New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-26
WORK OF THE TROTI'ERS.
A BICYCLE SULKY MAKES A SENSATION
EXPERIMENTS WHICH ARE ATTRACTING AT
TENTION-SOTFS.


TENrIoN-NOTES.
What promises to be an important EHoYau'n 0"
tho present STYLE OF suky IS now under course Of ex
poriment near Boston. To Charles F. Clark we'll
known horseman is due the credit of making the test
Of a wheel which bids fair to supplant the reeuEiuoh
high wheel This IS an adaptation OF the paeuFna'lc
tire with wheel Of much smaller dlamcter thal 'hc
one now used for The trotters and PAGERS Mt oiar"
has farm near sudbury Mass. where he keeps some
wcbred trottcrs. such the brown stallion Koahd.
record 2:3s, a descendant Of Mambrno Chief ana
Guv Kohl a son Of Guy Wilkes and Mamie KOHL by
steinway. Here Is also halfmile track used ior
training and on IL the "bicyclesulky," a it Is popu
larry known was first tried \ sulky was tih'h' 'ic
large wheels removed, and bicycle company h''eu
\ mir twenty eight Inches In diameter with the pheu
maize tire making them as stiff possible with iron
braces Mr. Clark remembered that &. b. Moshcr' u
veteran turfman. who brought ont Onawa and otheF
succssfrl campiigncrs always had III, suihy "he1i'
Iov.or than ANYBODY else and generally closer 10
rothcr HE reason for this was that In going round
tho turns especially on half-milc track Ms holse'
cord s,op more easily than in the higher and wider
vehicle The new coEtnvnncc was sent to tahou'i
Farm. and It's trainer. J. Woodbury., used II seVeuI
fines Both he and Mr.. Clark found that III HaIng
,he turns The low wheels DID not swerve to n per
coptible deer e. and the affair had merit enough 10
warrant irving 1t In public. series Of meetings
hod hc,u arranged on several halfme courses III
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, ard NoccS'er WAS
tno MAC, selected 10 make the debut Of the bicycle
snlkv Mr. Clark had PAGER Albert d.. brc1 IN inc
Maritime Province and eligible 20 the > 40 CAS- lie
sent him 10 Worcester, and when the Zig sdewAeeer
opncarod drawing the quecrOoking rig. there was a
scn.,t,on some If the old-tlme rarcrs laughed ut
Tho no,ion OF hor.e being able 10 DO anything In such
q coutryance but whcr the Canadian PAGER stCpPtd
of with the necessary three heats, one VI them Ill
30 Ia they the first to make up ire process
or that followed him - the stable for close nspec-
ton.
The next week AT Iacona. y. H.. Albert d. started
.,ip with the same suliiy was barred I'm the pools
and won as easily rs Ii, Lad before. Last week Ut
Nashua an exhibition VA, eiv,n which co'Viheel
cvrv one who saw IL Of the merits OF the bicycle suiy
Tho weight OF the suky used first l. fotytwo uHd'
bnt this can 10 reduced.
IT. Clark himself thinks modest estimate on the
gain OF speed wo,ld be five seconds on hai-iiio
track and two seconds on fullleDsth course IA.
,r,,,er or PAGER can Keep up the same rate OF sPei
- a., turns ~ on The stretches without an additional
~, an the strength or danger Of accident The GnVeF
viii not have To lean to the Inside % "'nn'''' "
holonco but can sit SIN and attend strictly - '"'
movements OF his horse. This In Itself VIII DE- great
,oou 20 the professional relnsman. but another ""o
soeus sure TO follow the OF the pneumatic ur'
mos, ,o even more valuable This Is thar the con-
s,o,, ,or or iotlng which Increases as the cnp De-
comes more rapid IS largely done away WIN Ds INV
nee ~ This air expanded rubber instead Oh 'Ie -
ojostc steel Even on the toughest iisl'Ns ue Di'9'V
sulkv rolls smoothly along and the trainer mss' o'r
,,,iv no able 10 90 more miles and thus last longer
p,n no has hlthcro done. Tie HE OF thn' MT" -
rocuIorly irving on the most rugged cohS''tu'loh'
g., ,lv must they sand the strain OF RIDING the
r,nor,us mile, In races, but the preliminary Work
q, nrcuortng the horse and getting MN !" III WE
mus, receive their personal attention as We'll ~ -
No unusual tlng for driver to cover severity o'
eighty miles a day In getting his pnpls raHS Io'
,h,r erg,pcments on one day Of the meeting re-
con,lv held at Fleetwood Park In tbs city "ce''' inc
trainer for c. j. Hamin's stable went fourteen ','''
DC, NJ thern below . 30, to say nothing OF thc Ire
ouc,, JOURNEYS he had 10 make In preparing Tor the>e
ri ough n man Of iron frame. Geers VIII su'cN 'e'
,ho effects OF this continued effort and Few oliN'ra
who are successful keep actively at work oeSo'
gfty wears James H. Goldsmith Tell Nioul 10 'n''
r,yorc.asnc lar when he only nttlc over forty
u,,a noble has had more than one close call from
y c,mplet. breakdown and similar cases might bc
mutipl,ed 10 prove how severe Is the HE oi LAC
trottinghOrSe trainer.
amor two wcehs In the vicinity OF Boston the
Southern Circuit ends AZ Hartford with 'hH meet
,n, which h,c,us al Charter oak Park on Tuesday.
!, ,hcr. had been doubt aboat tne success
~ this circuit tho contests ut Mystic ana ita""
u t,,rhs d,spcsi n completely. The Eastern trainers
ona the route fros baltimore 10 Ncw-hhSlA'd WI
suited 10 the spring and carly suihner' Ill" '''V'n
of th,se who started eight weeks ag3 ate Su,i
ote ~ keep In line With ptoat. Jaclb llVl',',oi %
lancaster Penn the man who b"isht SON P.t'' Luz
vonng horses and Joined the ranks III Mt' i, ht &
rdsd nor 10 pursue longer the bad ich that ir.s
"ttrndcd him. and proposes T. irur ,I"'n - uv H.
~ soon a. he dispose OF ms SION; az t '"0
IT,, oi his paror Rcbus nj Mystic lHrA dlu no' ~
,ivc G, hopes for lac had no idea thar re s'I,,is
could win aud had Mt dollar IN the P2i sn. and
,,.r Xnnlbcr seven has gone h0pelcsSN iaic, ;iiiu
,hn nominations I'm valuable stakes intended "r mn w.
NJ, also on the market TIC 'AP'lunI VIZ H. -, In
ii,,n"son is an exceptional me. ana WIN NE Nv
rcascd amount u premiums offered TINS year '.c ~,
Surcmrnts 10 the breeders ana o"heiS vi HP''''
,r,,tnr, we're never before so great , a..
charter oak Park under excellent mahae,ncI,' ms nv
,.cr the most successful track on TINS 'iie Oh tnc
S.irent for The last ten years ad the Sou'ho1Nle,n
circn can scarcely fail to close there as aPSou''s
,r.dtor Than Of any OF the earlier meetings, WcNe
go being arranged 10 occupy the usual ionr dals
J., ~ soSer classes such those for ~ and :33