New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-10
TO TROT AT FLEETWOOD.
HORSES AND HORsEMEN READY FOR THE
SPRING MEETING.

PROBABLY 81 III ASS ALL nv w.
RAcEs-NorED TROTTERs AND THEIR WORK
IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT THE TRACK.
The clubhouse piazza at Fleetwood Park sheltered
q big crowd OF road riders and horse fancieTs yes
,erdav all Of whom watched the work Of the har-
moss horses on the old track with degree OF III
,arest such as augurs well for the spring trottins
meeting which Is scheduled 10 begin tomorrow
Everybody who IS competent TO judge OF the stu
alton seems to think that the coming meeting is
going TO surpass everything in the way OF June
harness racing that has heretofore been seen AZ
Fleetwood Park or any other Eastern trottins
track and this Notwithstanding the recent egsia-
ton which turfmen have said would pun an
end to high-class sport in New-York. A. j. Neich'
who is one oc the shrewdcst judges TO be found
anywhere on all things pertaining 10 trottng
horses and trotng races. voiced the general sen'i-
mont among horsemen when he said Yesterday:
.It looks to II this meeting would be away
off the best spring meeting ever held In this part
OF the country. Why. just look at the class OF
horses tnat are here and the number OF promnen;
trainers and drivers. It's more Ike Grand Cir
cult meeting than a spring meeting. and believe
the trottns will be pretty nearly up TO Grand cir
cult form.
prominent among those who drove ont to Fleet
wood yesterday Joshua Gregg. whose iast
trottsr Clarence A., taken out OF his owners road
wagon and htched to sulky. trotted mile in 2;25.
driven By Isaac Fleming; Daniel Odell the breeder
OF Berkshire Courier. 2liS. Lewis q. IewKsbury VINO
owns the faSt-trOttng team AuDlie anu EeHio'a'
with a record OF 2l3ie TO pole: II. r. Murray. the
owner Of Almonarch. 224a.. who got the darn OF
Fantasy. 2:O5: John +. Madden. once prominent
figure on Grand Circuit trottrg tracks, but or late
years Identified with the thoroughbreds; Burfette
Ioomis IT. OF Hartford. who is in New-Yorb look
ing after the interests of the Grand Circuit trottng
meeting at Charter Oak Park Luke A. Burke.
owner OF the champion ionSGisance irot'er rascal
General Jacob Baiz. v.ce-president OF the DRIVING
Club: John ID. Barry. who used 10 entertain WIZ
lam H. Vanderbilt: Robert Bonner and all the
old-trne road riders at his Romantic hotel near
the old Macombs Dam bridge; eX-Aterman Henry
Hughes, who owned the noted campaisner rides
ten years ago: John J. Quinn. better known on the
road as the Harlem giant; Alexander NewburSer,
J. Dur Walton, "Gabe" Case. j. W. Cornish. I. X.
Egbert Charles Weland Frederick Steinway, f. y.
Slater Isaac Woodruff. Frank Herdic, +. ". Smith
and Lem Clnan.
Tho most notable performance OF the day was
made by the little brown trotier William Penn,
who is entered in the 2l3 class against Amboy,
Judge Austin. Cephas and Charlie c. Trainer Kline
has not given the OF Santa Claus much iast
work this season. but he was good though yes'er-
day 10 trot a mile in PA showing much greater
speed in places He promises TO be a strong factor
in the fastest trottns race OF the riee'"Ooa hee'-
Ing. - ,. nara
this season OF the year letting her step IN -ISt,
trotted in iO7. a very fast clip up the Fleetwood
HILL and the last quarter was Covered ndmarns
Young sGrne mare National BY Wellington. worked in
thing TO spare Mr Tewksbury kept along with
the pair to the half,mile pole. driving Aupi4e 70
finished the mile. timed separately. in 12.; 49,.
p W. Fleming and W: X McCarthy worked oui
sister to Don Lowell. 2A4,. and Anna Mace rseord
Of 2I5 last year scud has developed a great turn
of speed this spring and. aIihou6n r Wsryin
could apparently outbrush her for short dis'ance-
Fleming also drove Horace lngersoL Drown ny se'u,
81 yip .
ss5 seconds, and his son. Isaac Fleming. drove
San Pedro, 2Ii.. four easy stayins-up m'leS
ea ON Saturday William Andrews. who drives the
gave the latte: little sharp work in company
with the chestnut hOrse Paul d %"0 bs s"f tws
went around TO the head of the homestretch at an
gave his four-year-old her head in the stretch she
could pace right away from Paul SHOWING Ton
messeg tbre weeks ago was driven mile and
j. WEIGH and others who saw him perform thousht
he acted sore and tied-up. and expressed dono,
about his beating Gretchen. Queen Alfred and me
others that he will meet in the 2l5 class al rect
The special attractions which The DTv, ,6 G ,m
fet Teen heats on the regular programme promise
"a prove unusually interesting This part OF the
famous horse Fiicmaker, and by the remarkable
little pony Jupiter who outranks me chhathp.on
performance in hgh-school by Nine MaranteMe,s
noted saddle horse Boston ana I9' OF o'ner Pops s
The proposed race between Budd Doble. hitcned win
running mate and the crack PAGER Mascot .'.
IN single harness Thursday. The driver OF Mas
cot saws his horse In the pink OF condition ana ne
expects to beat the running mate rig uhlesS l'uuu
1loble so hitched, beat the best urne thdt
has ever been made the Fleetwood track
Race-goers who attend the meeting this week
viii see a number Of notable improvement, In the
buildings and equipment Of the historic OLD track
Resides repairing the grandstand which was
partially destroyed by fire last winter. every renee
shed and building the grounds has been iresniy
Y,ainted and pu; good condition THIS spilnX Inc
most important Improvement, however, ~ the ne"
etarters box which has just been built as an duul-
zion 10 the Judges stand. IL IL placed Only aboul
eieh, feet above the level OF the track, t"us
giving the official much better opportunity man
Of old 10 get a good View OF the Uoticrs as they
start and finish. Frank Walker, one OF me most
been engaged 10 handle the flag during the meet
ing so that protractcd scoring and poor starting
are pretty certain be avoided. IL is nkeIy tEid'
Walker Will employ assistant 10 take chdIR'
OF the horses up the stretch at the turning poiHt,
and see them started for the score on even terms
aud on their stride. This plan was recently urea
al baltimore with remarkably satisfactory fesults'
the number Of false starts being reduced ABOUT one
haf Another uI-tOdate feature OF tnc manage.
ment OF the meeting vii be the cmpoyment OF
one professional fudge In the stand II. W. burr"sS.
n, pnston who has seen harness racing for twenty
wears on about all the prominent irotting tracks
East and West. has been engaged In inns capacity,
WhIe Pooseler Frank Hardie VIII be out o'
smnioyment this week. the time -honor"d styIc OF
bettne on the. trotters being now uni'"iuI IL ~
nnScrs,ood that Rookmakcrs \. j. Welch, James
S'Sejll and william Lowell Will see TO IL that the
netting fraternity are accommodated