New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-11
THE RUST OFF THE RUNNERS
SPEEDING THE SLEIGHs OVER THE SNOW.
CROwDING THE HOUSES UP THE ROAD"-soME OF |
THE MEN WHO WE'RE OUT.

CROwDING THE HOUSES UP " THE ROAD"-soME OF
THE MEN WHO WERE OUT.
The sleighing yesterday was good only in
spots, yet overJ body, except those conscentiousy
opposed TO slcighng Sunday. were out in force Tho
wind had played havoc with the IN all the streets
running east ana west, and even In some oi those
running north and sonh had driven tho snow to tho
sides OF the road With a NewYorksr. however, this
makes hut little difference. To man who owns sleigh
the least sembance OF IL sure to bring him ont
1t is seldom that he gets chance to Use II. Per
haps the Gulf Stream has changed It's course ana
changed the .limate but this thing ia certain II New
Yorker has chance TO polish up the runners OF MS
sleigh and the rust that has necessarily gathered
them In the no is satisfied and finds no fault
with the clerk OF the weather.
The sleiRhing excellent in Fffth-nvc. and all
streets running parallel with it. Fiithave. however.
the favoritc drive and presented an ever shfnS
panorama It was democratic In M rearauoe 80 far as
turnouts concerned The millionaire stock brokers'
sleigh. with it's heraldc devices, slipped along side by
side win the bucksers drawn by snperannuated and
careworn animal whose only day Of rest Is ordinarily
supposed to he Sunday In the Park the seiehing was
better than anywhere else, excertinc Fifth-ave
an 1t there that the carnival was ut Its heefh
There the clerk taking his Sunday girl for ride,
and he showed In his face the trouble lie anticipated
when. after thus eXhaustng his small salary his land
lady should present her bill for his weeks board There,
too the Wescheter County swain. who had brought
his best girl to show her how they turned out In
the city. Tho gilded youth OF fashion snped along in
his unganly Russian drosky tho strong minded young
woman was there with her bangedtail cob and atty
crtter toso who attracted the most attention
the regular road riders who. with troters merit
ched to Portland tBe lightncss OF whose work
mauShip would cause to think that they han been
spun by somo spiieD. slipped along as smoothly as
fary's dream. In Seventh sleignng was poor.
excepting the sides O the road MS the wind had not
allowed The snow to settle where had fallen. Those
who did not could not borrow. neg or Hteal 10
sleigh went MP AS far rs One hund rod and wer " th
ST. and seventh ave to see tue iuL Ihey sa" IL uut
At Tom Kearns things were 80 lively that 1t was
hard to inside his ho.elry and Notwithstanding the
" strict enforcement" OF the law. wine corKs were
popping all day. Tom SAYS that on Tuesday II tho
slelghng ass, he Will have sclghlng race Or Z;oO
horses. At John Barrys Romantic at McCom's
IN Bridge. business was lively and oil his sheds were
filed and he was consequently happy outside the IarK
and Fth-ave the best sleighine was In JerOme-ayr.
" Gahe" Case was not sorry ior this Tor he reaped
for long time that hc beat his record Judge Smiths
too further up the avenue was full all day ana ne was
kept lsy shaking hands Among thOse who were out
we're: Frank Work. with Edward aud otsego Prince
the black team Pluto and Black Chase John j. Quinn.
with the chestnut team Maud and Benny; and Mr..
Dexter b. Con- the horse broker who went up The road
several tunes, In the morning driving the mare Jane ~
record 2:2G'i, Captain Cr'S. record ~ ana Belle
drove the chestnut geldirg Londor. record 2;20 who
he can beat any horse on the road County clerk
,ines A. Fack Dir the chestnut gedng liookhln'er
lsior Cohnied drove the trnwn mare mlhhe , II1n
Captain j. +. Humphreyville drove Charley Chalun
gcidne St Charles; William Van Ta~scll pulled the |
lines over Auction Roy and looked contenei; !" D. |
Dunbar drove Kemble Maid record 2:3l ~, who. he |
SAYS can trot In goo; W. IT, Hamilton Was happy |
behind Western Belle; ana Alderman Mooney drove the |
brown geldiug Hubert O. Thompson. whenever ne |
strnck "A bare spot In Seventh-ave. sad lie would |
utroduc" "a bill 10 have 'hr avenue fixed James Lynch
pulei the lines Marry Genet IT,; Rohrrt Stage. IT,
looked defiance "a. he spun along behind The IHcrr |
Oracle =. A. g.. kcrkrr SMILED IA lac went along |
behind the chestnut eeding lriuoc: A. Gurslde drove
iuver: Civil Justice ndrew j. White WHO wanted I" |
be- sheriff. sIed along behind ~ bay tcain; Johnnie |
In ~ Inc q A..
le SAYS n 'epVer Is Incompatible" and william |
SNYDER was out many end the horses he trains