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4C • BEACON SHOPPER, September 3 0 ,2 0 1 0 The following are a list o f public meetings and special events for the coming week: SATURDAY, Oct. 2 •Bariatric Support: 9 a.m., Good Samaritan Hospi tal, 1000 Montauk Hwy., West Islip. For info., call 376- 4444. •Amputee Support: 1:30 p.m., Southside Hospital, Re hab Unit, 301 E. Main St., Bay Shore. For info., call 968- 3477. •Gray Panthers of Suffolk County: 1 p.m., West Islip Library. Age & youth working for social & economic justice. For info., call 736-7875. •Farmer’s Market: 7 a.m.-12 p.m., 9/11 Memorial Parking Lot, Route 110, Amityville. •Families Anonymous: 10 a.m., New Life Community Church, 380 Lakeland Ave., Sayville. For info., call 581- 3418. For alcohol, drug or behavioral problems. SUNDAY, Oct. 3 •Debtors Anonymous: 6:30 p.m., Ascension Lutheran. Church, 33 Bay Shore Rd., Room 9, Deer Park. Free. For info., call 917-319-2819. MONDAY, Oct. 4 •Babylon Town Planning & Development: 7 p.m., Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Hwy., Lindenhurst. For info., call 957-3102. •Bingo: 7:15 p.m., Sons of Italy, Constantino Brumidi Lodge, 2075 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park For info., call 940-2006. TUESDAY, Oct. 5 •Lindenhurst Village Board: 2:30 p.m., Village Hall, 430 S. Wellwood Ave., Lindenhurst For info., call 957- 7500. •Bariatric Surgery Support: 2 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, 1000 Montauk Hwy., West Islip. For info., call 376-4444. •Breast Cancer Support: 1-2:30 p.m., Southside Hospi tal, 301 E. Main St, Bay Shore. For info., call 968-3477. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 6 •Babylon Town Board: 3:30 p.m., Town Hall, 200 É. Sunrise Hwy., Lindenhurst For info,, call 957-3102. •Babylon Rotary Club: 12:15 p.m., Long Island Yacht Club, Little East Neck Rd., Babylon. For info., call 661- 7200. •Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: 7:30 p.m., Family Service League, 1444 Fifth Ave., Bay Shore. Free. For more info., call Linda 647-3100 x220. •Families Anonymous: 7 p.m., Prince of Peace School, Montauk Highway, Sayville. For info., call 581-3418. Al cohol, drug or behavioral problems. •Caregivers Support Group: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, 1000 Montauk Hwy., West Islip. For info., call 376-4444. •Life Goes On Support Group: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Good Samaritan Hospital, 1000 Montauk Hwy., West Islip. For info., call 376-4444. THURSDAY, Oct. 7 •Islip Town Board: 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 655 Main St, Islip. For info., call 224-5500. •Babylon Architectural REview Board: 8 p.m., Village Hall, 153 W. Main St., Babylon. For info., call 669-1500. •Stretch & Tone with Lois: 11:45 a.m., Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 576 Deer Park Ave., Babylon. Free. For info., call 661-7245. •Lindenhurst Camera Club: 8 p.m., the Rainbow Center, 293 Buffalo Ave., Lindenhurst. For info., call 242-5854. •Breast Cancer Support: 7-8:30 p.m., Southside Hospi tal, 301È. Main St, Bay Shore. For info., call 968-3477. Calendar items are printed for non profit organizations, as space permits, or when an event, service or information is being sponsored by a profit making organization without charge to readers. Submit items to us at 65 Deer Park Avenue, Babylon, N Y 11702 at least two weeks prior to the publication date in which the item must appear. Sorry, but open-ended requests without the specific dates o f the events are not acceptable. While we make every attempt to accommodate each request, we can not guarantee publication o f any items. Forfurther information call (631) 587-5612. .y&SsK. . JS „ \'f The search for Westminster’s Sensation Continues With the Babylon/West Is lip connection, the Wagstaffs, a prominent West Islip family, was the link behind Westmin ster Kennel Club (WKC) set ting up “shop” at Babylon in 1880, and the reason the fledg ling kennel club relocated their clubhouse and kennels from New Jersey to our neck of the woods. Westminster stayed in Babylon until 1904. Then the club moved back to New Jersey because shoots of pigeons re leased from underground traps were declared illegal in New York. Thankfully, New Jersey passed the same ban a few months later. Soon af ter, Westminster gave up on the ideas of pigeon shooting grounds and cooperatively owned kennels. Meanwhile, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show remains the sec ond oldest continuous sport ing event in the U.S., one year younger than the Kentucky Derby. Before Westminster’s ar rival, the wealthy Wagstaff clan already settled on a large tract of land spanning both sides of Montauk Highway (then South Country Road) in West Islip. In 1827, Dr. Al fred Wagstaff Sr. purchased the Bergen farm alongside a pondandbuilthis summer es tate - Tahlulah - which means “running waters’! (Once an elegant Italian mansion vis ited by Presidents Cleveland and Taft, the home was tom down in 1935. The West Islip Library grounds are there now.) At one time, Wagstaff land stretched from the pond to Howells Road, making Alfred Sr. the largest LI. landowner until the Vanderbilts arrived. Two streets in West Islip-Wagstaff and Tahlulah- are reminders today. The doctor’s property passed to his two sons: the more fa mous - Alfred Jr. - a Civil War Colonel, State Senator, board member on the Brooklyn Bridge Committee and honor ary ASPCA president, and his sibling - Cornelius DuBois Wagstaff- one of the 18 WKC charter members. Cornelius owned Tahlulah Kennels where he bred field dogs. During the first WKC show of 1877 he exhibited an Irish Water Spaniel and Irish Setter while his daughter Mary also en tered her Pug at the Garden. Since Westminster wanted a sportsmen club close to NYC where many members and guests resided, CD Wag staff found 64 lovely acres in Babylon near Southards Pond Westminster leased and then purchased the land Besides being a home for the nearly 200 field/show dogs, the par cel would host the club’s publicized pigeon shoots. The new WKC getaway would be a convenient ride by train. The LIRR even set up special express service for select WKC shoots. CD Wagstaff himself bought the land bordering the WKC acres on the north (near present day Sunrise High way and N. Babylon Cemetery). I find no evidence that he put a structure there, but rather flunk he wanted a buffer to secure WKC privacy plus protect WKC kennels at the north edge of the tract. CD Wagstaff was from a moneyed class, as were most WKC members. Describing the grand opening lunch at the existing farmhouse/clubhouse in the 3 April 1880 Chi cago Field, Wagstaff expresses his desire to keep the “com mon folk” away from club festivities. Under the pen name “Tahlulah” he writes: “The site selected by the club as a per manent locations is one of the finest on the county.. ...The roads to the west and the south keep away any nuisances in the shape of small tenements.. .and is a distance of only six minutes drive from the Babylon depot and one hour from A t left, Wagstaff grave at Babylon Rural. Below 1902 map showing loca tion o f Westminster and Wagstaff property in Babylon ” New York” When WKC came to Babylon, this 18th C. farmhouse served as their original clubhouse. It has been moved twice - first to become the superintendent’s lodging, and later after a fire to where it stands today on Livingston Avenue. CD Wagstaff drew up the plans and served on the build ing committee for the new $8,000 WKC clubhouse. This Queen Anne Victorian had about a dozen bedrooms and a dining room that could seat 50. If I knew precisely where Wagstaff put the new clubhouse, I would definitively know where Sensation, Westminster’s mascot Pointer, is buried. Outside of tasks for WKC, CD Wagstaff, unlike his broth er Alfred Jr., didn’t appear to hold any “real jobs”. He en joyed a life of privilege. Society pages are filled with notes of his family on extended trips abroad, attending fancy recep tions with other patricians, and even mention of a guest get ting a speeding ticket “Cocks Law” was an early speeding ordinance. On Aug. 15, 1902 the Brooklyn Eagle reported that a Mrs. Lucy L. Howe of Manhattan, a summer resi dent accompanied by Mrs. C. DuBois Wagstaff was arrested for violating Cocks Law while driving at a high rate of speed on West Main Street in Baby lon. Mrs. Howe denied that the auto could go that fast but promptly paid her $5 fine. Today I visited Babylon Ru ral Cemetery to recheck the dates on Wagstaff’s grave. His tombstone is the large Celtic cross one sees when enter ing from Deer Park Avenue. CD Wagstaff, the man who brought Westminster to Bab ylon, lived from 1845-1919, and his wife Amy Colt Wag staff from 1858-1934. Their twq-children merely have ini tial markers, but on this trip I noticed something else. There is one additional grave in the family plot- “Lucy Lapham Howe- 1865 to 1943” who just happens to be the speed demon summer guest. For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar S t W. Babylon: Two shelter dogs displayed exem plary behavior at the Buddy Cares Fair last Saturday. They loved everyone “Sugar” # 93242 a blue Pit was the model breed ambassador even though she entered the shelter last April after having another of multiple litters. Her ears look like they were cropped with a pocket knife. Upon spaying her, the vet found a scar and fishing line of some sort in her chest. Despite previous awful treatment, Sugar is a very agreeable gal. “Katie”#93562 is a young Terrier found at K- Mart. This petite pup was Ms. Congeniality. These dogs de serve wonderful homes. Cats: “No Name”- cinnamon C-7; “Snuggle”- gray C-10- both declawed. Female Dogs: sweet Jack Russell and Boston Terrier with a tail- in Puppy Room; long timers-“Lydia, Brownie, Star, Jinni, Asia” Male Dogs: “Blue” #93487 Shep mix; Clumber Spaniel mix #93531. **Free Rabies Vaccine and Heartworm Testing Clin ic- hosted by Last Hope Animal Rescue- Sun. Oct 10th from 11 am to 3 pm at Pampered Paws, 325 Union Blvd., Holbrook Yes, the clinic is really free. See wwwlasthope- animalrescue.oig or call 516-223-6673. Pets for A d o p tion Left, “Katie” and right “Sugar
