The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-05
FEW TROTTERS WERE OUT.
eCoRCRINo HEAT, KEPT THE ROAD
BRfdlbEFND00RS yesterday.

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New Speedway Ns6riy' De~ssrted-Frnnk
work and other Horsemen Say the Sur
face Soil IL Defective--PRoer Prince g..
and Other Well Known Flyers jog About
Speedway Park and the other uptown drive
ways were all but deserted yesterday. owing to
the scorchinR heat, which made driving any
thing but pleasant for both men and horses.
All day LONG the sun beat down with tropical
fury on the two-mils stretch OF yellow soil
which forms the surface Of the driveway at the
foot OF the bluff9 along the Harlem River.
baking the road to a crisp. Four sprinkling
wagons proved altogether inadequate to keep
the driveway moist. and Superintendent
ouinn's force Of caretakers gave up the strug-
gle ahortiy after noon. leaving the road as
dry as the sun-scorched asphalt pave
ments downtown. The top dressing Of
the Speedway is causing much trouble for the
superintendent and leading to many COM
plants among the men who drive fast horses
there. Frank Work and other road drivers say
that too much sand has been used in making
che surface. II takes up water like a sponge
and still remains dry and mealy, breaking
away at every stride under the feet Of the
horses when they are started up ut speed.
Then. too. the loose dirt flies in hover from
the horses heels, peppering from head to foot
everybody who rides fast when the road is In
this condition. Experts say that more clay or
loan is needed to mix with the sandy coil now
in use.
1t was not until Just before dusk that o thin
line OF vehicles put in an appearance yesterday.
and then only the regulars who drive from
force Of habit, rain. shine or scorch. were out.
Most OF those who braved the heat were con-
tent TO let their flyers Jog along at will or walk.
no that brushes were few and far between.
Dennis Harrington was In tho advance guard
driving his stout old trotting stallion Captain
Lyons. 2:17A. and finding nobody there to
spin down the lower section alone. The blood
bay son Of Sweepstakes is known 70 every
.sSs SSlEI o. 9ed shs r fron H As Be- iDsSh De drew GgsR tie tie
Are Of al the ,b sa sIdISapEs FTS wh I'D S Sorsa ts me
mop and hitch. He didn't. go like that when ho
won tRe cup in the integrity gse 70 sSo wagon G races Ses' d92 iE9
the loose footing" said an admirer Of the stall
i Ipfoa THAT !as eiP ri IT, fo6 r0 @sSY b eP9 aap1eT Of t shS
men men IN IN 2 9b T1%naP Esls f hoHs y than noS any s2TsS an tsS
~,Thomag Brady turned the pacing mare
and drove. the bioodlike ,eeldlng Prince G; BY
Parks Volunteer. This horse is said to be a
Su sRg at H FSe his cracks STn'F Of is the fSsrP Fead th hln d iS5
expected to put in an appearance before
s sPsy. end aboS Of b. b. T E%nds hS is & a fs1 a hssd
Us Robert J.'s. He Is a big. round
bodied horse. heavily muscled without being
meaty. and shows all the signs OF a fast, enduE-
Ing dyer that can 60 the length Of the road;
that Brady pulled out to pass yesterday after
noon, showing a leyelhead along with his speed.
Gen. Jacob Baiz, G.. H. Mason. Jr:. A. L.
Kerker and several other horsemen who have
put in a part of the summer at yachting were
Pack, on the road yesterday. Gen: BaIz droSye
by Ambassador, 2:21H. to a hiGh-wheel wagon,
Kerker held, the reins, over the chestnut
PAGER Atateka. hooked to a pneumatic
Funabout, and Mason drove a bay trotter
TO a high-wheel road wagon. Capt. G.. II.
Mcdonald. former Yiee-President Of the Driv-
PAGER. but did not start him out Of o Jog. Capt.
Mcdonald says the horse Is undoubtedly an ex-
campAigner having q fast record, as he has
paced miles right around 2:15 since he came
Into his present owners hands,, but nobody
knows either the name or the history OF the
horse.
the chestnut trotter David B.. 2:09A; Alexan-
Smilax. 2:21k. that turned the Fleetwood track
IN her work in 2:13x O couple OF years ago;
Luke Burke. driving Little Frank. 2:25i NIB.
BOVINE with the PAGER Sub Rosa. 2;23A;
TEN T{4P Rna ssTFy; 2:1 qsGrEf AZ i. c9BI fo%na
with yallesu. 2:I2; Jacob Luh with Nomad.
2:10; Frank Ferguson with San Pedro. 2:10k:
Ed Cernea with Lucy Case John qlackner with
the big bay gelding Sixteen. 2:20H: John, Nc
GSfuire and his bay PAGER + B Tilden, 2;24A;
E.; T HddiatoS nG t Geo orets'f REa fsa!'l With a pair 81
bay, %trotters. and Arthur Koenig with Grover
Wilkes, 2:30.