The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-28
DRIVE
GOLFERS FROM LINKS
Reptiles Imported from Florida to
Drive Bathers From Lake
Cause Trouble.

NaboC lIONOlCs
New York, July 2S.--The folks who
elegantly ate their delicious dinners
each night on the terrace of the Ho
tel 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
nlnth green OF the hotels private and
exclusive golf course, and upon the
lake set at the edge Of the green that
shmmered softly in the twilight and
the moonsh'ne. 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 it and that III
the summer months water was good
for something hes des drink. They
proceeded to go swimming, and for
severa weeks the elegant dinners of
the terrace diners were made hideous
Iby rud sp ashings and boi ferrous
laughter and roysterous duckings as
the servants, men and boys, plunged
themselves and each other into the
lake.
The d ners stood for it long time
and few even got amusement out Of
the sight of the swimming parties each
evening, but the ones who particularly
like to see the lake simmer didn't at
all Ike to see It shimmy from the con.
4 tact of many human bodies.
They complained to the manager of
the hoteI, f. NJ. Cowell that they were
being most outrageously annoyed Mr..
Cowel thought the problem over, and
realizing that neither watchdogs nor
watchmen would avail he dispatched
a message to Florida, and about
a week ago two al gators, each seven
feet long and wicked in d ispostion and
Incredibly, arrived at the hotel in crates
They were at once uncrated and
dumped into the axe by the ninth
green The swimming parties ceased
at once, the guest re aumed the Gle
CANT eating Of their dinner and tht
lake shimmered softly once more ex
cepting on those occas ons whe1 Tho
> allegators had a fight or wallowet
,
But the lake is on y 200 by so fee
, and the aligators found it coniinni
A few days ago word was reached M
Coweli that his al igators would no
stay in the lake: that they had inyad
ed the golf course and persisted in &C
companying his guests on their round
of play. It seems that the alligator
, took up 20 in very serious way
y and at the first crack of club agains
! ball or the first shout Of Fore .. the
- clambered from the lake and set on
eager Y to do what title they could d
make fe pleasant for the golfer Thi
o is very little indeed
Ono of the alligator, nickname
= Willie, asp'res to be a cadlie He fr'
Quently attaches himself to Coffin
party. Offering no harm. but p OWN
!, and plumbing about the green an
swapping up the golf IVA Is as fast a
they arc hit Some Of the golfers sa
/, they ind very annoying TO have
seven foot alligator watching thel
when they putt and trying to chew u
. all their golf ball They have con
p!ained to Mr.. Cowcll, and since NJ
! COVE cannot lind anybody who wi
catch the alligators and send thei
l, back 10 Florida he uterds ~ build
fence about the Ialio 10 keep them
q md the bathers out, thus sat sfyin
n everybody hut tho water mad bathel
and the Observation-Disclosures.