Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-13
A CARNIVAL OF sLEIGHING.
lis a Gay Scene One Witnesses on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue Nowadays.

vania Avenue Nowadays.
Il want your best team of steppers,' said
chappie, deah boy, to 18th street livery stable
keeper this morning. IN engage it for four
hours
Certainly. responded the millionaire liv-
eryraan. As don. know you, $40. please.
Single cutters only - hour. Why, what's
the matter?
They soused his head in the horse pail. rubbed
hun down with the sweat scrsper, wiped his
mouth out with tho carriage sponge, and stood
him mp behind the stove 10 thaw out
/ My whole months salary he-cried with a
! gasping rnu-mu- of pain and disappointment.
! Poor little dspper chappie. deah boy, And he
/ had just been advanced from the ribbon to the
/ fringe counter, too,
I Washington Is in the midst OF a carnival Of
} sleighinS- the first downright all-around
/ bang-up. hold-on spell OF fine sleighing her
I people have enjoyed in several years. En-
joyed Is used advisedly. Don't you believe
1t: stand on the corner OF Pennsylvania
avenue in font Of The STAR Office and watch
the double line Of sleighs on the other side Of
/ the avenue.
SPEEDING THE HORSES.
. By common consent the south half Of tn.
avenue is the speedway" Of the city. Up and
down this speedway yesterday, last evening and
TINS morning, like endless chain, raced
sleishs OF all degrees and descriptions drawn by
horses OF all colors and pedigrees And the
chauees are good for several days sport.
Pedestrians paused il little knots and groups
and watched the string. 1T reminds me OF
Harlem lane snd upper 7th avenue, said u
New Yorker
''Oh, Willie exclaimed Nellie enthusiastic
ally, don't you think We could 60 out Just
{ oEce.''
Yes; Willie thought thew could. An hour later
Willie rosy little face was visible in the bundle
OF furs that with Nellies able help filed up
smart little cutter that dashed by.
What sweet, entivening merry chorus of
juggling chimes came from the hundreds of
strings OF bells, Zig, round-bodied, old-fash-
ioned bells that iingled hoarsely As if tho cold
had stopped their throsts ND with Group; shin
ing. large silver-plated bells with mszzo-so-
prano voices that sang in unison with the little
silver bells of high falsetto that tinked sharply
and clearly on the cold. crisp air.
On every block the owners Of trotters had a
brush that made their flyers blow and stretch
their legs to the best of their speed The vic
tor = grin of triumph is but brief, however, for
the next fellow has speedier nag and he Is
passed. Some of The exhibitions we're SO spir-
lte, that ihsy bordered on the dangerous.
TOO SHARP.
u don't pay to turn u corner too close with
lively horse. There was a dumping out Of
robes. bevildering tumble OF skirts shawls,
arms aud ankles She went ont to the right and
he Owed over the dashboard. The big police
man for once was on hand and before the fright
ened. snorting horse could gather himself to-
gether for a spring the officers muscular arm
caught the bride. RICH, the sleigh, rearrange
the robes. let go, they re of again, he a little
paler. she a little roster, but what's the fun in
sleigh riding i. YOU doat pitch into Q snow
bank once IN q whiey
There goes the steady, sure-footed long
haired family horse sobor!y drawing the big
sleigh with everybody in the household in it,
including the baby.
Swish
All. that's team that e1cites the envy of
even the rlsn WHO Is down on race-tracks.
Slender hrlbed. long bodied, highly strung.
closely clipped thoroughbreds that skim grace
fully and rapidly over the snow. There are
cores of such teams in silver-mounted harness
before natty. stylish turnouts.
The rigs that attract the most attention are
the fashionable double-seated. low-bodied |
sleighs, with high silver rail IN front and silver
rod supports, at the top OF which long horse !
hair. gaiy cclored. generally red blue. |
plumes float in the breeze. Behind the liveried |
driver, almost concealed in rich, heavy furs,
handsome women reclining at their case.
- has fellow 5 real mean. exclaimed pretty |
girl ruefI:!.v u man dashed by seated alone |
IN cutter behind a spanking span, ITO ride |
alone like that.
Bat there are lots of those fellows and |
they seem to have good time all by them
selves.
sLEIGAs OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
And so the string keeps up-big. three
seated sleighs, basket sleighs bob sleighs Rus
sian sleighs. cutters of al! ages and styles. pass
ing ard repsssing one another. everybody
happy despite purple noses and cold toes. The
horses too. seem To catch the spirit of exhilera-
tIoE and strain every nerve. with fariug dis
tended nOstrils and heaving sides. TO obey the
urging OF their masters and pass the other
fellow"
At night. when the traffic OF tho dsy ia over
the avenue is given over entirely to sleigh
owners. and there are almost a many turrouts
during the afternoon. Certainly the shouts
are iAuder, the racing more furious. for bust !
ness wagons are out of the way and the coast
l. clear.
Let her go,