New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
THE COACHING CLUE PARADE.
FINE DISPLAY IN FIFTH-AVENUE.

FINE DISPLAY IN Fir lfi-AN I@NCT'
11rE GATHERING OF THE FIFTEEN COACHES IN
MAplsoN-sQU ARE-TmE COAcIIMEN AND TIE
LADIES.
IT.. Coaching Club had It's annual spring parade
and dinner Yesterday afternoon. Fifteen coaches
,,er, il, fhc uroccsSion the weather was delightful
there WA, no dust ana nothing occurred to mar the
Measure which the affair gave to the participants
and the spectators The sidewalk east OF Madison
souare was crowded by hundreds oi men ahu
women who preferred closr vie" OF c"acH'S'
horses and occupants to the spectacle OF the pro-
cession in motion lille many times ~ many more
lined both sides of Fith-aVe. To sec IN" SHOW aS IL
moved past. A perfect view would have n''Iu"'u
10th noiuts Of observation. The spectacle Of IN"
long line Of bright -colored coaches the rond-i"okng
bors.s and the merry passengers supplied one clc-
neut they dashed along the avenue on smart trot'
ami that the popular one but for those who hal a
cnri..ty TO peep under the hats and bonncis OF the
ladies and TO note their dress, or even to study the
beauty of the horses, n curbStone position on the
east side of the park as the coaches drove up had
rare advantages.
Promptness marked every feature Of the display
AT hall past o'clock the first coach came to stop
I'm Mad;son-ave. near Twenty-lhlrl-St. At o'clock
n tool from the horn of the guard on the coaC o to
preside mt of the cuh, William JAY, was the slSal Tor
The start at winch the fifteen c0achinrn gathered
mn tl,,ir rcins and the line moved oil calamity.
Mill HE coaches were gathering there was just
time enough to marshal the club ca and thrir
guests and make few mental notes oil thrll al'-
nearance. The aiics carried sweet burdens OF
hovcrs a bouquet in their hands and another III
their belts. For the greater part thty were Loosely
gathered punches OF roscbuds. ne men uniformly
Wore buttonhOlc bouquets 10 match the
rosettcs on their horses, SHOW hallS' Wild now
ems. red roses pAilsr'. ~ ihs taT' n'E 9lI
I've and did the guards. Many oI the ladies'
won dr,~so.of uni cured -0lOTcd ~tils light and airy
looking with which the flowers blended III hcautl-
fnI harmony; and when III few inNtan' es 1t
4 "a, full pt lle
thus attirrd, the effect WAS charming. HE sun
shine seemed tempered by the clouds Just sum
GENTLY to prevent glaring effect and 10 enable the
coacLes to make their tTip and return without sln
of fatigue either in horses "r men.
Tie route wits up Iiith-aVe I" Contra Park, TAX
ing the west drive rs TAR a. S."is"n and returning
IN the east si.ie down EItth-aNc. 10 W ahllngiOh-
square and back to the Hotel brunswick. The tine
occupied was two hours aid forty minutes The
doorw nv of the hotel and the balcony above were
decorated by fcstoOn> of flag, ia honor "l the affair.
The lead i'll the parade was Ia ken by William Jay.
who drove his four chestnut horses. and had as ms
guests Mr., and Mrs. Er"ierlc 81 rinan Miss Gel
Tichs and Reginald kivcS. August Belmont cane
next o,, n coach with maroon body and under car
riace striped with red. lie drove four bays with
rosattcs of apple blossoms. Ills guests we've Mir and
Mrs :. ;. Rowland, Miss Maud ki'rs ana \. b,i-
mont jr The other coaches followed then III the
Framris X. Riycs. with Mrs David King, jr., Miss
NJ Candy. Miss Constance Evelyn RIves, Frederick
o. Beach and Frederick Phpps
Hugo Fritsch. with Mrs. tTitsch Miss Emmett.
Miss Gilbert, L. Alien and ". Riggs.
H. H.
Kernochan. Miss Townsend and i. WinthroP 49,
Pierre LOrlard with Mr. and Mrs Redmond. Miss
Kate Buckley Miss Emily icll ana +. Gray GrswOld.
Isaac II. Reed, with Mr. and Mis-. Dcmlng Duer, lr.
I. August SchernerhOIn, with MI ana Mo- Robert
Goelet Miss Hoyt, Miss Ashnan ana the Marquis &c
Podcstade.
Fsirnan Rogers Of Philadelphia with Mrs. Rog-
ers. DR.. and Mrs :. Weir Mitchell of Pniadelp PIMA,
MIR. ana Mrs. George Gilpin, OF Philadelphia.
r. Bronson. with Mrs. Bronson, Mr and Ars. Henry
White anu Mrs. Ogden GOeiet.
Theodore A. Hayemeyer, with Mrs. Iavemcy yer,
Julian James, Miss BeckwIth, q. W. IAOmo aud
Mr.. Maitland.
j. r. Koose Welt with Mr.. and Mrs. Newbold, Mr..
&C. Haven. with Mrs. Haven, Mr.. and Mis-. Del
Monte and Mrs. Vail
j. V. Parker, with Miss WoOdvile, Mr.. and Mrs
Van Rensselaer, Cruger aud {. {. Baldwin
Delaney Name, NIce-presldent Of the Coaching
Club, with Mrs Kane, Dir. and Mrs. Adrian IScn
IT,, Mr.. and Nrs. C. Oliver ISen.
Ihe members OF the club and their guests sat
down 10 dinner at o'clock. The whole OF the ~
Ond floor Of the Hotel Brunswick had been reserved
for their use reception and dining rooms. The
menu printed ON card with cngray ed dcsitl
and the programme OF musical pieces " a. printed
on satin with device of whips crossing horseshoe
coiorrd 20 match the coaches in which the trip had
been made. The dinner cards were and-palntcd
and each bore picture Of q coach aud tour. They
were divided into sets OF sN, each set having the
coach painted like that driven 10y the host. Unique
ornaments on the tables were miniature figures III
character costumes fresh from Paris.
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