 In 1895, Cutting and his brother laid out a golf course at Westbrook, known to be the first private golf course in the United States.In 1892, Cutting and his wife were included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred", purported to be an index of New York's best families, published in "The New York Times".Conveniently, 400 was the number of people that could fit into Mrs. Astor's ballroom.