New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-15
Dancing and Sports
at Gay Lake Placid
Golfers Compete for Clerical Cup-Beefsteak Party at
Grand View-Mrs. L. Webster Fox Gives
Birthday Party for Daughter.

Lake Placid, y. Y. Aug. 1.-The first
dance under the auspices Of the Lake
Placid Yacht Club brought members iof
the summer colony together at the
clubhouse on Monday night. Patron
esses were Mrs. Benjamin !. Ward, Miss
Benson, Miss Bahnsen and Miss Erd-
man.
There was also a throng, including
Chief Justice White and other prom
inent summer visitors, present az the
water sports under the auspices of the
Yacht Club. The winners were: Fifty
yard swimming race for men, n. A.
Timmons; 25-yard swimming race for
women. Miss Opal Norton; 25-yard
swimming race for boys under fifteen,
L. II. Timmons; tub race, Robert Chap
man; obstacle race, Robert van lder-
stein; seahorse race, Robert Chapman;
under water swimming race for dis
lance and fancy diving contests, c. /.
Warden.
Mrs. Walter A. Seymour has as her
guests at the Kenneth Stevens cottage
Mrs. Arthur Livingston Buckout, OF
Pelham Miss Juliette Leonard, OF
Mount Vernon, Ind, and Frederick II.
Montgomery, of New York. Mrs. Sey-
mour entertained with a launch party
and dinner for her guests.
Among the golf players at the Ste
vens House interest has centred about
the contest for the Clerical cup pre-
scented by the Rev. J. J. Joyce Moore.
The winner of the trophy was Joseph
w. Keller, of New York, who defeated
Raymond Stevens in the finals by up
and 8 TO play. Supreme Court Justice
d. +. COhalan was among those entered
in the contest. j. II. LAWYER, Mayor OF
Hartford, Conn. and John j. Garland,
clerk of Kings County, were among the
players in the contest for the Tread
well cup, offered by Colonel II. II.
Treadwell, of New York, which was won
by William j. McConvill, of Brooklyn.
Mrs. w. II. Capen and her daughter,
Miss Alma Capen, Of New York, who
have returned for the season, have
leased the McLenathan cottage. j. X.
Mcmahon and family, who have leased
Paradox cottage, are among the recent
arrivals at the Stevens House. Stephen
II. Heating has joined Mrs. Heating at
the Stevens House. Other New York
arrivals of the guests Of previous sea
sons at that hotel include Edward Mo-
ran, John r. Dooley. Mr.. and Mrs.
Bernard Gallagher and the Misses Gal
ldpNtT ana MISS DdlSl t. DdLlioOiI'
A merry beefsteak party was one OF
the features Of the week at the Grand
View Hotel. The diners wore butchers
caps and aprons. ate without forks, and
we're seated in a semi-circle on empty
cases in the Grand View grill. They
included Mr. and Mrs. W. +. Young,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. u. Post. Mrs. c. Betty
kmball, Mrs. Grace r. Parkes, Mrs.
lie Grand Jones. Mrs. J. Widen. Mrs.
Louis Gay, Mrs. F. L. Kenney, H. B.
Coulomb G. Perearnean, J. Doheny,
George y. Allen. Or. f. Riyero. J. +.
Campbell and Raymond Ochotorena. At
one of the grill parties at the Grand
View Mrs c. Betty Kimball entertained
a number Of friends.
Mrs. L. Webster Fox. who is spend
ing the summer at Whiteface Inn. gave
a birthday party fer her daughter, Miss
Beatrice Fox. Four tables were in play
at the bridge party given by Mrs. j. A.
Whittier. who Is spending the summer
al the Inn. At Camp Theanogran, at
Whiteface Inn. Mr.. and Mrs. William l..
Supplee are entertaining Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Longstreth. Hollis Let's Is
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Lihme,