The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
ROAD DRIYERs PARADE.


OHteTb ASSOCIATION which TOOK place YET
terday was not a. suooessful as In forms
years. There was 9 fairly good turnou
OF horses. but the novelty Of the afalr ha
worn on. and to see the same oldabhnd' In Ii
same old coach and followed by q long slnEl
ME OF horses and wagons In any old orde
did not seem to please the public. As
result the grandstand wes more than hal
empty and during tho afternoon an invita-
ton was extended to the public to all Ga
seats. The public did notet6rn out as 1t ha
formerly and beyond "A few hundred thR
stood In the vicinity OF the stand the Speed
way was practically deserted. About u
drivers took part In the parade. which Btarte
from st, Nicholas avenue at . O'Clock. Il
was led by President Andrew Crawford
driving Invader. 2:10. and George A. Cole
man, driving KinRwood. 2:17N. who was Il
act as grand marshal. made II his business
TO personally see, that all went well. and in
stead OF leading he was the last 70 pass tn,
grandstand.
Many invitations have been sent by the
COMMITTEES. but few accepted them, and those
Ia the stand as the parade went by Wort
Moses Hermann, George W., Plunkitt, ,Rrant
Joyce, Edward Miller and n. r. Loughlir
and some members OF the executive COM
mlttee.
1t. had looked early in the day as IL the
weather would seriously mar the parade
~ "a h0Au ObIlg III Iii HUI uiuk Jul InJD
members Of the Drivers Association are
used to rain and they do not remember when
they had q really fine day for their parade.
As ittdrew toward noon, however, Il cleared
and then the sun shope out warmly 80 that
those who had worn heavy overcoats we're
sorry, that they had taken them. The Judges
who were to award the prizes at the horse
show were slow In their, work aud when 1t
got cold overcoats were a blessing.
The ANa0tftiva hunnnftfA saHfAPNatnnd thN
guests and some OF the judges at luncheon
at 'Troger's and then when they we're ready
they started the parade.
President Andrew Crawford received quite
an ovation as he, passed The stand In the
RRIfTyats lPieeyp rssledisi d Hs re dri 1f1Sw' HiIa by
Rs@OTa, TfSird drSSi iceePres Id W wiz ari soost
ddT TivinnSg H E1own p ana Secretary All cosden
PEi ]. 81 Gili f E%sshe marshal Of the FIRST
s slsislop and H sa h'l spb shs rem q b pT 81 s iST.r5 Dl !,
iEed: il tSls division. we're sSsb, good one
%ai Eersl'; df d,.Ssn by ~ d dpanss Lpniil BSolB BilIy
WHO, Knows. driven by Thomas Leahy; Cradle
dS fiTsn by Sri ". J ey GsGr e HeRsr k kai1F d EHhS;
and Graeme Grafton. driven By H. /.
William J; Clark, driving The Banker,
T. hO ). FIs sH Gns %tn Ef T' aol a as H. 7 g. SI Pan
BBsFfSl i y. Ma E sf5sl :; 5 SsEa';, ! 4 sS'iss ana
among those in this division.
pIhe third division was led by Charles s.
5 SlSs' 6ri ia9 h. h S5Snai iif. The fourth
Baron de Shay. was for single horses 70 two
I nan h wagons; The nth dlyisieR; which %ss
was for teams to one and two man wagons,
horses hIled The sixth division which was LED
The parade went UP the Speedway as far
Is pPykenaa street: turned and came back
began. This ': yeSr I the ' JUDGING ING tooFe p piSSs
IN front Of the grand stand. but as only two
Of the judges put IN an appearance, the work
tive COMMITTEES and their task was made q
long one probably because there were too
The 'Grst class to oome before the judges
was for ~trotters hitched. TO one man speed
wagons There were thirty-one entered In
the Judges. They. were drst driven around
v5d 50 that A.. the Judges mIsht IoOL them cysT:
weeded out, Finally six were LEFT in and Il
get Tie ribbons. W JermyhS brown ssidins
King Eeho won the first prize and trotted away
Nth the blue s'n ribe1n pinned, on his head:
his bay Great Hope, and the third prize went
to the chestnut gelding George Alexander,
The second class was for PAGERS TO one man
were shown. The nrst prize went to Jack
second prize. and The, third prize went to
Trtottins1 teams to one-na% wagons next
and Graems oTatssn and Judge BoardmSn'
stevens, won, Nashville and Vita, owned and
driven by l. OettinEer, tool. second prize.
BY Nj. b. Mason and driven by 4. +, Essery,
PAGERS attracted eight teams for the stten-
sammy K. driven BY Miss Edith B. Hard, TOOK
placed second and NJ. coreeone's bay
aosebrino was third.
The next class was for t~rotters hitehed
sere rather harshly criticised for the award
they gave Tie first priae and 4 di9sS siivSeet
up 70 President A. Crawford's Bon Voyage,
nd King Advocate was placed second With
declared that Bon. Voyage was the
'nly one shown to a runabout as the condi-
Pacing teams attracted three. The first
wentto Andy Mack and Frank Bashford,
wned by II. 3. Gates; Tar TSEtar and
ere second and NiChOis and Maj M.t cWned
y N. Grunsfeider, were third.
Short tailed horses shown to runAbo outs
ttracted twelve out OF the eighteen entered.
A. Seelig's Sadie Mack won. d. W. c.
gan's Kentucky was second and Union
oaoh II oree Company's Peter Pan wa third.
Lion. and Mouse, owned by NJ. A.. SeeliR,
ook the first prize, In the second class for
riven by J. F. Manning. who drove Sadie
lack In the previous class. Silver and Gold,
vned by y. +. 0fbson. were second and A.
'unn's Florence and Aloise third.
Single horses shown with a novelty hitch
as the designation for the next class, and
asket phaetons. z. Stevens won with
exss. and c. h. Congdon was second with
lice Mac.
The last class was for short tailed pairs,
lown before appropriate vehicles. D.. W.
Flanngan'e Buster and Charter won the
ret prize and W. A. SeeliR's Byzantine and
the second prize.