The Washington times., 1904-01-30
SNOW AFFORDS
g SPORT FOR ALL
Fast Brushes Indulged in
=. on the Speedway.
BOYS ARE SORE AT KlMBALL
Judges Action il Not Allowing Coast :
ing on Trucks ATouses
Their Ire.

HtlI lie.
Snow whirled -merrily through the air
on the Speedway this afternoon More
Sthan 100 sleighers were out. and many
fast brushes were eii gagged in. The snow
OF yesterday and last night came at n
most opportune time. as Saturday is the
only day in which owners Of fast
oGghbreds over the Speedway at as fast
a clip as pieases them.
.. AT l O'Clock this afternoon. sixty-four
sleighs formed at the corner OF First
street and Maryland Avenue. and from
there proceeded. in single file, up Penn
sylvania Avenue to Fifteenth Street,
and thence down Fifteenth to the Speed
way. arriving there shortly before 2
o'tlock.
osirhe parade was one of the most i'm
nressive sights seen here in long time.
.fr1ily four squares long was the process
sion of the gaily bedecked procession
of 'prancing horses, and sleighs.
rs~ Fast Horses Out.
Toward evening ii is anticipated at
least 125 sleighs will be on the Speedway
Some OF the fastest steppers over the
tSnpw in Washington raced nose and
nose B. +. McCauley's chestnut PAGER.
George. General Miles swift trOtter.
Gold Pebble and John Gheen's Becraft
were among the fastest out.
a meeting Of the Road Drivers and
Riders Association was held last night
in the Colorado Building for the pur-
pose OF appointing an executive com
smiftse. The appointment OF this COM
.mfttec was left to the discretion OF
General Miles. who has not yet made
Known his selections.
Many Sleighs Out.
Pennsylvania Avenue was last night
and is today crowded with sieighers. At
night. however. is the sport at its zen
18th on Washington's main traffic wa,
: and tonight viii probably find no less
rhan 500 vehicles out The snowfall Of
yesterday and last night is the heaviest
Washington has had in the past four
years. and pleasure-seekinE persons are
taking advantage Of IL. much TO the sat
isfaction OF livery dealers. who say their
business IS at its best in years. But
ffew OF them had sleighs which were not
hired by noon. and many persons failed
in. their efforts TO obtain one.
Not only those who delight IN driving
a tast horse over the snow are enjoy
Ing themselves. for the younger folk
ere having real good tine" OF course
children always enjoy themselves when
.Iuisnows. but this time a darrper has
been thrown over the hearts Of the old
er boys and girls. who delight a coast
ing down hill on a truck Fo- TINS r-1ev
blame Judge -ktmbaIl x,0. Ezs decIde,5
That truck-coastiRE Is Illegal -
Oppose Judge Kinban.
He amt no friend Of ours said the
spokesman OF a crowd OF small boys
which gathered at the top Of Franklin
Hin. Thirteenth Street northwest. be-
tween II and X Streets. to see the snow
fsll and ascertain whether any .trucks-
or sleds were. out.
The reply was made to the question.
f'What do you think OF Judge KimbaII
fcf- ruling that cOasting on the hills OF
Washington Is unlawful?" Further
questioning ELECTED the fact that the
boys OF eight aud nine years and the
High School Cadets who FREQUENT the
Snow-ciad hills fail 10 agree with his
honor
The Truck Barred.
I Recently two boys were brought be-
fore Judge Kimball in the Police Court.
charged with coasting on the hills Of the
city with truck OF three sIeds
Joined together. with a long board
nailed over them. Judge KimbaII forth
with held that they were guilty OF dis
orderly conduct and imposed a penalty.
adding that all 81 bsequent cases would
De disposed OF in similar manner. In
no other city in tie civilized world so
4t is said. are the boys prohibited from
using sleds. Judge KimbaIls ruling
will naturally decrease the sale of sleds
IN Washington. and Il is not altogether
Improbable that a representative or
two from the United Sled Manufactur-
ers OF America will call upon him and
ask for a less strained Interpretation
OF the law covering disorderiy con-
duct
From the standpoint OF the small boy.
Il at first appears as a hardship and
few persons believe the boys VIII obey
khe law.
Hard on Pedestrians
II requires but few minutes for the
f'truckmen'' to get the Thirteenth Street
hiil ''as slick as glass" There are US
nally about eight or ten. and in some
cases twenty persons. boys. girls. wo-
men. and men. on the trucks. and the
weight is from 600 TO zoo pounds or two
tons. One lone pedestrian would stand
aittle show OF completing three score
Ind ten years II struck by one of the
trucks so laden.
On the other hand the occupants OF
me truck would stand an equally slim
chance II the truck collided with n
street car. Thirtieth Street hill is COM.
etdered TO be worth walking miles 70
coast on; Fourteenth Street hill. about
~ and up TO Binney Street is fine:
Nineteenth Street up on Columbia
deignts; Connecticut Avenue. above s.
and up 10 Eighteenth Street. is visited
~ thousands. and there are hundreds of
other hills IN Washington which afford
fhe best Of cOasting