Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-03
Out on the Avenue.
Gay Times and Lively WOrk-A La
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 Gay Times and Lively WOrk-A Large
 Number of Teams Out.
 There was another gay time on Whalley avenue yesterday. At three o'clock the ave- nue was thick with sleighing teams, single and double. The snow was somewhat packed down, but not in prime condition fer trotting. The weather was beautiful. It was one of the finest of winter days bright, clear and sunshiny, and mild enough to make sleighing 8 comfortable proceeding Many ladies profited by the opportunity to partici- pate in the gay scene. Over two hundred teams were out. Rev. MT. Houghton was out with his fine chestnut, MT. Ed. P. Mer- win with his fine strawberry roan, Major H. H. Strong and lady with his spirited, well matched pair, P. McKenna and wife with his | fast gray William R. Miller and wife with his we'll known gray. O'Keefe, the livery man, dashed down the avenue every now and then in rushing style. Jacob Broschart | drove his spirited, well matched speedy pair. Henry L. Cowell was out handling the reins over his fine, smoothly trotting black. Hugh Daley, with bevy of the fair sex,
 
 l drawn by a nice pair of grays.
 1 Conspicuous in the throng were five well known Financial bulls." who occupied an | elegant sleigh and were heartily enjoying themselves after their hard days labor. l Charles H: Webb, accompanied by Louis H. Bristol, Esq, was out with his fine driving horse E. B. Hall, jr., had out his fine gray. One of the best horses on the avenue was 1 driven by Mir. Alfred Ives, the brick manu- facturer of North Haven. It takes good ! horse to keep up with it.
 John B. Judd, the trainer, had out nice pair of steppers. and knows how to handle them.
 One of the finest pairs on the avenue was driven by Mir. Nelson Barker. Both in style, action and speed they were we'll worthy of notice
 Rutherford Trowbridge and John B. Mills took it leisurely behind 8 good driving horse. Perfectly safe, with 'Rud'' handling the rib bons.
 Although the state of the snow did not afford the best chance for trial of speed, still there some lively work. Sam Crut- 
 and then came shooting down the avenue, making good time and worrying certain other ! teams considerably.
 D. c. Warehouse, of Fair Haven, added to the spirited scene with his fine pair and 8 l load of ladies. Fair Hay en was well repre- ! sented by MT. Bradley, the marketman, and | wife, with his good pair, ex-Alderman ! obo xrif W. Crawford and others, with good teams. David Cowell, the caterer, had out his horse, one of the good ones. Charles R. Water house came dashing down the avenue with 8 | spirited team. MT. Osterweis and wife were ! enjoying themselves behind good driving horse, MT. B. c. Lake and wife were out behind their driving horse, taking it leis- urely with now and then slight dip into the ! brushes.
 One of the finest matched pairs and most stylish in build and action of any was that of l Mir. Chas. A. Warren Both are handsome young animals, and trot inside of three min utes.
 Another pair noticeable for their style and speed was driven by MT. Will Pollock of Yale. One of them is said to be very fast. Here comes a speedy old trotter. That is Moscow, owned by MT. Osborne, of Osborne & Cheeseman, Ansonia, said to be fully IS years old, but full of go. Young Mir. Dev- ereaux, of the college, is driving it. Mir. Devereaux is quiet, but loves good horse and is versed in the record of every trotter worth knowing about. He is financially l splendidly fixed, and he is letting Moscow go; and Moscow seems to enjoy it, and distances lots of the younger ones. Wm. H. Coolidge is out there in that throng of sleighs with his trotter. MT. James B. Hood and wife are out driving their gray. Rev. Dr. Todd has his fine chestnut and 8 whole sleigh load of happy humanity. MT. R. Hills and daughter drive up the avenue quite moderately, but the horse comes back down the avenue at 8 very spirited gait. R.. l G. Russell has out his good driving horse. Richard w. Meigs and a young lady are out taking in the bright scene. c. B. Demarest was out with his new span,-a pair of good trotters,-and with him are Mrs. Demarest 1 and other ladies. Mrs. T. Atwater Barnes and other ladies are out in that large double 1 sleigh behind that nice pair. Wonder is Dr. Farnam with fine pair and double sleigh, in which are a number of ladies. ! Mir. E. Hayes Trowbridge, jr., is being 1 driven by in a fine double sleigh behind a fine pair of horses And here comes some thing stylish It is Dr. S. H. Chapmans 1 team and his brother is driving. The sleigh 1 is one of those stylish dog-cart sleighs, some thing new on the avenue, and everybody gives ! it a look. But clear the road.
 Here comes something. The man is evil dently satisfied that he has got trotter. He | holds his head on one side and seems to ex- pect cheers from the multitude of bystand- CTS. The horse does go pretty we'll But all l it cost was $40.
 l Wonder is Evelyn Sperry, of Bethany. He is that man standing up in his sleigh near the corner. He has an Arctic region hat, and is taking good look before he starts up for Bethany.
 Mir. Douglass, of B. H. Douglass & Sons, confectioners, is in that team with Mrs. Douglass.
 Wonder comes, at good gait, MT. R. T. Merwin and his trotter. His nephew, Mr. Robert Merwin, the real estate dealer, is also out with his team.
 There comes trotter. It is MT. Lancraft's of the Annex and he is driving. It is hard to beat her and she goes like lamplighter.
 Rev. MT. Kelsey is out taking sleigh ride and so is Rev. Mir. Meserve, also several ot the Roman Catholic clergy. So also are MT. and Mrs. Wm. A. Beers, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gay, Joel A. Gilbert, Serene I. Gilbert, Burt Gilbert of Hamden, MT. Warner of Hamden. The two fine horses of MT. l.. V. Treat are not to be seen. Mir. Treat and sons are busy on their contract out in Derby and have no time this season for sleighing. They sleigh it every day on the steam rails via Derby railroad ,. A little work will even up the road at the crosswalks and do away with those disagree able hummocks and thank -you-marms. Horses being speeded down the road are thrown off their feet at such places and are sure to break. Among so many enjoying the sport, some will no doubt be willing to remedy this, especially as, with continued good weather, day will witness the greatest carnival day of the season on the avenue.
 Tribute to a Deceased Clergyman.
 Revs. l.. T. Bennett, W. B. Vibbert and Edwin S. Lines, committee of the convoca tion of New Haven county, which closed its session Wednesday, drafted the following fine tribute to the memory of the late Rev Henry Townsend, born in Middlebury 1T
 1895, died in New Haven September 28, 1881.
 While engaged in prosperous mercantile
 pursuits he was impressed with conviction
 that hs could render greater service to the Master in the work of the ministry than 1T