New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19

G S we4e s ieam' Among n. good
~ him TO Wagon Flee! wood in 2ss; Ieander
d s% d Man nd ys na a EARLY Rose and
Sq1 Psrormancs Of Mr. Work. Edward and DICK
mr. IN sHX l sSa ss G 5ss to o.
INA, pair so keen that for time It divided the
whose members kept aoot from those OF the othes
when the Sne dTGppsd IN Of an afer9oSn
horses s had troted in double harness ana It looked
at Mr. vadeb at o se' S %, sh FD %a
Af g oeS5 mares then trotng in the Grand Circuit
BAR the driver OF Maud is s. 10 e ha6 SXeF 10 y
ana swiveller. Bar took the mares to Hartford
Misie tneFe was fast track. and morning
b @a AJAX Park that he had done tho trick with
IN 2lels This was a quarter OF second faster than
ments o ou, IL was private trial. lacking the
ilon refused to accredit the performance Then T
sr,or EEast,msn one q Mr. vanderbilts Intimate
f o .S we@ so offered
Natnderbit team 10 trot against one OF the Work
% 81 m ne pair and finally. team against team Mr.
work came back with counter orer 10 bet SO ooj
to road wagon Fleetwood as his tam mi had dom.
viz ', ,n ,he matter ended for the time being
WIN ihe advantage rather In favor OF Edward
and Dick swiveller. All that winter the pariisans
e s .he rivai teams ranged themselves opposite
sues OF Johnny Barrys stove. the Work faction
on me ieft and the Vanderbilt adherents on the
rs 'n n, "sura,Vey speaking II was colder there
mn +" " IL out ilde. whore the seighbclls jnglcd
nn fhe next spring Mr. Vanderbilt settled tho
sUprcnscyy reunited tq Inc factions and regalnci The
ne Drove Maud S and Aldne from hIs downtown
sthpie out TO the Flec wood track. and without any
special preparation. ne himself sent the splendid
,n nuS mile 10 top road wagon. weighing 2l
club members This performance has never been
equalled at Fleetwood elsewhere by either am
technical record it is one of he iandmorks II, no, ha
history OF the trotting horse.
GENERAL GRANT IN THE COTERIE.
After General Grant to New-York to live
ne was wel-known figure the road and n fire.
qien visitor AT the Romantic where he used to SIT
on the piazza smoking his long black cigars and
talking horse with Roscoe Conkling william H.
vanderbilt. John c. DE La Vergne Matthew Riley
or some OF his other friends and acquaintances OF
.he roai. Mr. Riley tells OF an incident which Illus
horse to suit his fancv eNrr"i p had found road
I.r t no r, ihan month while her owner was alb
General Grant liked the i.I mnre Mr Hey asked
road 'y would npf k she t Is capital roter on the
There Is one thing about her that I forgot 10
s shy.k o. when j went away. said the owner Of
closed door and ever since then She has had s n
c ea6 OF dut rca az and making great fuss she
this the first time yom drove b"r yo" discovered
>, Yes replied the General Il remember that she
di1 go out OF the barn with a plunge Tho Are, tine
drove her; but always backed Der out after that
aH Nh sne never gave me any further trouble
Riley, the latter sold Silver TO General Grant who
drove ner single and In double harness with the
drive After%ard The two fine road mares were
s@ni up TO Charles n, 9hacsmans stony Ford farm
Kentucky l, princs Both produced handsome foals
4 chiids Of Phade I WI" ''e'f DAMS to George
Major S. T. Dickinson. was one OF the best-known
figures on the road and a notable parsonage in tho
double h. roSas Sn fa osehsr s rST
Owned own amer %ore fast eas than
Belle made up one Of Major Dicknson's first high
class pairs Then followed Aubne and Lady Will
and were sold to Henry Putnam " for something On
ke 500" Aub y,,I and ;Zsmba who trotted at
sod to Lewis g. Teyksb1ry the Broadway banker
and &s A one Of the isoE sTa and Ismea
pairs ever seen in harness. Roseleaf and Salle Sim
in 1894 trottng in 2:i5. the fastest time ever made
in a team race and. finally. Roseieaf and Cocoon
drove miles to road wagon n at eetWood as
season In good time.
GROUP OF STANDARD OIL MEN
The Standard oil magnates. John d. and William
Rockefeller, II. NJ. and John F1agler. f. T. Bedford
and Horace Hutchns formed notable group of
roadmen In William H. Vanderbilts time John D.
the Romantic and other roadhouses although he
was as ready anybody to pull out for a race
with his fast mares Magic and Enchantress or their
SUCCESSORS Flash. 2:l9Iz and Midnight, Pisa when
he met a worthy adversary on Seventh-ave, or the
Vanderbilt mile" north Of the Macomb's Dam
Bridge William Rockefeller drove the famous cross
matched pair Independence, 2:2lA and Ceora 2:lSA
who trotted together in 2ish at Hartford in 1889.
That was the OF superb trotting teams and
the old whltewashed SHEDS at Barrys daily, shell
Sam HILL 1904, and Charley HOGAN 2lsH, a
Fleetwood before they were sold to Charles
Schwartz OF Chicago. J. c. DE La Vcrgne had the
closely matched bay stations Capsdura 230 |
and WillIston who were unusually fast TO pole In |
a brush on the road. Mr.. Bonner occasionally |
drove Rarus. 2as., and Pickard. 2:iss. in double
barness T. c. Eastman drove Captain Jack, 226. |
and Glendale 2:3ols or Glendale and Bob Acres
pole OLE teams in Msxey Cobb slst and Helen. s2
and Beeaower 2ss were dr NnS,,a by Their owner
f DANDY. Lew" Parkers pair were in the nrst
a,eht James H. Bresln, OF the Glsey House had
u nair of black mares that could beat 2:3o. and
pa we're others innumerabe OF little less note:
T bs long list Of notable New who fire.
ouented the Romantic in the eighties were Frederick
Nav Bird, a.u,k Lucy Cuxler es lo@A omar Al