The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-30
WITH TROTTER AND PAGER.
THE RIDERS AVID DRYERS WANT
ET1ER ROADS IN NEW TORK.

Horse-su 60 MAKE Waited Efforts 70 Have
Seventh Avenue and Central Park Placed
In Proper Condition for Driving-No
Glasses Arranged Tor tho lntsr-eity Races
The legion OF New Workers. who own valuable
horses are complaining bitterly about the con-
dition of Seventh avenue and the drives in Cen
trail Park, and II is said that concerted action
will soon be taken by the riding and driving
fraternity to SEQ what can be done TO remedy IL.
Ever since tho roadway was built on Seventh
avenue IL has been customary to keep the stone
and cement foundation freely covered with fine
gravel or sand, which. whom rolled. furnished a
firm yet springy footing for the throng of fine
horses daily ridden and driven over the thor
oughfare north of Central Park. For nearly u
year past, however. nothing has been done to
renew or preserve this surface, and 1t has worn
away under tho crush Of pleasure driving until
not q trace OF the gravel remains. The sharp
stones used in constructing the concrete founda-
tion protrude everywhere. presenting a hard,
Jagged surface which makes It dangerous to
drive q good horse UP the road.
Col. Lawrence Kip, President OF the Suburban
Riding and Driving Club; Matthew Riley. ex.
President of the Driving Club Of New York; IL.
@. +. Koch Of Harlem. and several other promi-
nent horsemen have called the attention Of the
authorities to the matter without as yet secur-
Ing any Improvement, and II Is now proposed to
try what can be accomplished through the
united efforts Of the various organizations de-
voted to riding and driving In New York. The
Road Horse Association. comprising 1000 or
more METROPOLITAN road drivers; tho Driving
Club OF New York. with upward of 400 promi-
nent followers of trotting on Its membership
roll; the Suburban Riding and Driving Club,
with about the same number OF members.
and all Of tho other similar clubs In
the civ are IN hA invited IN inin
in the common cause for a well-kept road, not
only on Seventh avenue, but in Central Park as
well. With work on tho Harlem River Speed.
way at u standstill. few OF the trotting frater-
nifty look forward to the keen enjoyment of an
old-!ashioned brush on the road for three or
four years. vet to come, but they are ~, earnest
about having in the mean time q suitable drive
way through the Park and north to the Central
avenue bridge, where they can indulge In the
subdued pleasure OF jogging their valuable
horses without danger of serious injury.
way ave DIVINE }iSiihs Cinb and sn spbb pIHisg 6lu ine Of rev New
York, to arrange II series OF interclub %trotting
races, is having, a hard time to frame suitable
between the road horses Of New York and
Brooklyn. The committee was in session half a
definite and final agreement could be reached.
II is now pretty certain that the slow
ths view Ss r risstlJ Prp pTssaIllns S' that oo few sFG @e%.
bers who own high-class green ~trotters
would care to start them in cup races aud give
prize TO be won. Moreover, one OF the objects in
arranging these cup races was TO open q field for
the scores OF outclasscd campaigners that are
now used as road horses in New York and
Brooklyn. all Of whom are barred by their rec
ords from the slow classes.
There Is some talk about permitting the use
of sulkies instead of road wagons In the con-
tests. but 1t is hardly probable that such Q
course Will be decided upon. 1t is no practical
test of the speed of a road horse that he Is able
to trot fast to snlky. for there is many u trotter
of extreme speed on the track SO deficient In
9 so horse can beat him in a race to road wagon.
Now that tho ligEt-running pneumatic wheels
have como into use. ability to pull weight is
at a big discount on the trOtting turf. but
IT Is still one of the first requisites of q high
class road horse. and 1t goes without saying that
the interclub races would lose the hest part of
their value II pneumatic sulktes were to be- used
instead OF road wagons. The road wagon Is the
ypical American gentleman's vehicle, while
the sulky is essentially an instrument of pro-
fessional harness racing, and one with which
some OF the most skilful amateur reinsmen are
wholly unfamiliar
After keeping silent until oil open dates had
been claimed. and the makeup OF the Eastern
spring circuit was finally arranged and an
nounced. the Pimlico Driving Club has now de-
cided TO hold "A trotting meeting at tho mile
track in Baltimore the last week in May. This
whose spring meeting was announced nearly n
month ago, when the Baltimore Club gave the
to understand that no harness races
would take place at Pimlico this spring. Itnow
appears that the running meeting which 1t was
proposed to hold on the Pimlico course to the
exclusion of the %trottcrs is to take place at