New-York tribune., 1899-12-11

looking over to see what the roters were SoIas. dolas
When the drivers drew rein Mr c9SReris s
were bse two Brushes Swift and Honor Bright had
pulled two ss mn In Hooked fu to ssat sixty pouqd
wagon with man aboard Mr. GcGkeriY hah sYo keS
Iot bis friend get out OF the wagon ana then d
ibe Speedy troters slowly up toward the north enq
e to- Measure strides with the PAGERS in snonef basf
brush, btg The contest which followed was the oesi
OF OF the day AS the four horses came down. AZ az
abreast like the chariot horses IN Ben hut t Ito
bic crowd on the sidewalk could not smother t.dd ns
epthusiasm and the splendid teams received
applause Leaving g the PGi Pand Of Bee sSieS With
the air, and It looked for an instant as as II pt anf
Mr. rHosckepiiis hawkish little geldng Swift 2ieA
broke almost simultaneously with tne PAGER On 81 ve @
Rose team and both pairs were, or course on eNen
terms again The brush ended in a draw ged foured
contest f0owed as soon bs sS time ins Mr. cockeri put
his team 70 the utmost test by WAVING MS ms VIII Mp
a50ys Al TsT nsiG sood e hard drive they would beat
PAGERS. he thought and II they nroke tney p 70
lose again Tr0ps 1d ps Ee heT one hSs ssds
front as they swept down the middle OF the road
nacers on the rising ground near the big bridge
Swift and Honor Bright won decisive victory
Among the many fast teams seen on the Speed
wav Yesterday was the newly matched pair, Neva
wilkes. 2:ipl and Nibbs, 2l3h. by Brignoli Wilkes
214Il the fastest son OF George wilkes. Ihls
team formerly belonged to Thomas s HARRISON OF
Philadelphia the United States Consul Generai dI
Cairo Egypt Mr.. Harrison sold the crack trotters
last week to James Rowland. Of this city for
something like 5000 Anton Schwartz drove his
cross matched pair. Wyoming 2:l6I. ana Ly "Gn' n,
3I7 sending them over the road 2 al "a no1@ ze wh W
Memorial 220A Bernard Goodwin drove new
team in Bell Tap. by Prodlgal. and Little Ray
223h. by Goodwood, Jr.
One Of the stars Of the mornings speed parade
was BENJAMIN zahn's bay trotting mare Dundess.
Although her record is no faster than Z:Zs4' the
daughter Of Dundee can pull her heavyweight OWN
er over the road clip too fast for most or the
trotters she meets. Her best performance yester-
dav was In a brush with Lon Maynard's hand
some brown trottIng mare OctavA 2IlA. by Gold
Leaf a recent addition to the metropolitan road
brigade Dundess led the daughter of Gold Leaf
nearly two lengths at the end Of a brush from the
bend the bridge. The big bay mare came out
ahead at the end Of another fine contest with the
fast young trotter Wainwright. by Repetition,
2I9A owned by c. Y Wemple. Wainwright has no
public record yet he made 1t warm for Dundess
as Octavia had earlier IN the day. Mr.. Wemple
bred the trotter he drove, broke him to harness
and nobody else held the reins over him. One
of the finest spectacles Of the day was a battle
royal between Octavia and the handsome chestnut
BEAUTIES and they moved like a team All the way
down the road with action that lacked little OF be-
Thomas, her owner. Oscar. 2:2O}4, was beaten
handily by DR., H. II. Kanes PAGER, Honest John.
dust from the bend TO the bridge. Iago pulled a
cart while oscar trotted to a wagon. In this
brush DR.. GILL with Royal Rene, 2:20. and DR..
Kane. with Honest John. brought up the rear, but
it was said both horses got off away behind the
leading pair.
Colonel f. n. Lawrence started his fast chestnut
trotting mare Lottie, 2:294 in only one brush yes
terday. The rangy daughter OF Look has been
under the weather lately, We; she mustered up
speed enough to head that square gated little bay
mare Hazel 22l3.. and G. NJ Meyers Percy, 2:l7la.
in a sharp brush above the bridge. Charles Weand
in the morning After Melville c. BOynton's little
gray trotter Brunhde. 215is, had outlsted her
from High Bridge down to the pavemeiIr w eland
went home and came back with his fasv green
trotter Queen Wilkes. by Lexington wilkes Sc
figured prominently in four or five brushes beating
the fast bay PAGER Edward S. speedy sidewheeler