The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25

dates from the days when the Dutch
were in possession of Long Island and
ICE rivalled Sag Harbor. which is fve
miles north of II, as a whaling port.
Bridgehampton celebrated it's 25Oth
anniversary three years ago.
Tom Knight and Jack Sloane, ac-
cording to the Republican Presidential
nominees future neighbors. were pi-
rates who once served under Capt.
Kidd himself. One late autumn eve
ming many. many years ago during a
storm they put ashore at Bridgehamp-
ton and went from house to house beg
ging for food. The villagers were
| noted for their generosity but had no
gifts for such men as these. SO the
visitors returned to the beach and late
at night in the lightning flashes the
villagers could see them trudging back
and forth on the sands.
Before daylight knight and Sloane
returned to their ship. which lay not
far of the coast. and put out to sea
again. A Bridgehamptonite, an old sea
captain who wore rings in his ears,
thought to explore the shore where
The unwelcome visitors had been and
found in the sands what looked like
n pot Of Jam. He carried 1t home.
turned 1t upside down and out came
Spanish doubloons as fresh and yellow
as If they had been newly minted.
They say also at Bridgehampton that
once when n pirate ship came ashore
men from the village went aboard and
., b1gt, .ln 49, o, ..., ,~ly.l d. L-tx H.
tic ceiling of the captains cabin.
Showered then n yellow stream Of
pieces OF eight.
Folks out West would mourn should
Madison Square Garden. which has
gone into a receivers hands, he torn
down. for they speak of 1t as they
speak of Niagara Falls or the Wash
!ngton Monument. The Garden would
lie missed by New Workers.. too, for 1t
has been the scene of all kinds OF en-
tertainments, from cat and dog shows
to speeches by Bryan. There have
been many balls there. several Presi-
dental candidates have addressed vast
audiences within its walls and con-
certs, horse shows. bicycle races. cir
cuses and prize fights have been
among the other attractions. Some
Of the big fistlc encounters In the Gar
den have been those between Peter
Maher and Paddy Slavin. Kid Lavigne
and Jack McAuliffe. Bob Fitzsimmons
and Gus Rubin. Jim Corbett and Kid
Mccoy, Terry Mctiovern and Frank
Erne and Jess Willard and Frank
Moran. And, Of course, it IA on the
roof of the Garden. up near Diana.
that Harry Thaw made himself fla
nous. or infamous.
The site was occupied many years
ago by the old station of the New York
Central and New Haven railroads
When these lines completed the Grand
CENTRAL station further up town. IN
1870 the interior u the old building
was remodeiled and IL was opened as
Gilmoreis Garden, with Patrick S. Gil
more's hand as the great attraction
a few years later T. r. Barnum took
charge. He spread a II v over the
top to give the appearance OF a circus
tent and for "A long time the place was
the City'S circus headquarters. In
1857 the Madison Square Garden Com
pany bought the old building from the
railway company for about s400. 900
and erected the present structure. The
new Garden was formally opened June
Is. 1870, by Edward strauss Vienna
orchestra
one hundred and forty years ago
reXt Wednesday,. on June Is. 1916. the
battle OF FWt Moultrie was fought.