The boy, Raymond Donaldson, had been Weston’s neighbor. In 1988, Louis Yess said any of those voiced descriptions of Miss O’Hagan were accompanied by “air-quotes.” Miss Anna was variously described in news articles and gossip as Weston’s niece, housekeeper, secretary, nurse, adopted daughter, and by the wagging tongues, as something less dignified. (Just after WWII, the Hudson’s west shore rail line stopped passenger service, today, it’s all freight). Most often the work took the form of going to Weston’s home, hitching up Weston’s horse to his surrey (yes, with the fringe on top), and driving it to the train station at Highland Landing to meet Weston and Miss Anna. Weston, the celebrated athlete, like so many who held the world stage, ended his life destitute and trying to make a comeback in his eighties.Įventually, Louis’ father began doing things for Weston. Weston, though colorful and world-renown in his day, is forgotten in our moment of super sports heroes and enhanced athletic prowess. He lived on “the Rifton Road” (now Weston Road) with Miss Anna O’Hagan and a young boy, Raymond Donaldson.
The neighbor, Edward Payson Weston, was a world famous perambulator (walker). When his parents purchased their farm on Jat the intersection of the towns of New Paltz, Esopus and Lloyd, seven-year old Louis Yess, had no idea of the once world-celebrated man living a few miles away.
0 kommentar(er)
