New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-31
HARNESS RACING.
RAIN KEEPS MANY HORSEMEN AWAY
FROM THE SPEEDWAY.

The rain made the Speedway a little too soft fos
fast work yesterday so the majority OF the horse
men who visited It contented themselves win J"s-
eing over II once or twice and then adjourning 10
Durs ndo's TO swap stories In the opinion OF 'ne
majority OF the horsem.n the Speedway could not
have been constructed better Ia stsni the Ua"'
on #. Had the roadway been made deeper II
would take much longer for It 10 dry out than IL
does a the present time. There is taih Of pn'uns
more loan &c. but while this might 40 VI NJ
weather II would make it Impossible 10 dlNe oN''
# for DAYS after heavy rain Il H. not practicable
TO make the same conditions on the Speedway 'hH'
exist on a tro;ting track because OF the mu''
greater traffic imposed upon it. When II u con
sdered that on a fine Sunday at least six thousah"
vehicles are driven over the roadway some un""'-
standing can be reached 10 what IL required 10
keen Il I'm proper order. Then again. 'hIE we
lighiest vehicles are drven OF The troiuns racNS
while many heavy carriages are on the Speen"":
every day In building tn roadway eN-snp"r"-
tcrdcnt Mcdonald did good piece OF WORN an" q"
will be hard to improve upon it.
There is still much talk being INDUCED ~ to 'hs
fastest horse that is driven On the Speed""Y' ",i
a number Of horscmen contend that they nave NV
speediest animal The majority OF the dsihle'eS',u
ones however. believe that Nathan strauS mas ~"
best Of them all IN his fast Cohwebs. lhere az
animals driven the Speedway that E'Ne o
marks made on trotting tracks than Cob"ros O''
,
really good animals seen on the Speeo""S
Frederick Gerken's Luxon This horse has ma. a
OF 2:l1. and Mr. Gerken declares that ne can hr,sb
Ccbwe6s lie and Mr.. Straus have not rae 4 ~ Lie
yet. and a so between from "obld uI"" -
crowd
Peter Nance the wel-kuoWn track driver An"
borsenan has a couple ~ good animals Ia AOo'e
Y and Sippican. the latter by Brown NiNes' '""
If he could find an appreclative purchaser Tor 'h'"
he might consent to part with them Abbie y. can
trot in 29o and Sppican can readily show a -
gait.
Among the horsemen who could not sleep ias'
night without driving least once over the speeu-
way was f. Stevenson who had his good ro'ter
Edison A. out for a spin. Frank Kerker was also
out with his speedy PAGER and Michael helu sur
prsed his friends by appearing with a handsome
team One OF them Madison BOY, WHO hdS
been admired so much for his honest trot'ins
qualities and the other was good animal P %is
not quite so fast. Or j. w. Gedney gave ms
chestnut PAGER Bella exercise drive IN the hl,a
noon, and NJ. Beadleston showed me Day V"'"
There will he an interesting trottins match on
the old Gutenberg running track on wednesday
between the brown mare Margaret and an unknown
mare from Staten Island. Margaret is owned oE a
doctor Fiftyseventh-st., and Is speedy ANNA
The doctor was badgereG into making the maaCn
by a contending that he could gei n1ni
that WAS 20 grass on staten Island ma, So NJ
heat his rotter. The doctor quickly accepted ine
challenge and posted his share OF the S,V' wncn
will go to tho winner. A good crowd or horse"'N
will he on hand to see the trot
Henry Fieischman OF Vienna. is in the city. ana
Il IS rumored that nc may buy a few fast trot'er'
before no leaves the country. Another recent ar
rival is Edward A. Upton. formerly secretary ~
tho Kentucky Horse Breeders Association. Nj;
Upton is associated with Marcus Daly ana ne WI
reain i'm the CITY until tho sale OF the horses COIL
signed from the DAILY farm takes place. in Madison
Square Garden.