The evening world., 1894-05-26
JOLLY COACHERs ON PARADE.
Eight Stylish Turnouts Gather on
the Mall.
Short Drive to jerome Park, Where
Dinner Was Served.

Despite the lowering skies that threat
ened a disspiriting trip. the New York
Coaching Club had it's ninth annual
parade to-day, starting as usual in Cen
trail Park.
The parade formed a short distance
west of the Mall, on the drive leading
in from Eighth avenue, and facing
towards the Mall.
In he roadway leading to the Mall
hundreds OF fashionable vehicles of all
sorts and horsemen and women had
taken places to view the coaches as
they passed.
There were eight coaches in the pa
rade, the same number as last year and
the year before. 1t was thought that
members are abroad, and the threaten
ing aspect Of the skies evidently kept
others from joining tae party.
The women In the coaches tempted the
weather demon by appearing in the
lightest of Spring clothing and bonnets.
But he hadn't the heart to send a shower
upon so much beauty, and the %raindrops
a few minute before the frst coach
a Its appearan ,e. 1t rolled up gayly
from the main entrance to the Park, and
wheeling In fine style down the Eighth
1t turned and moved up to the starting
point.
First in the line was Mr.. Frederic
holding the whip over. two black lssdsra
and two bay wheel horses. Mr.. Bron-
son; as Vice-Presldent OF the Club. led
cent tie death anis" Of his IL fat fath er' john Sna j. jay yne Mr. W.
Bronson's guests were Mrs. Bronson.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. F. Kernochan and Mr..
and I'm! Mrs. st Baysra s Sstth1ns with black pan-
els and yellow undergear, drawn. by four
strawberry roans. came SECOND. Mr..
George IT. Bend, Miss Cora Randolph
and Theodore Frelinghuysen
Third in the line was DR.. Seward
yellow undergear and drawn by four
magnificent black horses. Frank Webb
did the tooling. while the Doctor sat
were Mrs; webb, Mrs; F. Edgerton
Webb and Mr.. and Mrs. John H; Purdy.
Theodore A.. Havemeyer, tooling his
own coach, with black panels and yellow
in experienced style over four splendid
bays. His guests were Mrs. Bend. Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Waterbury and Mr..
af Francis mei; rh r. %nderhilf. Whos e. black
coach with yellow undergear: was fifth.
with, brown leaders and bay wheel horses.
He had q stag party made up Of James
w, A. Davis, J.. Henry Smith and Fran
Next in line was Perry Belmont. driv-
ing a spanking team Of light bays as
a handsome red morocco coach, with
bia ok undergear.. Mr.. Belmont also had
{ as s5as pFas esr,n made ], " ". Of va eSset sts1stf seI.,
A. j.. Cassatt. OF Philadelphia. who
was seventh in line, had brought over
a natty coach, with maroon panels and
black u~ndergear. especially FOR the occa,
sion. He drove dark-bay leaders and
light-brown wheel-horses. His guests
were Mrs. Cassatt. the Misses Cassatt:
and Miss Newbold, of Philadelphia, and
Charles Bohlen and Samuel Chew.
Reginald W. Rives, with a stag party,
four bays to a new coach with a black
Ions were II. F. Aldridge. Col. Morrell.
of Philadelphia, who ran a coach re-
Gently between that city and New York;
After the coaches a formed in the
order told. a squad of twelve mounted
park police, under Roundsmen Wilson
cort and added to the beauty of the
scene, which had as a foreground the
irreproachable mall, with Its statues
and rows of stately trees n several
III coaches proceeded at a stiff gait
up the west drive to One Hundred and
Tenth street and Seventh avenue. where
they were reviewed by Mr.: Bronson
and the police were dismissed.
The formal parade was now over, and
each coach was free to go where It
pleased. Nearly all, however. contin-
ued or up to Jerome Park, whore !
o'clock was the time set for luncheon:
The tables were set for fifty 5eople, and
there was music by the Hungarian
Band.