The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08
DRAGS OUT FOR SPRING MEET.
COMING Gun RESI- MES THE
TtNHIONARLE FIXTURE.
Ils,rn NhlI's aud ThelF Teams FERN Fhe
display iAGgaFds Have q mace %
catch ~ luRcheOn ~ ClaFemoni
and a special DlnneF IIela At aherFy's.

and a special DlRReF Held at aherry's.
Uudcr a bright sun hut in a wiNd 90
Ir,k that the women had to wrap their
,r.~ often. the Coaching Club carried
,ur ~ spring meet yesterday with a sue
80, ro please the members, It's guests
and the unconzidered outsiders who en-
.r ed the driving Parade. Driving hOrses
nyN q DAYS is a lost art compared with
motoring but the leaven Of we'll appointed
d'as- IN tho crush Of motors was very
uclcome in Central Park and q novelty
There wcre autos TO the right. to the left.
no front and hack hut not a whip battered
rr lrlt disnayed, for each one Of them
owns five or six motors and they tool
drag for sport or sentiment usually
both
There were nine coaches 20 start from
hsfore the Metropolitan Club along the
central Park wall but there were two lag
CARDS and TO complete the formation
there Was almost a race TO g. into posi-
ton. col Jay took his place at the exact
hour. az II ~ O'Clock. and after six min
utes wait he dropped his hands aud the
horses sprang into their collars. He
sw'Ing the team into the Mall Drive and
p ght drags followed on the proper align
ment two lengths a. with Brooklyn
Bridge cars and the pointing Of the
Whips on the short road hack Of the Sher-
man statue was a neat bit Of reinsman-
shin.
A. the tail coach vanished along came
" Goldby IOew from down Fifth avenue.
intent on gaining a place There are
trafic iniunctions against speeding. hut
the horses were certainly getting a move
on He escaped the distance flag
A. light harness horse sport would
sav but Il was close call. Two minutes
later after all the drags had vanished
Ear w the drive and automobiles had
closed in-techniCally eight minutes late
Reginald ". Rives trotted up his team
and set sail after the others. He caught
them. for in this case a stern chase was
not a long one This made the tally eleven
drags
All this vas very und Knihsd. Tor from
The Coaching Club ethics the first prin-
cirle - 10 he on time. but Col. Jay never
haited an eye and let the procrastinatOFs
shift for themselves. Turning into the
NAL Drive at Fifth avenue. the trip was
~ the East Drive 10 McGoWns Pass
Tavern. famous in Revolutionary strife
sUd modern day sport then westerly to the
West Drive and to the circle on the Great
Hi for the review. This circle IL a ring
aid out IN the hevdAy % bicycling bit
tor some seasons has heen a stage Tor
Tho coaching review
This vas a simDle and friendly csre-
mouy All the drags being halted. the
aiender drove 10 the first place. the
Vhip next 10 him followed suit. aud 80
tho order continued until Col Jaw from
he foremost was IN the last place and
amid the bows and smiles ~ his entOu.-
age he drove hts team into the original
formation. Everybody had met everybody
aud exchanged greetings, and ON vent the
meet
Hitherto this has meant he di-band.
ment. but now on orders the alignment
IN close order barring the casual inter
fprencps OF trahhC was through the West
Drive TO the seventy second street gate
thence through Seventy -SeCUnd street
ro Riverside Drive and the Clarenont
W here luncheon was served AFTER that
he " hips we're free 20 drive a. th"y
lstsi and a sensation IN the park Was the
NllaHNAaA IAH4lNA ~ tAtsAAg F''iA Ah'IF'aANA'N'H
dvags ami teams.
An the dragS we're aligned sIong the
Central Park " all under the trnps a. o. ~
O'Clock except the two laggar,i- and col
jaw There we're attentive iacr- ~ each
window n the Metropolitan tluh, and on
both sides of the avenue 'h"rp was a
throng Of expeC'ants but hOr-em-u. both
amateurs and professionals. were more
noticeable than society Twas the ~ enty
ninth meet since the inaugural N issB.
there having been ziX blanks, gludinF the
last two years - hich s about n" record
Of Col jay A. the leadeT u the line
This " a. the order a. the start. With
sUtne notes 81 the outfits
Col Jav-COach green aud vcilov. MIXED
team Of chestnut- black and a BAY Mr..
JAY. sidney Harris and Thomas SldeI,
George q. Haven zach primrose gray
and bay on wheel and black and hay on
lead Mrs Haven. Miss Leila Haven. Miss
katherine Chaplin, Miss Madeline Borden.
Jona han Inger-oll and Lawrence PerkiS
Harris Fahne-tOck Primrose and roe.
cray and hay on wheel and hays on lead
Mrs Fahne=tocA Mr. and Mn. Edward
Mcvicker. Mr and Mr. McDougal liav-
kins
Edward Browning. Philadelphia -Co1ch ,
r-d aud black. chestnut team Judge Mar
TN Dr. Norton Dows. p. y smith. Philip I
Thompson and Capt Groome
oliver a. Jennings Coach dark blue. |
chestnut team. Mr. Walter Jennings. Mr. I
ana Mrs. g. y brewster. Miss Amanda I
DoVs and Walter Jennings
Henry Coz Coach dark blue. bly team |
Miss ENTITY Zoe Miss Ro-alie Coz Misc
t1therine Hamersley. oliver Wags'ad and .
" : PierrepOni
g. Lewis Boissevain Coach turquoise 4
blue. bays on wheel and bay and black 4
ru lead Mr. BOis-evain. Mr. and MIR .
William Manice. Mr. and Mr. Francis .
W.hop
T. Victor Loew-COaSh dark green and I
,arutne. bay team Mr. vi, hard Steven
Nj. Alice strong. Mr. and MR. Joseph 4
stevens ard Felix Ingraham
AlpNandre. JT Coach red and black.
nsv team. Mrs. charles de l. Oelrichs.
N-s Virginia Alexandra. Miss HOrten-e
Uruhnd. seymour Johnson and Charles
Hs T. Oelriohs.
" Goadby Ioew--Coach dark green.
rrs,nut team. Mr. LOew. Mr. and Mrs.
usan,ey Kountze. Mr. snd Mr. Forsythe
N.ks-. Mr. and Mr.. y. Gordon Douglas.
Eegtnald W Rives- Coach pink and black.
.nrreI and brown on wheel and roam and
gray on Iend. Miss Helen ". Blve-. Miss
rene sherman. Miss Mildred sherman.
D. rrenue Townsend and Oliver De Inncey
fr-frr
Flowers 10 match the colOrs ~ the
each we're worn 10y the whips and their
fasSangsrz and houquets IN accordance
..d ~ the brides ~ the horses. This
Is made yellow the ruling color on the