New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-02-19
IN IRELAND.
Notes IN Praise of .Jamnffng Car.

ON AN IRISH JaUNTING CAR, TB si7s e
Rayne Illustrated Octave. PIP. viii. l@e MAJ
per & Bros
The Irish 5auntinr MIR Bayne assures us'
after a trip Of over three hundred miies -
Northern Ireland of all vehicles ever invented
holds first place for the use of the Traveller,
Contrary to general impression he founa IL
easy and comfortable for lounging ride. Wheh
balanced by two passengers and driver MI
Baxne. however: may he better fitted by nature
than many tourists for the peculiar necessi'ies
Of Irish travel. Sounding warning al o''oe O
warning and an invitation. 70 those VINO IiaS
feel disposed to experiment on the holiday ulp
he describes. he says;
They will meet with wet days, some ohees-
less damp hotels and sometimes poor coo 70
49,, za-in nrohahly rot be able to get on as
quickly or conveniently as did, for was ~ 80.
in ireland and know the ways OF tiie 49, the
an6 its neople But If they have IN them W
;,,9a+ ,sasire 10 see some of the finest ha'uIdi
scenery IN the vorld. and by all oods lhe = 49,
est display of veTdure in all its TafSthS I -
- .Ilo,-s then foerhaos they may FISK the
many Disappointing conditions that mus -
overcome ii they would see Ireland at iS "7s''
NJ F9av-ne started out at Londonderry, where
he exrerienced the only unpleasantness Oh me
journey at the hands of rigorous customs ON
c.- who would not allow him 20 import the
cigar carried in his pocket From Derry
zceu- through Donegal to the coast through
Tr,nfanaghv 10 Gweedore, where ThackeraF'
7,,,,,.,s Lord Palnnerston and Carlyle have
ss,a5 and shot and 50 on to Donegal, where the
extended compilation known as The Annals OF
she Four Masters" was written. From here the
r.ourse Law through Ballyshannon TO Sligo' 'heii0
through the county of Mavo TO Balinrope' tuiH
ing back through the western costai part u tie
country Conremara- II was Whle cioS'iAe
Hillary Bay that the captain of the ooat hoiu
sng his leg in a constrained POSITION eAPidliieU
when questioned that he was not SUFFERING Holn
,beu,natisr77. NO 10 tell your honor the TRUTH
there's hole in the boat, an I'm Jlsl haFn1s
me heel in ii to save her from sinking. Delpn'
-, ,o,-e1iast snots in all Connemara, was
visited. and the double echo across the bay was
tested.
On the morning before we left lay IL oea;
baIf sIeen and as the bedrooms in the west OF
Ireland rarely have any locks on their oooio'
our confidential boots stole quietly INTO the
room and, looking at me. soliloqulzeQ II, d -, -
der tone suggestive OF a TIP, snouIu 80, 80
him. sure. his honor is slapln Joke pap ,
zr' 'tvouid be nothin' short of crime TO wake
him up this wet mornin; haven tne neaL ~, :;
~ ;. :" And he walked out of the ROOM with MS
eye the future
At Achin Island, the account OF winch ap-
-ea-s little late as the author is writing from
memory and without notes.. the party was en-
+e-tslred in more senses than one by the host
=, +lhe s1ievernore Hotel, Captain Sheridan Com
,,sre5 NTH him we are told, Baron Munchausen
would seem a monument of truth and accuracy
He said he was a first cousin Of Phil Sheridan
an6 stoutlv defended the notion that the general
Was an Irishman. AS he put if: They Try 10
make ont that Phil wasn't Irishman; that
he was born halfway over; but tell you the
+r,e facts are he was born before he started
From Ccnuemara the route lay south again 10
Galway to Limerick, and finally to Cork ana
Queenstown At Limerick the annual horse falr
was in progress, and the town was fun OF the
typical participa-ors.
They had the knack of horsy dressing down
-o a e,e point Horseshoe pins were the tnillg.
stuck in light colored scarfs wound round thelr
neclls, their shanks were tightly rolled In ieath-
or and hove the knee they wore Santos-Du-
mont balloons in colo-s that would have mace
q rainbow look like band OF Grape MOST OF
Them had the conventional blade OF grass III
their mouths d fashion started by Lord Palmer
rron fifty years ago. and immortalized by Johh
Iyeecb in celebrated Punch cartoon OF the
rleriod When looking at 2 horse they tilted
their hats far back into the nape of their necks,
planted their feet wide apart stuffed their hands
into their pockets. and carried themselves with
general air Of che who soliioqulzes, wen,
I'm inst looking for the photograph OF man
who can get away with on horse trade
The many photographs taken on the way and
serving as illustrations are the best justification
for this little book II makes pretension OF
giving more than an informal record Of 2 trip
which the author enjoyed too thoroughly TO fail
TO recommend