New-York tribune., 1922-05-26
Opening Day Buglc Attracts
Notable Gathering of the
Fashionable World, Fill.
ing Clubhouse With Color
Long Island ColonyActiye
Many Motor From Country
Homes for LuncheOns Be.
fore Events on the Track

and gathered at the Turf and Field
Club before the races for luncheon. or
motored over from estates on the
island with guests whom they previ-
ously had entertained at their homes
1t was an auspcious beginning at the
beautiful course, which always has
been the most popular with society of
any Of the tracks.
The Turf and Field Club, which occu-
pies the old Manice mansion in the
park, broke all records. More than 500
iuncheons were served and many of the
members and their guests went back
after the races for dinner. The reg
ular dining room and adjoining rooms,
and the piazza were used, and tables
we're set under the trees on the lawn.
After luncheon the guests adjourned
to the boxes and seats in the grand
stand and the benches placed about the
lawn. All the boxes and most of the
seats in the club section were occupied
by persons of prominence in the social
world
Poppy Sale Helps Soldiers
Women sold poppies, made by Amer
can disabled soldiers, under the aus
pices of the Senior Lea que for Disabled
Soldiers in the Dug Out. They were
headed by Mrs. j. l.. Hand and they in
cluded: Mrs James Vail Converse jr,
Miss Muriel Vanderbilt, Miss Elin
Mackay, Miss Margaret Hennessy, Miss
Peggy Powers, Miss Peggy Morrison
Miss Marjorie Cleveland, Miss Virginia
de Haven, Mrs. Frank C. Henderson
and Miss Katherine Adams. They will
invade Wall Street to-day and sell
among the bankers and brokers'
The largest of the many luncheon
parties at the club was given by Mr.
and Mrs. Richard T. Wilson Their
guests, numbering about thirty, in
cluded: Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Brokaw,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aspegrcn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis c. Bishop, Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel Willets, MIR. and Mrs. Phillips
Allen Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Fal de Saint
Phalle, Mr.. and Mrs. James r. Deering,
Miss Ellin Mackay, Miss Louisa Wilson
and Mr. Lewis c. Clark.
Others who entertained Mt luncheon
at the Turf and Field Club were Mr..
and Mrs. August Belmont, who had
and Mrs. Morgan Belmont among their
guests; Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bilt jr., Mrs. Chester Allan Arthur,
Mrs. lie Roy Baldwin, Miss Lucille Bald
win, Mr.. Charles Henry Bull, Mr..
7. Frelinghuysen, Mrs. f. S. Hooker,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank c. Henderson, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Carson Kane, Mr.. and
Mrs. Garret B. Kip, Mr.. Rene La Mon
tagne, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Roose-
welt Pell, Mrs. W. S. Pease, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sterling Postley, Mr. Sidney Dill
lon Ripley, Mrs. Joseph Sampson
Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney w. Fish,
Mr.. W. p. Thompson, Mr.. II. M. Tucker
and Mr. R. H. Williams jr., the presi-
dent of the club, who had among his
guests Mr., Percy r. Pyne jr., Mr.. Fred
Alexandra.
Others who lunched at the club were
Mr.. Clarence H. Mackay, Mr.. and Mrs
j. Allan Townsend Mr.. and Mrs. Wall
ter l.. Goodwin, Mr.. c.. K G. Billings,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin B. Saportas, who
had Miss Audrey Hoffman with them;
Mr.. Oliver Perrin, Mr.. Harry S. Orr,
Mr.. Joseph E. Widener, Mr.. and Mrs.
George d. Widener, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wanamaker jr., Mr.. and Mrs. W. Hal
sted Van der Poel, Mr.. and Mrs. Norrie
Scilar, Mr.. F. X. Shelley. Mr.. E. C.
Potter, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Whitewright
Watson, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Bryce Wing,
Mr.. George M. McAllister, Mr.. and
Mrs; j. c. Cooley, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Maclay Pentz, Justice and Mrs. Francis
X. Pendleton, Mr.. George A. Pcndle-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Petit, Mr..
and Mrs. J. S. Cosden and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Rose.
In Throng at the Track
Seen at the track later were Dr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, who re-
turned from Europe few days ago and
will be at Newport for the summer;
Mrs. George J. Gould jr., Mrs Carroll
Wainwright, Miss Roberta Willard,
Miss Marie l.. Bird, Mrs. Payne Whit
ney and her daughter, Miss Joan
Whitney; Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey,
Mrs. Robert Goelet, Mrs. W. X. Wander
bilt I'd, the Prince and Princess Ro-
spigliosi, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Kip
Rhinelander. Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Cow
din, Mr.. Pierre Lorillard, Major Pierre
Lorillard jr., Miss Renee Carhart, Mr..
James A. Blair jr., Miss Barbara
Brokaw, Miss Beatrice Batterman, Miss
Natalie Reynal, Miss Marian de Rham,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Winmill, Mrs
Ralph Sanger, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Wags,t;aff, NJ. A. Huidekoper Bond, Mr.;
and Mrs. Sherwood Aldrich Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Warner Baltazzi, Mrs John
CARL, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian M. Gerard,
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip
Boyer, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Goadby Loew,
Miss Florence and Miss Evelyn Loew,
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Douglas Sloane,
the Countess Revel, Mr.. Lawrence Wat
erbury, Mr.. Harry S. Paige, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter J. Salmon, who arrived
just as the first race was being run.
In their party were Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest lselin, Mrs. William Stackpole and
Mr.. Alfred Goldman.
Others seen were Mrs. Richard
Wharton, Miss Abby Morrison, Mrs.
Clarence Hay. Miss Kathleen Beale,
Crawford, Mr.. and Mrs. H. Coleman
Drayton, Mr.. Foxhall P. Keene, Mr..
George 6. Haven jr., Mr.; and Mrs.
neur Wellmar, Mrs. Robert Gamble,
Mrs. James B. Taylor jr., Mrs. William
A. Prime, Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Napol-
con Bonaparte, Mrs. ]. P. Satteree,
Mrs. ]. B. Schultz, Mr. Grant Kilgore,
Mr.. Joseph f. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. j. S.
Petit, Mr.. Allan Pinkerton, Mr.. H. F.
Sinclair, Mr.. James Butler, Mr.. Theo
dore Douglas Robinsob, Mr.. Albert
Bostwick and former Governor Horace
F. White.
MAJOR II. w. PATTON
SEATTLE, Wash, May 25.-Word
has been received here Of the death
of Major H. W. Patton, veteran Wash
ington and California newspaper man,
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