New-York tribune., 1901-10-10
VANDERBILT BEHIND TIME.
REACHES PHILADELPHIA LITTLE
LATE, BUT LOSES MUCH TINE ON
RETURN TRIP-HOLLAND HOUSE
REACHED AT ~ NJ
REACHED AT 1:33 A. NJ.

Lowering skies marked the start as the coach
Fournier wheeled down Fifth-ave from the Hol-
land House at five minutes before o'clock yes
terday morning on its run TO Philadelphia and
return Alfred G. Vanderbilt held the reins.
James H. Hyde the box seat beside him.
Mr.. Hewlett. who managed the trip. and Fred
Davies sat behind them. In the next seat were
Parish Johnson and w. C. Gulliver.
Newark was reached at 7:01 o'clock The
horses were changed at No. $40 Ferry-st.. in two
minutes and fifteen seconds The coach whirled
into Elizabeth at $50 o'clock. Mr.. Vanderbilt
said that the ferryboat had delayed them. The
horses were covered with sweat. and showed
signs of having been driven hard.
The coach narrowly escaped being wrecked in
Rahway-ave. where the street was torn up by
the laying of railway tracks. At Railway.
reached at Sir o'clock, a strong lot of black
lay horses were rushed into the traces in just
two minutes time. \ crowd cheered Mr. Van
derbilt he drove out into Franklin Park at
1000. Princeton Inn was reached at II :03. One
of the horses used in this relay owned by
Miss Helen Gould.
| At noon the party certain of reaching Phila-
dephia on schedule time and in a merry mood
in consequence. bowled into Trenton. Mr.. Van
derbilt had recovered seven minutes which he
had lost. Only one minute and twenty seconds
were required 10 harness the relays at Corn
| well. Penn. The party complained that the
poor road had placed them forty-four minutes
| behind their schedule. AT Frankford. which
they reached at 2:45 the change of horses was
| made in splendid style. The horses We're headed
for Bellevue Hotel. Philadelphia, covered with
dust. They reached this point at 3:22, thirty
seven minutes behind the appointed time. Mr..
| Hyde said that the trip so far had been an ex-
| citing
The party left the hotel at 327 O'Clock. and
were soon around the corner of the big City
| Hall Cornelius Vanderbilt, who enter
| tained at the Bellevue by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
| P Widener. joined the crowd in cheering his
| brother.
Trenton was reached on the return trip al
6:43 D. m. one hour and eight minutes behind
| the schedule time. Mr.. Vanderbilt drove into
| Trenton. Three minutes were consumed in
! making the change OF horses The party left
| there at GAG, with Mr.. Hyde driving.
| Mr. Hyde said that some strenuous driving
| would be done between Trenton and New-fork
| He hoped to reach New-York little after IL
| o'clock They had been hindered on the triE
| from Trenton to Philadelphia and return. ne
| said by the poor roads in Pennsylvania. par
| ticularly between Bristol Penn. and Trenton
| The New-Jersey roads. he added, were good; al
| though they were not equal TO French ROADS
Mr. Vanderbilt said that he was not delylns
| the New-York courts IN being absent from jury
| duty He said that ne nad DSeA eACuScu rum
| appearing by Judge FitZsmons. He seemed TO
| be more concerned over one of his horses. wnich
had become sick near TuIlytown- Ihe party
| had gone TO Wheat Sheaf with three horses.
| The party drove into Princeton at 100 ana
| left the university town three minutes later
| The coach hit a heavy truck. but was not dam
| aged At Franklin Park the party were one
| hoIr and ffty-four minutes behind time
New Brunswick reached at $40. two
| bours behind the allotted time. Metuchen was
| passed at 1922 Mr.. Vanderbilt was cheered
| at Elizabeth. Although ii was 1l:4Z O'CLOCK
| Broad-st was illuminated with red flre Ihe
| distance between Railway and Elizabeth was
| covered in twenty three minutes.
Al 1925 two hours and thirty minutes De
| hind time Newark was reached The coach
left there at Il: :2S 80 with Mr.. Hewlett driving
| Jersey City was reached at l:o' a. m; spe-
| ciaI ferrvboat was waiting to bring the party
| to this city. ,o
| The Holland House was reached at LOO a. m
| three hours and three minutes behind the sched-
| ule All the members of the party expressed
| themselves as delighted with the trip. They
blamed the condition of the roads LOT their idii-
| ,Ire m break the record