The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-28
FAST HORSES TO SLEIGH.
sPFEDWIY FLYERS MAKE THE BELLS
JINGLE MERRILr.

Throng In Central Park-Snowdrtfts Are
Too Deep for Fast TrottinE on tho speed
wny-The Road May BE Cleared To-Day.
Central Park and Seventh avenue we're
merry and musical yesterday afternoon with
the Jingle Of bells aud the laughter and shouts
Of thousands OF mufied-up. red-cheeGed New
Workers. vino thronged the uptown drlveways.
making tho most OF the winters FIRST good
s,eiehinR. Thanksgiving Days fall of snow.
half melted and then frozen. had left n line
foundation. II was lust barely heavy enough
then for John Quinn to throw the harness on
Pat Kane's crack trotter. Dexter K. 2:l6S, and
dash down the road in his annual "Sheridan's
Ride =" for the magnum OF wine that Gabe Case
keeps on ice to break with the first sleigh
rider who reaches his place in the Park. No
BODY excepting Quinn. however. imagined there
was slelghing In Now York on Thanksgiving
Day. But the big blizzard which came tearing
down from the direction OF the Klondike,
whirl!ng and swattinR ten inches more Of snow
into every crack and crevice In the metropolis,
finished up the Job in a way that brought Joy
to the heart OF every one who loves q sleigh
ride.
No sooner had the ine. dry fakes begun TO
slit Town from the dull gray sky on Saturday
thar there was q general stampede for the
blacksmith shops. Anybody could see that the
weather man meant business this time. and a
rush was made TO get the horses sharp shod in
time to be all ready for the Sunday carnival OF
sleighing which was in sight Not one-half the
steppers could be reshod on such short notice.
OF course. butthat did not prevent their owners
from taking them out on the snowpath when
the storm king had quit work. Not q
bit Of II. My horse got crowded out
at the shoeing shop" said one enthu-
siast yesterday. 80 l did the next best
thing. | pulled off his old shoes and lot him go
barefooted, My, how he could step! helleVe
-. hI,a =, .hoos G = Iorr 90 tho n IA
with any kiho o. ehoes' > .ons US u eno" J..
soft and heavy as it is to-day. His feet don't
GET bn Hold nm. Won ace. Down in New Hamp-
go 80 oso, nur horsos for
snire we never useu ~ a"oo o" "o.'s y.
leather over the hoof in place Of a shoe. put
ting the shiny side out, and it worked like a
charm"
The eurly birds Yesterday morning found
wind. which joined hands with the heavy snow
Storn IN making a ren, o.n-i hetoG Not,n
Dakota blizzard for New York dritted the Stow
10 a 'Se sbo ur S wios b Te vIus i n gai 81 p IT reaui rsd
tho rortituda If n nrairle stapedriyer to face
the blast and the drifts before the snowploughs
had broken the road. Nothing. however,
could dampen the ardor Of the sleighinG
enthusiasts. Mufled up to the eyes thoy
guided their horses. through it all, many
Speedway. where it was, generally ,expeStedl
surnris ,yi,s and ts ais"r r,,ssnsn nbs cs snsp, oysr t a;sr
. nard null thronph tn. Park and mn Seventh
Syen ne The d nolice IN am, on hs sHard aO was alone s9aish in
dottfnc the long expanse of glistening snow
6stxssn thc yiaigSt arg HighRridge; These
to ~ tha drifta 1rowine d,s"rr and ieenarn S
fhev drove ~northwarI. and he hardest of them
W%allowinE about in snow that was mp to the
Bodies OF their horses in some places. The
The t,otters whirlinG nneumatir wagons over
t H. rn ~ N thn warm s,nnshina oonIVV q week he.
Ms w ang aesfTieu; h bmt II t1S ""oie seems was
"Never mind. bows" said Superintendent
SS3d ain ,Sbo soh hers m Ware niong the stei gay
mn the hi with thar heads poi6ted bomeward.
9HW.e,'nl hha ars The Speedway in shane again by
t t3an np WA aif fer m,D f've MAIN oy mm1 th au ID ban na
roe1, 'o There are NC bare places lace aIt th.ons the
VII II Was y sI not ~ I,nRtiI 3 O'clock that the drives in
T TeliISts we're we're the fRe'I tmrnonts on which q the q tow "a
ing needle Of ,Cleopatra looked down between
that ho on ana ah tTilislt'; dnere was tne raw,
toll on The Harlem milk route. and now com
PEELED to make a feeble show q speed with a
salmtIy b et eGeE kin. pf rbe fss III nah ro 9iided 13 hy
in III lh u low.s adn Russian sIeighs' %neewwuuwbiptee
fhh"m and h aailIs If " oras 1 snw m neHina
. INV Y. a as tb ey''s na Ss rare The TONE three! m abreast
80, n.y. ~ ,huanrva, p,rn,,d s,;ritoa ,aprla a
,e,G %n IN 'n nitt' ~ y n S dalale SlnS'
st hlhe on oi g eo1feI chastn ~ u ibnwn IN ,9 +
horse rose !; treat bow or woke covered WITH
nj, r;cH fn y" Swbif",, H. rnonr;yn NJ nariect,r nm,ith
The color Of he mates OF the gray irbe sl""irh
n IN 90 ~ snIondid 1hrset.staattes ii"s s;fri o,Smtbbsnn
or. refuilv arriving dasn 4 nrnfnsion of rostlv
Efobcs n%%SSed 70 tba a"i inx nripus eson " n eEuSi;iS
a aSerSh %uue - w. n tbe tIrnon, eneGt, causing
rem1inci' in sipht ' any =" "As
hnmther con sn'c,ous winter aouinpya w,s ,
rn nnbHihne I,eigthS hniit oM m't tba e1uipose was q
nbaaJnn and drown Nv n noir 81 COZ. hiiace
Rpn"Vmnv,1 a ID rr nrtit IrLe , % sn'11ios nnEH
viii whita hearsDn u Pima ~ " tbe os Seea
c VIZ rS Mm,eG f nea,f ,Sn heaI su nf th o' tne shmS
The iront OF the sIeigb. while tbee cou5ie Who
rode wore Sor the same White bearsEiip Goa COATS and n
Although the Speedway was temporarily out
! Ec ri" thc m wy Wig Tr ! ntt rott e "na nd use sre eHeIyr
cuiters siIcceeded II, having a wnrf Hd ~ ~ s lnort nH
$500 III ovenS,a 1 III rnia. =" a ~ -, =. SpUiStoohh
IroohipSIt fast as driving, Sect seemed %r to ioI have ~N cot
SoIW sent his i horse tiivipp I'm and ap do Sye tSSo
biSuu tioioukihdic 10 ld5l. as III COuIu