New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-26
SEVEN COACHES IN LINE.
TENTH ANNUAL PARADE IN TIE PARK.
rAuITLEssLY APPOINTED TURNoUTs AND PER
Feet wEATHER-THE DINNER IN


The coaching parade Is over. II tho immortal SeiDy,
who long drove the Old Tines coarh from the
White House cellars In London could have come BACK
TO this earth for Just yesterday and been on mana
for the tenth annual parade OF the Ncwfork Coach"s
Club. he would at least have been much astonshcd
at the "smarfness' OF American drags and at IN"
manner In which they handled by amateur drivers
Tho meet IN the cross-road leading from the
Grand Circle at tho EIghth-ave. and Fifty nnth-s en-
trance OF the Park TO the Central Driveway and
Mall. Long before the appointed hour o'clock the
cxpectant crowd lined all the sidewalks and drives
within view OF the start Mounted park police cleared
the meeting place Tho first coach to arrive was that
driven by Reginald ". Rives The guard gave
blast on his yard Of tin" and Mr.. Rves pulled up In
the shade on the box scat Mrs. Rives. the
Others OF the party being Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Rel
mond aud Mr. and Mrs James W. Waterbury. Mr..
Rives drove bay and gray In the lead and
chestnut and gay at the wheel. They looked
handsome in the gorgeous brass mounted harness. and
seemed to be enjoying Themselves His coach Is
by Peters & Sons, and has dark blue panels and
scarlet running gear, picked out with black Then
the other coaches came by one until tho number
was seven.
THE COACHES AND THEIR PASSENGERS
Colonel William Jay, the president OF the club,
drove four perfectly Matched high stepping bays.
Mrs. jay occupied the box with him, and Mr.. and
Mr.. Cooper Hewitt, Mrs Arthur X. Randolph and
L.
Jays drag has red panels and yellow undcr-carrage
Francis T. Undcrll, Of GrOton, Mass, drove hand
somo team. bay leaders and a bay and a chestnut
at the wheel. His drag Is snowy ono, with
yellow panels and cunningham Mrs. Cndcrhill
was on the box-scat and his guests Miss Mabel
Wright, Miss Margaret Meyer and Mcssrs. Weeks
and Rarnum.
August Belmont. IT,, had a beautiful team OF light
bays His coach is by Holland & Holland, and has
MAROON panels and scarlet undcrcarisge picked out
with white and drab Innings. Mr.. Brlmonts party
consisted OF Mrs. Belmont. who hal tho boI.srat.
Mr. and Mrs Randolph NJ. Appleton and Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver W. Birl.
William Forbes Morgan drove the Tantivy,' which
has So often been In the past with Hugo Frs"h
on the box. lie hal gray leaders and bay wheclers.
Mrs. Morgan had the box scot, and those behind
Mr. aud Mrs. Stuyvessnt Fish, Mrs Burke
Roche and {. G. Peters. The "Tantivy7 has ycl
low under.car Rage. f, NJ. Psielfor had out the old
club coach Pioneer conspicuous for its white and
red body and white-strped wheels. In his party
were Miss Post Dr. aid Mrs. J. NJ. Woodbury. ana
Mr.. and MI. Illiam d. sloan.
Charles IIavencycr drove TO blu" psnrllcl coach
four spicy bays. Mrs Adolph Lai"tDurg was b.
his side. Miss Amy Bend, Miss Daisy Hurst center
Hitchcock and MIR. LshrnhurS were tho rest oi his
TOAD. The striking feature IF Mr. Hs'fm"yerS
coach was that all the women wore hats a'lkA
owing to the club being in mourning the men replaced
the white hats OF former years with the regulation
black top hats Tho bottlc-grecn coats Serc. how
ever, N usual.
TIE DRIVE THROUGH THE PARK
At few minutes past S O'Clock the drsRs got under
way Colonel Jay In the lead, followed by Mcssrs
TndcrhIll Belmont. Morgan PadefoN. HaHcmeSer
and Rivcs in the orer named Lori Ih~icrhrm
viewed the start critically They were oil In the
tvtnhling Of an eye and bowling mrrri'y along IN"
Central and Drives to the VIPER end Of tho ru~
At one hundr-t. and .tenth-St, whcr" Colonel jay
pulIcl IN and rccov cred his forces.
Pruca~sS wa then resumed, and m" stately p'ocrs
sion moved across and down the Fast Drive, stac' at
the whole way by admlrinc. and, perhaps. Somcwha'
cnvInls cpIvrlS. ~ The lower end OF the MAI IN"
line turned to right aud rrturp'd IA the stATus
plarc where after short halt tho coaches "crc MS
missed. . n,.,
THO dinner In the evening At IN" Hotel ErnnsNfh
vns moro than Ury!In ary we'll ordered Inc bso
ra,L,ns OF tho dining room werr b"antiInI VI ,he
eytrrmr and looked " Cosching" al ovrr The eIle
Mas arranged in the form OF giant whifnc-froe ana
tbs walls were hung With whips whimo.!ree. c1.sh ,
rrpre.cntatton OF coach occupied tho centre Of The
tat,n and n, Us RICH, and icr Hrno horh coach
l~ofs and Il, them wrr- limitations OF the good Thing"
,ha, coach boot, wont Ia contain. Covers wsF
laid ftlr forty Two persons
After coHrc 81 the tables vcrs novel away
and dancing lndIecSi N until ann ~ shhdN'
rho rnprnf Of tho club congratulate Themselves on
,Lc ncrfcrf weather with which they were favofrd.
Othprs will cOnratulaie them upon the good mAnsgr
rnert 10 which the OF both parsir aud dnh~
may be attributed