The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-12-29
GREAT SLEIGHUNG.
Plenty Of Sport On Reservoir Ave-
rue Yesterday.
Some Of the People Who Were Out and
SOME Of the Brushes.

Yesterday was an ideal day for sleigh
ing and more people enjoyed the sport on
Reservoir avenue than ever before since
that thoroughfare became he center for
fast steppers and fine cutters.
Perhaps the most conspicuous turno out
was a double team hitched to 1875
sleigh. In the sleigh sat two white beard
ed individuals. fneir boards and flowing
white locks which crowned their heads
we're false. hut the disguise was not sc
complete as to prevent one from recog-
nizing Alderman Myron II. Fuller anc
his old and true friend A. ii. 1iiton.
They had no sold plugs" by any means.
One Of the prettiest and most comfortable
looking turnouts was that of George l..
Shepley, which consisted OF a handsome
poir of jet black horses. and Russian
sleigh. James A. Testers family looked
as IL they enjoyed themselves, ss did
the family of Benno Wood. Amos ID.
Palmer and wife. and Miss Josie A. Goff
rode up and down the road in stylish
turnout, and the same can be said of
Bartholomew Kelly of the Eagle Brow
ing Company. The family of Landlord
Humphrey, OF the Narragansett Hotel
rode behind Q handsome pair.
There were miles of one horse sleighs
and ons that quickly attracted attention
was that ofAlbcrt Z. Rider. who looked
happy, as aid Miss Maud K. Cooke, who
accompanied him. Harry Mcdonald and
wife rode behind the steady going old
Waite horse. George w. Moore, L. Z.
CoDgdon, James Kenney. Rosco Wash
burn, "Toby" Burke, Fred Pettis, Oscar
n. Bender, James +. Freeman, j. j.
Rosspfeld, Colonel s. S.Atwell of Fields
Point, Fred Hovey, Charles Daboll. Ros-
co Washburn, Jr., "Nate" Horton, Fred
Horten. George Sabre, James Hagsn,
Ned McLaug him. "Nate" Young, s. S.
Rich of East Providence; Frank siavin,
Bigiow Adams, Walter w. Dexter and
Samuel Jackson drove good "nsgs" and
rode alone.
X. A. Harrington and wife, George
Duckworth and daughter, M. ID. Pierce
and lady, Mrs. William Grsen and lady
friend, Leroy 8. Grant and William Ken
nedy, Andy Congdon and Henry Aspin-
wall, Mat Cummings and friend, and
Her bert Cate and wife, were among those
who seemed to greatly enjoy the sleighing.
There was OF course, q "brush" about
every minute from 2 until o'clock, and
every one In a brush including the tail
ender, according to mis- "say so" defeated
the "other fellow" but there 10 one
thing certain and that is that il DIR.
Clarence Gardner hat gone down the road
clone. and without top on his sleign,
be would have made m ore of them hustle
than he old. He had lots of sport.
81. R., q handsome animal owned by
John Ademson OF Kettle Point and
driven by "Lish" Luther of East Provi-
dence, was rather too much for the old
timers for he teat every one tnat tried
cor clusions with him. Walter Meddow-
croft drove the Steve Briggs "Charley
A." or as he is better known "Plough
Boy" and was winner most of the
time. Just before dark there was a racs
which everyone seenien to think was the
race of the DAY. 1t Was between Colonel
/. l.. COTS, "GoIdbar'' and George A.
Youldcn's "George r." Every one gave
the racers tho road and the way they
flew was a wonder. Youlden got the start,
but 1t was not many seconds before he
saw the nose of "Gold bar" and then the
head, the body, then the handsome white
sleigh Of Mr.. Gof and last but not least.
Mir. COTS smiling face, and then Mr.
don's back and the back Of the sleigh,
and thst Is all that he did see until they
drove home. When this race was over,
nearly every one went home those
who won to tell OF their victory, and
these who did not win to tell any old
kind Of q story.