The sun., 1895-05-20
ACHES FOR EIGHT-IN-HA
OLDER LAWSON FULLER GETS,
MORE HORSES HE WANTS TO DRIpE.

Wonders if the Park Board Ever Made n
Ruie Against Eight-in-hnnds, Now that
They Havo barred IT'S Six-in.hnnd Out
or Riverside Drivc-He Is Going 20
Try 60 Beat the Four-iu-bnnd Record.
Lawson N. Fuller, tho aged but vigorous
horseman who was stopped OH Friday from
driving q six-horse team on tho Riverside
Drive, isn't quite satisfied yet that he hadn't a
right to be there. lie intends to obey the law,
ho says, but he wants to know what 1T is first.
He never heard of the adoption of any resolu-
tion prohibiting sx-horse teams, and lac has had
experiences with Park Commissioners before
why" he said to q reporter yesterday
"when Central Park was first opened thoy
wouldn't let you drive through 1t at all after 10
o'clock at night. Fifth avenue and Eighth
avenue were all torn up, and II you lived ON
Washington Heights, as l did. you had to drive
way over to Third or Fourth avenue and way
back again or you couldn't get homo at night"
How long ago was that Mr.. Fullcrf'
"Well, young man, that must be over twenty
years ago. l got that changed and never had
any trouble in the Bark to amount to anything
until three or four years ago. when Borden and
Crmmins were Commissioners. You may re-
member about It. | had n lot OF friends here and
started out one morning to take them TO drive
after four horses. As as got inside the
Park policeman stopped me and said four-in-
hands were barred, unless the driver had u per-
init. / had been driving four-in- hands In the
Park for years. turned around and
drove over to the Riverside Drive and
nobody stopped mo there. although. Of
COURSE it's under tho snme administration.
That afternoon saw Commissioner Crimmins
and he said he would send me permit.
thought would get 1t in time to drive my party
through the Park the next morning. When
xva IN a n IL hnln't coma but / thOuCht
I could explain to the policeman that it
the way. Well sir. l didn't sec n policeman.
Drove all through the Park and nobody stopped
me. That afternoon I saw President Borden
and he said he couldn't give mo n permit.
asked to see the resolution and he hunted 1t up.
What do you think 1t said?"
~ don't know. Mr.. Fuller. What did 1t
say2"
ut said that no four-in-hnnds were allowed.
except private ones. After that l drove In the
Park right along until last winter when they
stopped me again. There was a resolution
against me that t!me but after good deal OF
fuss they rescinded 1t. Now, when started
out last Friday. l knew there was no rule
against four-in-hands, and l didn't suppose
there could be ono against six-in-hands. Not
one man In ten thousand would think of driving
six horses In the parks. and didn't think the
possibility had ever been considered and pussed
on by the Commissioners. wonder If there's any
IL. Il. s sa aS six m sSs SGss 20 aRyG fh
and after you've accomplished one thing you
TO T Bridge
then 1t took eight more TO get the l55th street
yiaduot done. Just now I'm dev9ting myself to
stick to that till l accomplish it."
1t may be said here that the general impress
lie is not quite ~. and is hale and Hearty Hs
said yesterday that he had never been stronger
than he Is now, and when he was young man
he the champion wrestler OF Vermont. The
older ne gets. the more horses he wants to drive
he has a farm OF forty acres on which are
twenty-seven horses most Of which he raised
himself, Four of those in his sx-in-hand are OF
I've got three foarhorse .: teams Of colts up
.osssh.r IN in Very short time. III have two of
them down hrs this fall to dvs in s
Dexter was sired by Fuler's Wilkes the son of
George Wilkes, and damned by mare got by
brother. The, middle pair are Flora. Dexter's
daughter. and her uncle Lamar. Hamblcto-
nian. Tho pole horses are Hughey and Prince.
The former was sired by Daniel Lambert and
When get the two colts down iii have six Of
tho came family. fiye stations all brothers or
half-brothers. and Flora, the daughter OF one of
"The present four-horse record that I'm going
by Gen. Gordon with a team, every one OF
which had a record under 220. Not one of my
has ka aso try 6sy @
utes with the six. have driven them together
SH sTss IsS5s Sst tsf know Just wh" do and
r F%eE ne you're as strong
trouble in holding six horses ~
You would never think of that II you under
stood my theory of handling horses don't be.
six-horse team doesn't pull me ten pounds when
them to weighs only 25O pounds ] used tO drive
four TO bicycle snlky that weighs only la0
wasn't enough shield against the dirt that was
THE greatest mistake you can make is to
pull horse. ! saw man this morning sitting
on the edge Of his seat with his feet braced
over it, pull ing for all he was worth. and his
hEr'e eoudn 70 mile in four minutes T. to save
your horses u little on the bit. A few years ago
! was driving In the Park. ard overlook man
and chS S n'f him and martnras q and I
check rein tlEhtnned un to the last notch; The
blood was dripping from the he horses t mouth and
WINS lying back good and hard on the reins.
THAT'S fast horse you've got there sHid.
can handle him. Nobody else can drive that
horse = don't see what you want 10 drive
he did care much about 1t. and finally he offered
to trade. ! saw he was n fast horse a.d had
said II Cant W handle nc him ri send Gf him i up on
the farm p and PIT him to q. work there - That's
drive that horse and I'm the only man that can
do It,. II you do drive him, though, don't try to
handle him without that bit, or he'll run away
and kill you.' You can bet won't give him
that chance replied.
We'll the next day hitched him up without
any check rein or martingnle OF boots. | put
my three children into the buggy and started
for school with them. 1t was about mile, and
walked him all the way. Every once III
whilo he would throw up his head and reach
for the bit. Then would let out the 'ciHs.
There was nobody to pull against him. and he
finally, gave-it up and went along with his head
bling. did that for three or four mornings.
letting u hi him trot h little & but always always with
against; He got so that he would jog
along like a cow. and ten days from the time
that ! took him my fourteen -year-od boy was
driving his mother and his little sister in the
Park with him, when who should come along
but the man that 1 got him from. He looked
hard at the horse and sort o. passed his hand
over his eyes. Bub,' he sings out, who owns
that horse = Mr Fuller owns him. my boy
horse traded him! What's he been doing 10
him. anyway | never had any trouble with
the horse. and he was as fast as lightning. |
sold him to aman who used to take everything
the road with him.