The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-26
ROAD RULES ENFORCED.
HECKLESs DRTrBRS ON TIM SPEED-
WAY CAUTIONED NY Police

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ntx Additional Mounted Ohicsrs Kept Busy
YesterdAy-NO Further Accidents RE-
ported "A PrctentiOus Trotter That
CouldN't TFot-Horses That Were Out.
Road riders who logged their ~trotters up 10
Speedway Park for y spin on the soft dirt road
yesterday found that the authorities In charge
had turned over n now leaf. The serious acci-
dant which happened 10 John NJ. Cooley Il week
neo a. q result Of the reckless disregard NJ tho
rules Of the road caused the police authorities
TO detail ak extra mounted officers for duty
there yesterday. and careless drivers were
brought up with a sharp turn. Stationed ut in.
tsrvats along tho road. tho officers saw that all
vehicles moved In single file close tn the
EiRht-hand curb when going slow. thus leaving
the middle OF tho road clear for speeding. .
tho narrow points under the bridges the
throng Of turnouts was kept moving at n sharp
pace. 30 that the road was never blocked. The
moment q driver got out OF line. or started To
turn round at either Of these points. the officer
there rode alongside aud warned him sharply.
Tho result was a marked improvement In the
observance OF tho rules and an absence OF col
lisions or other mishaps. The surface OF the
Speedway was firmer aud smoother and better
yesterday than on any other SUNDAY since
Superintendent Quinn took down the bars last
July. Rain threatened all the afternoon. but
che crowd on the road and on the sidewalks was.
nevertheless. one Of tho lnrgest of tho season.
Among tho conspicuous turnouts In evidence
WAs q rakish looking bay trotter hooked to II
skeleton track wagon. Tho horse was rugged
out with q leverage chin check. big white knee
boots held In place by elastic straps passing
over his shoulders. quarter boots and shin and
ankle boots In front and a pair OF scalpers be-
hind. To add to this racy-lookinE makeup
there were hand-loops on the reins. and the
driver wore a pair Of eye shields and an air Of
importance. Everybody along the roadside kept
his eye ON the pretentious turnout. expecting
momentarily to see the stranger cut loose and
etriketa gait that would t lose al the other horses %s
Ieneth OF the Speedway two or three times,
without moving faster than q 4;0O- gait, and
2:155aa {hss man would let him. said a locker.
0fthe rakish-iooking %trotter.
You l9se, my friend, reioinned an 4 old / g1sG
SSTSan SiG : SeS SssGSy 9, sN we SS% as Jimmy M N Mccall {ii1
S$HF m pESn has got a2:oO harness and a
Another conspicuous turnout was that of ex-
Ald,ssrm1Rna Henry BRgSeeS' 9%ns sst Of bd ths fast :
Sreody looking bay mare hooked TO a narrow,
S Ss 5oT tT WSHSe' Y Bat the EoEREIIds srm nnd was tnF !09St
was not blum. as many roadite discovered
when he pulled out for q brush. His bay mare
on one occasion In a long, hnrd-fought contest
between the bridges with the ,blg bay horse
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Yas among the wsll-kn9wn horses seen on the
Speedway yesterday. He is about the size ola
Well-grown T~oarling. standing barely fourteen
hands high. but his action is remarkably rapid
md SQUARE and he is said TO have tr9tted a
fleetwood three. years ago. The little chap is
Sust recovering from Ss a long n spell sns Of SICKNESS caas
1SaSe tfeminIa, bis trainer, were out behind a
RtockV bay 6elding that could step fast. Charles
XNSi IInS d h Su his big ib Saes sainsd pacing \ rScn MARI r,
APPS. Gt Parkway last spring, and later logged
bts handeSm0 black trotting mare Lady For
snowy oross-matehed team. a black and a gray.
hat trStted fS Ssi, IN H.. a rI number . Of brushes:
pair Of black ~trotters, hooked to a pneumatic
WAGON. Warren +. Leland sat behind q pair OF
SsEP'l shei SD's own N With tFS at som 1arseS J chat
9. stTatten and party were out with
3 pair asr, Of G4e 4sss11sk R RsfE 5 Spnys his hOS eksa
brushes. John DBonnellyI had ons Of the cracks
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road but the spectators Who hoped to see them
SEy combinations b IL : sshR5es Sss not tar brush in T SnS
when The latter set sail on the upper section.
Motion: Arthur Koenie. the former owner Of
SfIsneY NeS d5lH1HS S wifS sm MIifsS22 z'1Sj AL 4. I.
Kerkef with the iour-year-old PAGER Ataleka;
M EISSssi sss ven y F Y! B. t hild fast p g:s4t FF1 1! &: jam jam
DOR, with a gray ~trotter: William s.. Brooks.
; S5iySiP Pss = sSRssdy mSps esa ba (; g Gen RI 5 SsSs, 8eI1
Christopher Mooney Will. the bay mare Sarah
An Ann S, = IN Coy D;E sseqb, SrdG R Ramss Ken Kennedy With KIN
toSnSid With a bay GpSasesear PAGER, and +. 5. Slater with
The Wnlts-faced tfrotter Kaiser Wilkes.