Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03

knows to be much more difficult than the
driving of a four-in-hand
Mr.. Hartman himself does not hunt. He
has two half-mile trotting tracks-one on
his Arden Farms estate and the other at
Goshen-and he enjoys nothing quite SO
much as sitting in a road wagon with the
reins in his hands behind fast stopper or
a pair. Moreover. he can get much
speed out of trotter pair any pro-
fessional. and that is hardly true of any
other living multi-millionaire. Both he
first two Vanderbilts could do this. and so
could the late Robert Bonner. but since
their death the class was almost extinct
Until E. H. Hartman appeared upon the
scene. Both William G. Rockefeller and
Frank Work still drive trotters. and so does
Russell; Sage. but not with the genius of
Vanderbilt. a Bonner or Hartman. Mr..
Sage can hardly be considered member OF
the present generation of mankind. He
belongs to the elder Vanderbilt. elder Bon
ner age.
Taste of the Smart Set.
To the old-time lover of the trotting
horse. a purely American product. mis-
abandonment by the younger smart set Is
almost pathetic You may go from end to
end of the famous Wheatley Hills region
on Long Island, where dwell the Clarence
Mackeys. the Payne Whitneys. the Harry
Payne Whitneys. the younger Nanderphts
and a lot of the others. and find no trotters,
no "buggies"-men call them road wagons
ncwadays-no training sulkies, no anything
to suggest that this is the land OF the
American trotting horse.
All Is English through and through FOLK
there go calling on horseback. In dog-carts
and mail-carts. or more preten.ious equ .iis
ages always with groom. and often with
groom and coachman. The footman Is
6ardly in evidence as yet, but he VIII De
hye-and-bye and everywhere In that region
the saddle horse is supreme.
Though the Hartman girls are engiple 10
the social life represented so strongly III
the Wheatley Hills, they do not care mucn
for IT. and there are no young women oi
their type there. Yet the Misses Hartman
are star members of the Orange County
Hunt of which John r. Townsend is mas
ter and r. L. Gerry, son or Commooore
Gerry, assistant. Probably no hunt cluo
in America has better hounds than the VI
ange County Hunt. though several others
are as well supplied, and no other hunt
club this side of the Atlantic can boast OF
so good hunters. The club is new ana not
large but, thanks largely to the interest IN
its welfare displayed by Mr.. Hartman, It's
horses are of surprising excellence.
Alert and Lean.
Mr. Hartman is more like Jay Gould in
some ways than any other financler of the
nresent time He is a small. lean man,
weight about 100 TO no. wears a mus
tache only, and is neither bald nor gray as
vet. He is, perhaps, fifty-ive. He often
wears SLOUGH hat, and there are times
plenty when it would be possible to discern
70 crease in his trousers. His home life Is
an important factor with him. His chill
dren chum with him, and he has given
good deal of attention to their athletic de-
Yelopment. They all play golf. both on the
private links at the farm and at Iuxedo
Park, a few miles away. There they play
tennis also, and In the winter time they
skate on the lake there. the E. Fl. Harri-
mans being almost as fond of skating as
the John E. Rockefellers, though not quite.
since the latter have private skating rink
of their own in New York just off 9TH
avenue.
Though the true spirit of horsemanship
has nearly died out in the Vanderbilts,
there is a grea t-granddaughter of the old
Commodore in whom it seems TO have re-
yiyed in large measure She is Miss Ruth
Twombley daughter of Hamilton NICK.
Twombley. who married Florence A, the
daughter of William II. She is an excel
lent saddle-woman and a good driver as
well. since she handles the ribbons over a
four-in-hand with daring and judgment.
Her married sister, Florence ", now Mrs.
William A. NJ. Burden. is also good sad
dle-woman, but not so good driver.
Hunts With the Hounds.
Miss Twombley hunts with the whippany
Hounds Charles Pfiser. master. This cross
country organization has its headquarters
at Morris Plains. n. j.. -four miles from
Florian Park. the famous Twombley es-
tate wherein stands the house which was
nulIed down and rebuilt so many times be-
fore IL suited him as to make 1t famous.
quite independent of any other considera-
ton.
The fine estate OF Eugene Higgins-son
of the late carpet manufacturer, and often
spoken of as the richest eligible bachelor in
New York society-is at Morris Plains. and.
as he rarely visits the place, he leases his
fine stable to the Whippany Hounds for
clubhouse This stable is remarkable
building in its way. and 1t serves the organi-
zation very well indeed. 1t. has many fea-
lures not generally looked for in stables. one
of them being theater. in which the club
often regales itself with vaudeville and
other entertainments given by-professional
talent. Mr. Higgins used to hunt in that
locality years ago. when the organization
was known as the Morris County Hounds,
but he Is now fonder of his big steam yacht
verona than of horses. and spends a
good deal of his time cruising about
Though he has not slept in his fine country
house for several years the house is always
ready for him, being kept so by large
corps of servants whose head and front Is
a solemn butler of most pronounced Brit
ish type.
Loved Horses Always.
Miss Twombley like the Hartman girls.
has been familiar with horses from baby
hood She Is about twenty. with brown hair
and blue eyes-a most attractive girl. At
Florian Court there is stabling for about
one hundred horses. and most of the stalls
are always filled She and her sisters have
always had one advantage. as drivers. not
shared by the Misses Hartman Fiorisn