National Republican., 1880-12-31
FUN ON THE AVENUE.
MERRY sLEIGHrNd CARNIVAL.
Kaleidoscope Views Taken by 4" Republican" Re.
porter from m Eligible street Corner
Some or Those Who We're "Out"
with Their Teams Yesterday.


with Their Teams Yesterday.
Washington under the bright but cherries win
ter sun, looks like st. Petersburg, or any other
Northern capital such ridges, rims, and pl0toaus
of snow have not been seen about here for years.
The white dome Of the Capitol looks dirty against
the background Of snow and snow.clouds The
snow covered roofs of the city the fantastic forms
made by Jack Frost, the trees in the parks, bur
dcned down with snow and the very people clad
like the inhabitants of some icy region their rcd
checks and steaming breath, give the city wintry
aspect which 1t does not wear more than once In n
decade.
AsLEtGHlSG cARNivAI.
The cold snnp having packed the snow in the
streets nrmly an imprOmptu sleighing carnival was
irnang,irated on ihe avenue Yesterday. Every one
fortunate enough TO possess horse and vehicle
that could be placed on runners was out for lnrk
and the scene wns an animated and pleasing one
close behind the stylish turnout of some wealthy
citizen would follow n crockcry crate on wooden
runners drawn, not by clipped bay, but patient
mule. mule who In the excitement Of the occasion, for
bore to act the role of kicker but raced with the
fast flyers aud braycd with JOY. 4 Portland cutter
was a rnre sight wooden and basket slcighs seem
ing to be the favoritc mode of convcyances.
SOME OF THOSE WHO WE'RE "ouT."
In nearly every instance the occupants were
wrapped up snug that II was difficult to discern
who they were, hut among the tlirong q reporter Of
who dashed by him. Colonel Burnside, Of the
| Post Office Department had n handsome double
team , which a!traeicd considerable attention. Mr.
r. T. llill Of the fremont House. with his faststcp
per challenged scores for race and showed q
clean pair ofhccls, until bay driven by Mr.. J. v.
cnsSd from The TrSasry FS to Nnh 'Iss street Wien
much to Mr. llills disgust, his horse broke badly
and Mr. lIuyck iriumr hontly dashed to the front
| Mr.. Johnson, Of South Washington, drove clipped
bnck TO nncy basket rig, which excited the envy
Of hosts of pedestrians. A large family sleigh,
| drawn by two sobcr-looking bays, contained Mr.
| w d. DGyidgc and family, hail dozen little folks
| being conspicuous features. Close behind came
Mr.. W. G. 0Meara with his pet mare Star Maid
who threw snow in the eyes of several rasl owners
ofhorsetlesh who cssayed to pnss her.
The handsomcst turnout on the Avenue during
the afternoon was that of Mr. II. NJ. Hutchinson,
Inc gh,stcpping bays going at 2aO, gait, TO the
Weight of party of ladies oncased In seal.skin
sacqucs and hats. Mr.. l.. q. Wheeler was not
among the last when race came OFF his fine pair
| Of blacks showing up well to the fore. Mr.. Dick
| McAlllstcr drove stylish black to new Portland
c SaT Of spSd SE
well.known hotcl.keeper, had several brushes with
fast ones with his gray, which was full ofylm.
AN INDEPENDENT soAPFAT MAN.
Although such q crowd was ont no accident oc
cured and only at one time did Il catastrophe mp.
pear imminent. colored soap-fat collector, draw
ing q bob sled, upon which were several jars of
| grease. logged unconccrnedly down the centre of
| tho drive and OF Ninth street caused a temporary
jam. He was deaf to nll entreatics to turn out but
pursued MS way hecaIeTs OF the execrn,9ns m OF the
tire, the other vehicles giving him wide berth
About four o'clock the Avenue was one vast
Cutler, in substantial wooden cutter TO which
was attached y feet gray, held the right of the
line for short time, but resigned II Ia favor OF
| Adam Koch and his dun mare, who made the gns.
lamps look like finetooth comb TO the occupants
of the sleigh. Ed. Neumcyer made II lively for
some of the boys with his bay horse to n light
baskctslcigh Mr.. Bous, the timer. had out
home.nanuihcturcd cutter which, although not
stylish, was Of most substantial nature. II was
mounted on runners Of gas-pipe, and obtained
plenty of room from owners of more fragile cstnb
lishments. Walter Wheatley of Georgetown, In q
black cutter, drawn by sorrel, which, while not
much for style, had lots of go In him, was well up
! in front whenever II chance offered. Mr.. z. ].
Lanritzen drove shigh'stepping black to basket
erals Once, made several owners of fast stock cake
his snow, his little mare showing clean pair Of
| heels whenever some vcnturesome equine came up
on even terms. Mr.; George Moss, of Adams Ex-
press Company had party in a large red sleigh,
for which strnpping bay furnished the motive
| power.
A IIerdic cab, mounted on runners, attracted
great deal of attcn,ion, and as the tariff for q
slight expense Mr. John II. Magrnder had his
hands full to manage high-strung bay which
George Oyster logged along behind q fast stopper,
but made no no attempt to pass any one ~
Potter were out in an old fashioned dobie I seH
and in the afternoon called at the Executive Man.
sion and took Mrs-IIayes sleighing,
| Appointment Clerk Lampherc drove a nobby
rig. Ono of the ncatest turIiouts was that of Mr..
S. A. H. Marks, the millionaire of the navy yard
Postmaster Anger, Assistant Postmaster, Parker,
| and crowd OF sub-assistant postmasters ploughed
up the snow In big omnibus sleigh.
SENATORIAL sLEIGHERs.
| Senator Blaine drove a stawart team of milk.
white steeds, Secretary Eyarts was out with his
bays, and evidently took much delight In showing
| their speed. senator Burnside had out "crack-
ing good" team. Senator Wlndon was also oh:
served handling the ribbons over lively pair of
horses. Sergcnntat-Anns Bright droYc a feet
courser, hitched to stylish sleigh,
Mrs. Ross Ray was among the ladies who en-
jOyed the spighing irolic
The members the French Legation occupied a
big family sleigh and cut quite "swoll."
Mr.. George w. Riggs had one of the finest turn
outs seen ON the streets Mr. W. W. Corcoran was
also out and seemed t. enjoy the sport as much us
| scnted the army In the brilliant nssemblage of
| sleighcrs on the Avenue.
Mr.. Allison Nailor Jr. drove his pair of milk
Valley, TO Portland cutter lined with crimson.
| silk plush. Hon. Archie Bliss, of Brooklyn, had
S thS best mi matched team, pair of blacks, and
Shrevcs was out In his new cutter behind his fast
tr0tting mare Lucy, and made many fair ones
heart ache Mr. $. n. Suit created sensation with
black IiamblctOnian to u cutter. Mr.. Wash
| Nailor, ensconsed in an elegant Portland cutter
showed the PAGES of a new tourryear;old ,flly, OF
which ho seemed very proud Later he changed
the lilly for old reliable Jim Christie, and Of course
took the cake.
his crnck little mare Milkmaid, while close behind
! was Lieutenant llrodhead with handsome pair
Of ponies, Mr.; Charles Earl, with his chestnut
hoTsc Dan took the conceit out of several who
lAonght they had iast ones Mr.. james
Christie sporied the Handsomely single team,
his fast little mare Miss Jackson creating
a great deal of interest. Mr.. r. o. Holtzmanii
with his bob.tailed sorrel PAGER made good time,
and deferred number from bucking against him
| Mr. w. w. Rapley with two black colts, Pearl and
| Lota, created sensation which was only equacd
by the performance Of the Thoroughbred mare
sSn Ns BY Gnf aS ssy ESGss Ss a Sr
the crowd Mr. John Foote led the way for a
string OF Flyers with his sorre mare, although his
| James Hughes, with the Washington gray colt
Blue Dick, showed some splendid bursts of speed
while last, but not least, came Dan. O'Brien in Il
new Albany cutter, propelled by his crack little
| bay mare.
THE DEMAND FOR sLElGHs.
The first few days Of the snow the tariff per hour
for sleigh was IS, but the liverymeu have re-
duccd 4, 10 81 from this time forth. Although the
Avenue has been the best paronized, nll the
streets and roads north of the city are represented
very popular 10 Fourteenth, thence to Brghtwood
returning via Soldiers Home and Seventh.strce,
road TO quote an old citizen and hOrscman
"Such snow for sleighlng never fell around Wash
ington" Although the sleighing has lasted week
the demand for cutters Is greater than the supply
lot Of cutters, among which will be some "Al
banys" said to be the finest sleighs made, ono
time in ten years he had rough,shod all his horses
as he knew the snow would last; and although op
posed 10 letting his animals. lo demand for them
was so great that he had been forced to break hi
rule IN this respect,
GOOD SUGGESTION
A suggestion, which will undoubtedly be gen
orally approved has been made TINT IA red
hot sleighing carnival be gotten up with suita
BILE prizes, TO be donated to the poor by the win
ners. In this way man can have the double sat
isinction OF contributing to the relief of the poor
and at the same time towards u carnival of fun
and innocent enjoyment on the Avenue
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. ~
1--WE haven't had slsighing Ike this 70
"In January, 1856, we had heavy SHOWS
and the sleighing lasted six weeks, Billy Nc
Donald, remember, brought over twenty-five TIM
trotters and we had magnificent slcghng carni
val Lantern and Whalcbone ran away ON Seventh