HOUSE AND GARDEN 
214 
March, 1911 
The Westbury turn. One of the most exciting points on the Van¬ 
derbilt Cup course 
Polo at Wampage always draws a crowd of those who choose to 
enjoy their sport vicariously 
past many historical 
places and old home¬ 
steads well worth a 
visit. Take your time, 
stop off and enjoy the 
Island’s unlimited op¬ 
portunity for sport. 
If you wish to try 
what that new motor 
car can do, there is 
the Motor Parkway 
where no speed limit 
can check you on the 
concrete and macad¬ 
am road that is an 
engineering wonder. 
The Vand e r b i 11 
Cup Race is run part¬ 
ly over this course, 
and on the night pre¬ 
ceding the much-her¬ 
alded event, thousands 
of enthusiastic motor¬ 
ists crowd the roads 
leading to it. It is a 
remarkable sight to 
see the continuous stream of shining headlights all hurrying 
toward the course. Some stop at the hotels in Garden City or 
the vicinity, but the greater number make themselves comfortable 
in their machines until dawn. At the first light the racers are 
away belching fire and roaring, their juggernaut drivers seeming 
inhabitants of some other strange planet with their weird helmets 
The South Country Road is one of Long Island’s ideal boulevards, 
which make it the most logical place for the motorist 
and staring eyes. The 
race itself is tremend¬ 
ously exciting as the 
cars swoop by at a 
rate fast enough to 
make the most chronic 
speeder gasp. 
Since the favorite 
sport of kings has be¬ 
come the game of lob¬ 
byists, horse-racing is 
not carried on to the 
extent it was former¬ 
ly, and aviation pro¬ 
vides an excellent sub¬ 
stitute at Belmont 
Park. Horse lovers, 
however, can see some 
really creditable per¬ 
formances at the vari- 
ious country fairs, 
and the Bayshore 
Horse Show brings as 
fine an exhibition of 
quality as can be seen 
anywhere. 
“Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only 
sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things, and it is not 
by any means certain that a man’s business is the most important 
thing he has to do.” If you agree with Stevenson that the great 
outdoors has a claim upon your time, you can find no better place 
for recreation than upon Long Island. 
Drop by that riffle, and if you don’t land a speckled beauty your 
skill is lacking or you have the wrong fly 
The motor boat race is now a permanent feature of Long Island regattas and finds no 
better water for making good performances. All the big races are scheduled here 
for next season 
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Winter does not end the yachting season on Long Island. Then the “scooters” or ice¬ 
boats make other sailing seem tame in comparison 
