wei as
pleasure Nehicles-pass With such frequen-
cy that II Is almost like watching the
Broadway automobile parade. Quecry
enough. the foot-waytarer seems 10 be- as
nearly extinct as the cycllst more SO. in
deed, for some OF the Pelham youth possess