Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-17
ELEGANT PRIVATE EauIPAGE.
AND PLEASURE HORSES.
WHIRL OF PLEASURES.
Tennis and Other Outdoor Sports
Bass Fishing in Grcenbrier River
4 Tournament-old-T Regisrer
of Guests-Richmondy visitors.
lcorrespondenee Of the pIspateh.l

of handsome private teams and pleasure
horses.
The romantic drives about the White
sulphur are further beauthed By the
number OF carriages. Victorias. phaetons.
carts and traps Of every kind filled With
gay parties or more sentimental couples,
or ley riding parties on horseback.
ur. Stuart Mcclure drives fast blood
Il bay 10 a handsome Brewster buggy,
or rides with the equesulennes. among
whom there is an unusual number OF ac-
,-mplshed horsewomcn. Mrs. Albert
Young. Miss Young. Miss Annie Mcclure,
Hiss Forsyth, Miss scoville. and Miss
Iaahart being among the more promi-
r.a-
..ss Bosher is a charming picture of
beauty and grace in her stylish rubber
III. "runabout," as she drives round
tts grounds in the morning.
Hiss Young is another. in yellow buck
board. drawn by a handsome chestnut
i.E Her riding-hOrse. Buck" q beau
t,l s0rrel, is one Of the best high-jump-
ors in Richmond having won the second
highest prize at the spring races of the
l,su-Run Hunt Club.
SIR. Albert Young drives a nobby Eng
l'-1 game-cart, with a handsome bay:
Mrs. Young a beautiful cabriolet and a
pair of b0b-tailed bays.
Miss Arents drives q snug English
rockaway, and Mr.. Lewis Ginter Young
..dcs a handsome blooded bay.
Mrs r. 5. Bosher drives a trim victoria
and pair Of bays Mr.. Scoville a gig, and
DR. Hunter Mcclure a blackboard from
Bar Harbor. and Mr.. G. Lee Mcmillan
o. Jumper. drawn by stylish 2:3O pacing
gray.
Dr. Joseph A. White and his daughter.
Hiss Sophy White, with their riding
horses. and Mr.. Clendcnnin. of Baltimore.
with his attractive daughters and six
pleasure horses and a donkey and cart for
his children, viii add their quota TO the
number OF riders and horses within the |
next few days.
TOURNAMENT.
great deal Of pleasure is anticipated |
in the tournament now being arranged |
for as early date as possible. The ground |
viii be the old race-track. which is now ]
nearly in shape, and already a number I
OF names have been entered and much |
interest is manifested in the success Of |
the occasion. Each knight will select |
his own impersOnatiOn and costume. and |
the tournament viii, Of course, be fol-
lowed by ball in the evening.
The lovers OF equestrian feats are hoping
70 have regular amateur races. including
lady riders. as sem-weekly entertain
ments, in the afternoon, as soon as the
track is in good condition.
a cycle skating rink is substituted for
the blliard-room that opened on the
veranda. and a small number of wheels
may De seen along the drives. Pedes-
TRAN parties 10 Rates Mountain and
other points Of interest are growing in
favor, and look very picturesque on their
return, in cycle costume. hats dressed
with maiden-hair ferns. and improVised |
topped with ferns and
flowers.
Professor Zelby has charge Of the ball
room in the evening. and conducts private |
dancing classes in the morning. The
children are happy under his guidance
and enjoy their ballroom hours There :
are few restrictions here for children;
al pleasures and rights are accorded |
them, and entered into with zest by their
parents and friends.
MORNING EUCHRD.
The regular morning seven-hand ouchre
game meets. as it has done for many
seasons. Mrs. Bosher. Mrs. Reinhart,
Mrs. bingham, Mrs. McLaren. Mrs. John
stone. Mrs. Mcmillan, and Mrs. Donnan
compose the party. While games Of
Whist i'm quiet hooks are enjoyed equally
Iy lbs dcvotees-and so il is-amusemcnts
are not lacking TO those who seek them.
The Misses Branch and Miss Scoville
iervc a cup Of tea on their cottage plazzas
% their young friends who drop in after
stroll. and an easy informality charac-
erizes the association of the July visitors,
which is very agreeable.
Even the genealogist has opportunity {
o. indulge his or her procivity for look ]
ne up their ancestry in the old registers {
II the White sulphur which have been
reserved and rebound. and placed conf
cniently on rest on the hotel veranda,
ccessible and interesting TO many who I
ave heard the story oft repeated of how
heir grandparents TO remote genera lions
anne in their carriages with the little hair
-unk strapped on behind. and carpet {
az and other small baggage in the I
oot' The volumes are silent witnesses .
b the brilllancy and distinction of the :
1mpany which annually assembled at
White sulphur at the height of it's glory n
nd success. f
Bass fishing seems to be more a feature s
nam usual. a party Of three gentlemen @
ljOyed days sport on Greenbrier river q
few days ago, and brought back six
en fine bass. as the result Of a few Il
ours angling. e.
z ne DOtdnlst and entOmOlOgiSt. too, are II
arc and they stroll together through the h
Gods and beside the streams. and tell Il
I'm the evening Of the rich treasures C
ey have secured in the MANY varieties
plants and insects that are new 10 W
cir collection. In
The first large game Of euehre was Il
aged in the drawing-room on Thursday ii
orning, by Mesdames Tnton. Scoville. oil
lclds Terrence Hickman. Greene. al
)ung Grundy Dorman. Adams. Potts, II
hnston, Dobbin. Page. Dudley. Winston. W
igedorn. Meeham. Heald, Wetheril, W
cHson. Misses Terrence, Moore. al
cGuire, Bosher Reinhart, Curtis. Jack
%, Montague. Nandegrift, Gregory, and CIV
ssrs. Stephenson. Forsythe. Patterson, t tn
Jung, Wilcox. Montague, Hickman. ~
ctheriu Powell. and Johnson. III
The prizes-a handsome leather address,
ok, mounted in silver; silver bonbon "a "a
oon silver pencil, silver ash-receiver. ~
d fruit kmife-were taken by Misses ~
sic Jackson.s katherine Reinhart. Pro- -,
sor John G.. Stephenson. Mrs. Barton sa
undy Mrs. X. -. Jackson, and Miss ~.
sephine Terrence. ~
.he game was marked by Misses Bosher 90
q Camm. az
EXPECTED. me
n Interesting party TO arrive in a few bu
~ VIII be Mr.. and Mrs. Warren G.. FL | ar
Y and family. from Wilmington, n. C., | WI
D 10 meet them hero viii be Mrs. Al spl
hd Blow, OF Colorado. en- route 10 Jo- l
lnlsberg. South Africa, where Mr.. Blow IN,
/ been FOR three years in charge OF gold atl
les as engineer. representing a London
ldicate. Mrs. Blow VIII be accompanied
her sister. Mrs. Grant, wife of the Cow ,