The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-23
COACHES ON PARADE.
GENTLEMEN IN WHITE HATS AND
LADIES T.! BRILLIANT COSTUMES.

OF the Guards Horns-Aao,hsr Tri-
umph of Nineteenth Century C.,iIil.-
tion-Bsnqast ut the Brua,u,.I
Time MAS in the good old days OF long
ago, when people went about saying by
mihaliiom" and ~By'rlaiy" AMI - .iloot
Just As casually AMI comfortably as W. noM
10 about saying How dye do or ~Wha,
shall 1t ts, gents" and il WAS con,idereI a
grand and glorious thing to S.e hi. h-huru
DANES on plebald palireys watching tho
tournaments where brave knights sought T.
win the fair one sfavor. Legends of the ttounJ
Table tell US that there never VA, 50 nv,
beauty AMI l.ue Llooi gathered together as at
these Jousts, and that the whole would held
not 50 fair sight But all thi, MAS moth
ing compared to the pi, ture ot coaching
club parade IN our Central lark AMI th,
n'eekest Goa b owner Of all, With his tall
white hat and the flower in his baton hole,
would make the bravest knight in all uf
Arthur $ hall climb down from his horse
and acknowledge hlm elf worm OF the eal tll
IN tho presence of such ma, ,nilcence Ant
the late beautiful Guineyere herself could
have gotten points in fairness from tic
lovely ladies that ieaneL down IN gririou,
spsenior on the humble popula - hollow who
came to see AMI applaud
The whole thins was like this EIsLt
nicely painted coaches had made arr.ngs
ments To drive aroun,i Central PARK They
"efe not going anywhere there was no plr
ticular destination the cn,che w.r, sinpy
TO make circuit vi tho lar., whll. ~
happy and eNaltel beings sat OF the top of
sich coach anI the crowd bslow wondered
at it all The ,tarting point va, thu >,.v
enty se''oni street drive at the west s.d,
gate, AMI hong bofore O'clock ia the after
noon all the gool people who ioyo To gaze
upon beauty and genius had gathered Tia, 10
u bow In we'll bred admiration ielorc the
canary holy of II red wheeled coach
rEfr Ar IHE PARADE.
Of ,our'e the most Of those packs! In tho
footpath, waiting IN tho warm sunshine for
the VI hicles to move were women AMI tho
long limo of Carriages drawn up tor u n,i.e
or more aons one side Of the ,irivo, 80 a, to
leave ample room for the parade, wa, MAJ
up of women almost altogether Thousands
OF pretty spring costumes blos,on,d all
through the park and h,ridloi together
wherever "a little hillock offered n view OF
the procession, and even to litte ,hlllrc
left thoir innocent play ~ ga With irr.y-
erent freedom ut coorcd coach but ON
his granite pedestal the bronze gur, of
Webster turned his back Oh tho parale AMI
throughout ali the hustle OF Preparation he
kept his face steadily set the other way
just opposite the statue, where the crowd
was thicke,t, two daintily dressel men In
silk hats, terra Gotta gloves ani hgured
waistcoat~, stopped gravely under the pro-
trutting branch Of a pine trco They placed
their hats carefully on the grass, and iirst
one AMI then the other eiled hold of the
limb, and turning Il half soinereault per.
fUrmed the athletic feat commonly known
as "skinning the cat. Then with the same
gravity, tfty picked up their hats and
saunterei on
There Wa, blast from guards horn
aud three policemen galloped maly along
tho road. Just behind them stepped the
four beautiful horses whose rcins reached
III into the hands of Col William Jay, tho
president Of the clnb Mrs Jay sat beside
him AMI the other scat back held two ladies
and two gentleiuen, the latter sitting outside
with the ladies in the middle The two
b"''"' V,o"''o' 'no ooo' .oi'"l ihey
wore top boots and the regulation grooms
eoStu'''e ihis was the same I'LL All tho
coaches Each coach carried six persons
and two groomS loans and grays drew
CoL Jay coa h, which had canary body
and red running gear After him came Mr.
Hugo tritseh, MIR Prescott Lawrence, H.
W kiyes, Failman Gogels, Of Philadelphia
D. IL. i'ooHeNet, !. IL hlNes ana Frederick
bronson, secretary uf tho cub, closed the
procession Eacb owner VINO drove OF
cOtlIs wore a tall white hat and tho other