The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-12

must represent S4o. 900. but the fun Is worth
il TO one who can stand the pace.
With but one party on the coach the box
seat In taken in turn, and Mr.. Hyde chats
with its occupant. He also takes the head
OF the table ct luncheon and makes q most
genial host His fayorjte team is one that
will divide the work evenly between them
horses pedigrees were not considered, but.
as looks, conformation and speed were the
essentials TO govern the selection Mr.. Hyde
says that the blood lines must lie pretty
good. One OF the horses on the Newark
change, a bay, Ia a standardized trotter
with a record Of 2i7. Whoever has the box
seat notices a clock on the footboard and
under il q brass sign telling the time OF ar
rival at the next stage, with the distances
in miles, so that the coachman may toll at
a glance whether he IL running on time or
not. As the coach draws near the team
awaiting at the change. the occupant OF
the box seat must unbuckle the reins, as
the hands Of the whip are fully occupied.
1t In estimated that the pull Of the reins is
equal to an average weight OF twelve
pulling team.
The best going Is on the country roads,
the typical Jersey roads Of red sand, but
there Is plenty OF jolting in and near the
towns. There are 40 few hills that the
brakes are seldom put on. Once out OF
Newark the scenery is charming. Along
the roadside the maple trees are break
ing into leaf. and the buds are swelling on
the other trees. The distant woods are
brown and bare. with patch Of green here
an Irish flag. Crocus and tulip beds
brighten some Of the gardens ragged
rows Of box are sometimes seen. matching
the pines in steadfast green, and the grass
Of the roadside and the golf links show
the brightness Of new verdure. The fields
mil brown bright
color OF winter wheat, and the farmers are
busy with the spring ploughing,
Setting out, the novice at coaching has
an insecure feeling, as though in a cranky
dency to catch hold Of the seat backs
called lazy backs-for security. Conf
denos COMES on imperceptibly, like the
.sea legs" on n voyage. and then one feels
as though he could ride along till the crack
OF DOOM The next day there is certain
back" but as an Offset the lungs are swelled
up and there is no regret at being sent
back to the treadmill Of pedestrianism
for one steps out as nimbly as a walking
champion. II is no wonder that those who
travelled before the days OF steam were a
hardy sort road trip Is an experience
easy to gain In these days, Tor the spring
ia the coaching season.
Fair corching time with full load Is
seven and half to eight miles an hour.
IN RECORD runs tHis " ou' oh '"N
occasions comfort is sacrificed for speed.
Last month A. @. Vanderbilt and Robert
L. Gerry were the whips, with full load OF
passengers on a fast run from the Holland
House 10 the W. X. Vanderbilt place at
Islip, making the trip in four hours and
forty-five minutes. rate OF over Twelve
miles an hour. Twenty horses were used,
the RELAYS being made at Jamaica, Hemp
stead. Seaford and Babylon. The greatest
OF road runs was made on Oct. 10, 1901,
by James H. Hyde and A. q: Vanderbilt
from the Holland House TO Philadelphia
and return in one day. According 10 an
odometer attached TO the coach, the dis
lance traversed was li2 miles each way.
but the whips had figured II at 90 miles:
The record run TO Philadelphia was made
in nine hours and thirty-two minutes.
Sixty-eight horses were used. The party,
which included Morris +. Hewlett. W. c.
Gulhver. Bradish johnson. Jr., and FRED,
crick Davis, set out before dawn and did
not get back until after midnight, the
time OF actual travel having been nineteen
hours and thirty-two minutes. The pre-
yious record was Of ten hours and forty-
six minutes. II was made In May. 1894:
the drivers being In turn Col Edward
Morrell Harrison X. Gamer Nelson brown,
Edward Browning and f. Rittenhouse
Miller. who used ffty-two horses on the
run The came gentlemen were the whips
of the Philadelphia and New York puono
line, the most formidable undertaking IN
road coaching carried out In tins country