The New York herald., 1921-07-26
ALL|GATORS INVADE
/. YONKERS GOLF LINKS
Tired of Keeping Bathers From
Hotel Lake, They Go on
Course and Follow Players.
FENCE SOLVES PROBLEM
Guests Now Satisfied and Only
Reptiles and Swimmin' Hole
4 Patrons Complain.

The folks who elegantly ate their
delicious dinners each night on the
terrace of the Hotel Tongue Vue. on
Broadway, between Yonkers and
Hastings, had for long time the
most beautiful view imaginable. From
the terrace they looked down upon
the broad rolling ninth green Of the
hotels private and exclusive. golf
course, and upon the lake set at the
edge of the green that shimmered
softly in the twilight and the moon
shine. 1t was very pretty.
But it got hot, the weather did. and
the servants, men and boys, employed
on neighboring estates, discovered that
the lake had water in 1t and that In
the summer months water was good
for something besides drink. They
proceeded to go swimming, and fol
several weeks the elegant dinners OF
the terrace diners were made hideous
by rude splashings and boisterous
laughter and roysterous duckings as
the servants, men and boys, plunged
themselves and each other into the
lake.
The diners stood 1t for long time,
and few even got amusement out OF
the sight Of the swimming parties each
evening, but the ones who particularly
liked to see the lake simmer didn't al
all like to see IL shimmy from the con-
tact of many human bodies.
They complained to the manager ol
the hotel. F. NJ Cowell, that they were
being most outragcousIy annoyed. Mr.
Cowell thought the problem over. and
watchmcn would avail. he despatched a
message to Florida. and about a week
ago two alligators. each seven feet Ions
and wicked In disposition and heredity
arrived Mt the hotel In crates. They
were at once uncrated and dumped into
the lake by the ninth green. The swim
ming parties ceased at once. the guests
resumed the elegant eating of their din
ner and the lake shimmered softly once
more. excepting on those occasions when
the alligators had fight or wallowed
about searching for flies and things.
But the lake is only 200 by so feet
and the alIigators found It confining
A few days ago word reached Mr.. Coweil
that his alllgators would not stay in the
lake: that they had invaded the goli
course and persisted in accompanying
his guests on their rounds OF play i,
seems that the alligators took up golf In
a very serious way. and at the first
crack of club against b4ll or the nrs,
shout of Fore - they ciambered from
the lake and set out eagerly to do what
little they could to make life pleasant
for the golfer. This is very little. in
deed.
One OF the allisators. niclsnamed Willie
aspIres to be q caddie. He frequently
attaches himself to a golnng party
offering no narm. but plouRhing and
plunging about the green and swapping
up the golf balls as fast as they are hit.
Some OF the golfers say they hnd II very
annoying to have a seven foot alligator
watching them when they putt and try
ing to chew up all their golf balls. They
have complained to Mr.. Coweil. and
since Mr.. Cowell cannot find anybody
who will catch the alligators and send
them back to Florida he intends to build
a fence about the lake to keep them in
and the bathers out. thus satisfying
everybody but the water mad bathers
and the golf mad alligstors.