The New York herald., 1921-02-06
RYE ADDS TO ITS
STRETCH OF LINKS
New Country Club Will Have
Fine Course and Own Its
Private Bathing Beach.
BY KERR N. PErRIE.

Not many towns of It's size have gath
cred unto themselves such an atmosphere
of golf within few years as rye. n. Y.
Apawamis used to stand for the one. and
only reasonl why a linksman should HE
him TO Rye. but now Apawamis Is but
one of many courses that dot the land
scape in that vicinity. Rye Country
Club. started by prominent citizens of
Rye and New York city. is the latest or
ganization to raise Its head in this sec
tion. II is To be novelty in country
clubs for It Is proposed to model II after
several of the well known organizations
abroad, such as the Ranelagh Club of
London and Gleneagles in Perthshire,
Scotland, ard not so many miles removed
from the capital. Edinburgh.
Ranelagh and Gleneagfes are outstand-
ing examples of the successful large
membership clubs. Their plan of man
agement is similar to many continental
and foreign organizations. The members
pay nominal dues. but pay in addition
when they use the club for all the vari-
Gus activities. There is a nominal fee
for golf. tennis. trapshooting, dances,
skating and. in the case of the Rye
Country Club, for the very popular fea-
ture of swimming at all tides This fea-
ture will be arranged for low tide swim
ming. like the Har Harbor bathing pool.
For high tide bathing, large area viii
be dredged out by suction pump, stimuli
taneously reclaiming certain portions or
the property for the golf course as well
as leaving harbor for small boats.
Not many of the metropolitan golf
clubs offer this bathing feature, and this
Is one of the reasons, IL only one, why
the Rye Country Club should be dis
tinctive. The making of bathing beach
would appear to be job every bit as
colossal as the building of golf course
especially when the sand has to be
brought from the opposite shore of Long
Island Sound. as is being done In this
case. The club has decided that its
beach will be enjoyed by its members
and guests equally with its golf course.
and SO the beach is to be laid down
where no great deal of beach formerly
existed. 1t is, in fact, being brought
from Long Island to Westchester IN
barges That this feature is fully appre-
ciated by those who live inland is showp
by the membership which already has
been drawn from the interior of the
county from Scarsdale, Hartsdale, White
Plains, and also from the Hudson River
section where no great facilities for
bathing exist, such as Tarrytown, Dobbs
Ferry, Ardsley and Yonkers.
Devereux Emmett the Architect.
Devereux Emmett has charge of the
planning and laying out of the golf
course, so, needless to say, this Is
destined to compare with the best. In
addition to the standard circuit there
also will be an eighteen holo putting
course. Later on there will be a course
for the women. 1t is the intention of the
club to engage one Of the best golf
teachers and professionals in the coun-
try. A pond on the property will be
utilized in the winter by the skaters. A
long slide for coasting will give both the
young and the older kiddies lots of en-
joyment when Jack Frost is around.
IL would seem that the Boston post
road is destined to become a regular
golfing thoroughfare. on or close to
this lie many courses, and the Rye Coun-
try Club now Is to bear these company.
The property under option is the estate
of the late George Park and the adjoin-
ing property of William Porter Allen
The property extends TO 150 acres, more
than ample for every need. Moreover.
this ground is in such wonderful condi-
tion that 1t will be possible to utilize the
fair greens the coming summer employ
ing temporary greens while the perma-
nent ones are under construction.
Inc CluDHOuse, WnlCn WAS lne resi-
dence of the late Mr.. Park, should be
one of the striking features of the Rye
Country Club. inasmuch as it is copy
of Whitby Abbey, England. F. Burn
ham Chapman is the architect. and he
has drawn plans for an addition which |
Will transform II for country club needs |
without spelling its original lines or
beauty. Among the changes contem- |
plated Is the addition of a large ball |
room to accommodate 300 couple Eng
lsh Tudor will be the scheme of archi- |
lecture here. so that the quaintness and |
charm of the main building win in no
wise be disturbed.
Immediately under the ballroom will |
be the grill, and beyond that again will |
be locker rooms for men, women and |
children, each in their separate division. |
In the main building there will be bache-
lor quarters, while also worthy of men,
tion is the swimming pool which is to be |
installed indoors, so that even in winter |
the members stu can enjoy their swim. |
Dues VIII he Moderate.
Not the least interesting feature is the |
financial plan for maintaining the Rye |
Country Club. Strange as II may seem |
that can be done, and will be done, say |
the founders, on the moderate dues of |
$50 a year. The-rfan upon which those |
responsible for the financing OF this or |
ganization mean to work is simple |
enough, merely that OF large turnover. |
They have heard so much about the |
ever Increasing cost OF belonging to a !
club. the ever mounting dues and as
sessments IN order to keep clubs with |
small memberships going that they have |
decided that the only way for club to |
succeed nowadays Is to double up on the |
membership
Golfers may feel that their course is |
bound soon to become congested. but It \
mas been demonstrated by such organiza-
tions as Sleepy Hollow, for instance, that /
this does not always follow. Statistics |
prove that golfers no longer stay on the !
links full day, that instead they are |
satisfied to come later and leave earlier. |
ana take only eighteen holes for their |
exercise Having studied this matter
closely the founders feel that their plan
can be carried out successfully.
The officers and governors of the Rye
country Club are: President. oliver r.
Bridgman; First President Will |