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Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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dS. and Aldine in 1884 beats the formerby three-quarters of a second. JohnMurphy wras less than regulation weight,but with his full weight of 150 pounds,and Mr. Vanderbilts weighing 200pounds, there was a handicap of 50pounds, in spite of which the amateurcame out ahead. The best time madeby a racing team of trotters to a skeletonwagon driven by a professional trainer,stands to the credit of the bay mare instances ; they are representatives ofthat large class of Americans who loveteam driving for its own sake and whohavestudied the art so closely that theyneed ask no odds from their professionalbrethren, and whether on the road ortrack, with equal material, need no timeor any other allowance. The great drawback to the enjoymentof team driving in New York is thatthere are no boulevards or speedwayswhere this most healthy of pastimescan be enjoyed. It is a crowning shameand disgrace to the metropolitan city ofAmerica that the spirit of a sordid utili-tarianism has made every road in the
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Painted (or Outing by Cole & Springstein. THE LATE WM. H. VANDERBILT BEHIND ALDINE AND MAUD S. Belle Hamlin, and the bay geldingHonest George, driven by E. Geers in2:12%. This was at Narragansett Park,Providence, R. I., September 23d, 1892.The Rhode Island track is faster andbetter adapted for a fast team perform-ance than Fleetwood Park, and if thelightness of a skeleton wagon, weigh-ing about 60 pounds, or half the weightof a road wagon, and the differenceof the weight of the drivers are con-sidered, the performance appears to bein favor of the amateur. If the samerules are applied to Mr. Rileys greatmile, the result is on the same line.These two amateurs are not isolated city the ironed slave of the street-car companies. Chicago, Philadelphia,Cleveland, Buffalo and other cities havetheir magnificent boulevards and ave-nues specially devoted to the pleasuresof riding and driving. New York hasnone. There are many other fine teamsthat have attained a high reputationwhich the limit

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