The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

necessary to say that the disciplinine of
coachless coaching enthusiasts brings no
inconsiderable revenue to the Golfers OF
the professionals.
Undoubtedly the cushion plan is god
for the general coaching cause, since. now
and then, inspired by the pleasure II has
given him to drive coaching party COM
posed OF his friends. the whip of day con-
cludes to stretch point and invest some
thousands in coach and four of his own.
The cushion seat on both the Good Times
and the Pioneer has already been booked
for nearly the entire season. Both we're to
start on their first trips about April l;
neither did so owing to the lateness of the
season, however, but both have now been
running for some days. 1t may interest
women readers TO know that there are sew
eral accomplished women whips here,
among them being Mrs. Harold ST. George,
Miss Helen Benedict. Mrs. T. Suffern
Taller and Miss A e. Fraproe.
The coach as social factor is not Who'll
~ a recent development, though it's pop
ularty has grown remarkably of late
The coach Good Times, for instance, has
beon in this country many years, hav-
ing been brought here by James Gordon
Bennett and used by him for several sea-
sons, after which 1t became the property
Of Nelson Brown Of the Philadelphia Four
INLAND Club.
A Driving Renaissance.
Despite its popularity. coaching Is per-
hape the least Of the sports which now
are causing renewed demands for the
horse. Light harness driving, In which
there has been great and widespread
revival, is probably contributing most.
This revival owes much throughout the
cou,try to the pneumatic tire as applied
to light pleasure vehicles. In New York
the Speedway. completed two years ago,
has been even more influential
Years ago. when the Harpers, Commo-
dore Vanderbilt Robert Bonner and other
old-time gentlemen drivers were in the
habit of speeding their horses every fine
day on Harlem lane, New York was the
greatest center for light harness driving
in the country The growth of the city
and the extension of paved streets wiped
out Harlem lane and with II went the
| speeding of horses for fun. Later the
| state laws adverse to racing and betting
| extended the decline of harness driving
outside of the city. In time the decline
| became so widespread as virtually to call
| a halt In the breeding of fast rioters But
| the Speedway has changed everything.
Now that there ie road in which 90 drive
| them, trotters and PAGERS are once more
| great favorites. some of the old-time
| breeding farms have resumed operations
| on q large scale and new ones are being
| established And, as of old. the driving
constituency IN New YORK is not profess
sional. but composed OF men who speed
their horses for fun and not for money.
| Though the relative number of slight har-
| ness drivers is less than in the palmy
days of the lane the actual number is
much greater. According to the Speed
way police some thousands of separate
| rigs are often to be seen on the Speed
way in the course OF a single day. Not
all these rigs are drawn by real flyers, OF
course. but the Speedway sees at least
twice as many fast horses as the lane
| ever did.
Stimulated by this state OF affairs. the
| Road Drivers Association of the State OF
| New York has made arrangements for a
| trotters and PAGERS parade to take place
| on the speedway in the immediate future
| This will be the first OF what the nssoci-
| alton hopes to make a series OF annual
| events Drivers OF Hight harness horses
| from all parts OF the country have been
| invited TO take part. and IA IS confidently
| expected that the result will be spectac-
uiar display OF handsome wagons and fast
| horses
Not many IN New York know u. but
| Chicago was the frst city 20 have a reg
! ular speedway though ChicaFo's drive
has never equaied the speedway here.