The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-09
C0BWEBS HARD PRESSED.
,,yE CONTEST WITH CREEPINa FLOW
FRIT SPEEDWAY PARK.

r, chestnut Tretter Wins Again, but by n
narrow Margin - Haywood beats tho
I,,t Pnoor Jack - All Eyes On tho Vet
cram Masso and His Hopplsd PAGER.
The weather was raw and threatening at
sroedway Park yesterday yet the Sunday
n,ornirs roundup Of road horses proved to
IA about the largest Of the season. At noon.
when the throng had reached hlRh-Water
mark. It seemed a. II everything In town. from
,obyebs. 2:12. down to Peter Names battle
,,arrsd bay PAGER. had turned out to swell the
crowd on the popular speeding ground.
Cobwebs, hooked to brand new pneumatic
wagon weighing only sixty-dve pounds. and
soaring neat new knee boots. held In place by
n pair OF blue suspenders which Just matched
the driving coat OF his owner. Nathan Straus
,ooyed all over like Speedway champion as
h, came sailing down the centre OF the drive.
George willing. who judged the trotters at
Goshen on last Saturday. and who 10
going to tie the ribbons at the Ma
tinnal Horse Show next month thought
that Cobwebs was pretty near the ideal road
horse. Yet the Philadelphia expert and every
lody else who watched the speed parade had
70 admit that Peter Nance and his PAGER were
tro most conspicuous figures on the road. The
veteran horse-traiuer. who drove American
t,irl for old Bill Lowell back In the early seven
Lich. wheel cart which looked as though 1t
,ri,ht have been LEFT over from tho outfit OF
,,n ,amous old spawned mare that dropped
l.,d on the track at Emira In 1875. Tho horse
wa rugged out with a pair OF hopples hold In
,r,ce by bucSskin straps fore and aft. and in
,r. OF cushion for his cart Peter had bed
,,ui, OF yaregated colors folded away under
his coat tails The old-tlmer got a warm recep-
,,,n "a he logged his secondhand PAGER up the
inld.
.Hbot old horse Is that. Peter" asked a man
VITO stood on the curtstono not far north OF
Washington Bridge.
pud astons hment on his face such as horse
~ hav" not seen there since Nance made
LIS last appearance before the Board OF he
Why. this is little green colt, He don't
know the way around a race track was the
You don't either do you. Peter?" rejoined
thr man on the sidewalk,
Not long ,afterward his cart was heard to
man and his little green colt, came tearing
r,y and tuck between them and Peter raised
MS 9rms. M oyer his head in regular TS John
so, dfEe io5 aR IKE tSsr home, n on the s
rocky cNG above the speedway raised their
hats to watch ths show "a Pete and his PAGER
He'd 20 clear over the top OF Washington
l,r ~" Il that Cd racer happened to make a
trcak' remarked bystander who was enjoy
ia i then the brush became too hot for the
h'gllrd PAGER. and he went into the air with a
W.T.! ;"r1mlil4g break which made everybody
odd his breath.
"lnrrr he goes" shouted an excited on
Loser rrLhe 9ld mani! never come down
n" s'u"k 70 his perch ON the cart and yanked
It- "rIe green colt on one rein until he got
l. j pur'rd, but that did not stop Nance.
Go ON, he called out TO The driver OF Queen
.Ss rood a! pT w Sr M. b "4 Sos
Jr-' before the roalite- started homo for
'"' Wrls. PIP. and Creeping Flower. 2:22ts.
' ere the contsn ling trotters. Although the
M ,h .h GedpT lie is h.n ten neeonds
" i'-r"ncc in the actual speed of the horses.
4uhrr ono Of them can strike 200 gait. or
!S, The iir,e bav LAUGHTER 81 1f Piedm 90
a. hli hSkg0o Hays and her hnd ones:
ir" s again "a" he new" Viii do Ho Mt 's" ess
ing as kindly a, any horse on The Speed
-" was putting on company manners yes
,av ana the way she made Cobwebs hump
q h,.k an stretch his meek was sight to
be-. lr. H. y. u II Gruva hcr tO n road cart
Z wing wlrc wheels with cushion tirrs The
nc weighed 'n'rt; re' hars than the four
"'ren"t in thC wagons rather favored than
laoIirarp"d the ,"h" smut horse probably,
Turning toGYther, ~" two ,slr intcrs came
III thr eycs "f everybody present centred
- 'h"r brush. just below the bend in
.r DSa! aCrr'nnx fo El"Tgr made hrcas.
h T, ,wait for his opponent. Whcn DR..
an m"'onric bGrs' % srrcI l"ok !ng Tor a
mFG' ,n%ngh h sh. were Et"nE rEh, pat
r G"" t. his hest "n ieforeE she c6 mTIWe 1
'i - h"Hn;i'n' brush "nSurd They were
"ld, arr, ~ they shot past the cnd Of the
, 'I'Mh!. a quarter 81 Mo from the bridge.
'u' '"n Ing 10 N" hridre. Strnus lifted his
,urN"r GoIwels mud swishnd it hack and
was +" as' call
1'n hnrd.'ryiME chestnut Rcding quickencd
:. and IN SPIT. 81 all Tho quick gated little
rare roult do; Re drew nwnv. winning by
w length. Wien ;hr brush was over
'r'"hy was sorry mat no ono had held a
'drnni III" horses IRON thr quarter post to
-" h E.,E i j. a gG,'rwcrthy crcnmstsuco
" At" senator Stnn'orvi's Patio Alto stud In
G. f"rnja CrecrinG Flower j. an eight-year-
@rI to %,nznn "p the Of b"ws riSn
8 nr-r.nr-od trotter OF la,,i.
Nu'her fine brush was seen when DR. Gills
:, y! R.nrrnrk's srcciy trotter Ringwoof.
:. ~. Trainer Isaac Fleming drove. the lat.
p h sn"n%r T 14 ali co 5nSk h "s
-" 'T""dway ever since last spring. and has
g. rs many b:nshes. probably. az any other
J. g." ~ town. Kngwoo1's owner has repeat
- v"r"rc1 10 start him ngainst any tro.ter on
' - road. 'ohwehs not buried. When the little
llnWn trott"r, and the big bay PAGER came to-
r"'l tr Yesterday it was in a brush for blood.
"m,ngnevrr drove with greater energy and
6rHijL h" lnSt fairly picked the little brown
,.",s" Wy and threw him toward the bridge
N"' more than neck separated the horses
~, fhey had passed the point ~ rocks. Jack
go his nose II front at irst. hut Kingwood's
:, on r"n,hced It; and then It was first one and
'"n tho o,,her a the way to the
~. y the hin. Going up the rise to the
'"E Er,hG" Fleming got another rally out
a. the hiush, little trotter, who sud
,enly forged TO the front and won by
n'a 11nsn length or. more. Baunrock the
ghN'"d his horse to go against CohwebS
o'Ins. however, declined to turn his trotter
W IN h,9GTood so long as the latter had pro-
."SrHnal driver behind him. and the brush
when everybody wanted TO see did not m nteri-
'|H IL dsfent OF Jack shows that Kingwood
NV he road. Roadites generally endorse
rf,tu' N refusing to drive against a skilled
profess 'ona reinsman like Fleming.