New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-27
THE WEEK AT NEWPORT.
COACHING PARADE THE SPECIAL EN-.
TERTAINMENT - SOCIAL PLEAS
yRES TAKE THE PLACE
oE OUTDOOR SPORTS.
OF OUTDOOR SPORTS.


Newport r. L. Aug. Is (speciaD-This has been
not so much a sporting as social week Except
for another week in September when the trial races
Cor tho cn defenders are to be sailed the yachting
season here Is over-aiways barring the popular 30
footers which seem likely TO race on Forever New-
ports brief but brilliant season OF polo ended with
last week the tennis tournament extended only TWO
DAYS into this week. and the coaching parade this
afternoon was the only other outdoor affair OF
the last ak DAYS These having each come and
gone I'm turn and the horse show being yet some
distance In the future the fashionable worm turns
for a fortnight to devote Itself 10 more distinctly
social pleasures.
Although Il is near the close of August and the
most striking features OF the summer are almost all
past yet the Newport season. In Its distinctive
sense is really at It's height, and is not likely for
some weeks TO show signs of waning. The city Is
still filled with strangers though the big crowds Of
yachting and tennis and polo weeks are gone. Not
a sirge cottage has yet been vacated even for the
customary autumn trip TO the mountains or other
inland resorts the hotels and boarding houses are
full the fashionable and business streets are
thronged day and evening. Newport perhaps never
before had so many visitors as this summer. and In
point OF numbers at least It has been one Of the
biggest seasons ever known
The social gathering at the tennis tournament
this year has been no less brilliant than In past
summers or all the outdoor features OF New
port season the tennis tournament holds highest
place In the regard OF society. and calls out the
most charming and attractive gowns designed for
outing
Though occupying now a secondary place In popu-
lar favor, the gatherings this year on the days OF
the polo matches the new grounds have resem-
bled in degree those OF former seasons on the old
field somewhat OF the enthusiasm Of old. times be-
Ing displayed by the spectators, while the players
showed much of the fire and dash that then made
no NJ he which
could hope TO stand in the estimation OF the fash
ionable folk on the new field though. there ~
lacking thing which gave peculiar charm 70
the old location. although both players and the
spectators within the grounds appear to prefer It's
absence This is Deadhead Ill., with Its crowds
OF townspeople and excursionsts who the
games without the formality Of an entrance fee.
This throng of free spectators was always enthus-
astic over the games
Though they will come at a time which VIII bring
them 10 some extent into competition with the
horse show the trial for the selection OF this
years cup defender, TO meet the challenge OF the
Shamrock. will help prolong the we'll into
the middle OF September For this reason. well as
for the interest which attaches these races the
announcement of the selection OF Newport as the
place for these contests is received with satsfac-
ton This has been already the best yachting sea-
son which Newport has known. for many years at
least, and 1t supposed to have ended with the
disarmament OF the club cruise.
The entries for the horse show which closed this
week number nearly 60. probably the largest list
recorded for any Of these exhibitions. and
200 more than ever before received one class has
forty entries and others, including the three stake
contests. from fifteen to twenty-five each. while
some of the championship classes. which are post
entry, have already more than twenty paid up.
There being hfty-one classes 70 be run off in three
days it will he necessary To Judge seventeen Of these
daily and some OF the large classes will be d.
vided into two three sections Among those
who have entered their horses from Brooklyn are
Harry Payne whitney Mrs. J. De Forest Danelson.
Robert l.. Gerry. Y. J. Berwlnd. o. H. =. Belmont,
f. d. Jordan. Foxha p. Keene. James B. Eusts.
jr.. Miss Grorcnor. w. 5. Andrews. Charles F.
Bates a. dc Navarro Mrs Hamilton W. Cary.
James Suman. Mrs. William 4. Travers. Stanley
Mortimer. Pembroke Jones. Richard McCreery. T.
W. Lawson. Strauss q Iexter. George b. Hume.
Miss Colford. J. Holloway. Miss Marian Holloway
+. c. Grenslde and the Chestnut HI Stock Farm.
All the boxes already sold. a large number be-
ing also disposed Of for next years show, and
PRACTICAL all the seats on the grandstand are
gone. on account Of the large entry list. IL
has been decided TO hold double sessions. morning
and afternoon, on the second and third days Of
the show.
The special affair Of the week aside from the
tennis and the round Of social entertainments,
coaching parade. This was in the stereotyped but
ever attractive form. and was the usual success.
great in some other years Il ia perhaps the
most spectacular affair in the season and ac-
summer residents and the townsmen alike. Its
advent always emphasizes the near approach OF
the end OF the social season for is generally the
last Of the big fixtures. with the exception OF the
golf tournament and the horse show. This year
theatrlcals which have been so much talked about.
the parade Of the automobiles, which viii attract
ATTENTION p from s n0 I as ,bs well a. its II, .
Grant and the Prince Gantacuzene Of Russia
d
liant on which he is making his home. These
which was one Of the most brilliant affairs of the
The spouting Rock Reach Association which
elected l. Townsend SCI Burden presids1t John Whip
Rives and ogden Mills trustees.
,, Among the weeks arrivals are Mr.. and Mrs. W.
sSN and an Mrs cV osdfsn m fnk at their S
Belevue-ave; Mr. and Mrs. William. Jay; Mr.. and
and and MRS seth B. slit, LSFarse cottage Iarqui;
Ramona; Of the Italian legation, and A. r RAJ
era at Philadelphia. and Mrs. Tucker; Count
Eugene Won RSssn p Mr. and Mrs e.: ToIieme
and Mrs W II. irwin. MT, and Mrs Oliver HaT-
the Rev DIR, Elphalet Mott Potter, Mrs Roland
Redmond. z H. Chambers and Henry Peck. 4
Won Hubble and Enesto Escalan,e OF Mexico.
This week Z; V. ". RossIter, W2rthington White.
at The RTeafers " F. THOMSON. t. Honore and
y. W. Cabot, guests OF Potter Palmer Mt Bear
lieu; Miss Troth, OF her sister, Mrs John II.
Drexel: Mr.. Jaffray. OF Hollis II. Hunnewell; D.
" Bishop. II' Of Frank W; W. Andrews Mr. and an,
Hutton; cS>il Barring OF London. Of Mr.. and Mrs
Victor Sorchan: Alonzo Potter. OF Mr. and Mrs.
Edward T. Potter Edward Burnett. of II. Mex
Twombly; Montefore Isaacs, OF James V. Parker
John W. A. Davis. OF j. II. Beekman. at Holme
Lodge; Andrew n. Green, OF Mrs. William r.
Ogden, and Mrs John DE Koyen, Of Mrs. Hugh T
Dickey. Hahdon Hill
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LAKE GEORGE REGATTA.
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