HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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Putting out the decoys in anticipation of a big day’s duck shooting 
on the bay 
The beach at East Hampton is only one of many affording perfect 
ocean bathing 
the Sound Shore all have their 
quota of enthusiasts whose 
stories will go without dis¬ 
counting. 
Those who can't sniff the 
salt breeze without feeling 
around for a tiller will find 
their sport either in the South 
Bay or the Sound. Almost 
any week-end finds the Bay 
one series of races from West- 
hampton to Freeport. All 
classes of small boats, larks, 
cats and the neat one-design 
boats are here to supply a 
choice for the yachtsman. A 
lazy cruise in a cat makes a 
good vacation spent along the 
Bay, with the extra induce¬ 
ment of one of those Long 
Island “shore dinners” ! The 
Sound is for larger boats, and 
the yacht club cruises work 
along with the possibilities for visits at the numerous yacht clubs 
in the attractive harbors along the way. There is racing, too, espe¬ 
cially of the more formal type. In the waters of Shelter Island, 
Gardiner's Bay, and the Peconics, a combination of all the other 
styles of yachting is to be had. The motorboat cuts an important 
figure in regattas, and it is understood that this exhilarating form 
of racing will have its most important events in all of the harbors 
of the North Shore. Nor need winter cool your sailing ardor; 
just hitch yourself to one of those comets, called an ice-boat or a 
scooter, and when you regain your breath you will have found one 
argument for winter. 
Surely the sportsman’s de¬ 
light in rivalry finds no better 
opportunity than in the games 
which can be played on Long 
Island. Followers of the 
“royal and ancient game” 
find golf links equal to the 
finest in the land. At Garden 
City under the care of Scotch 
experts a wonderful course 
has resulted. Shinnecock em¬ 
bodies the features of St. 
Andrew’s, and the play is part 
by ocean and part overlooking 
the bay, up and down the roll¬ 
ing dunes which make such 
ideal golfing country. There 
must be four-score links on 
the Island, most of them ex¬ 
cellent, many of them near — 
Forest Park is at Jamaica. 
The Long Island soil seems to 
grow tennis courts, which are 
attractive in the proximity of good bathing facilities either in 
ocean, bay or sound. Few sections have the quality of surf bath¬ 
ing that is found here — or the choice of still or rough salt water. 
Polo and cricket are much in vogue at the country clubs, and base¬ 
ball too is a source of friendly rivalry in summer. 
When the question of “where shall we go today?’’ arises, take 
your car out on Long Island. Leave the guidebook and map at 
home, and just go—the roads are excellent and you can strike 
no bad ones wherever you run. The long Merrick Boulevard, 
running into the South Country Road, extends nearly the entire 
length of the Island through varied and beautiful scenery and 
Picking up the scent. Hunting after the hounds is one of Long 
Island’s many opportunities for out-door recreation 
The courts in front of the Woodmere Club are fast enough for the 
most proficient player 
If you wish to talk conformation or points with the cognoscenti go 
to the Bayshore horse show 
