The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-14

, 1enox. Mass, guests Of =. A. schermerhorn.
70 miles, ten teams.
isse-From Boston 70 droton. Mass, quests
Of Prescott Lawrence, 80 miles, four teams.
adelphIA. guests OF c. H. Joy, o11(
miles, eleven teams.
Isss-From Batavia, N. y. 70 Belwood
~ j.. guests OF s. 5. Rowland at Mount
Morris. IS miles. FIVE teams.
tsSs-TuXedo. N. Y. Euests Of ". Forbes
Morgan, sax miles. seven teams.
is00-Hempstead, l.. l., guests Of August
Belmont Jr. 2oJI miles, four teams
IspO.-From Boston 20 Groton. Mass,
guests Of Prescott Lawrence, 90 miles, four
teams.
1891 From Rutland, Vt, 10 shelburne
Farms, Vt, guests OF W, Seward Webb, Ss
miles. nine teams
1892 Hampstead, guests Of Charles Carroll.
26II miles. four teams.
1896. -Aiorrstown, guests Of Eugene
Higgins. at Glen Farm NOV the Whippany
River Country Club. 40 miles. SIX teams
iss4.-Shelburne Farms, W., guests Of W
Seward Webb. 3i7,t miles. twenty teams,
four days. One way only.
lS96.-TorresdSle. Pa, guests OF Nelson
Brown CleaVinR Philadelphia road at Trentonl,
90 miles. thirteen teams.
,,d iSS9o' .. n, =, quests Of Ogden
1905. --TGTedo, guests OF J, Henry Smith
52t miles, six teams.
1904. -BernArdsvllle. n. j.. quests Of c.
teams
Except as noted above, the starting and
returning point was the Hotel Brunswick
until ii gave up the ghoet In 1898, In 1899
the start was from the Holland House, the
party using the Pioneer, which was run
as the public coach as usual to and from
the Ardsley Club. This year and last the
Metropolitan Club has been the starting
point.
comparison with that Of 1894, the four day
iaunt to shelburns Farms, on Lake Cham
plain. Since then less formidable under
takings have seemed as child's play. IL
could not have been made q success however
but for the use OF the railroad, by which
the ten teams used the first day were sent
ahead for use on the third, while the teams
used on the second also did service on the
fourth day. Starting from the Brunswick
at $50 O'Clock In the morning on June Q,
the party arrived at the Nelson House in
Poughkeepsie a. O'Clock that night, q
w. Seward Webb drove the first and r. ".
Rives the last stage the first day, when,
as was the case throughout, the coach was
on time throughout every stage. On the
second day the drive was Of s3h miles,
from Poughkeepsie TO Troy; the third day
Of SO miles, from Troy to Rutland, Vt,
and the fourth day Of 6S miles, from that
town to the hospitsblS portals Of Shell
burne.
On Friday, May s, the whlppany River
Country Club members drove 70 their
club from the Holland House on the Mag
net, crossing 70 New jersey by the Twenty
third street ferry and then over the
Palisades and through the Oranges to
MorristoWh This was testing trip,
however, and hardly q drive in the sense
Of an outing, a. the Magnet was put on the
road as q public coach on last Wednesday.
The cost Of relays inoludes the hire Of
the horses during the days when they are
In transportation to and fro as well az
payment for the time when they are actually
In the harness. On q road run, coaching
about every seven to ten miles, n a fast
pace IL to be kept up. But for informal
coaching with but one team and no time
schedule, the same four may be used for
twenty TO thirty miles. A start must be
made early, with q long rest at noon, and
the horses viii be as fresh ss q fiddle at
the end Of each days iourDeyinR. Much
depends on the road Of course, and the
going, but In planning an outing Of the
sort the itinerary must be framed with
good stopping places for man and beast
always the first consideration, and the
picturesque features next. One may
travel faster In an automobile, but there
4 not 30 much Of dAlliance with the country
charms In that way. The big motor
destroy the romance Of sthe road Be
sides, to tour with a. many passenRe
they cost moro than q coach and four, and
quite against the will Of the Travellers
sometimes make q quiet country lane a
pandemonium OF noise, runaWays and
skurTying cattle.