The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-29
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The sport ia Tit. city. Brsekiys and Now
Jersey.
In spite The heavy fall n and rain that fsd
our With siusL Thursday, tho skating com.
rsuaiy Yesterday favored with nnc day and fair
field for ENJOY The gallo which played such havoc
with spp,sg ssd placed svsry pedestrian 10 danger
OF his HE BY snsp~nding his head many swords
Of Dsmocies there were shuiters and sign boards
ovsrnsngnx his path, swept tho from the pave-
rnsnts froze The slu-h and changed ppiipg ezpsnss
of ~ators INTO aud solid sheet Of leo Yesssr.
day morning the heaven were blue and tho shsse
down cody be-, busAty. The breszs ssi e.rsered
through the streets, but the thoroushfsres wer.
ia good condition.. and the skating excel
lent !, rom hundreds II nsantcd The Gag bearing
AIRED ball on white 6eid and from hundreds Of homes
forth tho ablant lads and ls-ies Starring for the
PARK Tho lakes eli w.ll attended. Tho greas
democratic skating ground, the local Bofs o. Bou,egs>
Gas taken possession OF from early hour and IL
pondR the lrsser snugy sn.eonccd Ina dell 10
~. upusr aks ors especially visited By the rcsdens
Of Harlem. bore evcr-shifng freight o. humanity.
MAJOR ostmans Flfth svenq- rink with ~ covered gal
eries whence the specsatar rsn look down upon tho
crowd accommodations |. comfortable thoss IA
rlayhoga- and iis surface Of rtnoothe-i leo
re- ~ the winds. ~ag thrown oren to receive ia
anmsrous pa,rcns rhs far W ga,hsred In force,
fxlas gllded 10 and fro with womAniy grace and
shsSo~y srlnness Tue attendance was very large and
ssisct md included no, fee u The proncsnts whom
long practice and supplones. o. Iml@ have placed the
fsreu,ot rAnz a. srtic skaters That tho Flfth Ave.
nue. rsnK viii he crowded today and tonight weather
permiiuag be understood. s forcgone CONCLUSION,
and the evening scene, when the huge mirror vii
gsen under ,bs light shed BY two hundred le,a Of 20.
xiii be- beautiful IN the extreme The patronage 10 be
be-toved upon McMilisns PM Avenue Park WI all o
he liberal " Judgment can be bard upon the presence
Of the ghtcd gatIsrn that Yesterday Invaded the
sfeel yr Mcmillan Lo,aLc. which ineiosss q splendid
sh.et Of 49, BY 81 the unpopular PLACES
of ~ tbs skating c,nmgpy, and the ercsilsut
ecnditon N tl. lake coupled with ths good arrgtnr
dsiona provided lor tins guests cannot but max. the
pssmis isyoriis 11 u rsaasaa icr The skating CON
man.y
Tho snnrnneersos ~ skating al the rspAtofne skst.
isg isks ysstsrdsy only strsctsd limited number ~
skai~r, fgm The fact that the -esihef
wa IT, FAR condition, aud large ngmbefs wh doubt
avail thsaslves ol tho opportunity % having several
houys spor day There also skaiing Al Cbuhrx.
tiers poHa Myrtls avenue yestsrdsy brs " rN only
visited BY Few. tho majority o. the skstsrs beag .hdsf
tho In prcg4oa doubt ths; thu We ras not Ia ssed
condition.
Tho cold ~ Yesterday satsesf ~ The d~r'rev ~
the ~ who had been performing many n The
s1ewars the hazard ~ pedexns three f0er dzys
GENTLY srtsnssye for uprostrsinsd snl0vmsnt. The
yosDr Ades however have not yet male their npp~ar.
theAs qusrt~rp, probably owing " the disagree
alas ersc' u lhs 81 ndins vhch hurried rvgnd
by the sale n the prcesut cold continass TIERS n .
ID siIbuyd " brisk time tbs ponax
The sylvan fAks rsnd embrxnns ao area ~ 40 600
eqnarw fs~ has bsen nnos Tn istb Instant, and
s well aiiena~L a. night ~ u brilliantly igbtsf ~.
md AZ ngycenrnu oSred led fair vsi srf1i "
the rnk6 u Se~ York A. nght espvcsspv ~, toll
worn yos,h rafresh kis aabs, anf l4sgs Ia oSna-
mends1a snloy meat