Reid was eventually promoted to General Manager, which he held for thirty-nine years.

[1] Around 1887, he introduced and played the "Royal Scottish Game" on an improvised course near his home and was the leader of the Apple Tree Gang.

[4] On November 14, 1888, at a dinner at his house,[5] he founded and, served as the first president of Saint Andrew's Golf Club located in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

[6] Reid's portrait by Frank Fowler hangs in the dining room.

[7] On October 28, 1873, Reid was married to Elizabeth Eddy "Lizzie" Mudge (1854–1925) at Volcano, Virginia.