House and Garden 
a locker-room which contains 
over 600 lockers of the most 
improved type. On this 
floor also is a very complete 
set of shower baths. As 
bowling is one of the most 
popular sports with the club 
members, this building is a 
great convenience. It is 
designed in harmony with 
the club house proper, being 
of frame construction and 
the exterior covered with 
shingles. 
The members of the Balti¬ 
more Country Club boast 
of their golf links and with 
good reason, for few in Amer¬ 
ica equal them as measured 
by the standard of the golf 
expert. The character of 
the land, rolling and hilly, 
is admirably adapted for the course which, as stated, 
is of eighteen holes and 5,371 yards long, with 
numerous hazards provided artificially and by 
Nature. Ample opportunity is given for driving, 
since many of the tees are on eminences, so that the 
player has an opportunity to show his skill in long 
THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE CLUB HOUSE 
THE GOLF COURSE SHOWING THE FIRST AND SECOND HOLES 
distance work. For example, the course to the first 
hole covers 354 yards, but the drive is from the top of 
the hill on which the club house stands and is 125 
feet above the first putting green. The distance from 
the fourteenth to the fifteenth holes, however, is no 
less than 575 yards. The links are notable for the 
care taken in keeping them in condition. Especially 
is this true of the putting greens, which are 100 feet 
square and are as smooth as sod can be rolled and cut. 
The brief reference we have made to athletics gives 
an idea of the policy carried out by the club regarding 
pastimes, but it is also a social club and the club 
house proper is almost entirely devoted to this 
feature, being designed to give the necessary facilities 
for indoor gatherings of the members, dinner parties, 
dances and other functions. Consequently, the activ¬ 
ities of the club are so diversified that it is extremely 
popular with not only residents of the city but those 
who have homes in the outskirts. 
Since the idea of organizing the club was conceived 
by Messrs. William H. Buckler, Clymer Whyte and 
Edward El. Bouton ten years ago, the membership 
has increased to about 2,250, at the present time, of 
whom nearly one half are women. 1 he club owns 
no less than 160 acres of land and leases an additional 
area partly for its golf-course. The value of its 
property, including the various buildings, is nearly 
$250,000 at the present time. The personnel of its 
members comprise men well known in business and 
the professions, and needless to say the society con¬ 
tingent of Baltimore is almost entirely represented. 
The officers of the club at present are: Dr. Joseph S. 
Ames, President, Thos. H. Symington, Vice President, 
G. S. Jackson, Treasurer, and C. E T. Gould, Secre¬ 
tary. Directly in charge of the club house and grounds 
is Douglas C. Turnbull, the Executive Secretary. 
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