New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-15
FASTER At FLEETWOOD.
AMONG THE TRAINERS or TRoTTEKS YES 'fi'-
DAY THE OPENING MEETING oN MAY II.

,,,o>.,, run, Trainers OF TROTTERs YEsrER-
On. THE OPENING MEETING oN MAY H.
The thronc OF Easter sunday horsemen "ho pre-
s.n,ed themselves al the clubhouse OF inc N''
risnnia track yesterday bore with them e''''"
the condition OF The roads. To every driver """N'
trottor's hoofs r7Ing on the structure over TN
Harlem At one hundred -anl-itty htthst IL VIII d"
u..I,ouoe news that President King. OF the BoaId
o. Park Commissioners. and Messrs. Matthe" t'"'y
and ! G. Ieav.rgnc have held a consultation J"
regard to the proposition 70 nave he" c'o''',7
o,,r the Harlem II is said that the new seventh
aye. bridge VIII be ready FOR use ii 'nhe LOT INC
June meeting At Fleetwood
The details Of the opening meeting a. FI"e'wooI
on MAY II have been finally settled. There VIII be-
two cup races Tor members horses 10 road wagons
a ., class trot for bicycle cart. Il 20 class TOT
so set ot harness ana Il professional 20 class
FOR a So purse.
An interesting sight at FlcetNood yesterday was
Matthew Rilcy's new roam pair He calls them Joy
and comfort, possibly In recollection OF the TWO
sool- looking daughters OF Epps the cocoa man.
Vno were slyly dubbed Grateful and Comforting.
These two roads;crs are model OF the American
idea ~ the harness animal az course. they might
De- much faster. one trot only in % and the
other -. and some would prefer their color
other than what 10 ~ say bay. black. chestnut or
brown. bu, FOR well-mannered pair. matched
almost 10 a hair both having t~o white feet be
hlul - would be difficult 70 suit Mr. Riley better.
one OK the first performers 10 attract attention
Yesterday morning Fc-t"ood's well-preparcl
but for the moment. horribly heavy track. was
Fred Gcrkins pretty brown mare Fdes. Fies has
a record as a liter ~ ? a.. but NOW she Is
going 70 b. sent PAGER. She gives promise Of
he. ng speedy al the s.dr~hec gait John Kelly.
Dlrcctum's driver il among The recent arrivals at
Fleetwood The chestnut stallion. Dudley Alcott
r,co!r sl7'.. Cloch"ttr. 2l5i.. and s"yen others
among them some green ones. that are expected
to develop remarkably well. are among the arrivals
I'm keliy's charge Ciochettc belongs to- Cononel
Thompson. and the others the property OF
James Butler. Among thc other drivers are FL.
Bith-r. Mccarthy. Iurd. Fred Browne. John DAILY
Fleming GIBBS. Martin. Noble AMI Fowler. Nc
CAriAy exercised Annie Mace yesterday He VIII
- 70 Baltimore N dty or t"o and AS soon as
Klry training quarters he Il now occupyiag
was Gobwcbs. nathan strauss latest purchase
Cobwcbs was sent WIKI another to road wagon
The morning at Fleetwood was n much more
enjoyable one than might have been expected. in
The crowd on the clubhouse vcraula really had II
inc mornings sport watching the trainers work
their charger but few OF them descended 70 the
quagmire below TO make their own animals step
ing made clever exhibition with Dom Pedro.
Mr. Delavergne. Captain Cook stephen Mason
Association, captain Mac Donald, Arthur kerker
behind kosalind, l." T. Levy. driving the PAGER
matched pair j. Dunn Walton. Alexander and
Samuel Newburger. each with "A speedy one; J y
thompson. uflNlhg iNBtudfk. II. LlcScF, ADc
Garsdc G.. Y. Wcmpe and many others.
II will be perhaps matter or regret 10 the
many hOrscmon who friends OF r.. {. Walker
10 learn that he has severed his connection with
Ed Bithcr and taken his colts away from the
Fleetwood training quarters. Some other friends
OF Mr. Walker may be pleased at this news. be
il IN said that this well-known trottng turf
critic and driver VIII resume his weekly cOntribu-
tons 10 turf news and gossip columns over his Old
signature OF Ncritas. The trainer OF Miss Alice
will T. IL said. reappear also as judge at trotting
meetings.
Tho we,-known trotting stallion Antonio 2:2Ss..
f.H l.i,.p1N Neiln IA IU.f M EnrI
Orange County. the property or Charles Backman.
The horse had iuSt returned from "A jog the road
and was being Embarrassed when he fell dead.
Antonio foaled In 1870 and got by Mes
s"nger Duror. out OF Green Mountain Maid the
dam Of Electoneer. Elaine ego, Prospero eco
and many other fast ones. He was small horse.
but finely formed and with his good breeding
h. highly priced as a stock horse. Three OF
his get have records of 230 better. or these
Tuscarora is the fastest. having gained IL record
OF 2:22i, twO-year-Old.