New-York tribune., 1922-05-21
,..l Thrills Await Society
i Program of Outdoor
A,,ractions, Including
Horse Show at Devon
wes,chester Club
To Start Season
Thinner Dance to Follow
Spring Meet of County
and Fairfeld Hounds

r4NY interesting outdoor at
vi ,,,sssn' .,ss5sm figure ss@ ts,, sn "'eistys msst
Eb;le there have been two or three
.v.nts which attracted society in
,,rre numbers in the early part of
.be month-the races at Belmont
Park Terminal and the Nassau Ken
n.l Club show week ago-the real
thrills come this week. The open
jns Of the racing season at Belmont
Park takes place on Thursday and
Ii. races will continue until June Is.
The horse show at Devon, Pa, May
eto 80 Will take many over to Phil
,delphia at the end Of the week,
while IN Westchester County there
.re number Of interesting affairs
sheduled.,
The opening at Belmont Park
upmises TO be the most brilliant in
vars, judging from the meet held
arly in the month by the United
Hunts Racing Association at Bel
mont Park Terminal and by the at
.sndance at other racetracks in the
hst few weeks. The Turf and Field
Club will be the scene of gay lunch
con parties before the races, and all
The Long Island set and society from
ether sections will be on hand when
The bugle sounds for the first race.
Wsstchester Biltmore Club
10 Hold Opening Thursday
On Thursday the formal opening OF
lie Westchester Biltmore Country
Cub, Of which Mr.. John NICE Bowman
hpre.ident and Mr.. Eugene D. Miller
wretary-treasurer will take place. On
thst day the $50 acres of the Westches-
M Biltmore, situated between Harris
a and Rye, will be thrown open to
NA guests and members. A splendid
wosrsm has been provided and buffet
Mnshson will be served. There will
Ma concert by the Seventh Regiment
Military Band and a four-ball match
between Walter Hagen, "Jim" Barnes,
Tommy" Armour and Cuthbert S. But
chart
On Saturday night dinner dance
will BE held at the club for members
only. This will follow the annual
spring meet earlier in the day of the
Fairfield and Westchester County
Hounds, which is to take place at
James McClenahan's Nutbourne Farm,
King Street and Harrison Avenue, Port
Chester. The course is picturesque
and the program arranged by the com
mittee an interesting one. feature
Of the day will be the ladies' race, to
he ridden for distance of three-quar
ters of mile on turf, for horses
owned and ridden by women mem bers
OF the organization. There will be
farmers race for horses owned by far
ners and ridden by them or their sons.
several other races will be held.
The committee in charge consists of
Mr.. Guy Carleton, chairman; Mr.. Rob
ert Law jr., Mr.. Arthur l.. Warthen
il, MIR. John Nee Bowman, Mr.. Edward
b. Close and Mr.. Louis w. Merit
Many Important Outdoor
Events Take Place Soon
Among those expected to be present
are Mr.. and Mrs. Percy A. Rockefeller,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles D. Lanier, Field
Marshal Earl French, Colonel w. r.
cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. William Rookie
teller, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Chisolm, Mr..
ana Mrs. S. Bryce Wing, Mr. and Mrs.
T. Cronkhite, Mr.. and Mrs. H. R.
.huanardt jr., Mr.. and Mrs E. E. Smath-
ers' Mr.. and Mrs. Daingerfeld Lewis,
Mr. and Mrs. William Y. c. Ruxton,
Mr; and Mrs. George A. Pynchon, Mr.
ana Mrs: Archer M. Brown, Mr.. and
mrs. mrs. Louis Haight, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
SMturgis, Miss Becky Lanier, Miss
MARIE Leary and Mr.. John R. Towns
other outdoor events of great in
,erest to society scheduled for the fol-
Io~ing week and the early part of June
are , the Horse Show at Tuxedo Park.
Iohe and 5; the one at West Point
Suhe 8 and Z, and the Westchester
,Treounty Horse Show on June IA to II.
1nese sporting attractions for June
VIII come to a close with the annual
!ale- Harvard boat race on the Thames
On June %, at New London. After
.ast stirring event society will scatter
70 the summer resorts.