The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-23
SIX GAY DRAGS IN LINE.
THE FJRSr DISPLAY ny THE NEW
IORk COACHING Gun.
Through Finh A,enue and the rnrh with

YORK COACHING Gun.
Through Finh Avenue aud the Park with
Horns blowing. Horses Prancing, Conrh-
es shining, People staring, all the Wny.
The revival Of coaching. begun ten years
nc o iu England. has spread to this country, aud
New Yoikcrs GRO beginning to recall memories
OF the cld-fashOned stage coaches and the
music the horns made winding among the hills
of WestChtstor on the old Albany aud Boston
turnpikcs. About six months ago a few wealthy
men, lovers Of horses nnd masters Of tho whip
and rcins, among whom WIS Delaney Kane,
who drove u coach out Of aud into London all
last summer formed the New York Coaching
Club. Their object was amusement, healthful
exercise, aud the cultivation OF II taste for
driving among men Of wealth and leisure. The
members meant business. They would have no
lolling on easy cushions Willie lackey
held tho Telns. Nobody could Join who
could not drive four horses skfully, and
VINO DID not own at least quarter inter
est VI q stage coach. In short, every member
must be a driver, n lover 0f hors, ,ilesh. ana
q believer IN the romance Of stlge cogching.
The cub soon got , collection Of good staee
horses aud eight FIRST class drars. coach,
when used To convey passengers. becomes "A
drag whru on parade. These are modelled after
the old EuEli-h cuacnc-, Out We many modern
improvements whirn make them hand51m aud
more com Portable to rile In.
The club Itself rlled after the two
great diving clubs OF ENGLAND, the Four-in-
~ nd Club, the oldest. aud the & achil club.
greatest driver l. President II bOth clubs.
Every wear IN AIrll ana May each of these
English driving clubs h IA two paiades, which
are great events OF the London sea
son. Ine lour-in Hand CLUB has forty
So When these vehicles, eaiiy painted. their
roofs nlled with brilliantly dressed women and
shining harness, with the reins held by tiled
! men and Williouaifce, 20 Il shing through HYDE
falk ard fccad'iy. iashinuahle London tHfns
! out ana is enthu iasic. Althcugh many oi the
members of each II these clubs belong u bOth,
vet Iiy rvexs's between them. and they
try TO outNic ch Otucr IN display IN the parades
TuE PARADE IL NEw YORK.
! In imitation ~ the London clubs. the mem
! hers Of the New IorN Coaching club deter
'G Ugd a, :. ~ ii. % on the cast side OF Madison
| square. First came Coz. Will IN Jay the fte~i.
en, lis drag had Yellow oodI ara
nat and bay for leaders ana bav ami
brown for wneel.rs. Next was Freeerck
hy four spirited bavs. Delaney Kane
came next with canary colored drag. havin a
brown for wheclers. Leonard jerome followed
with blue and red drag and tour bay horses.
Then william i. Douglass with blue ara vel
low drag and two chestnuts and two bays
James Gordon bennett, Vice President Of the
club, brought up tho rear with green and red
drag drawn by four golden chestnut horses.
These drivers all wore green coats WITH brass
buttons, striped vests. and high black six htts.
Their bronzcd fees showed them to De prao-
tised orivers. Two uniformed horse tenders sat
in the rear seat Of eaon drag men and women
Invited by the drives occupied the other seaIs
on tpe roof. No one was SLOWED inside.
| IA the coaches drew up ia line n ear tue Uni on
League Clue house, an immense throng OF peo-
pie, attracted by the Rlittering spectacle gathere
around them At four o'clock one OF the guards
and pulled down heir hats. the pass nRers chung
TO their seats. Col. jay cracked his whip, aud
away started the six drags at six mile pace,
Turning into Fifth Avenue they drove straight
to Central Park, the norses keeping on stead '
I ali ha IA W fnF
the drags to keep certain distance
apart, and the pace was made stw, so tina. the
carriages OF ali kinds that thronged Fifth ave
nue. interfered with this:arrsngemsnt, and. driv
raeed them, SO that the line became strdegling,
ana only oy their great height ana glitterlne ap-
amid the crowd OF vehicles. Hundreds Of per-
sons stood on nigh stoops stretching their nee = $
leaned out Of windows and waved theiI
handkerchiefs h, the urags ratted b,, aud the
sidewalks were jhmmed with people VINO werS
dong their best 10 keep pace " ith the horses.
THROUGH TnE PARK.
At the Filth avenue entrance 10 Contra
Park the melodlous winding OF "A h1rI
brought the parade TO hat. The horse
tenders leaped quickly from their seais ~
the drsgs stopped aud running anedd, aligned
he norses ana kept them standing with ut
rrins. The drlgs formed In line anew. and AZ
trwaltIng few minutes for Mr. Douglass, who
had become entdugled IN the lnS OF car
Iiages ia f.ilh avenue, and had f.llen far be-
nlnu, the, started again. Slr. Jay cr-cked hi'
WuIa and led un at arOund tTOt up the mhii
4 | urlNe, ana the NtNtFa ItllOMtu scattering
the ctOwd of coule' ana cabs uet"te then Ike
frightened eep 1hs para pOhce kept u,
throug OF caitiages Ia order, and the urass madt
= A muCu better appearance than they hal dout
| In tue crowded avenue. As the SIX groat coach
| es. win their bright new CO ors dashins
horses, and brilliantly dressed passeneers ct
) thug high above the horses heads, rolleC
| sNayiuR along the smooth and breezy dtNe
they made gorgeous spectacle, an5
| groups OF people hurried out and stood staring
r at tue unexpected scene oetore them. III
| hi I" cried ragged bootblack, as the owner o
the Herald, towering up on the front seat OF hi
) | drag, aud refining bis inusome horses viii
, graceful skill, dashed by, " ioOk al Jim Bennett
b At sletson's where hundreds had gathered or
Too anu III carriages 10 see tue parade the dra9
a tdrned back Tor home. At the III avenue exI
1 | from the Park the line was reformed, aud sir
t Douglass rejoined tue parade. Hundreds d
e business men we're coming up the avenue, ant
= all stopped to look at tho orags, and mani
I smiled ana nudged their companions wnen he!
Q recognized tue drivers, ana then rose ON thei
Il | tiptoes u get another look, ana SMILED again
d Past The Flf h Avenue Hosel the drAgs dashed
l. increasing their speed anu keeping close to
e | gether, then down to Washington square
I around the fountain Ia glittering circle, baci
D | 10 rwenty-tuird street, around Madison squar
wi a flourish OF horns, to Iwenty-slxth stree
and broadway, where the parade w.s dis ssed
aud the drags taken 10 their dinel ent stables.
= here Will oe another Lardue Of the CoAchinl
i | Club In October and the members hope that b.
that time tho interest in oogching, aroused D.
their brilliant example and by the coach line Il
= | Pelham bridge, which Delaney Kane Is To run
! beginning On siay /, will have become so grea
that the parade will be much lrGer tnan II wa
: yesterday.
n Mr.. Kane will run bis canary -colored coach
., | which has received all the improvements ina
long expe' ienoe could suggest, from the Hote
BTunswi ick 10 Pelham Bridge every day, stoppiu
: at Harlem Bridge aud Mestcbester. In June h
. will extend the line to New Rochelle. The pac
a is to be ten miles an hour, including stoppages
| he fare l. to be nity cents. Twenty horses Wi
be kept to run the coach.
r Mr.. BENEFITS PoLo PONIES.
I The twenty ponies purchased by MI
d Bennett In the Kio GTande country, to be use,
: IN playing the game Of polo, arrived In Jerse
I | CITY last night In tho care OF TWO MeXicani
4 Fifteen Of them are sick. They were STABBED /
{ Pavonia avenue Tor tho night. and will b
j. turned out 10 pasture TO day.
: Long Islands Railway Project.
4 HUNTINGToN, l.. L. April 22-rhe committee
( appointed by tue people along the projected
: the Glendale and East River Railroad from william