The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13

Annual Parade OF the CoachinE Club In May
Tive Read DrnEa.

Last season, for tho first time in twenty-ono
years. there was no spring parade Of the Coach
ing Club. but it is now planned that this funo.
ton. SO interesting to the women for the chance
to display or observe spring gowns and hats.
and to driving men for the show Of flno horses
and vehicles, will be held in May. Tho details
are as yet "in tho air." as a Yell.known whip
said yesterday. but it will probably take place
on May 2 and start from tho Metropolitan
Club. For some six years before the last parade.
in 1896, the meet had been on the Central Park
road, leading from the Mall, and before that at
tho Hotel Brunswick. Some of the members
favor q start from the Holland House this
year, thence to the C~laremont, by way OF
Central Park and Riverside Drive, followed by q
coaching dinner at the Metropolitan Club. where
the parade will be dismissed. Other members
would like to SEQ tho programme of tho last
parade repeated. and, after a luncheon, to start
the drags from the Metropolitan Club and to
turning when they please.
This year the line will be led by Frederic
Bronson, who has succeeded Col. Jay as Presi-
dent. There we're eight coaches in line In 1895,
including two from Philadelphia. A number Of
new members have recently Joined the club.
and 1t Is expected that some fifteen drags will
be aligned in the coming parade.
Arrangements have been completed for two
public coaches this year. One will be put on the
road by the Coaching Club. to run between tho
Holland House and the Ardsley Club. at Dobbs
Ferry, a beautiful drive of twenty-four miles by
way of Central Park, Riverside Drive. Wash.
ington Bridge. and thence along the banks Of
tho Hudson. The whips will be Frederic Bron-
son. Reginald w. Rives, and George r. Read.
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twenty coaches have the road each season. it
seems quite impossible for any coach. however
gate style out of the passengers fares.
trio Of amateurs to tool. the Hrdsiey coach
dchccit, for they are only on the box for fun and
sport. The coach will be the noted Pioneer, tho
club drag AN and there viii III, b :. three teams used
Ardsley Club will be reached in two and three.
will receive all the privileges Of the club for tho
day, and after q luncheon the start
TTinllt6ss made n dsn at s;1S - o'clock, ba .aSoS ana the Holland
Thirty horses are in training for the road before
the Pioneer. Tho first run will be on Easter
The second public four.horse coach will he the
Good Times to be run between the Waldorf.
With the professional whip. Aurel Bstonyi. on
the box. The guard will be William J. Styles. a
well-known performer on tho coach horn.
Batonyi has fooled road coaches out of Lon
don and in this country. He is a clever whip.
and keen on the traditional customs OF the days
when the road was one of the institutions of
Great Britain, before the coming of steam and
tho prosaic motor carriage.
The Good Times will make Its first trip on
April A. 1t will leave tho Waldorf-hstoria at
II o'clock in the morning. and will roll through
Firth avenue, Central Park and Seventy.second
street, and Riverside Drive. where an extra
horse will be put on to ease the team on the hill
approaching Grants tomb. A change of teams
will BIO made at the corner OF 125th street and
st. Nicholas avenue. The run thence will
be by st. Nicholas avenue. Kingsbridge
road, and the Washington Bridge. to Je-
rome avenue. where there will be another
change OF horses. This team will take the
coach past Morris Park. whore a stop will be
made on race days. to the Woodmansten Inn. in
time for luncheon at ] o'clock. The return will
East. to further diversity the trip. and the
Maldorf-Astoria will be reached at 5 O'Clock.
homeward fourteen miles. On this coach the
drivers seat may he hooked. as we'll as the
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