New-York tribune., 1899-12-11
THE SPEEDWAY.
FAST BRUSHES BETWEEN RIVAL ROAD
TEAMS
SWIFT AND HONOR BRIGHT DIVIDE THE HoNoRs
WITH SIR ED AND ISLAND BELLE-Ex-

SWIFT AND HONOR BRIGHT DIVIDE THE HoNoRs
WITH SIR Er.p AND ISLAND BELLE-Ex-
crTEMDNr CAUSED BY RUNAWAY
Leaden skies and cold raw winter air made the
morning rather uncomfortable for three thousand
or four thousand spectators at Speedway Park yes
terday but the horses kept the soft earth road MS
warm as II II midsummer. There was an
other great throng the sidewalks and on the
driveway each succeeding Sunday showing increas-
ing interest in the brushes Of the trotters as the
driving season OF 1899 draws to close. Some or
the brushes. too among the best ever seen
on the popular speeding ground OF the trotters
The popularity Of the Speedway and the spirited
scenes always witnessed there Of n Sunday morn
ing brought the moving picture man and his COM
pick machinery up the road yesterday to make
series OF photographs Of the horses In motion
The camera was stationed down near the south
end. and the noted flyers appeared their drivers
requested to jog them UP to High Bridge and
come back at top speed.
While this picture taking process was going on
at the south end most OF the flyers remained there.
and the stretch north of Washington Bridge looked
almost deserted. Nathan Straus was there with his
crack trotter Alves, 2O9lz, that at one time or
another has beaten about every fast horse on the
Speedway. barring his stable companion. Cobwebs.
212 j. w. Cornish. mufiled up in sealskin coat,
cap and gloves, drove his great trotter David T..
2O9,.. Melville c. Boynton had his equine pet the
caused much excitement on the driveway week
ago; George A. Coleman. driving Slrock. 214h;
Alexander Newburger with Smax, 2:2lh; {. {.
Lloyd with Richard B., 22lA Jack Curry with
Richard Crokers fast three-y year-old trotter Elec-
trio wilkes: Or. II. d. Gill with Royal Rene.
and Mrs. Gill with the J. A. Baurock Cup
winner Jack 2i2l5; Charles Weiland with
owen Wilkes; Bernard Zahn with Oscar. 22O%, w.
r Rose with the pacing team Sir Eld 2I4}4. and
Island Belle 2:245 and several others helped to
make the Speedway picture. They didn't exactly
sit for their portraits, but came down one by one
in a long procession. head on. and then in bunch.
every one moving at top speed With the pictur-
esque hillside and the famous bridges for
background the view n fine one. Alves led the
way from start to finish in the first brush with
Oscar Brunhilde Jack. Smilax and Richard b.
closely following the gallant son OF Allerton. AT
the next trial Alves was missing, and Brunhilde
came tearing down the gentle decline from the
bridge at runaway speed putting In her best Hicks
with the precision of a trotting machine. Behind
the little gray mare was cloud Of dust, and IN II
were David b.. Smiax, Oscar. Electric Wilkes and
a dozen others some of them hOundering about in
tangled break and the rest stepping it off at top
speed I'm an effort to be first past the camera
All that was wanted to complete the picture was
a road horse running away. and before the OPP
orator could get his camera out OF the way one
came along from the direction OF High briuse IL
was black horse with white stripe on ms race
and he running at cHp "HiOh i'i -
high wheel wagon behind him lurch ana SdleSt eSn
I'm exciting style. The horse was SAID 10 De 5e, ue
we'll known troter Christmas, by Santa Claus,
217i1 He had Just taken part In DruSn at tte
north end breaking into galiop near the I,Sg ,s
wrists gave out and when the man in the wagon
tried to pull him back to his stride ne was uhano @
to do son so In twrEnS b man fhe in 'S the wagon had
nresence Of mind enough TO keep him gong
rtraight and he ran clear 10 the pavement s mls
or more, where one OF the mounted men stopped ppd
him on the hill c. NJ Meyer and the DseK ad adcgn IN
brown trotter Percy, 2:l119 by sidney, nsureG rb ~
another exciting incident shortly atterWarl
breechIng OF the harness somehow got out OF pace
IN q way that excited the horse. and ne started
TO run The more his driver took him oack the
more the brceching bothered him, and ne oegali
driver Again the mounted police turned up IN
the nick OF time and stopped him.
Tho hest feature Of tho mornings sport, after
tho horses and spectators had moved to tho speed
ing ground north OF Washington Bridge was
serles Of brushes between w r. Roses cross
| matched pacing team Sir ED, 21As. ana lsian"
Belle 224X and ]. f. Cockerilrs bay uotters'
swift 2:1sl. and Honor Bright 22sla. Four times
the rival pole teams measured strides, ana every
brush was better than the best ever seen between
double teams at Speedway Park. They first came
| together at Washington Bridge. when both pairs
| were headed northward toward Dyckman-st The
PAGERS got under way quickly than the trot-
| ters and had their heads in front they sped
down the slight decline from the bridge and away
toward the end Of the drive. Mr. Cockeriil appar-
| emily feared that Swift would break, for he drove
the spirited trotter rather cautiously in this open
ing tilt with the PAGERS Sir Ed and Island Belle
held their lead TO the bend. where the brush ended
This contest was only the beginning few min
| utes after the teams went up they came back over