The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-12-19
A. c. VANDERBILT
TO TOOL COACH
IN ENGLAND

Newport, Dec 19.-Alfred G.. Vanderbilt,
acknowledged to be the best four-in-hand
whip in America. will run "The Venture"
from London to Brighton. England. as a
public coach from May TO June Is next
year.
He will send "The Venture" with 90
Amercan-brcd trotters to farm near
London the end of next month where the
horses will be trained for the coaching
work by Charles H. Wilson. Mr.. Wander
bits manager
The coach fare each way will he 10 shl-
lings, over the distance OF 50 miles, tbs
round trip taking two days.
Brighton road has been prominent in
coaching annals for more than A century.
and has been the scene OF many fas.
runs. IL was over this ground that Jem
Selby In 1898 made his memorable drive
from London TO Brighton and return on a
wager OF 5000 that the round trip could
not be made In eight hours. The dis
tance is 80 miles each way.
Starting from the White Horse Cellar
at 10 o'clock in the morning OF July IL.
Selby drove the Old Times coach TO the
old Slip in Brighton. i'm three hours aud
81 minutes, and was back I'm London 10
minutes before 6 o'clock having made
the round trip run in hours and 50 min
utes.
over this road the Duke of Beaufort.
as public coachman, drove the Age
more than half century ago. and il was
here that the far-famed Quicksilver. in
the f0s was timed TO do the journey daily
/ in hours and a. minutes This Is the
fastest schedule ever attempted forA- a
public coach running between London
and Brighton.
PLANS FASTEST TIME.
palt
! go faster and further than those OF any
| other breed Mr.. Vanderbilt is going to
! time the Venture nearly one hour faster
| than the Quicksilver for the 52-mile run.
| toria at II o'clock in the morning. and,s
after stopping one hour for luncheon
early in the afternoon. will reach Brigh-
| ton about 4:30 o'clock, in ample time for
| passengers who wish TO return TO Lon
don the same day To catch the Pullman
express, leaving little after 5 o'clock.
To accomplish this fast schedule Mr..
Vanderbilt has contracted for 80 Of the
| fastest motors of the coaching tyIa that
the Fiss, Doerr & Carroll Horse Co. can
| find in the country. They are To- be from
| 1873 hands TO l6.i hands high with plenty
of bone and substance as we'll as speed.
Accompanied by &C. III. Wilson. manager
OF his Oakland farm, Mr.. Vanderbilt Wis
tied the Bulls Head market yesterday
and selected IL of the horses 10 be used.
Several of them Mr.. Carroll said. were
track-traned trotters having records or
had shown even greater speed in private
trials The last of the so head are To be
delivered to Mr.. Vanderbilt before Feb.
], when coach and teams will he shipped
to London TO be prepared for the opening
OF the season Wilson will go with the
horses. and probably will make his train
ing headquarters at Red Hill. where he
fitted Mr. Vanderbilts horses for the in
ternational show last season.
ENGLAND INTERESTED.
1t is expected that MI> Vanderbilts
sporting enterprise Will attract much at
tention in England, where coaching is
more popular II not more fashionable than
IL is in New York. Horsemen here re-
gard the project as one that cannot fail
to work incalculablo good for American
horse interests by bringing native trotters
of the heavy harness type into prominence
abroad.
Ever since he took up coaching and be-
came an exhibitor at horseshows MIR.
Vanderbilt has driven trotting bred
horses almost exclusively. While his
brother. Reginald c. Vanderbilt, and VIII
| liam H. Moore, as well as many other
exhibitors. were importing most OF their
show horses from England, the prop
| rietor osf Oakland Farm stood by the
native trotters, and by winning his share
| of the blue ribbons demonstrated their
ability to cope with the best lie sent a
| large stable of them 10 the International
Horse Show in London last year and
with his famous gray four-in-hand team
defeated everything in England
In public coaching in this country Mr.
Vanderbilt has been prominent figure
ever since he took up the sport six or
seven years ago.