The Washington herald., 1913-06-08
country CLUB
IS ORGANIZED
Joseph Letter Made President
of Exclusive Montgomery
Near Chevy Chase.
SPORTS ARE PROMOTED
Eleven-mile Boulevard Will Be Con-
strueted-Site is Especially Ad-
vantageous for Golf.

Washington is to have another coun-
try club, to be known as the Mont
gomery Country Club" 1t is to be
ultra fashionable and exclusive, accord
ing to advance notices. Articles of in
corporation have been fled. and the club
will be organized Immediately under the
laws of the District, although its loca-
ton will be in Maryland.
The object of the incorporators is
mutual benefit and intercourse, and the
promotion of all sports including hunt
ing, polo. golf, tennis, and other usual
features of country club life.
The club is TO be located in Bradley
Hills, Washington's new and beautiful
suburb, situated midway between Chevy
Chase and Great Falls. The country is
high and gently rolling. The club
grounds for about half a mile front on
the new trolley line. just being COM
pleted, which runs from Union Station
by the way of the Connecticut Avenue
line through Bradley Hills, and thence
TO Great Falls.
Fashionable Drive Made.
In addition to the new trolley line.
and nearby it a beautiful boulevard
about 100 feet wide is being construct
ed and il is expected that this will
be one OF the hest and most fashion
able drives near Washington. The
length OF the boulevard will be eleven
miles. The portion completed is about
FIVE miles. Incorporators of the Mont
gomery Country Club believe that mo-
toring from the city by way of Con-
necticut Avenue, through Bradley,
and over the boulevard to Great Falls,
and by the Conduit Road back to the
city. will be an excellent outing.
On the new club site there is now
located a fine old farmhouse. with
neighboring barns. sheds. and other
buildings. With a few notifications
and additions, the incorporators of the
club believe this farmhouse will be
adequate for all immediate require
ments. As the purpose of the incor-
porators is to keep the new club within
simple lines. the farmhouse, with
added comforts and conyeniences, Will.
doubtless, be found most suitable. AS
electric cars pass the club grounds. 1t
is particularly accessible.
A feature which the incorporators be-
lieve to be most advantageous. espe-
cially for golf. is the fertility of the soil
Some of the clubs near Washington have
found that their soil is not fertile, and
even after treatment and nursing or
various kinds the development of the
link TO a perfect condition has been
rather slow and discouraging.
The facilities for hunting in the neigh
borhood OF the new club are reported
TO be excellent. The country is unusu-
ally free from trees, brush, ana wire
fences Hunting will he very earnestly
encoura ged. and officers expect many
fashionable and jolly hunt breakfasts
and teas to be held in the clubhouse.
Incorpora tors of the club are John r.
Wilkins Paul :. Pearsall. Frederick Z.
Chaplin, William 3. Hibbs, Joseph Letter,
Hugh E. Legare, J. Henri de Sibour.
Frank L. Denny, Edward \. Mitchell,
George Howard, and r. 5. Reynolds Hit.
At the election held at the Metropoli-
tan Club yesterday the following officers
were elected: Joseph Letter, president:
Frank l.. Denny. vice president; r. ).
Reynolds Hit, secretary. and George
Howard. treasurer.
The sale Of the land to the new club
was made through the Real Estate Trust
Company.