The New York herald., 1868-02-01

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sceaes tho Road Yesterday.
IA herse horset my kingdom for Q horset" ex-
claimed the humpbacked King Richard In state OF ex
citsmens as intense 1t dramatic "a horse and
sleigh horse and sleighi what would not give for
horse and slegh" exclaimed many Of citizens yes
terday who, though not having kingdoms 70 give away
would cheerfully have parted with almost anything
they had TO have accomplished the desired object and
whose backs were up metaphorically nj least,
in consequences Of their disappointment TO the
same curvilinair height as was that or the dis
appointed Duke OF Glos.er Briefly, this de-
scribes the State Of facts in the city yesterday
ON the morse ana sleigh question The public appetite
and by the public we mean those who the happy
owners OF equine stock and accompanying vehicles for
mingled experiences and recals OF the OF
the TWO previous days sieghng. Those who had been
@ gdanad 20 go agan; those who had not
TO whom extraordinary pecuuiary punctllo is virtue
very rarely attributed enough Of course like
the sellers Of fancy stocks Wall or OF pews in
Plymouth church, 70 take advantage OF this exraordi
nary rise IN the horse and sleigh market. The result
was that prices had considerably advanced But what
OF that The pleasure seekers of city count
dollars and cents when the matter in hand grat6
cation OF their pleasures Every vehicle on runners to
hire and any horse or horses needed TO draw for
they OF all kinds, from the tinost imaginable one
horse cutter 10 mammoth steighs drawn by eight
horses--were consequently early engaged and early and
late on the 60.
Danie's description OF the internal regions or Mitons
describe the seiehng scenes yesterday In She Park on
Harlem lane, along Bioomngdalc ro d and oil the road.
ways leading out Of the city Is indesorbaby dni
cult All the sleigh riders however much little Of
time or whatever section OF the day they gave It,
oyed thcir full Of fun, much as it is possible to
be derived from sleghridng The sleghing was never
better could not be better the crisp cracked with
exulting conpac.ness and brilliant with c,ear sunlight
was the day,
red after the sunset
CAME up the moon
making bright and joyous the nght the air full Of
day-wtn the thermometer just comfortably below tho
freezing point In the constant meeting of seghs and
tampng OF impatient hoots behind there was just
enough Of the element OF danger TO intensity the peas
ant exctement the music OF the sleigh bcls rang out
perpetual peal Of joy, and last but not least the
fault of all il they had not their best friends with
them; and from this and all the other surrounding cir.
cumsancss they did not have tho best OF times
oenuu ' wal h'nS s,.eea ana ~ scnomng STOCK
OF trade leaving behind business Of every kind and
casting in fact every shadow from the brow, those who
and all were intent on enjoyment The throng was
not numerous the forenoon, but still enough to
lively and anmatng 1t is no, often we SEQ
such sieghing and It is not often II lasts so
long, and therefore there is the more general
eagerness to seize the fitting enjoyment itafords while
It lasts Between three and four O'Clock IN The after
noon the rush and crush of segns begin to show them
Selves TIL the night shadows set in this rush and crush
continue TO increase In the Park the Of moving
sleighs and whiring confusion of horses and mngng
music OF sleigh bells n wonder behold Tho nine
and a half miles OF drive in the Park are quickly
accomplished. Through all the windngs of tho road,
up hii down hiii bridges under bridges, the
sleighs dash along their head0ng flight. II would
seem though there must be collisions but there has
been only reported thus TAR and this attended with
serious results; and only runaway has aap-
pened and this with no damage beyond slight reduc
ton IN the value OF cutter and harness. AS whenever
there is sieghing in New York, yesterday every
riety OF vehicle TO DO seen, and their occupants
represented almost every variety and phase Of metro
p0litan life.
But the seghlng carnival for such it is is really al its
height in the evening Ii Is then those who get
during the day in for their share OF the enjoy
meui The moonlight with its soft mellowing lus.
ire brought out more last evening than the dazzling
briancy Of tue MONDAY sun. And 1t brought out
different set OF people, too thosc clamorously de-
ermined to be happy rocing parties or Lively young
and lively young ladies', Who the night aud
park vocal with their melodies The night cold,
colder than il has been any time yet, but much the
more clear and fui rang out their voices on the still
nipht air, and so much the happier they.
II s midnight, and stu sieishng parties enjoying
themselves--tbrougn the Park, along Bloomlngdalo
road, through the up town avenues and into New
Jersey and on Long lsand sor the seghng Rpod all
about US, cutters and slcighs running With swift,
mad ceery, and loud 5 tue singing and bosterous the
mirtii There wore probably less than hfteen
thousand cutters and sleghs in Central Park aud the
leading up town avenues yesterday, giving between
forty and fy thousand participants in day IS pea
OF the sleghD. carnival After eight z. NJ there
record OF vehicles entering the Park but mp this
there were thousand cutters and scighs
in the Park. Or Johnson suggests sitting draft OF
lump of ice with ones feet in ice water, aud
ringing tel bell with each hand as cheap way of
Joying the pleasures of sleigh riding. But DR. Johnson
and buffalo robes sSiliul or hot drinks
our advice TO those who have not yet tried tho seig
with which our island Is SO beneicently best TO
try H. and our word for at the close, says Gall
Hamilton In hcr "Cala DAYS. II viii ba set do as
gem Of experience worthiy to he rockoued tho chief
gem OF tue beatitudes.