Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-07-29

A Trip Around the Park to the Musi
of the Guards Horns-Another Tri
umph of Nineteenth Century Civiliza
tion-Banquet at the Brunswick.
Time was in the good old days of lon,
ago, when people went about saying by
mi-halidom' and "By'r Lady" and IS Blood
Just as casually and comfortably as we nov
go about saying How dye dog or "Wha
shall it be, gents" and it was considered
grand and glorious thing to see high bor1
danes on piebald paifreys watching tn,
tournaments where brave knights sought t,
win the fair one favor. Legends of the Rount
Table tell us that there never was so mucl
beauty and blue blood gathered together as a
these Jousts, and that the whole world helt
not SO fair sight But all this was moth
ing compared to the picture of a coaching
cub parade in our Central park; and til,
meekest coach owner of all, with his tai
white hat and the flower in his button hole
would make the bravest knight in all OF
Arthur's hall climb down from his horse
and acknowledge himself worm of the eartl
in the presence OF such magniticence. Anl
the late beautiful Guinevere herself could
have gotten points in fairness from the
lovely ladies that beamed down In gracious
splendor on the humble populace below who
came to see and applaud.
The whole thing was like this: Eight
nicely painted coaches had made arrange
ments to drive around Central park They
were not going anywhere-there was no par
ticular destinaJion-the coaches were simply
to make circuit of the park, while six
happy and exalted beings sat Oh the top OF
each coach ana the crowd below wondered
at it all The starting point was the Sew
enty second street drive at the west side
gate, and long before 5 o'clock in the after
noon all the good people who love to gaze
upon beauty and genius had gathered there
to bow In well-bred admiration before the
canary-bo of red wheeled coach.
A PEEP AT THE PARADE.
OF course the most of those packed in the
footpaths waiting i'll the warm sunshine for
the vehicles to move were women, and the
long line OF carriages drawn up for mile
or more a ong one side of the drive so rs to
leave ample room for the parade, was made
up OF women almost altogether. Thousands
of pretty spring costumes blossomed all
through the park and huddled together
wherever little hillock offered a view of
the procession, and even the little children
left their innocent play to gaze with irrev-
erent freedom at colored coach But on
his granite pedestal the bronze figure OF
Webster turned his back on the parade, and
throughout ali the hustle of preparation he
kept his face steadily set the other way.
Just opposite the statue, where the crowL
was thickest two daintily dressed men in
silk hats, terra-cotta gloves and figured
waistcoats, stopped gravely under the pro
truding branch of a pine tree They placed
their hats carefully on the grass, and first
one and then the other seized hold of the
limb and turning a half somersault per.
formed the athletic feat commonly known
as "skinning the cat Then with the same
gravity, they picked up their hats and
sauntered on
There was a blast from a guards horn
and three policemen galloped madly along
the road Just behind them stepped the
four beautiful horses whose reins reached
up into the hands of Col. William Jay, the
president Of the club Mrs Jay sat beside
him and the other seat back held two ladies
and two gentlemen, the latter sitting outside
with the ladies in the middle. The two
guards occupied the boot behind They
wore top boots and the regulation grooms
costume This was the same in all the
coaches Each coach carried six persons
and two groomS Roans and grays drew
Col Jays coach, which had canary body
and red running gear. After him came Mr.
Hugo Fritsch, Mr.. Prescott Lawrence, r.
w. Rives, Fairman Rogers, of Philadelphia;
J. K. Roosevelt, +. Il Rives and Frederick
Bronson, secretary of the club, closed the
procession Each owner who drove of
course wore a tall white hat and the other
gentlemen wore black silk ones The mem
bers' costume were composed Of bottle green
coats, kersey mere wastcoats and light trous
erS The boutounieres were made to match
with the rosettes of flowers in the horses
ears The park commissioners have given
the right of way to the club, ami 50
through the avenues crowded with envious
onlookers the parade swung up the West
Drive to One Hundred and Tenth street,
across to the east drive and then back to the
Webster monument, where the procession
disbanded as the twilight came with its
hint Of rain. in the evening the members
and guests sat down to banquet at the
Hotel Brunswick, where everybody told
every body else what a glorious success the
annual parade had been-New York
World