New-York tribune., 1919-02-16
ADVERTISEMENTS
The Belleclaire
Golf and Country Club
Bayside, Long Island.

Vic VI the ilneSt C-nOlS SOlI
courses in the Metropolitan dis
trict and one Of the most acces-
sible-a next-door neighbor to
the famous Oakland golf pre-
serve-has been leased by Rob
ert D. Blackman, proprietor of
the Hotel Belleclaire, Broadway,
at 18th Street, New York, who
will assume control March |, and
Immediately convert it into a
private club.
MIR. Blackman will conduct
The Belleclaire Golf and Coun-
try Club on the same lines that
have populated the Hotel
Belleclaire-that have made it
known everywhere as a home
hotel with all the charm and SER
vice, conveniences and charac-
ter of q well-appointed and
happy private home.
Many Of MIR. Blackman 9
friends-men and women-who
live in and outside of New York
have for a long time wanted
him to establish a real, hospi-
table, sociable country club
where those who like golf and
tennis may indulge in their favor
ite outdoor pastimes under
most pleasant and satisfactory
conditions and where motorists,
after a run over the fine roads
of Long Island, may enjoy the
Hotel Belleclaire style Of
lunches or dinners, which, as
most people know, is the most
popular style Of the day, for it
means the best kind Of cooking
OF the very best food, served in
simple, wholesome, tasty fash
ion.
MIR Blackman has asked me
to help him organize the Belle
claire Golf and Country Club,
and ! am glad to do so. be-
cause am in thorough accord
with the kind Of club he plans
to maintain.
lis ideas in brief are as fol
lows;
He wants a membership com
posed Of real folks-men and
women, who have courteous, So
ciable, and democratic ten
denotes.
He wants a membership with
whom character and reputation
count for more than anything
else-men and women who are
accustomed to the refinement!
and courtesies of life.
He wants a membership thu
will cooperate with him il
eliminating the cliques and tn
selhshness which are the ban'
Of club life.
He wants membership tha
will heartily ioin in making tn
club a happy. cheerful meetln!
place where good-fellowshil
will be the chief asset.
He wants at the start a member
ship of 900 men and women golfers
$50 motorists and 80 tennis players
1t has not yet been definitely de
cided what the charge will be 70
initiation fee and annual dues, be
eau the charge is to be based OF
the actual cost of maintaining
nFSl-CidSS cIuD. buL OuI-Ol l-lOWH an
resident members will pay the sam
price.
OF course all those who wish t.
join The Bel eclaire Golf e. Countr
Club must be able to qualify in al
essentials that will make them de
sirable members of this famil
group.
Mr. Blackman Will assume al
financial responsibility in the direc
ton of the Club The club house,
quaint building, Will be renovate
and made comfortable and attrac
tive. He Will give personal atten
ton TO the kitchen, to the food, t
the cooking, and to the dining roor
service. He will give special at
tention to the upkeep of the gol
course and will employ competen
: people to direct this important phas
of golf life. He has decided upo
several Innovations in golf which i
brief are as follows:
Women are TO be allowed to pla
On Saturdays, Sundays and HOLIDAYS