New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-07
RIDING FOR WOMEN.
THE LUXURIOUS FIFTYEIGHTHST. RIDING


The Riding Club, with the article begun with
capital T. is not entirely unlike that ancient trloe vi
North American Indians whose name signifies The Men,
Members of other tribes might be men, but only mem
bers OF this club The Men. There are other 1d-
ing clubs I'm NewYOrl City, but there Is only one Ile
Riding Club, and 1t has membership OF something Ike
GOO and a superb establishment containing clubhouse
riding ring and stables in East Fftyeigst, between
Fifth and Madison ayes This clubhouse structure mas
frontage OF 1875 feet and clear through to East
Fifty ninth ST., depth Of 300 feet There Is taie
about the naming of The Riding Club. and 1t has to do
with lawsuit brought by the New-York Riding Cluo
situated near the western entrance to Central ParK o
| which Howard Carroll is president This lawsuit IL
seems determined that the name the New-fork lding
Club under which The Riding Club started had been
| rreviously preempted. However that may be, the
elegant establishment in Fifty -eighthst Is inc oly
nlace in NewYor1 outside Of tho riding acane'lleS
where ladies have special opportunities for the pcco
Of eouestHansm, and OF course no riding aaueoS eau
begin to compete with The Riding Ciuo III 'no n'"''''
| NJ snmptuous and luxurious surroundings.
Paradoxical IL seems indeed, but no woman IS mem
Der OF The Riding Club. While rather more uldn ,
the place Is reserved for the use OF the taT onos w
ride from here and the organization has the
OF being kept up principally for womens use ue
have but no more standing than Is accorded the nio
CONS 81 members An initiation fee OF 5000 Is cnarsou
and 500 per year IS the dues OF Inc hiu"e i'' a
while women may ride here and 90 rue NJ -
while women's equestrianism is in fact the IeVIo ,
the ednce she cannot become member no iila'oi
her social standing. The Riding CIuo ID dill 0'o
ton for gentlemen and their families ,ox
To beptn with hallboys and nvered ioo'ihoii
Guard the double entrances the Fifty
The ladies' parlOr and reception roon' hCoee' " -, -
! IS had through the No. IL East fh.S -
MORTAL Is long room, beautifully furnished' WIN Hoi
carpeting and rugs, and Handsomely uc'o =. =,
ornamented. On the side toward the rdiis re' ~ -
otted with immense plates of glass unsuliled oS oV
rioces or other distractions TO the view' O'ei 'Hs
parlor are the bath, dressing ana locher ioo'i,'
are fit ted UP with an elegance that puts " "'io w
highest efforts In like rooms OF any Other ouo -
And one OF the finest rooms is for the use VI o''"
The grand dining room the third floor Is m"rNei VI
,sto for elegance The mahogany table In us cen'o'
,rb,cb shuts ND into an Insignificant piece OF iuri,
IS capable OF being stretched to lensth Oh o'c |
foot Colonel Potter the club superintendent w
attn Mr. Andrew H. Sands showed the writer OF tneso
notes through the place yesterday, taxes sp'''"' p'
in the dining room, restaurant ana calc' 49,,
The centre OF interest, OF course, Is tie ruhS ie
,a the stables though the billiard rooms, oaconee'
elevators music stand and decorations are rlis VIZ.
more than passing notice. The ridinb ing Oh INC N1
| ing Climb Is one of the finest ana most caP"oi -
! America 11Ox1O0 feet, nearly square anu any 20
,cnresone seventy feet HIGH with white SIDES Seo W
Inv deep brown colored arches and timbers' i' ilns
has been the scene OF many exciting compe'loi'' n,
| enc exhibitions Of horsewomanshp ard horSen"i0Hnp
| are seen in 1t every day. Riding Mas'er INV O.
Riding Mistress Beach are always ID a'VoN"-'n 80
NJ the best competitions that mas taNch pi"O ~,
hurdles built on this tanbark was the seilai oo W '
host arcregate Of points, five nights which uooN
during the past winter. Miss Mabel MeVo"iI "o e.-
60 nuye and the champion cup. Miss kate Oary
80 +ho eocond prize and the challenge cup Ohe Vi
the cleverest young lady riders now pIacusine ~ '
Riding Club is Miss Clara Williams VINO Is very so
etant practitioner and is seen out almost every uaS
nprfn n
,her 70 nerform for her. Miss Day and MISS halBn'
49, So other nretty constnt riders. Miss Fannie bosV
',o, I, nm excellent horsewoman, owning several nie
saddlers and riding almost every DAY Inc 'Ou .i
| lady who stands highest % trainer Vi nDo 49,
horses ts Miss Anabel Greene. she has TWO lc o1O'
named Dr. Jekyn and Mr. Hyde, ana She eoeS s.1y
Io to the art OF high school in getting her horses
| 80 nm and making them act high. MISS eanuS
| - enc black thoroughbred perfectly, and MISS
| Mou,o Turrure always looks perfectly ut nome "len
abe takes turn on her bay mare. NIiss 'uaS DNu
| r,des we'll and OF course 1t would be RIDICULOUS 70 nV
temnt 10 overdescribe the appearance oil MISS eAine
IIargous in the saddle
The big stable In the rear has four noors WIN "
| h,semen, which IS mostly filed with boxed 'stals'
Tt table NJ the Riding Club is an altogether excep-
| .,aI donor4ment You would hardly believe 1t, but
more ladies can be found out here during the "lner
months Timing their favorite stceds WIN sugar ana
with carrots than you could possibly see IN the par
lors and receptOn-roOms' anu HV ' ~
fable Is AZ unlike a place most people have III mind
when they think of stables at all as 1t Is possible to
conceive Why. Colonel Potter made bet with
man once that blndfOlded. he couldn't tell when ne
cot into the stable. And the man couldn't for inc
whole place is ventilated by means OF huge zinc Venu
laune pipes which have openings over each STALL and
remove foul air substituting pure, by means OF dig
wheel worked by steam, up on top of the building
This steam engine that runs the ventilator Is also
utilized for the horsecHpplng machine with the very
best results. Horses In the Riding Clnb stables ara
| Clipped in half the time and far moro evenly and
| smoothly with the steam worked clipper than are
| those clipped with machine run by handpower The
open stalls made attractive with straw pLlkens'
light iron gratings and canvas covering. The place
wouldn't remind you of stable at all II II wasn't for
the hghspited horses which stand quietly or stretch
THAR soft poses ont hig eyes appealing eently foe