The sun., 1905-08-20
Summer sports for women arc Of the

countrywide. It Is different In the winter,
when some bf the best skating and sleigh
ing are to be had In town, a. well as Bad
minton indoor lawn tennis, the court
games with rackets and many other recrea-
tions Of favor with the athletic or pastime
seeking woman. Automobiling Is an ex-
ception, for the women who are amateur
chauneurs are @in the town, and out Of the
town and all around the town. as with
the wind in the old riddle, In summer as
in winter.
None appreciates the value OF Q fast
touring car for shopping calling and thea
ter runs from the country house into town
more than q w,,xaan living In the country,
but 1t is manifest that a chauffeur must run
the machine for such purposes. On this
account 1t is not fad for women Of fashion
to run the big touring earn, nor do they
drive their own cars in town often, even
in the season.
But in the country this summer the
women chaufeurs are seen on every road
and they form very pretty pictures. There
Is nothing nicer for q run between the home
and the beach, the tennis courts or the
links, with occasional trips to the railroad
station, than low geared auto.
On such trips the women do not have to
conceal their faces and forms beneath veil
ings and wraps. but instead they display
their feeoiest Of summer gowns.
A whirring and throbbing Of wheels
and cogs hera1ds the coming Of the car.
As it appears down the shaded road the
girl at the wheel steers as skilfully as the
pilot on city fire truck. Her flowing hair
is q frame for eyes that hssh with the ex-
,;k hn inv ~ arRAdihR.
The girl In pink beside her and the two
behind with the gray haired woman are
singing a college song. From out the dust
fog, odorous Of gasolene, in the wake OF the
car rings the words Of "A Son Of Gambo-
lier, and, as the motor vanishes the chap
eron seems to be reproving the girls for their
levity and high spirits.
This sort Of motoring Is better fun these
days than trundling through tho deserted
Central Park Whips and riders, too, are
also in the country now. and they may
be seen at their best at the neighborhood
open air horse show, or going to or from
the country club polo tournament
Apropos Of polo, a team OF Westouny
young matrons have been practising at polo
near the famous Meadow Brook field. Three
OF them ride sidesaddle; the fourth being
seated boy fashion and setting great pace
as her boots are outspread In the longs
across the fender style.
Women have tried polo often before
but it does not long appeal to them Nearly
fifteen years ago a team OF women at
Morristown practised regularly
There are occasional drag hunts at New
port and Southampton, but fox hunting IN
summer is as lacking in the real flavor as
hot punch would be on July I, and the
riding women in most cases are content
to get their exercise in allow canters on the
leafy country lanes.
There is something new In driving, but
In that department Of horsewornanship
which the society woman does not 60 IN
for very strongly-the speeding Of trotters.
There are two or three women who drive
on the Speedway, but they are all collapsed
2, by a young woman who Is jockeying her
| own trotters through the New York State
circuit.
She won q race in split heats recently
at Albany and is said to be good judge
Of pace and to be a careful rednswoman.
There is small fear, however, that the
mantle of the revered Budd Doble or Hiram
Woodruff is to full upon a woman, for the
occupation is too dangerous and fatiguing
to suit the sex in the long run.
Lawn hockey is finding many supporters
among the girls this season, especially
among those who wish to keep up In the
open the special training they have been
enioyine from basketball and ice hockey.
In Paterson uniformed teams Of girls play
hockey two or three afternoons each week
on the field at the end Of Broadway, near
the park. and many spectators watch the
games.
Lawn tennis, however, Is the greatest
recreation Of the younger women at this
season. The success Of Miss May Sutton
of California in the British woman's cham
pionship has had q stimulating influence
on the game.
There Ia q constant round OF open air
dog shows at this season in which women
are very prominent as exhibitors. They
are mostly what are termed ribbon shows,
which means that there is no added money
in the classes, yet the entries are as many
and of as high class as at the big city
shows where lucky dog may win $500.
At the ribbon shows there are always
certain classes in which the local owners
are favored, and 1t is in such affairs that
the women exhibitors cut usually the widest
swath. Woman's sphere as an exhibitor
OF dogs In an earnest way B Deln8 con-
stantly enlarged, and now quite a number
are making a yearly profit from their sport
ing fancies.
They have gained a renown as careful
and reliable judges, too, even at the largest
shows. Miss c. G. Whitney began In that
capacity with the st. Bernards decade
ago and Was the pioneer Of our women
Judges. At the Englewood summer show
on Sept. 10 the judging OF large entry Of
English bulldogs will be trusted to Miss
Goodall Of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.
In the East there Is the midsummer lull
in golfing, but In the West tho women are
crowding tho links and there Is an odd
discussion raging at Chicago over the bar.
ring out OF . college boy as caddie In a
girls team match.
The rule In the Western Golf Association,
framed to bar out certain persistent hus-
bands and big brothers, forbids the use Of
oaddies over 10 years OF age In women's
tournaments. In a recent team match be-
tween tho Windsor and Midlothian teams,
the former winning by to I, Misc Lillian
French Of Midlothian had as her oaddie the