The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-29
DUTCH ROLLER IN FRONT.
JAMES HFENEDF,s PAGER OUTDOORS
FIVE OTHER ON TIE SPEEDWAY Il

Cool weather Brings Out n T~hronG'of Road
Riders-Atnteka's Speed Causes Him ia
Re Mistaken for Robert J.-GeorEe II,
Ketchnn, Owner OF Cresceus, On the Road
Comparatively few mon and horses whose
names figure prominently In the records OF So
clety and the trotting turf were In evidence
Yesterday along the new Speedway. but there
was no lack Of sport for all that, The cool.
clear. bracing atmosphere made a spin on the
road more enjoyable than on any other Sunday
since the driveway was thrown open. and.
seemingly, everybody who owned n horse
Threatened with speed Joined the thronR of
light-harness %turnouts that logged down the
m~acadamized approach from 155th street
and scurried way as fast as they
could 20 on reaching the long stretch
OF soft dirt road at the foot Of the hill, Brushes
came thick and fast on both the upper and
lower sections. Sometimes half a dozen or
more rival roadites started up their horses in a
bunch. speeding away In a race for the lead
until one OF the lot clearly proved his suprem-
acy or the end OF the road was reached.
James Kennedy. driving the big bay pacing
Reldlng Dutch Roller to a high-wheel wagon.
came of first best in one such brush on the
upper section, defeating his brothers PAGER
Nick Erwin. the ex-campaiRner Snipnose.
2:27k: r. de Lissen's Admiral Dewey. driven
to a skeleton wagon. together with three or
four other ~trotters and PAGERS that Joined In
the brush for the lead. The flying squadron
came down the road at n smashing clip.
closely punched. until they reached the
incline above Washington Bridge. Dutch
Rollers weight-pullinG power came into
play as they struck the hill. and he drew
away from the others SO rapidly that the big
fellow had gained half a dozen lengths by the
time he reached the bridge. Kennedy's face
was flushed with pride as he saw his fayorite
increasing the lead. Half rising in his seat he
gave q slack rein to the Roller. turned about In
the wagon and with a flourish Of the whip above
his head called out to the men behind him:
Come on. boys!" .
Arthur Kerker. with his fast chestnut PAGER
Atateka, skirmished once or twice for a brush
with the Kennedy flyer. but failed to get a rise.
Atateka is a four-year.old with a romantic past.
He was bred by the late John B.. Haskins of
Tammany Hall, who had a summer place at
Atateka Lake. Kerker Gays that when the
youngster was in his weanling form he acci-
dentally fell of a cliff fifty feet high on the Has
klns farm and disappeared for the space Of a
mGnsh to or t5 more soDd hSGS aft tbat his The Ow GSiE
had SSd' been 'a stole GonfRa he found inu him tne eating ing
grass IN an nntrequented spot at the
long scar on his nose and another on. his flank
as souvenirs of his record breaking fall. He is
a level headed. gated geldinR of re-
markable power and speed. aud few OF the
horses that go UP the road are able to beat him
s st = a I RaIi over Hf F%isset W1.Gt' in no" j :0G last Sst season. yGa1E
and kerker says he has paced aQuarterin O:32.
His owner turned Atateka loose in q brush
with a second-rate trotter driven by q German
on the north end yesterday afternoon. The
youngster quickly made a show Of the other
q few strides and leaving him away in the rear |
he sailed up the road to pyekman street
Kerker passed the beaten roadite. he heard the
latter say to some friends alongside: 80.
"Poys. look oud for dot man nit whishkers
T Too TSa yo'f ind OuS Ro;berd d ebay sure ch IS Hss
CheearoosTTl vi m bit he make dot cP Foomatig v&g,
shoost ike dot. und my horse he drot in
George H. Ketcham of Toledo. who owns and
drives the crack four-year-ol d trotter Cresceus.
2:O9k. in the Grand Circuit, was among the
pne1ardnr 9H4 t Srd4H d hGirSe Hns ifod in b evidence bsnc
% a pneumatic. runabout. Road riders who
the Western horseman fought shy
oany. He stirred up dust ike a Grand Circuit
Tt1n nor Il 9 en SR'n George asSm GHh oyt 81 Bi%nG sRiaRs no
who started the ~trotters at Goshen last week.
shs G%S IN N eve mTrn'bb sshi IN eGthb dp ehes M1Sf
s gain In P the aff S%a1s1i viii Witt II. e. L slIandy Of a the
black .trotters that have done their mile in 2:30.
Chris Mooney, owner Of the fast team East
NleW, z.loA, anu pdTdn ann, .uTONe Tile. mare |
n single harness. showing aclean pair OF heels
George A Coleman sat behind the
speedy %trotter Kingwood, 2:17A. by Kentucky
Dictator, driving him very fast fol. a quarter
p q mile or SO, in a brush with Thomas
Brady's speedy PAGER Clara j.. 2:17h.
by Rather Brooks. Henry Zahn drove tho
big bay t%rotting mare Dundess. 2:23H. by
Dundee. Among the other, men and horses
On the road were John Glackner with the bay
3. Brown with the bay stallion Ray Wilkes. BY
Guy Wilkes; John Mcclure with the speedy
q. s.. Mangels with a bay pacing mare
hat stepped fast in several brushes; Den
mis-. Harrington with Captain Lyons. 2:17A;
Arthur Koenig. driving the buckskin trotter
Grover Wilkes. 2:3O: Henry Mapes with q
bay trotting mare that is credited with a trial
In 2:24; Max Hamburger. with a bay stallion
that is n son of Gen. Grants ARABIA horse
louis Oppenheimer, with his bay PAGER Oakie
mare that has beaten 2:25 in private. and John
with a graY trotter of Rneed.