New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-11
RETURN OF THE COACHING CLUB PARTY
A DUSTY TRIP BACK FROM RANCoCAs-oNLY FOUR

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A DUSTY TRIP BACK FROM RAECoCAs-oNLY FOUR
MINUTES BEHIND TIME.
A crowd collected in the vicinity of the Hotel
Brunswick yesterday afternoon to witness tne re-
turn of the members OF the Cosc9lng CtuP mno
cas- Jobstown, last Friday; The portcO OF the no
tel was hung with gold-frlngad scare5 c fOo
which had gay appearance the AND 1ind dGC
were hung flags and banners. On the balconies
was number of ladies and gentlemen, ana otne rs
the avenue. The coach was due at half-past
o'clock, and just at that moment the morn OF fhe
Pelham coach, on It's return from NeW-hOGneiie'
was heard. All heads, after glance up the avenue
we're turned toward MadisOn-square. as IL was eH-
pected that the two coaches would arrive exacty
on time But there was dS SfRb e OF sSS
made upon this circumstance one mignt
have thought that never III the long i hisEot ~
its schedule time Four minutes elapsed and then
the expected coach with its steamIng horses came
rafting up the avenue at good speed ana was
MIR. jaw, the president of the club, who was
driving seemed to have some little energy Ie,t, p
the Others weared faded, smOthered IN dust. looked
little ike the men who started on the expedition
Friday fresh bright and spotless IN appearance.
new coach, too, was, so thlckly covered WIN i.a
dust that SG CnTd bs Vs sstn was
noticed that one end of the whiffletree had been
broken and this accounted for the four minutes
DELAY. The schedule time was fathtnily KepI
throughout the entire journey until New-I0rK was
reached and then, soon after the coach LETT tho
jersey ferry, 1T came INTO contact WIN anoInef e
vehicle. the wheel OF Whlch DrOHe OH Iho euu VI
the whfietree
The trip was said to have been great success.
The weather was fine throughout, and the only
drawback to enjoyment was III the CLOUDS OF dust
that envelOped the vehicle during the greater part
of the return Journey. Mr.. LOTiard drove during
the first stage, from Jobstown to BorGentowh, anu
this proved to be the most uncomfortaOe part.
The sand being four inches deep on !h9
road, and the, wind, coming from behind
the party, rolled great clouds of dust over
them all the way. They started at
IL o'clock, and covered the first nine miles IN htty
minutes. At the White Horse Hotel r: A: Scher-
merhorn took up the reins for four and half miles
which were gone over In thirty minutes. and Nell
son Brown drove the four miles to Trenton. stay
of ten minutes was made at the National
Hotel; F. Bronson took charge OF the the team
minutes, "''a and gave place to F., Nelson
for the journey to Kingston, where the party
arrived at 1919, minute ahead OF the schedule
time -Four splendid bays %e P put IN F 9nd P SE1ne
it is now called, and from there to New-Brunswick
Leonard Jerome was the driver, of another
team Of four bays; At tn! Metueh h1.o: August
waiting another team of four bays, and e. X. Fear;
ing with two bays at the wheel and chestnut and
gray at the head, got over the distance from that
polnt to Railway in fOrty-iive minutes lhen iueoO w.
Frtsch took his turn on the box 18th mixed team,
piebalds and chestnuts, and reached Elizabeth at
2:30. IT, A. Havemeyer drove the next stage, to
Grace Church. Newark, in good time, with team
of browns, and then MI. Jay, with chestnut ana a
bay at the wheel and gray and n chestnut at the
lead, drove to the Hotel Brunswick, making
a total of seventy-eight and half miles IN
ten and half hours or, exclusive OF the TWO STOPS,
nine and half hours. After leaving Elizabeth the
wind changed and there was less discomfort expert
enced from tho flying dust In the evening the
gentlemen composing the party, WIN nulhDer Oh
friends, dined together at the Hotel Brunswlck'