The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-03
WANT EWSPEEDwAY RULE
DKArH OF JOIN NJ. CoOLEE sTIRS Up
THE DRYING FRATERNITY.

Representative Road Riders Request the
Park Board to Exclude All Two-seRted
Carriages from the Overcrouded Drive
5000 Persons watch Yesterdays Pageant
Thedeath OF John NJ. Cooley. who was thrown
from his road wagon and injured In a col
lision on tho Speedway two weeks ago. has
stirred up renewed criticism among road
riders concerning the rules which now govern
the driveway and thor lax enforcement. 1t
win DO remembered that Mr.. Cooley ran foul
Of q heavy two-seated carriage. which was
out in the middle Of the roadway instead
Of. close TO the curbstone. His spine was In
iured in the fall from the wagon. and he died
few days ago at the Manhattan Hospital. EK-
perienced drivers had been expe sting and,pre-
dioting rust such an accident for several
Veeks before IL happened. and now that one
man has lost his life. they think that some
thing ought TO DO done by the authorities to
guard against future mishaps OF the same
kind. The authorities evidently think 80. too.
for George O.. Clausen. President OF the Park
Board. last week invited David Bonner. Ma
than Straus. Fred DietS. Fred T. steinway. J.
W. Cornish and other representative road
riders to meet him and state their views In the
matteK Nearly all agreed that the danger
same from tHo-seated carriages. and that
all Suoh vehicles ought to bo excluded. as they
are seldom used for fast driving.
When the Speedway was opened last July q
rood many persons doubted whether one
seated t~urnouts would be numerous enough to
warrant the Park Board In limiting the use Of
the driveway to such rigs, and the rules were
accordingly framed to admit surveys as well
as road wagons and buRRies. Under the 9uise
OF surreys all sorts OF two-scated and even
three-seated carriages and traps have been
entrance. tho result being such a crush Of
those. carriages on, Sunday afternoons mat
T Tess aRep 9ssIm are uG now Convinced T%s,det that the the
capacity OF the Speedway would be taxed on
Sunday AFTERNOONS II only one-seated turn
outs were admitted. and II goes without saying
that q far better display Of speed would be seen
by the spectators on the sidewalks. As mat
trotters will take the risk of starting them VI.
while Q good many road riders avoid the Speed
way p al59SeshSF 6 81 sSnd poa ddff rldep %So; visited
Speedway Park yesterday.said 10 The Sun re-
VsThe Park Board ought to ADOPT the rules in
force on. the side drive or speedway In Chi
a They have been in force a good many
everybody. All two-seated carriages are ex,
cluded. On the other hand. we admit road
abe SsFEsS for Sn speedinS x m %%'e could ' drive 3 su TX
II he wanted to. but Of course nobody does 1t.
think ! never saw o sulky on the, drive. There
isn't o bit OF danger that anybody would use
Similar rules are in force on the San Fran
built for speeding which 10 not limited to one
seated vehicles, and likewise the only one
from which road carts are excluded. 1t is
said that President Clausen will soon open the
Speedway to road carts during the morning
hours.
horses from the sidewalks along the driveway
yesterday afternoon. TIL road was thronGed
with turnouts of overy description. from the
highest OF one-man wagons to
heavy combination park traps and mail phao-
tons drawn by bob-tailed hiRh-steppers. some
Of these. Tight vehicles suitable for speeding"
having liveried footmen on a rumble seat be-
The crowd saw few high-class horses started
up. j. W. Cornish logged David B., 2:09H.
the length of the road two or three times, but
the fast trotter never moved faster than q 100
+. gait. Warren F.. Leland drove his handsome
bay team and won 9 sharp brush on the lower
harness. Capt, @. H. Mcdonald. driving MIS-
shine oR three or four ~trotters and PAGERS
that pulled out to pass him. Jacob Luhs had
Eomad. 2:19. In fine form and repeatedly led
the procession of speeders from High Bridge
down to the hill. P. T. Radiker. who used TO
own the noted trotter FL Rami. 2:14. drove q
Eaoy looking bay to Q pneumatic runabout.
John Donnelly. owner Of Glenmere Boy. 2:14A.
was out behind q new bay trotter. Ed john
Pon and Jerome Whelpley. who watched the
horses from the roadside, recognized the fast
PAGER Hyannis. ,2:11K, In the procession OF
speedy ones. The horse Is now owned In Jer-
sey City. McIvor. 2:27. the first trotter ever
owned, BY James Butler, was likewise recoR-
niZed by the former Fleetwood trainers.