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Dixey's New Partner-Stanley's BoOk-Dan
Lamont May Become Millionaire
Patti Spurns q $1,000 Cheek.

Correspondence of the Gazette
New YORK. April I9.-Horseback riding has
become marked feature of New York city life.
There are at least dozen frst-class riding
academies in this city, half dozen more in
Brooklyn and Jersey CITY, and one or two in
each of the score of small cities lying all around
us. Men, women and children OF all ages ride
horseback now. Some own their own horses,
but the majority of riders do not. There is
couple of million dollars of capital invested In
riding academies round about here, and
large number of riding masters, grooms
and stablemen find employment.
good well broken saddle horse
costs from $500 up to as much as the prospective
owner may care to pay. The parks are daily
thronged with riders, and some really hne eques-
trians are seen. The annual ride OF the New
York riding club takes place to day. grand
parade of all the riding clubs in this vicinity on
the 26th is arranged for. Both events VIII De a
step beyond all previous artalrs OF the klnd, ana
the parade OF next Saturday VIII marx an I'M
portant era in amateur hOrsemanshlp. One OF
the features of the riding clubs exhlol-
ton to-day will be the tandem evolu-
tons For the first time in this coun-
try twelve riders with twenty -four horses, Will
participate. The members OF the CLUB VINO fur-
nish this part of the performance are, IN the or
der of riding: 4. H. Johnson, d. Il. SeyDel, A.
Schwab, A. Kusuth. o. G.. Smith, w. j. Peek,
Z. H. Davies, Theodore II, SLkman, jules 81
men, Howard Carroll, Carl a. Nyegaard ana H.
w. Struss.
An interesting figure will be the lieu de
barre, - which is severe test OF the AFFINITY OF
the riders. There aret three contestants engaged
at q time. wearing red, white and blue
rosettes pinned to their right shout,
| ders The wearers of the blue and
| the white endeavor to remove the red rosette
! from the other Tider's shoulder by reaching
| from his left side. Three minutes IS allotted for
the task, and lively scrimmage with the rider
| in the dust is occasionally the result Many
/ kinds of fancy riding win be given, and there
! will be squadron evolutiOns, gallop evolutlons
and hurdle leaping by twos and tours. Mr..
| George c. CIausen will command the trot-
| ting and Mr.. @. A. Nyegaard the gallop evolu-
| on Saturday next, if the weather clerk will
| furnish pleasant weather, New ork Will VII
ness the biggest array OF amateur riders that mas
! ever assembled in this country. All of
the riding clubs of this city, Brooklyn and sur
| rounding towns viii take part, each in distinct
| i've uniforms. The clubs which will take part
| are the New York club, Howard Carroll, presl-
| dent: the Fifth Avenue club Frank Ehret, pres
| ident: the Park riding club, Elias RothscnlId
| president; the Belmont riding cIub, Joseph A.
! FLYNN, president; the Sycamore riding cup,
! John Haar, president; and the Manhattan cluD,
| ! / Prlstoll, president, all of this city; the
| BROOKLYN riding club, L. w. Weeks, president;
! the Hudson riding club, j. Huber, president.
| and the Hoboken riding club, A. 2. Hexam er,
president.
| Howard Carroll will be the marshal Of the
| parade, as it is at the suggestion OF the New
| York club that the affair takes place. The rem
J devious is the headquarters of the New YORK
| club. The start will be made at 2:5O p. m. The
! route is Ihrough the part to Mount St. Vincent,
| down the West drive to Seventy second street.
| to Riverside drive, up to Claremont and return
| over a thousand riders other than those IN line.
| The riding clubs will be out in force, and sad
| die horses will be in demand.
1t will be a great day for riders. This newest
| fad of people OF wealth is important, for It
! means rosy cheeks Tor the girls ana better
health for the men.