New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-03
SEEN ALONG THE NEW DRIVEWAY

SEEN ALONG THE NEW DRIVEWAY
Policemen enough TO quell riot were stationed
along the Speedway yesterday when the iohg-de-
lavcd order was given to let down the OARS SONS
one in authority apparently expected scenes Oh us
order but nothing o. the Klna ocru ndsr the shads
OF the trees at the roadside. wondering "ns ~.
had been sent up there and Watching '"e "o'''''
go By.
Tho rules Of the road which require drivers NOT
I, q, sneed TO keep close TO the right-hand curb
uer. disregardei by many OF the pleasurc-seekerS
who vent up the Speedway with surreys anu o'"e'
two-seated turnouts yesterday Inc ignorance VI
carelessncss OF one or two drivers came near caus
ing trouble Robert F.. Bonner and announcer rohu-
r,ier were having a brush down the upper section
aLor, z o'clock In the afternoon. when they ran
,oui ~ \ heavy three-seated rockaway coupe gong
north on the wrong side OF the road clever drlV
ing on the part Of the men who were speeding 'he''
,ro,.ers alone aver,ed collision. The heavy tnree
seated rorkaway out OF place on ei,her 'l1o Va
The road but IT somehow ran the olockaoe OF Po
iircmen stationed at the misunderstanding
nfth-st. entrance.
Frank Work was one OF the conspicuous figures
l., ,ha ,brong OF road riders who sampled the
sroodwav Yesterday. He drove the handsome pay
,ro,,t,y mare Barnstta. 2l5. by Barnhart, 9I1's'
and although he is In his eightieh year ne let her
stem half a mile the smooth footing OF 'he upper
sscttop above Washington Bridge faster IMAM al
most any horse on the road. Barnetta was one o.
mo- , Any rioters in evidence yesterday that could
20 very fast without developing VIVA! 1IIn n,,on
.rms an embodiment" in their gait. her action
~ err nure and she has easy. graceful way OF
going oven at top speed. which makes her caP'-
tai road mare
Tho number OF rough gated. unRainly soers on
the Speedway yesterday was astonishing ih'ee
quarters OF all the trott"rs and PAGERS on Pataue
u,re more or less defective In action when sent
,Io,o at ION speed and some OF them were simply
car,catures OF all that good road horse ought W
be They hitched. hoped. skved and skipped over
the road in a style which was distressing 10 see "
WAS a matter of common remark among horSeme"
on the sidewalk that the proportion o. ss wery
small Too many second hand campaisners Win WIN
broken backs and one or two wooaea ss' '"'
vay one OF the bystanders expresseo ~
oro thing was made clear before the Speedway
had heen onened two hours yesterday. 1t was this;
None but high-class horse can shine on tho
splepdld two-mie stretch OF road along the Harlem.
The second hand" horses with fast RECORDS were
all very we'll until the Speedway was opened.
Their owners could Jog them through the PARK ana
up seventh-ave.. and say to their rriehos' ms
horse IL so-and-so record 2Io" So long as there
uas no place TO test their actual speed the record
.ettled their status no matter whether they were
old broken-down campalgners or rresn' young
flyers that could trot In 2lo at the present time.
But the opening Of the Speedway has set up new
standard fESm %ssnas sny Bridge To pyes
msn-avs fast record Will not save him. he can
moi shine on the Speedway. The market FOR trot-
,.rs ~ This class Is likely to suffer sudden slump
in New-York now that the long delayed driveway
Is open.
RACING AT HURST PARK
London July AIT the first days racing Of the
Hurst Park Club summer meeting to-day Mr..
Fairies our-year-old bay colt Eager won the
Duchess Of York Stakes. This race is handicap
az 500 sovereigns for threeyear Odds and upward;
entrance sovereigns; the second to receive 900
sovereigns and the third go sove.eisns out OF the
mile and the result In detail was as follows:
MI Fairies fouryear Old b. c. Eager. BY Enthusiast
Lord Zeand's three y.ar-old B. Pnfod. by surefoot
-Pinta 49,, 49,. 49,, -.
sanda. by the Sailor Prnce-sauda ..............'
The alleged maiden plate. Of los scyeresns was
won by the Lorillard- Beresford Stables tWoYear.
old colt Doric II. This race Il for all ages that
have never won I'D to the time Of entz. Five