The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-02
FINK COATS AT A WEDDING.
THE MONMOUTH COUNTY HUNT
GIVES COUPLE a SEND-OFF.
The Little Chapel AZ Gaillee Frightened Up
At the Marriage or Miss Fanshewe
and MIR. POtts-Then There Was .
breakfast, \ Hunt and some Pelo.

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breakfast, \ Hunt and some Polo.
A wedding put the social season on the
north Jersey shore to sleep yesterday
Moreover. 1t was a very fashionable affair,
and, like the Ladenburg nuptials at Hemp
stead some years ago. it W az followed by
hunt breakfast, run with the Monmouth
County pack in drag hunt and, what was
entirely new, some polo matches after
ward. with most Of the players in full hunt
ing suits-pink coats, white breeches, top
boots and high silk hats.
Miss Selena Jaoqueline Fanshawe, the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs W. s. Fanshawe
OF this city, and G. II. Potts, whose parents,
MIR. and Mrs. w. Rockhill Potts, are also OF
New York were the happy couple.
The ceremony was in the Episcopal Chapel
Of st. Peters by the Sea, at Galilee, the
village between Monmouth Beach and Sea-
bright, once more famous for its fishermen
| and their catches than the entire stretch
OF the coast. This was before Jim Fisk
discovered Long Branch, over thirty years
ago, FOR now Galilee Is as swell with villas
as its newer neighbors and there is only
a narrow strip of the beach, close by the
| church. still preempted by the market
| seinemen. The family Of the bridegroom
are old residents of the Seabright summer
colony and the BRIDES family OF Monmouth
| Beach, and, as both clans are OF the hunt
and polo sets, the Monmouth County Hunt
| did its best to give the Young folks
| send-of.
The hunt club members came to the
church in their pink coats. riding up in
one or another OF the vehicles constantly
| stopping before the blue and white avn
ing that made canopied entrance OF st.
Peters plain old stoop. Their grooms had
been ordered to meet them with the horses
at the Fanshawe place. The men were
| Irving Brokaw, w. A. Hazard, H. L. Her
bert, p. F. Collier, the Nj. F. b.; W, Struthers
Jones. f. s. Reynal and John A. Rawlings.
Miss Loew who was also to ride to hounds,
| wore a black habit and derby. r. G. La
| Montague Jr., also had a hunter ready, but.
with Daniel Chauncey, Jr., he wore multi,
as the soldiers and hunting men term every
day attire.
Touring cars and all the minor degrees Of
automobiles, and every sort Of equipage,
from four in hand drag to a family omni-
| bus, and to the pony carts among small
traps. were in the lines conveying guests
to the church from all the colonies south
and north.
The bride and her attendants wore white.
the faring lace hats being particularly
pretty The dress Of the bride was
Of crepe de chine and she carried gardenias.
| The maid OF honor was her sister, Miss
Isabelle Fanshawe. and the other maids
| Miss Emily B. Potts and Miss Emily Cruger.
| They wore applique lace and bore clusters
| OF roses and lilies Of the valley. Tho
| chanoel decorations were simple-palms,
white roses and gardenias.
Rockhill B. Potts was best man and the
ushers were H. H. Weekes, A. D. Weekes,
Jr., l.. +. Fanshawe and E. c. Garlic. The
edifce was crowded to the doors after
the guests from New York had joined the
Gotta &c residents.
There was a gale blowing from the west
ward, and after tapping the blue and white
awning about like sail that Is being reefed
at sea, the wind wrecked part Of It just after
the bride and bridegroom had passed
through-which is a sign OF good luck-to
take an auto to the wedding breakfast.
| All the vehicles streamed OF after them,
but many of the guests walked, including
the men in pink
At Life Saving Station No. 4, nearly
opposite the church, an American flag
and every signal pennant in the lockers
waved from the flagstaff, and all the crew
| stood out to cheer as the bride and BRIDE
groom whizzed by. Then the flags were
whipped down and there was hauled up
| in their stead a string Of old boots and
shoes, with basket OF rice.
THAT'S to give 'em luck" explained
Jack Van Brunt, the old salt of the station.
aAll young couples need it at the launch
ing, for they tie knot with their tongues
that they can't unite with their teeth.
And they'll have good luck, all right,
for showed young Potts how to sail a boat
when he was a shaver, and he can reef,
con and steer like blue water sailor
Twenty couples OF fo1hounds, in charge
of the hunstman and whipper in. lolled
about the Fanshawe lawn during the iol-
lities of the breakfast, and after the de-
parture OF the bridal couple the hunting
men sprang to their horses and set out
! to the meet. The way was along the main
street, past st. Peters and through Sea-
| bright, thence over the Shrewsbury bridge
and along the Rumson Road to the field
near Thomas Foote'S house where the
hounds took up the scent and gave tongue.
! No dogs are so well behaved as English
foxhounds. the result OF generations OF
special training, and the pack went along
the street as orderly as a Sunday school
parade. Children ran into them. with
cries OF Pretty doggies'- but there was not
a village dog in sight They had no use
for such an orderly looking company and
took to their kennels.
Leading the line was the huntsman.
on a powerful looking black gelding, and
the whipper-in followed the pack. Then,
| in go-as-you- please order, were the riders
with p. F. Collier, the NJ, +. H., last OF all
In Seabright he picked up Daniel Chauncey,
Jr., who jumped from city train to the
horse that was awaiting him and joined
the party.
There was fast burst for ten minutes
to start the hunt. when there was a brief
check, followed by good, clean galloping
for some forty minutes, in part over the
Peel and Kemp farms. After a circular
course tho scent brought the riders to the
field of the Rumson Polo Club for the
kill" with Miss Loew in the first fight.
Many of the wedding guests had dinner
over to the polo club and n snack luncheon,
when more healths were drunk to the bride
and bridegroom, and the hunting folks