The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-01-06
The S1eighing Carnival.

The Turf Field and Farm of Dec Goth, gives
us pretty good idea of what may be seen on the
principal drives of New York city during the
sleighing season. That paper says;
"The sleet, which left the streets glare of ice,
fortunately was quickly covered by snow, and now
New Workers enjoy finer sleighng than they have
had for full fifteen years. AS the weather has been
mild during the Christmas holidays, every one
who can possibly afford it has improved the OPP
portunity. Central Park is musical with bells,
and each afternoon st. Nicholas avenue presents a
brilliant and bewildering spectacle. Those who
have fast horses gather there to try their mettle
and those who make no pretensions to speed as
semble to jog back and forth and witness the sport.
Scarcely any two of the turnOuts are alike. Some
of the beds are painted brown, others red, others
black, others yellow. All colors blend and the
changes are as swift and surprising those of the
kaleidoscope. One moment you see g friend here,
the next he is lost in the whirl and confusion fur
Their down the broad avenue. You tackle team
on the brow of the HILL and before you are aware
of it it has shot through the crowded ranks which
impede your progress and faded from your view.
AS you sweep onward trying to take the measure
of another team, you may catch glimpse,
through the clouds of snow rained from the feet
of your horses of the lost rival going like un-
chained lightning the reverse way of the road
The sleighs are of all shapes. The builder must
and coils of the serpent for his designs. Some of
the beds are supported by high runners others set
low to the ground There seighs with single
seats, double Seats four seats, six seats seighS
drawn by swift trotters single, or in pairs; by
heavy coach horses janglng Russian BELLS or by
trim bays or blacks with belts around them, which
give forth merry sounds. The variety adds to the
charm of the scene. Who can tell of the bright
Visions of the new inspirations which come to
those who sit mufied in robes, with fur caps drawn
down over the cars, and who breathe the frosty
winter air, while the flying feet bear them swiftly
over the smooth road Of white and every wind is
heavy with the melody of bells? For the sake of
the horses, we will not ask that the thaw shall be
postponed forever. Scenes of such brilliance can
not last. Should the fine sleighing continue for
weeks, st. Nicholas avenue would not present the
bright spectacle it has presented during the holt
days. The horses would become so sore as to ne
cesstate their being Kept in the stable. The foot
ing at best, is treacherous in the snow, and when
you rush a fast trotter the length of the road
every afternoon from Saturday to Saturday, you
have made him stale and fit subject for the hos
pita. Only the short striding horses can speed
fast in the snow without quickly becoming sore
A great many of the trotters are off their gait
now. In the exciting rush men forget to drive in
moderation. What these trotters will be at the
end of another Carnival week, it is not difficult to
predict, and to feel at the same time that the pre-
diction will prove correct. Of the teams whose
coming is looked for by those who gather to watch
the fun, we may mention those of Messrs. Work,
Rutter, Bonner, Fiske and eastman. Mr.. Fiske
is dangerous man to tackle when he pulls the
lines over Helen Russell and mate, and Mr.. Rnt
ter is able to go the pace with the best OF them
when he sits behind his pair of Garibaldi geld
ings."