The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
WOMEN WHO DRIVE WE'LL.
FAIR WHIPS AT HOME IN THE
HORSE snow CROWDS.
A DinlcHit Accomplishment in Which
Many women Dellght--NOted Feminine
Drivers OF Four-in-Hands- winner OF
Blue Ribbons at the Horse Shows.


Drivers Of -WinncgS OF
Blue Ribbons at the Horse Shows.
In the swirl OF traps to the station at
train time in the country women hold
the reins as often as men, and, even when
teams are sent along to brake or coach,
this is true Of the vehicular parade on fine
afternoons in Central Park; but to drive
well amid the distractions Of horse show
is far more exacting task. Yet it is an
accomplishment in which many women
delight, and now that the National Horse
| Show Association has followed the lead
OF the smaller shows and arranged classes
that will bring women into the ring as
whips Of fourth hands, pairs and single
high steppers, the habit may soon become
the fashion and men may be ousted COM
pletely from the box seat.
Perish the thought that women, In
brooches and boots, should ever take the
place of the coachmen, but as amateur
whips there is a place for them. No one,
it may be readily seen, may exhibit the
points of horse adapted for woman's
use so well as a woman. and this fact has
brought out number Of clever professional
women whips, who do not lack for patrons
Beach and Mrs. Dick Donnelly. Many Of
the women who now show their own horses
have been taught by the women profess
SIGNALS.
Women who have driven four finland at
the open air shows near their country homes
form long list, and some Of them should
be on the high seat when the four-in-hand
class with omen whips is called into the ring
Sor tho Gre firpo at MpdiaOp Square Garde an
next November. Those who do 80 may be
relied on to acquit themselves worthily,
although 1t is a change indeed from bowl
ing along the park drive or circliog the
paddock at a country show with frlends
the ripping peacefulness Of a shaded brook
and the plunge in froth and fury Of the cas-
cade TO which it flows, for when the whip
drives into the Garden show ring all quiet
lessons are forgotten or trial drives.
There will be nervous survey from the
box seat preliminary to the drive in; the
hoofs beating DEVILS tattoo on the boards,
wheels rumbling and hostlers swearing,
while multitude -rubbers' from the board
walk and makes audible comments on each
womans costume. Then at the trumpeter' 8
the coach will be whirling around on the
brown tanbark, with the band playing a
quick step and thousands Of white faces. that
somehow suggest suhfowers, rising tier over
tier about the circle. II the whip gets the
'tanbark fidgets, there will be mix up,
and the grooms will have to run their best
to straighten out the teams; but II the W omen
are as cool as in the park, the turnout OF the
beams will be the most attractive incident
Of the week
Women who are often seen driving four
in hands near MorTistown and Madison are
Miss Ruth Twombly and Mrs. c. Ledyard
Blair; Miss Kate Cary drives team at
Lenox and in Westchester county. A
whip of note Is Mrs. Thomas Hastings,
who is the leader of the Women's Four
in Hand Club, and quite as expert are Mrs.
W. Gcadby Loew, Miss Angelica Gerry,
Miss Eleanor Jay, Miss Frederick Webb,
Miss Bryce, Miss Louise 0ulliver and Miss
Mary Hartman.
Quite as skilful with the reins as in the
saddle is Mrs. j. l.. Kernochan of the Mea-
dow Brook Hunt, who often exhibits at
the Mineola Horse Show; and Mrs. Persse,
the most expert Of the Myopia Hunts
women followers cross country, usually
at the Boston Horse Show. Mrs. w. E
HOFFMAN both rides and drives well in the
show ring, and Miss Doremus and many
others have displayed their proficiency
at city shows.
In the assiduity in which she has at
tended the leading shows and for uniform
skill, both as an equestrienne and whip,
Mrs. John Gerken holds the record. The
blue ribbons she has won with horses driven
or ridden by herself would paper q room.
At the shows Of the Brooklyn Riding and
Driving Club there Is always some clever
driving by Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt, Miss
Whitney, Mrs. c. F. Hubbs and Miss Mollie
Maxwell, who is the most famous OF the