New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-10
ASTOR CUP RACE
SOCIETY MAGNET
Large Cities of the East
Represented in Speed
way Boxes.
MAYOR IN PARTY
WITH VINCENT ASTOR
State and National Adminlstra-
tons in Evidencf-Woman
Carries Live Fox.

No sporting affair since the inter
national polo games Of year ago last
June has attracted society in larger
numbers than the Astor Cup race at
the new Sheepshead Bay Speedway
yesterday. Those present were not
only from New York's fashionable set.
but Washington, Philadelphia, Boston
Chicago and other social centres were
we'll represented and members OF the
national. state and city administrations
we're in evidence Mayor and Mrs
Mitchell arrived about half an hour AZ
ter the start Of the race and went 10
the box Of Percy r. Pyne, I'd, whose
other guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Vim
cent Aston and Richard Peters.
Governor and Mrs. Whitman had &C
cepted an invitation for last Saturday
the day originally set for the race out
they were unable TO attend yesterday
United States Senator O'Gorman was
present and State Senator and MRS.
Ogden l.. Mills occupied box. Nine
da CANA. wife Of the Brizalian Am
bassador. and her son. Morris X. Volck,
were with Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert II. Gary.
Most Of the box-holders arrived by
automobile and the parking places were
filed with cars representing HUNDREDS
Of thousands Of dollars. The million
air. owners. however. had to content
themselves with regular picnic lunch-
cons Most of them brought sand
wichcs. salads, fruit and thermos DOT
ties and enjoyed the refreshments
while the race was in progress. Oth-
ers went TO the lunch counters back oil
the seats in the grandstand. where lob
ster and chicken salads, sandwiches,
coffee and stronger drinks could be OBJ
tanned.
Woman Carries Live Fox.
Heavy wraps and furs were much IN
evidence early in the day, but soon
after the start Of the race they were
discarded generally, for the cold wind
died down and it became very warm.
Fox furs were seen everywhere, and
one woman. not content with being
covered with the FUR. carried live
fox in her arms, outdoing Mrs. Yer
non Castle. who had live monkey at
the race meets at Belmont Park Ter
ninal last spring.
Among the box-hOlders and their
guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Lorillard
Spencer, jr, VINO mad with them Mr..
and Mrs. r. T. Wilson, DIR. and .irs.
Charles A. Van Rensselaer,, Miss Ella
beth Sands and Foxhal P. Keene.
With DR.. and Mrs. Preston P. Sat
terwhite were Mrs. o. II. p. Belmont.
RS. Hermann Oelrichs, Harry S. Black
and DR.. G.. Boiling Lee.
". X. Vanderbilt and Schuyler l..
Parsons. jr., were with Schuyler l.. Par
sons in his box near the centre of the
grandstand.
Sir Edgar and Lady Speyer, of Lon
don, were among the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Speyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Isein. Mr.. and
Mrs. Oliver Iselin and Miss Evelyn Bur-
den formed a party that occupied one
of the boxes.
In another box were Mr.. and Mrs.
James b. Clews and Mr.. and Mrs. Rus
sell II. Pope.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradish Johnson had
as their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Bradish
G.. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander d. b. Pratt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter \. Stillman and
Miss Beatrice Pratt formed a party in
one of the front boxes.
In another box on the front line
were Mrs. Bayard c. Hoppin, Miss
Claire Bird and Miss Leonie Burrill.
With Mr.. md Mrs. Robert Franklin
Adams were Miss Edith l.. Adams and
her fiance, Jules GlaenZe-. Miss An
celica Schuyler Brown was with MIR.
and Mrs. Snowden A. Fahnestock.
Mrs. Vanderbilt, Jr., a Spectator.