The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-10
AMATEUR SPORfSMBN OF NOTE
4 PIONEER IN F0CR N HlND
DRIVING ron FIN.

Q oI Nnilam SAP the Persanaal President
% thR cSAehanG Clnb-lts Thpec
fsrms 20 neeveatisa -aprlag Meets.
WIN Changes IN nowaes ana WhilSa.
/ On . Wall street corner IL a sturdy build
ing erected before the advent Of the sky
sorapsrs. 10 h0lcls bankers and companies
establiahed before high finance and also
the ol,1css % tine cnly New York lawyer
said 20 ask tho family tree Of an applicant
before taking him asa ciient. Hs hasbo
termed the best Manhattan type Of the
trusted family lawyer a English life. no
ton and the English stage.
Driving four in hand 10 the favOrito
recreation Of Col. william Jay. and hs has
been the leader In coaching aimee len IN
lroduosiOn ~ an established pastime into
tho United States. 40 q consequence he
has driven In the company Of manyfrisnds.
In England until the starting of the Four
| IN Hand Driving Club In Issa sir Henry
Psyton. q solitary and familiar figure With
his yellow coach and grSy horass. vas for
two or thres years the only driver Of a
team in Hyde Park. Col Jay has had n c
such lo0ssoms sxpsrisncss. The firnt
regular Enqlish coach In this country. un-
leon some had been ssnt out Ia Colonial
times. according 10 fairman hogerS's
Manual Of CoaChing.- was received in
issO by BigelOw Lawrence % Boston.
Fifteen years later the sport had besn yell
Get up In and about New York
A favarite outing with the gsntlemsn
who had taken up coaching was 90 the
| races at Jerome Park. During tho spring
meeting of the American Jockey Club
'ners IN iSse sevs" or eAsn -, nnlps ns. ~
this foot q Club House NIL. where the
coaches always we're aligned. and thu was
the greatest publIc show ing 90 that time
% -. h.,,,t.us,,,.. 1890. - -.
r. saS,'.~--I 49,. -. a.. 80.
iEation OF the Coaching Club to snoour-
age four In hand driving in America
Tn. I,vo,t 81 ,n,rni,eruhin raa nlacad AZ
1870 -, -. a.. ,,',l,r,, -, ,hsr,
.svs"'y. ~ s". - ~. -. o - I ,-s -.
sizty enrolled TOT since inc beginning
IL has reprosentsd q society standing
In its enrolment NJ veil a. the ability
20 div. a .anrp Thia haa mott ban
,L.,.,.t' =, ,,....,,...,,,s,d -, 49,,
'hTouGh any pLecoeOsasSu paAn' out
merely through tho dsvelopment Am0ng
men prOminsut in the same division %
New York life. Who bslonR 10 the namo
-. -. -;,., a. -, S.4s.~S.' -,
O'uO, u'. .'s,t -.
mingie win tns,r tAminSs ~ tne opera
or The same balls and entertainments.
The charter members we're James Gordon
Rsnne,. Pr.s.ri, Roman William p
-. rI "a 49, uin..
.O"s $3.50
Jay. De'enccy ~ Mans Ihouas new
hold and A. Th0rndyke Nice. Col. Jay
has bsen pressdent ever since. the other
officers nov are vice-president. Reginald
W Rives; secrstary and treasurer.
George q. Haven. Jr; eIscutive com
mittee. y. Victor Low. Harry Alex-
andre. yr. and Alfred q. Vanderbilt.
Messra Losu and Alexandra we're electsd
in January 20 succeed W 4 0ulliver
aud Peter 0oelet Gerry
In 1870 Col. Dolnncsy A. Kane entab-
Iiah@d rad coaching by putting the
Tally-HO tn commission betWesn the
Hotel Brunswick and Pelham. That
spring too the formal spring meets Of
the CoaohinG Club we're inangurated.
and they have been held with few gaps
in the roster ever since This years
meet 10 to 10 on MAY :. aud on May IL
the Coaching Club mslnbers free To accept
will bs the gtIesta " G. Isssivard Blair
over sunday ~ Blairsdsn. near Ber-
na rdsviIle driving back on Nav 10 II
10 a round trim % ninety-three miles
seven tsams being needed Tor each days
run u forty-siI and one half miles
These outings were instituted IN ISIS
With a run Co philadelphia
There were two such outings last sea-
son. 10 F8ir0eltt. Cunu., a. lussNfe OF " u
Jennings, ffty-aix niile~ and seven teams.
and 20 Newport r. !, a. guests Of A. q
Vanderbilt 80 miles aud twenty-one
teama There was no return drive. ,he
trip ont having taken two DAYS and a half.
Col Jaw hss hs,~n foremost in the thrse
forms u driving recreation fo-tered by
the Coaching Club The many outing
tnps aggregate a mileage - > .lst
ia the early spring meets the formation
was along the east side ~ Madison SltIarp
Closs. to the c,Irb with the horses beaded
toward rweutV-th street Through
that street they would swing into fifth
avantIe going 10 Central Para aud by she
West Drive to Bsetson'a and hack by the
Past Drive 90 Fifth Av.nue, thence fnfor-
malIy To the Brunswick The drives wer.
then ia the late Afternoon and followed
by dinner INA rtis.~ az the Br1In-Wick later
there were morning ms.,'- still under the
trees 81 Madison Sauars and informal
drive. sfterwarS nj to the Jerome PARK races
subsequently, the start was ON Fifth ave
nue. hsfore tbs. Mstrupolitan Club after a
there the clubhouse lawn AZ Morris PARK
a mNnTnInG