The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-14
AN OLD FASHIONED SPORT.

4 PHILADELPHIA BANKERS SUMMER TRIP-A
FIVE HUNDRED MILE DRIVE FOR HEALTH
AND PLEASURE.
( PHILADELPHIA. August 49, 1879.
Colonel B. X. Jamison, the banker. has just re-
turned from holiday trip which he describes as
being delightful and invigorating it was
unique and sportsmanlike The Colonel is very
w fond of horses and is famous agentleman driver
Instead of doing Cape May and Newport this season
determined to spend his vacation by taking a
irive of about ve hundred miles through the beau
VIC ful scenery of interior Pennsylvania. driving his
equipase and and carrying his own COM
orts and luxuries in the oldfashioned independent
way.
He had made for the trip light travelling car
riage, which is somewhat of a novelty. Large and
"e'oomy. with an oval dashboard containing watch
whcfase pistol pouch bulls eye headlight and two side
tcs lights. and furnished with the traditional "boot
isei which contains willow trunk. made especially for
s the trip the carriage was complete in its appoint
m ments by having pockets for card glove peck
cts. umbrella rack and set of drawers for trav-
cling supplies the entire vehicle when fitted
up weighing all told. $50 pounds. A capt.
tai team OF Kentucky horses furnished the
motive power. and on the l4th OF July
Colonel Jamison. accompanied by his wife and
son, lady relative and groom, started on
months trip through the most beautitul part OF
me party went ny ran 20 ovn sn
gathered up the ribbons and star ed in earnest
drive through roman lc ana loVely country,
the plan being to ride in the morning and evening
and TO rest during the heat OF the day at the nrst
convenient farmhouse or roadside tavern. Over the
Seven Mountains the route was taken to Penns Val
ley foot of Nittany Mountains. Arriving at
Belletonte the evening OF the 10Th. Colonel Jami-
received by Ex-Governor Curtin and other
prominent citizens, who gave the visitors
trip to the Snow Shoe on q special
Lock Haven reached the next night,
and thence the party went via Jersey shore.
to the beautiful Nlppenose Valley, where they
camped for the remainder of the day. Crossing the
valley and mountain Wiiamsport was reached the
following night and here three delightful days
spent ENJOYING the scenery Lewisburg the
point route. the scenery being magnificent,
especially the point overlooking the Junction OF
the north and branches of the Susquehanna
River Northumberland. Crossing the river to
6unbury the trip progressed along the delightful
valley of the Susquehanna. Bloomsbury. Shicksinny
and Wilkesbarre being the points OF rest. trip
from the after point to the Wyoming camp ground,
and thence to Scranton, was most enjoyable over
the old State road now rapidly falling into disuse,
the Broad Mountain the worst travel of the
scenery through the wild sections of Pike and Nom
counties to the Delaware Water Gap recon-
pensed the travellers Thence the route to
bethlehem, which was reached on Saturday, August
2, and that city left on the following Monday.
Homeward bound, via Easton the road taken
for Somerville. N. j. and from that point the car
rage rolled through Bound Brook, New Brunswick.
Redbank and Keyport to Long Branch. Here
short stop made at the Ocean Hotel and the
party afterward visited Deal, Ocean Grove, Spring
Lake and Sea Girt, delightful three days drive
along the Atlantic coast, and experience perhaps
the most enjoyable OF any OF the trip From the
latter point the horses heads turned homeward,
via Freehold. Hightstown and Trenton, the party
reaching this city Saturday evening last having
been gone nearly one month.