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Tuxedo Club
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The Tuxedo Club's first annual Autumn Ball was held in October of 1886. At the time, men's formal dress consisted of long tailcoat and white tie. However, the assumedly dashing Pierre Lorillard commissioned a modified "tailless" black jacket to wear to the ball. Some say Lorillard was inspired by a dinner jacket designed by Savile Row tailor Henry Poole & Co., tailor to England's Prince of Wales who later became King Edward VII. Others claim he simply had the custom-made jacket styled according to the shorter shape of the red jackets then worn for formal fox hunts. No matter the source of inspiration for the new formal attire, it was a small, but radical departure from the traditional long tailcoat.
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The Tuxedo Club is a private member-owned country club located on West Lake Road in Tuxedo Park, New York in the Ramapo Mountains. Founded in 1886 by Pierre Lorillard IV, its facilities now include an 18-hole golf course, lawn tennis, court tennis, racquets, squash, platform tennis, swimming, and boating. The tuxedo was introduced at the club's first Autumn ball.
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The Tuxedo Club has two other minor claims to fame. It was the first place that women could ride astride without causing a scandal. And it was where the game of bridge was first played in this country, in 1893.
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As the chief angel of the Tuxedo Club's present clubhouse Mr. Mitchell had won the gratitude of the community, whose members are so urbane they are not above taking a small nip at the hand that feeds them. Shortly after the building was completed, he was summoned to the telephone…
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In 1898, the prestigious Tuxedo Club in Tuxedo Park, New York, built a court and organized the first squash tennis club. Many university clubs in the city quickly followed suit. They organized the Metropolitan Squash Tennis League in 1908. Two years later, the National Squash Tennis Association (NSTA) was founded.
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The Tuxedo Club held its annual Gold Racquet competition on Valentines weekend. The Tuxedo Park suroundings are perfect for such a special time. Beautiful landscape, lovely houses and great people made for the ideal setting, but enough of the poetic ramble. Racquets and court tennis were the main reason for the trip.
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