The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-05-13

IL ,een the cry for several years both
IN America and Euro-,e. The fire.
ouent and confident statements OF
academic military men that cavalry
- ~ longer be counted a useful arm
w. owing 10 the great power of mod
.rtiIlery. hardly less than the sue
y. !, the electric street car, the extern
-. ,,se NJ the cycle and the boom OF the
s-ssle have made this cry seem
'.',,.,hle But az yet the cry Is not justi-
49, the facts. II is true that electric
u i rapidly monopolizing the urban
~.rortation of passengers. and that
'.~,-e carriages moved by motors are
- Aay becoming more popular, but
us.+be,ess the horseless age Is still a
,ns way In the future.
~ military sharps whose beliefs were
- on theory instead Of practice have
a.,overed. through the bitter experience
= ~ gritish in South Africa, that cav
~ ia by no means an obsolete branch OF
q. amy. Indeed, lack of horses has
~, nv all odds the most serious draw
I. = ford Roberts and the other British
..,~rals have had to encounter. At this
srsnf British agents are securing the
IA for remounts, and often paying ex-
.Ss,ant prices for the same, simply be-
800 she cry OF a coming horseless age
80 taken too seriously few years back
i the breeders. But while the current
-gtary demand for horses has much to
i, With present stiffening prices, II Is
s,iv one OF the causes responsible there
- TIE passing OF the demand for car
.orses which caused the ruthless slaugh-
-, M tens of thousands of animals of
49, erade, inaugurated n permanent con-
,sIou, but today, in New York Chicago
"a other big cities of the United States,
,h.rr n more pressing call for horses of
~ better grades than has been known
M years General prosperity is respon-
M for this. and Its influence on the
.oyre market Is twofold. Unprecedented
hrkness activity calls for great numbers
\ 65aft horses. and an abundance of mon
~ web distributed naturally Increases
diInx and driving for pleasure, and the
5,mand for harness and saddle horses.
~ Ncycle and the automobile have their
s,ares and are certain to remain in favor,
bw nevertheless there H. large and
rov1ng element that cannot be satisfied
IN steeds of steel.
mere was much talk about the pass
M Of the coach a century ago, when the
nirosds began to make Roadway. But
M coach has not yet been supplanted.
II has merely been transformed from n
sAing OF necessity to thing of luxury.
cceehing has now become social func-
sion and is more popular at the end of
ne nineteenth century than ever. In
dsed, according to the professional whip.
duFel Batonyf, who IL looked upon by
sochinx men in New York and else
where as an authority on the subject,
here IL eight times as much coaching
oday as there was before the advent
II the locomotive.
Boston. Philadelphia. Newport and New
fork are the chief Eastern centers for
naching enthusiasts. but the fascination
I the sport has also been felt in Chicago
nd few other Western cities. The use
the coach as a social diversion has for
ONE time been known in Southern Cali
srnia. even though In some of the rough
nd mountainous western districts IL Is
III useo as a common carrier.
But you do not have to own your own
zach 10 enjoy the sport of riding on a
Igh seat behind four spirited steppers In
"a about New York. For the general
uhlie there are coaches running regularly
n which seat may be had by any we'll
individual who has the price in
|. pocket. Perhaps the Good Times and
,e Pioneer are the most popular OF the
ublIc coaches. This year the latter Is
an by Reginald Rives and George Il.
cad. making the trip daily between the
oland house and the Casino at Ardsley.
ne Good Times Is run by Aurel Bntonyt
) In former years. between the Waldorf
stora and the Abbey at inwood, start
~ at 3 and returning about 6, which
rings the passengers hons In time TO
reas for dinner.
The Good Times II being run on the
ushion plan again this year. to the great
eight OF certain enthusiasts who cannot
aort or do not care 10 have coaches OF
heir own ny this plan the amateur can
ecure the drivers cushioned seat for a
'cnsideration. thus for one day AT least
'attins as wide IA coaching swath as If he
we're the proud owner of a coach him
VII But money enough to pay for the
riylege Is not the only qualification re-
CURED. To sit on the cushion and flour
HI the whip and finger the ribbons you
nEsl first give evidence that You are
caalihed for the task. IL is not an easy
natter to tool a four-in-hQnd The arm
must be strong. the wrist deft and pill
able and the fingers nlmhle yet firm with
NV runs, n laGk OF dhtHtS& or iiluNtlf
nay place the holder OF the whip In n
most humiiating not 10 say dangerous
POSITION and careful preparation is I'M
esftaken BY all who wish 10 shine as cN-
psrIA For weeks. therefore. the anna
'elr whips ~ New York have been In al
most daily training for the recently on
saed coaching season. and II hardly neccs-
AN 10 say that the disciplning Of coach
'ess coaching enthusiasts brings no in
transferable revenue 90 the Golfers OF the
Professionals
Undoubtedly the cushion plan g. good
" NE general coaching cause. since. now
va ihen. Inspired by the pleasure Il has
sFFn him 70 drive a coaching party COM
lesfd Of his friends the whip 81 a day
eeesades 90 stretch a point. and invest
eve thousands In coach and four of his
- The cushion scat on both tho Good
s'nes and the Pioneer has already been
eAsed Tor nearly tho entire season Both
w 70 start on their first trips about
sfV y neither did so. owing 90 the late
~ o. the season however. both have