Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-10-19
A SPORT LOVING FAMILY.
Ex-Secretary Bayard's Daughters Fond of
base Ball and Tennis.

L;x-Secretary Bayard's Daughters Fond of
base Ball and Tennis.
Probably the most ardent patrons of
outdoor sports in Wilmington are the
daughters of ex-Secretary of State
Thomas L. Bayard. The Misses Bayard
are four in number-Nannie, Florence,
Louisa and Nellie-each Of whom can be
justly classed as an accomplished eques-
trienne. The mastery way in which
the daughters of Delaware's statesman
handle the prancing steeds is en-
We'd by the legions Of friends. So
adept are they that generally the fam
lily coachman is compelled TO literally
take a back seat and surrender the reins
TO n Of the young ladies. The eX-sec-
rotary rarely thinks Of holding the reins
when out for a drive with his girls. To
Bay that the Bayard family could very
easily dispense with the services of the
old family coachman and not be SER
iously Inconvenience il not putting ii
too strongly. The family is essentially
a collective lover of horse flesh, and as
a proof of the discriminating paternal
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OF the thoroughbreds will suffice. Mr..
Bayard's stable is within fifty yards OF
tho mansion, ard it is a pleasure to him
TO sec that it is kept in attractive shape
by the groomsmen.
While the Misses Bayard are devout
admirers Of the most useful of quadru,
peds, they are regular patrons of nearly
all outdoor sports, especially base bal
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base ball clubs grounds are within 4OC
yards @: the Bayard mansion, and it is
unusual TO start q game without first
seeing that the fair daughters of ex.
President Cleyeland's premier have ar,
~ged. They are generally on hand
long before the time for the game TO be,
gin, and the hearty manner in which
they appreciate and unstintingly APP,
Tlaud the good plays on both sides is
worthy of emulation. Their presence
always serves TO stimulate the players,
Miss Florence Bayard is the champion
lady lawn tennis player of Delaware,
she being an active member of the Del
aware Field club and n regular partici-
pant at all of the clubs tennis tourna-
ments. Miss Florence is also the cham
M lady tennis player OF the District
VI NolAl4Dld, which SDe won
during the cabinet incumbency of her
father. The members Of the Delaware
Field club would not hesitate to have
Miss Florence Bayard represent their
organization at almost any of the ma
tiOnal tournaments. Her sisters are
also tennis players, but they cannot
WELD the racquet with the proficiency
that has been acquired by the lady
champion.
Ex-Secrotary Bayard has three sons
James, Thomas f., jr. and Philip.
They are also athlectically inclined, es-
pecially the namesake, who is an all
round athlete of no mean ability.
Thomas T., jr., Is a Yale student, and
he and his father often engage in pleas
urable, but active bouts with the gloves.
The ex-secretary is accomplished in the
art of sclf-defense, and he considers it
excellent exercise.
Altogether, the Bayard family can be
named as a sport loving people, and
they are literally the leaders of legiti-
mate sport in Wilmington.