The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
ON SPEEDWAY.
JOHN N oooLEY sHRToUsIX INQUIRED
IN 4 O0LLIsToM.

- III Wa AAMgNh 0NNAM
Runawnys Neatly Stopped = Horssmen
Assent That on Rules Are Not Enforced.
An accident such e. horsemen have been ex-
pecting ever since the Speedway was thrown
opon last July happened yesterday afternoon
near the point where the popular new drive
way passes under the great steel arch Of Wash
ington Bridge. This is one Of the narrowest
points In the road, and. a. stated in TEE BuN q
week ago. the speeding ground there IN all but
blocked on Sunday afternoons. when the thronR
OF vehicles not used for fast driving is at It's
height. Many Of the drivers OF the heavier
vehicles. having not much TO fear from . col
lision with the light road wagons used for
speeding. pay little attention tothe rules Of the
road, and accidents have been narrowly avert
ed many times before.
At $3.50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon John M.
Cooley was driving his red roam mare Bessie
Benton mp the road between the bridges at .
stif gait. when he suddenly came up with .
family carriage going at . snail's pace IN the
same direction out near the middle OF the road.
The rules require all vehicles to hug tho curb
In single file when not speeding. but q majority
Of drivers seem to pay little attention to the
rules. The wheels Of Cooley's pneumatic
wagon struck those Of the heavy carriage as he
sought to 60 past and he was thrown out head
foremost. while the high-strung marc darted
away SA tAAO dNoN ~ VtbA NAO OhApbs AOAA
wagon careening OF her heels.
Horsemen who were close at hand shouted to
those ahead to look out for tho runaway. end
the flying marc had the middle OF the rosd to
herself as she dashed up the driveway toward
Dyckman street. Mounted 0flcer Philip J.
Austin. stationed near 165th street, saw the
mare coming, and. getting his horse in motion
as she approached. made o neat stop after q
chase Of two or three blocks. No damages was
done to tho mare or the wagon. beyond twist
ing two OF the wire wheels out of alignment.
Cooley. who is q man of portly build, 60
years old, landed heavily on his head
road until picked up. When carried e
fne sH lis BODY n or Els EIsi lover PIN iimS %sS DR. Sna Foste 80
+. Potter Of 1908 Seventh avenue. VIII hap
penieed to be driving on The read Just Is the
until an ambulance from the Manhattan Hos
pital, arrived in charge OF DR.. Phillips. The
paralyzed below the armpits. having nc, sense
OF pain when pricked with q lance. DIR. Phillips
was 1is pr pro baby T Injured 9EIH and his ccondfitaiosns R Was
W: = ,Corwin. q friend Of Cooley, who drove
the wen.known trotter. Kenneth b., said that
Cooley lived in Chicopee, Mass. and was ASSOC
ciated with the firm of Honeyman & Co, cloak
Mr.. Cooley is q prominent horseman In Ohico-
pee and Springfield" said Corwin to TIE U
here to New York to beat my horse Kenneth B..
and we had several brushes op the Speedway
this afternoon, His mare has .tEotted in 2;16."'
Worcester, Mass, in 1893. She is BY Governor
Benton, 2:22K., the sire Of Benton NJ. $40.
The crowd OF horsemen who gathered around
the spot where Cooley lay while waiting for
standardization o Of the autRor TitHieess iV who p pe sneitt
nearly all classes Of, pleasure vehicles to enter
the Speedway. Spider phaetons, rockaways,
carriages Of all sorts and sizes were to
be seen In the thronR yesterday. Not more
were such as are used for fast driving. and
many OF them could not be elassed as such BY
any one WIG knows the difference between a
who drove SmiIax. 2:21H, said:
lust missed going into a row oil, three car
the road. with the horses walking While the
occupants visited and chatted with each other,
them drove a horse thai e." could sdiYS strike Ike q 9P 81 q
gait, and nobody would think Of hooking a
trotter to one Of their heavy carriages; They
they ought TO be made to see it from the
sidewalks or else drive some sort Of q. light
simply takes his, life in his hands when he
starts up a horse here on Sunday afternoon.
shorty after the Cooley @IlSVs accident inH.1 yesterday. <
McNichols. set sail on the upper section and
OF his driver. when Austin spurred his
saddle horse alongside. taking the, run
away lIOltoE ny Wit UTlule anu SLOWING |
Weiner also made 9 clever stop. after an
ssF TiYen bv en q seal oa est6 Gay hast ,as5 T nsmad a T tbI0tter
son snatched the bit and started away on the
run. pulling so hard that his driver was soon
Thompson steered him up on the sidewalk next |
g the river. and it, was there that, Weiner ran
in time. for the horse was swerving toward the
river and was on the point of crashing into the |
ron fence nee at the waters edge, Thompson was
dat, on the bed Of the road wagon clinging with
both hands to the dashboard.
all the way from 155th street to iS5th
the broad stretch above Washington Bridge, |
he cQnsplcuous %trotters in the speed parade
a record Of 2:i4S two years ago. He t"I Is
owned by John. Donnelly. and has lately
4SsR shbaRss ra Ss iSF iaf Il Is E0 said T tRat e. the trott S,d
4 mile there IN ZIG g few days ago. Glenmere
.nG everything he met. and among them some !
of the fastest horses yet seen on the Speedway.
Fred p DeIR. the former Secretary Of the
In Rowen& Chimes. by Chimes. and her
mate. a rangy bay mare by Directors jug.
Deitz, tried the, difficult feat Of beating q first.
class, horse in single harness. Pulling two men
5wa 3 tTSestins splo %df2iP tine Until P Rcseh hsl Sh fhS5s
made O break near the end OF the road. Deitz
3 using Direc6oF,s jug 9s q saddle horse, riding
stallion by Director; 2:17. the sire OF
Directum. 2:O5H. and his dam produced Brown
IA. 2:12, the sire OF Star, Pointer. 1I.59K. so
.rotting stallion and the champion PAGER.
Warren Il. Leland OF the Windsor Hotel held
,he reins over q fast team OF bay trotters.
Lewis g; Tewksbury drove to the Suburban
ylub behind the noted PAGER Robert J., 2:0lH. |
Zen. Nicholas Day was out with his Well-knoWn |
,E ; ute General Dig, George Spear, the driver
! spin oyer the Speedway accompanied by Mrs.
spear. Frank .Vanderbeck and wife were In
he first flight driving the handsome chestnut
horse Ben Hur.
Thomas ]. Brady. who has sold his pacing
mare Clara j., 2:17x, was out behind the bay
.rotter Sparkle. .John, MCGUIRE won q long,
lard-fought brush on the lower section with a
chestnut pacing mare that ig a newcomer
IN the road. Mcclure has sold his crack PAGER
2:11k. by @. II. Clay, to G. Il. Barnum
y Lime Bocs; Conn. Conner has a trotting
Among the other horses and horsemen In
yesterday, were A. 1. Kerker with, the
chestnut PAGER Ataleka; r. Ryan with the black
ro5ttinF mares 9 RomESna. 2;291. and mate.
gelding San Pedro, 2:14k; Henry Zahn