New-York tribune., 1898-10-10
THE SPEEDWAY.
GREAT TURNOUT OF TROTTING AND
PACING STARS.
HoRsEMEN PLEASED AT BOARDS RULING AboOi
Two-wHEEI vEHICLEs-MoRE BENCHES
NEEDED FOR SIGHTSEERs.

rwowHEE1 vETICLEs-MoRE BENCHES
NEEDED FOR sIGHTsEERs.
cuch a galaxy of stars of the trottng and pacing
world has been rarely gathered together as that
seen on the Speedway yesterday. II was proodo9
the biggest day since the opening. Ihe cohuiuol
of the roadway all that could be oesireu anu
the weather was simply perfection The uo''eis
are not usually seen out before clock IN the
afternoon on Sundays, but yesterday was an eN-
centon to the general rule and they began 10 ar
rive early in the day. Among the first on the
ground was Michael Reed the builder Win HIS
bay trotting horse and both owner ana morse were
in fine fettle. Mr. Reed is one Of the most ehthus-
astic horsemen seen on the Speedway, and ne Is
ALWAYS ready to give anybody brush lie hao
MANY of them yesterday, but as the shades or
niabt were falling he was still looking for more OPP
ponents to conquer.
John Peyton had out his fast sorrel mare. Lady
Kirby who has a mark of 216. Mr.. Elliott drove
his speedy sorrel horse and Frederick Gerkeh heio
the lines over his fast bay team Mr. Allen OF Allen
G. Ginter gave his big PAGER an outing. The morse
Is fast but he acted green 1t was his hfst ap-
pearance on the road for some months Dut ne Will
soon get down to hard work. Dr.. Collins and FRED
erick Elsie were at 1t again yesterday Mr Elsie oe
feated the doctor couple of weeks ago, out the
latter declares it was luke Honors were about
even yesterday, and the Dattle VIII nave " NC
fought out at some future time
Horsemen are delighted at the action OF the ParK
Board in ruling that two-wheel vehicles can use
the Speedway until noon every day but sundays
Their cup of bliss will be full if the Board Will de-
termine to bar out all surreys from the Speedway
I'm the future OF course. the drivers of the sur
reys and those of the other heavy two-seat We
b;ces which now frequent the Speedway In large
numbers do not 90 there 10 speed their horses lhey
90 there TO the trottng. ana therefore the
horsemen think they could derive just as much
rleasure II they were on foot with the rest of the
8 t1,a rynTf
and other pleasure rigs leaves little room for speeu
ing and in fact makes fast work dangerous
Among the well-krown men seen out yesterday
was ex-Mayor Patrick j. Gleason or Long lsidhu
City. He had young woman with hlhi' ana nc
was driving his bay trotters Gladstone and Parnell
ANYBODY who thinks that the big eX-Mayor Is
dead letter in politics is we'll up in the political
history of Hunters Point. He declares that he Is
going 10 run for Senator this year, and the cohorts
OF Tammany In the Borough of queens are WEAR
ing Grape on their hats already.
Nelson NJ Main burned up the road yesterday
with his bay tro:ting Kit Baker that has
record of 2:12 and a fraction He met John han-
nan and a few other aspiring horsemen and quickly
made them lower their colors. John Fahey' OF the
Fourteenth Ward caused the dust to rise win ms
bay troter and Frederick Nrker 'o0keH as % HhhE
was seen driving a fast-steppng bay team. m ana ana
trot;er that somebody has said has a record ,, OF
2.O9. Among the others out We're James DuIy
Mr.. Wilbur. Michael Reynolds. w " oedlHOi "ltu
his gray geldng Greystone; a. w. Gwathmey with
his fast team. Salient and Lucy Asby, and many
others. - --,, , -,
coined by the thousands of sightseers who VISIT
the place on Sundays. one young man, who Was
evidently aware of the dearth of such things
brought a campstool with him Yesterday, and he
made novel picture as he sat out on the edge OF
the roadway watching the flyers 20 by. .
John Quinn the Superintendent OF the speedway,
not only finds plenty of time 70 keep the roadway
IN excellent condition, but also TO take niue
recreation now and then with his lively pair. Ro-
mana and Abbey. .
Amoog the laughable Incidents witnessed yes
terday was a brush between the owner OF sorry
looking nag hitched 10 ancient blackboard and
the owner Of a swell turnout. The owner OF the
disreputable rig was slowly Jogging along when
the other horse drew and then. before the own
or Of the swell turnout knew 1t. he was having
a ''do or die" brush with the worst stlooking affair
on the road. and, worst of all, he was beaten AT
that The incident afterward caused an old horse
man TO remark that you couldn't judge
trotter by the harness he wore or the wagon he
was hitched to.