Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-26
OVER THE DRIVEWAY
ooeed Horses Driven by Enthu-
siastic Ovners

IL Is stated the work Of bu,,d,r~ ~.
'"en. "aikway between the new dr,vewov
ana the seawall along the tidal h,.,r 80
.he new bride path and footwav ,,.;da
anu parallel to the driveway will not hs
Competed this fall. but that the work v,,,
taken up IN the early part of the sum-
80 as soon as more money becomes avail
D'e All the present appropriation has
Doon useo' and nothing further can be done
ca mat portion of the bride paths
anu LOOT paths from the foot of 17th s,ra.,
to the big circle in the rear ~, 49,
.n usn. grounds are completed Ahout TT
, .IIus or their total length, howeve, 70
mains to be built ie-
had strucl vas announced that o'clock
n,,e,. ~ uck saturday. the hour for a spin
U y; the course. fully $50 drivers sastaa
III very KIND OF light vehicle fma Gina =
G ;n aogether with a half hundred amateur
dow 81 zen Eli, IN line for lightning sweep
uowh the driveway. Enthusiasm was ra M
1 pan:, ana Tor short time some Of tho
pa.ricipants were just little bit boistaroms
manabs was quickly suppressed by the
These 49,. VI the horsemens association.
nhn ese members were. in a measure In
Iinarse or the driveway for the time ha-
49,. ~. ana wore the insignia of the associa-
s abn. sola button with horses head and
snoe IN red field, bordered nv hi,,a
strap In order that there might h. ue
t,n,. OF the regulations the associao
~ 80 ~, pios,oed every participant with a coDy
90 aies as ADOPTED by the organization
ana approved by Col. Symons.
IN the trip down the course the o,.u.,..
VI tne various horses were thoroughly dem
onstrated. and on the return run. which
SIS Tas MADE .e by way Of 18th street at a very
SLOW gait. numerous contests were ar
ranged between the owners OF course
mere were several owners who boasted
OF the time Of their steppers and could
races held the attention of the snacta 49,
from until 8 o'clock The track was Fast
!.I were no attempts at "hubbing" or
were orderly.
Ethel G.. the mare which was mucb IN
evidence In the sleighing on the avenue
last winter and which carried Off the hon
OTIS on several occasions, was one of the
nrst steppers to reach the course Mr.
RaWi1ng Hume, the owner was up Mr.
hume was as much excited as Ethel G. at
the the, prospect Of the fast go. The mare did
participants. Mr.. B. F. McCaulley behind
Robin Hood. beautiful brown trotter by
Burser. and Mr.. E. L. Edelen, driving his
pacing gelding. j: M. B., were active on
the"course. Mr.. LeFevre, with Charles r
a well-known PAGER. arranged a brush with
Messrs. McCaulley and Edelen. Charles r.
made good showing. but in the final
stretch got a full view Of the heels Of
Robin Hood and j. M. B. as they slackened
up at the finish. almost abreast Mr. Eide
len and Err. James T. Hunter, behind Or
phan Boy, had a brush. the former winning
easily.
Ida c.. trotter with a record: of z 13H.
with Owen Coppcrthite up made a fine
showing. as did Howard Russell, driven
by Mr.. Phil Steubener: Commodore Mel
vile. with Mr.. William Oetzel: Andy c.,
with Mr.. Gawler: Eclipse. with Mr. r. T.
Warwick: Becraft. with Mr. John Gheen
Captain Marion. with Mr.. T. NJ Bond and
several others. The results in every con-
test varied considerably. but gave the own
ers a good idea as to the ability of their
steeds Secretary De Graw Of the horse
mems association was on the track behind
his bay gelding, Argo, speedy animal.