New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Lloyd's Neck Club Booms:
IL. T.. Vanderbilt, President
An Eighteen Hole Golf
Course Is Mapped Out;
Field for Playing Polo

The latest recruit in the country club
line is the Lloyd's Neck Club, Inc,
which may bud forth in full bloom be-
fore the close of the coming season
The projectors are: C. Oliver Isein,
Edwin d. Moran, Frederic N. Watriss,
Reginald c. Vanderbilt, Lawrence L.
Gillespie, Ebert II. Gary, General T.
Coleman Dupont, c. X. C. Billings
Leroy w. Baldwin, Frank c. Hender-
son, W. Russell Grace, Allen r. Hawlcv.
A. Kingsley Macomber, Henry Sander
son; Arthur V. Davis, Roy A. Raney
Nicholas f. Brady, fairy Payne Whit
ney, Samuel Willets, William r. Coo
and William Goadby Loew.
From among this number the follow
ing officers have been chosen: Prcsi-
dent, Reginald G. Vanderbilt; vice pres
lcent. Harry Payne Whitney: second
vice president, Lawrence l.. Gillcsp;e:
secretary. Samuel Nillets, and treas-
urer, Henry Saalderson
The promoters have had the project
IN view for some time. When the gen
tlemen acquired the large tract of land
at Lloyd's Neck, extending from Long
Island Sound back to Lloyd's Harbor,
tne primary intention was to offer local
aid to the government in orphan, prac-
tice Tor the purpose of developing the
ar force of the army and navy.
An aviation field has been installed.
winch can also be used as a polo field.
1T is cncircled with a one-mile track
and a grandstand has been erected.
ne armlstlce may have had much
to do with the formation of the conn
try club, as Devereux Emmit manned
out an cighteenhole course of 6.OOO
yards last year, and the work of con-
structlon will soon be under way. 1t
IS believed the course can be put in
playable condition before the close of
the season, as it is the intention to
push the work along rapidly.
The club has several hundred acres
OF choice land, but only a very small
portion of it will be used for sports
as the greater part will be split nm
INTO villa plots and a bungalow col
ony. There is fine sandy beach on
the Sound, and it is the intention of
the club to erect a handsome hathinu
pavilion on the shore short distance
from the club house.
lhe courses runs east and west
through the centre of the property
with the exception of a half dozen
holes running north and south. with
centre. 'e
The first hole is 435 yards long and
runs directly south from the club
house, and the second hole, of 500
yards, also runs directly south. hnt
TINS IS the limit in that direction. as
the third is a dog leg hole, with the
drive directly north and the second
snot northwest, the hole being 44O
yaros long. The fourth is a short,
sporty hole of 115 yards, also RUNNING
northwest
Another dogs leg hole is the fifth.
or 40 yards, the drive being west and
the second shot northwest The line
OF play on the sixth hole, of 3G6 wards.
is northwest by west, and here a slight
diversion occurs in the form of
snort seventh of 1G5 yards, shooting
on in southcrly direction.
Inc eighth hole of $50 yards runs in
hordherly direction, while the ninth,
OF 700 yards, is directly east.
The tenth hole, of $50 wards. runs in
a westerly direction, while the eleventh.
OF 43O Yards, runs due west almost the
Iuil extent OF the property. From this
out the line of play is almost directly
east. The twelfth hole is a short one
of 1856 yards, due east, while the tbir-
teenth, of 345 yards, is slightly north
east. v"
An elbow marks the fourteenth. Of
o4O yards. The drive is directly east
and the second shot to the green is
trihe northeast, giving lceway for the
flfteenth, short hole Of $50 yards. di
rectly south.
The sixteenth is 433 yard hole run
nlng east, and the last two are dog leo
holes. The seventeenth, of 43O vards
runs. southeast on the drive and east
on the approach, while the eighteenth.
OF 465 yards, runs north on the drive
and northeast on the second shot. fin
lshins at the clubhouse.
The layout for summer homes il ey-
ccellent and the property will practically
De large private park, with plenty Of
roads, brIdlepaHhs and paths for pedcs-