New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-03
COOL FOR SUNDAY CROWDS
THE BREEZE OF YESTERDAY MADE THE
DAY AN ENJOYABLE ONE.

CARS WERE NOT TANNED AS UsuAL-CoNEY
ISLAND HOWEVER, SHELTERED BECAUSE OF
THE WIND THAT BLEW FROM THE LAND.
1t was an ideal summer day yesterday The heat
was tempered by brisk cool, northwest breeze that
made the leaves on the trees flutter merrily. The
cars running out of the city were we'll paronized,
especially those going to Bergen Beach. Some OF
them overcrowded and in one instance at least.
the footboards were occupied. On the Nassau road
TO Coney Island no passengers were to be seen on
the footboards, there many passengers
standing between the seats. Ii may have been that
as the day was cool there fewer passengers
than usual on a Sunday, but such the fact. The
cars did not travel fast, and descending the Thirty
nnth-st. hill great precautions were taken to pre-
vent accidents The tracks were kept carefully
sanded and the went down the slope at a walk
ing pace.
In Prospect Park there were great crowds. 1t was
delicously cool in the shade. and every bench was
occupied. The flower garden great centre of
attraction. as there is gorgeous show there at pres
of palms, asters. sunfowers and geraniums. be-
sides fine collection Of foliage and bedding plants
The bicycsts out in force, and continual
procession OF wheels spun through the Park their
way 10 the Boulevard, which was literally thronged
with cyclists. For some reason or other there did
not seem 10 be as many women out as usual. Their
was large number Of them, however, and they were
in evidence in every nook and corner of Coney Island
The Park and the Boulevard were thronged with
carriages of all kinds There were some smart turn.
outs. notably tandem drawn by bay leader and
handsome chestnut wheeler. There did not appeal
TO he much fast trotting the road but the crowd
of drivers an immense
The condition OF the bride paths in Prospect Park
was sad commentary the decadence of horse
back riding. On the east path more than a dozen
horses had passed in the entire day. Time was
when tn bride paths fairly we'll patronized
by horsemen. but that day has gone by. the bicycle
has displaced the horse. and is doubtful IL he will
ever be in much request again for road riding pur-
poses.
Coney Island crowded and about 5 o'clock
each arriving crowded with passengers.
The Bowery was filled to its utmost capacity. and
the fakirs along 1t had splendid time. Every
possible sort OF game and show was literally patron
lied from the boy with the weighing machine to the
Streets Of Cairo 1t hot down by the sea- hotter
blowing. As result. there were thousands OF men
and women bathers in the surf, while the baths on
scattered around. but there was no attempt to en-
force the Raines law beyond the fact that II you
impossible sandwich OF alleged ham or corned beef.
The heat the Bowery suffocating and the
water-was large. The crowds were good -natureu
and bore the hea, and the crush with good humor:
couple Of black smudges on the horizon betokened
the path OF inward or outward bound steamer.
Jamaica Bay was fairly alive with boats careening
Manhattan and Brighton beaches were well
patronized. Timer Park Bath Beach and Benson
hurst also had crowds of visitors from the city,
who enjoyed the trip through the country much
anything else. The outskirts Of the city looked
beautiful, from the tasselled In the fields to
the dark vista of woods on Staten Islands heights.
The absence of snorting. putting. aggressive-o look
ing, pug-nosed tugboats dashng hither and thither
gave to the Upper Bay an air Of Sunday calm
that only broken and then by the
curson boats speeding TO and fro.
Thousands visited Greenwood's graves. and
stroled around beside the last resting places
of their loved ones. Even the less pretentious
graves the south side of this City OF the Dead
Qay wit and hq mis- in fond
remembrance of those who laid to rest be-
meath their blossoms Taken all In all the day was
the people took all the enjoyment out OF It that
they possibly could whether in the city or by the
seaShore.