New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-04
THE COACHING PARADE.
Annual Meet of the Ladies Four-in-
Hand Drifting Club.

Ideal weather and splendid roads left the
Ladies' Four-in- Hand Driving Club nothing to
wish for in its annual parade yesterday. It
was a very pretty parade, everybody declared,
and from the start, at T2d-st. and 5th-ave,
through the park to the Circle at 1O6th-st. and
sth-ave., where Mrs. Thomas Hastings the
president, reviewed the coaches back to the
Ladies' Annex TO the Metropolitan Club. at
G0th-st. and 5th-ave., nothing occurred to mar
the success or the enjoyment of the event.
A large number Of persons gathered to see
the start All along the 72d-st. drive, in the
vicinity Of the avenue the benches were full
before 10 o'clock with nursemaids and children,
men and women Along the curb motors dog
carts and landaus were drawn up. making
most attractive scene, even before the parade
began.
The first coach to arrive at the meet was
fooled by Miss Louise CULVER. with c. Led
yard Blair the owner of the coach, beside her
on the box seat Every one pushed 70 the curb
TO get a glimpse of It, Very gay ii looked, with
Ats bright yellow body and running gear, and
yellow jonquils in the buttonholes Of the men
on top. in the lapels Of the grooms' livery and
stuck behind the horses ears. Miss CULVER
drove down 72d-st, turned into Madison-ave.
and took her place beside the curb facing the
park
The others arriving shortly afterward. the
the procession. The others rapidly fell into line
behind her coach, with as many Of the spec
tators as could following in motor cabs. car
riages and automobiles.
It a gay pageant that wound its way
through the green vistas of the park. Under
the tender green of the overhanging branches
around lodges up hill. down dale. past the
borders of the lake. now lost around some bend
in the road, to appear a minute later on the
crest Of a knoll. the coaches rolled, to be swal-
lowed up one by one in the shimmering perspec-
tive Of young foliage.
The course taken was I'D the East Drive to
the northern end of the Park. then down the
West Drive and across 10 the Plaza and 9th
ave. and 59th-st-. TO the Metropolitan Club
where the parade disbanded.
Each feminine whip wore the regulation uni
form Of the club Riders and drivers in the
park and along Riverside Drive have grown IA
rniliar with 1.-THE low, bell crowned top hat OF
tan: long furred beaver and long driving coat
Of navy blue coming TO the bottom of the dress.
With pipings of tan on the cuffs, and a tan
waistcoat, with brass buttons With it they
wore any dress they liked
Mrs Hastings had with her as guests on her
coach Mrs Thomas Hitchcock. jr., wearing a
shepherds plaid. with a yellow straw hat
trimmed with white wings; Mrs. Winthrop
Chanler. in cream wolfe, and hat of black chip.
with cornfowers, Harry McDonough Sidney
Paget and Mr.. Hastings. The women on Mrs
Hastings's coach carried big punches OF red
carnations the same flower trimming the horses
harness and the grooms and forming the
boutonnieres Of the men on the top or the coach
Miss Jean Reid, who the whip OF the sec
ond coach had with her on the box seat her
father Whitelaw Reid. Miss Katharine Barney
Miss Natica Rives Moreton Frewen and James
Henry Smith were her guests Miss Barney
wore a gown Of shepherds plaid. with hat OF
light blue trimmed with self-colored wings ana
Miss Riyes also a checked suit WIN nat
OF burnt Tuscan straw and white wings
Then came the coach fooled by Miss Angelica
Gerry, with Miss Mabel Gerry Mrs oIlVer
Gould Jennings. Robert l. Gerry, T. victor
Loew, Bradish Johnson and Worthingtoh
Whitehouse as her guests. Mrs. Jennings wore
pale blue wolfe and a hat of the same win
wings to match and Miss Gerry wore the popu-
lar CHECK accompanied by a hat Of tan with
pink flowers.
Miss Frederca Webb had her father, Dr. w.
Seward Webb. beside her on the box her
guests Included Miss Gladys Vanderbilt VINO