New-York tribune., 1903-06-21
ATLANTIC CITY TRAPEL
Forth Per Cent More Than at THIS
Time Last Year-Uany Bathers.

.+,.,+i. c,i+v N r Jupe 20 DISQUALIFICATION 1t
will be mooted question as to whether temperature
has any effect the success of a seasnore season
Last year was the coolest summer within the recol-
,ec+ton of the oldest fnhabtant Of the Middle East
ern States and still the number Of visitors TO Al
lantfc City exceeded that of any previous season
by tens of thousands. The summer of 1913 Is start
ing off in the same chilly manner and at the same
time there are PEOPLE on AbSecon Island To-
dav bv thousands than ever before at this time or
wear Ana the curious part of it is that the only
grumbIing on account of the weather iS from the
natives and not from the visitors
This estimate of increased travel to the Seashore
,s not haphazard or simply optimistic 1t is based
on figures furnished by the officials of the two rail
roads who place the increase over the same period
last year at 40 per cent The natives OF Atlahuc
CITY are notorious GROWERS and pessimists, out
even among them the gloom is confined TO the
arnaI1er merchants and bathhouse keepers The
hotel men are complacent and clipper as full
registers can make them. and their only worries
are over the ineasticy of the walls of their hotels
IN the face of what promises to be record break
ing
While forward season would probably find more
persons in the surf in the middle of June than at
present the only wonder at this time Is that there
are as many in the water as there are IL IS a
common sight to see and women walking
briskIy along the boardwalk. clad In top coats and
wraps and at the same time hundreds of persons
in the surf a majority of whom are women IN
fact it is an axiom that none save athletes and
delicate women could stand the shock of the chilly
water at this time without serious. If not fatal.
results
At a meeting OF the managers of the Atlantic
City Horse Show Association this week arrange
ments for the forthcoming exhibition were com
pleted 1t was reported by the secretary that the
number OF entries largely in excess OF that or
last year and that the strings from New-York and
Philadelphia exhibitors would be greatly augmented.
Tho entries close on next Saturday The judges
for the show were chosen as follows: Roadsters-
Frank H Caven of Philadelphia. Four-in-hands.
tandems harness horses. carriages and appoint
rnsnts delivery wagons and hotel coaches-GeOrge
B. Hulme and Francis NJ Ware of New-York-
Saddle horses and ponies under saddle-Francis NJ.
Ware of New-York, and John R Valentine. Of
Rrvn Mawr. Hunters and jumpers-Francis NJ.
Ware John R Valentine and Samuel D. Riddle OF
Glen Riddle, Penn
two Neuv-York girls went in search Of adventure
the other day and found it. They have been seen
on the beach and drives daily in a natty little pony
cart. hut finding things tame they decided to give
the pony and their French poodle a surf bath. The
voung women were dressed in elaborate summer
GOWNS but that made no difference. In the middle
of the bathing they drove into the surf and in
a minute the pony was off his feet. AT this moment
thew were overwhelmed by huge breaker. and the
girls dog and horse rode the waves in different
directions. They rescued by several life
savers and bathers. and the young women have
been in bed since their adventure
Youngs Hotel. which has just been completed. and
faces the Ocean Pier. will be opened next week
This new house is absolutely hreproof stick Of
wood having been used in its construction IL Is
handsomely furnished. and will be conducted on the
General II w Comstock L. 5. A. retired. is oc-
cupyng quarters at the Hotel Traymore
the city this week assisting in the selection OF a
convention hall for the meeting OF the knights OF