The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-10-08
84 HIGH SHIPPERS WILL BE USED ON
 TRIP TO NEWPORT
Coaching Club Leaves Fairfield This
 Morning for New London.
GUESTS OF 0. C. JENNINGS

The Coaching Club left Fairfield at 9:1O this morning By the Back Road,'' for New London, which will be the next stop on the way to Newport. The coaching party reached Fairfield last night, and were the guests of MT. and Mrs. O. Gould Jennings. Lights had been strung along the highway from the Jennings home for more than a mile.
 The Coaching Club started from New York just after noon yesterday on its run to Newport with Reginald w Rives driving a four of roans and a veEs, Jr., took his place.
 The trip calls for about nine miles to a stage and two and half day drive to Oakland Farm, Newport, as one of the informal outings that have been held almost yearly since 1878. Whenever one of the Coaching Clubs forty members is in the mood he asks all hands to drive to his country place and spend a Sunday. Those who and then it is figured out how many teams will be needed in relays. Each guest drives the team he furnishes fo1 one stage, but the guests who are not asked to loan horses have as good a time.
 The start from the Metropolitan Club in New York was scheduled at 12:3O o'clock, and ten minutes before that time the coach approached through Sixtieth street from Madison up and the guard was in his place sounding a fanfare on his long tin horn At the musical blast the on lockers who had been looking for Fifth avenue approach performed right about face. The guard was | IT. <J- NGo 10 IT. Vanderbilt He wore the gorgeous road livery of the London Brighton coach that his boss has tooled TOT the last two seasons in England Sometimes the member who Is host uses a road coach of his own, but the party yesterday road on the Coaching Clubs own vehicle, the Pioneer. It has been seen on the Ardsley Club and other routes and is a handsome, easy running craft. It is white with car paint The guests traveled light. their trunks or valises having been sent off by express. Some luncheon baskets and boxes formed the bulk or the top load. Inside were some nat boxes, for as he takes the reins wise the men wore street clothes. MT. Vanderbilt had a blue serge suit, a tan waistcoat and a black derpy. Nearly all the others wore topcoats. r. pulling up with the coach. A second before 12:30 o'clock the passengers swarmed into their seats. MT. Rives | fixed his reins and nodded to the men holding the leaders. Off they went, the guard swinging up behind as the liceman kept the way clear, and at slow trot the Pioneer swung into Cen
 tral Park, the team being pointed for 1 the Mall.
 A. c. Vanderbilt had the box seat,
 he and the coachman sporting big boutonnieres of white and red carna- tions The others. each of whom
 provided team or two, were e. c. Ravens, Jr., E. Victor Loew, w: Goad-
 by Loew, J. H. Alexandre, Jr., Q. Gould Jennings, H. E. Coe ana IT. G
 Gerry. The tenth was a guest of hon l or, Edward Browning, president of the Philadelphia Four-in-Hand Club.
 The others to furnish teams will join at various points, R. c: Wander bilt, Austen Gray, William Woodward
 party were guests at Mailands. the l Fairfield, Conn, homo of O. Gould Jennings. Tonight they will be dined
 and put up by c. Ledyard Blair al New London on his steam yacht Di-
 ana. On Saturday evening the P1on- ger will pull up at Oakland Farm
 Newport Mir. Vanderbilt driving the I last five stages.
 The drive of 206 miles will require the services of twenty-one teams eighty-four good steppers. There will not be return drive.
 | The Pioneer coach with the Wander lbilt party on board reached Eas1
 Broadway and Sutton avenue, Strat- | ford at 9:20 this moriing, having Jeff l the residence MT. Oliver G. Jennings in Fairfield at about 8:S9 o'clock. A re lay of four horses was in waiting al | the point designated in Stratford, the change was made in five minutes. 4 machine preceded the coach a few minutes in advance, at the stopping | point took sadles, blankets, etc., anS l followed after. The next relay was q I Woodmont, where the coach was du' T at 10:15 A. M, according to the tim'
 wore red and white boquets, backed with maiden hair ferns, in their but tonholes. Quite a crowd of local res idents assembled to see the change O
 horses.