The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-21


1ns COACH OF TODAY tskAa VIEW
coach was run TO Y onkers there was no
coach in 1883; in 1885 theG Greyhound, {. ID.
lseiin and j. X. Roosevelt proprietors. ran
to the Country Club at Pelham; in 1856.
1887 and 1880 the Tan,iyy was run 10 Pc
ham and in 1882 the Aquidneck was run
to Tuxedo during October and November.
Other coaches were run, but they were
by outsiders" This year the Oval
Club will rnn a coach from the Place hotel
to the Oval Cub. James NJ. Waterbury, G..
Weaver Lopez and John Gait Smith being
drivers. The Tuxedo coach, Fred o.
Beach, driver. will be on the road, and
Frank d. Beard, J. II. Schultz. jr., and
from the Regent hotel, Brooklyn, to the
Crescent Clubs country club house at Bay
Ridge. Other coaches are spoken OF. Of
those mentioned, members Of the Coach
ing Club are interested in the Tuxedo
coach only. The Oval Clubs coach is the
one used by T. Suffern Taller and Eugene
Higgins in their memorable trip from
Paris to Trouvilie in 1897. The Tuxedo
coach is the pioneer On which the Coach
ing Cubs outings are made.
American interest in coaching is not
confined to New York, though of the more
than 100 coaches in America about seventy
five are owned here. Public coaches are
run out in Chicago-there are several this
year there because OF the Worlds fair
Cincinnati, Boston and Philadelphia, and
there are coaching clubs, so-calied, in
Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago. But
these clubs permit of Z. embership on the
part Of those who drive breaks-not
''hrakes"-as well as those who drive
coaches and, perhaps. would be better
called four-in-hand clubs. In Europe
Americans are noted for their devotion 4
coaching Every n knows OF James
Gordon Benefits four-in-hand achieve
ments in France. and he names OF I. Suf-
fern Taller. Eugene Higgins and others
are often seen in the cable dispatches de-
failing the coaching news from the other
side.
Road coaches are not the same, though
built on the same general lines as the
park drags" which figure in the parades
of the Coaching Club.
OF their cost, whether road coaches or
park drags. il may be said that it is a tribe
They weigh from o,4o0 to 5000 pounds
and are sold at from 1900 to g., 700.
Foreign coaches cost less. but the duty
OF II per cent. ad valoEem brings the
price up to q figure not greatly below the
American price. "A dollar a pound"
seems like a big price. but light buggies
cost considerably more by weight, and so
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bicycle wheel type. The road coach is, of
course. heavier than the park drag, and IT
Is not so finely finished; il is also more Sc
we're In its outlines, and will carry two or
more outside passengers. Nobody ever
rides inside oil a coach IL he can help il,
unless he is q servant. The chief differ
ence between the English aud the Aimeri-
can coach is that the latter is hung lower.
Both English and American coaches have
''dished" wheels, while the wheels Of the
French coaches are straight.
How much does il cost to run n road
coach? That depends; but. including the
first cost of the coach, $i0.0 Ce fer the sea-
son.. IL the coach be run over n moderately
long route. is not much out OF the way.
Suppose the road Is twenty miles aud re-
turn. There should be twenty horses, or
four teams and four reserve horses. If
the horses are good ones and we'll broken
they will cost 500 each; but suppose they
are not broken TO coach they will cost, say
500 each. The figures will then be some
thing ike this:
Coach j..
Harness two sets OF four AZ 500 the set). d. . f,4o
Wages of guards. srooms. stable expenses.
etc. 700
Total
Perhaps these figures are a little high.
and OF course most road coaches are run
with less than twenty horses. In such q
case tue item wages Of groom. etc." will
be less than quoted. rs we'll rs the item OF
cost OF horses. The guards are paid $40 TO
$6) a month aud Mountaineering
board. iod.i ng and iivery-,he s;ab.emen,
of whom there should be about "a many
rs there are horses. get <l2 TO SIS a week.
II the horses finish the season in good
condition they may often he sold ct an all
vance; II not they must 20 at a loss. SO
there Is a good deal OF uncertainty. Ii the
coach is a public one and accepts passen-
gers for fare, there is some income. though
few road coaches MAKE anything in Amer
lea. No account has been taken OF such
incis.enials as club expenses, sunpers. en-
tertainnent of guests. etc. The cost O!
Keeping a park drag cannot OF course be
estimated |. u. MARSHALL