New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-20
HARNESS RACING.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE TRACK AND
ROAD.

ROAD.
Tho trailing horse lost two of his foremost
patrons last week in the death OF Colonei r.n
Kip of this city. and Major Henry Gay doD I,
| Of Lexington, Ky. As the president anu VI SAM"
,ha Srhurhan pid,ng and Driving Club and lead
ing exhibitor OF trotting road horses at inc 49,
| Horse Show, Colonel Kip was IN some iesp'. -.o
most prominent horseman of MS Gay III '.e a
poltan trotting fraternity. For more IMAM 'eI
his entries In the light harness classes at 'he an
-, IJ.a Sh,- u,ere virtually invincible, and MS
,urnouts In the "appointment' classes were SO pea
feet that they became the models TOT he'rIy a.,
! other exhibitors. The color and design oi o..
! Kip's road wagon and the trimmings anu "''"e
| and eoupment thereof were the fashioh 'hat was
| followed nearly everywhere. He set tne st'ie iV
| 10Th Owners and makers of vehicles OF this KIND
| The TYNE Of horse that he selected too. was lne
model for exhibitors who expected to be N ahe Lip
er FOR good manners beauty Of form and snowy
action in the trOtting road Eorse ms hoIseSd hfgb
quality and perhaps other essentials OF b 1de
real Speedway flyer but me. WeL re an s6nndance
| OF knee action
| One of the highest compliments ever PAID 10
| Colonel Kip's taste and skill in turning out an at
| trsctive road rig was the remark made to the
| writer by c. J. Hamln some years ago at the
| Horse show It was just after the veteran breeder
and turfman from Buffalo had seen one or MS
| handsome trotters from Village Farm defeated IN
|
| "I believe | own as many handsome trotters as
| any man in America" said he but 1 must con-
! fess that l can't turn out a road rig that equals
| those of Colonel Kip
| Year after year men like ex-Congressman CharIes
| NJ Reed of Erie and E. r. stotesbury. OF Phila-
| delphia ransacked the continent almost to find
| something good enough TO take the ribbon away
| from the New Yorker but they always failed ms
| year his famous prize winner Emoleta had the
| championship as good won when she was WIN
drawn and this was was W true as Ma Of in he ouB
team class. His first notable successes IN the siiom
years ago About five years ago ne 1rGugh p TH'
his best known pair Emoleta and Mampr aap nt
| fbey We're barred from competition by change IN
rules Last season ne entered snd carried off the
| championship usual. This year ne PurcnaSeu
two new teams with which to defend ms supT rem
acy the four mares being Music. Melody mar
| mony and Gambrella
| Although Colonel Kip owned many prize winning
| trotters and was the president OF the leading or
| eanization Of road riders in New-York' ne was
seldom seen on the road behind his equine beauties
and he never drove them in the show ring Inc
mares remained in the hands Of their trainer from
| one years end another, as rule, WINE their
gunner drove some of their UNDERSTANDS from his
fine private stable in Fortiethst. near the murray
HI HOTEL up 70 Wa asS Gp Heights He did not
| often visit the Speedway.
| Major Henry Clay Mcdowell was one OF the pest
known breeders of trotting horses In this country
for nearly a quarter Of century. AT Ashlahu' the
| old homestead of Henry Clay, on the outskirts OF
| ox,rgton he established a trotting stud early In
! the seventies and there bred Phalas 2lS& the
! chsmpon trotting stallion Of his day. King Rene
| a noted show horse and trotting sire; Eager 2I4l3;
Oratorio 2l3: Impetuous, 2I3; EXtacy. 2ll1t' ana
| many other fast ones. He bought Irinket ga
as a yearling and matched her against Maua 10 p;
| when the great daughter Of Harold was owned by
william H. vanderb In l So S Tnen ~, 6ha were
among the greatest troters on the turi MSsSr
Mcdowell astonished the horse world by ar ee
! for $500 The investment was looked upon as
the height Of folly but the e0Tss of dollars
| than Major Mcdowell paid for him.
Major Mcdowell was elected president Of the
| National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders
| when that organization formed about twenty
| two years ago. to supervise the compilation Oh
| "Wallaces Trottng Register When Wallace mace
his celebrated attack on the accepted peoisIee "a
| Pilot IT, and overturned it in the STUD oooK' MAJOR
| Mcdowell was one of the Kentucky breeders VINO
| withdrew from the National Association OF Trot-
ting Horse Breeders and started an opposition STUD
| hook at Chicago. The attempt to suppant Naiiace
was a failure but Major Mcdowell would meyer e
ssssed out Of the hands Of its founder He was one
Of the breeders who formed the comolnauodh M %
| NAMED an officer Of the new American Trottlng
Kegf or many Years the president Of the Kentucky
| Association of Trotting Horse Breeders whose 5
| annual trottng meetings at Lexington are 'he
| most important of the yearly campaign
| Nearly every New-York horseman OF prominence
who has visited KENTUCKY can testify to the lavish
| hand with which Major Mcdowell entertained at
| Ashland The present Duke of Marlborough and
| his father were among his guests rev years ago
The Road Drivers Association has recently taken
| ha str crossings Sew
| enth-ave north Of Central Park, where all down
town visitors to Speedway Park have been com
nelled to run the gauntlet of electric cars dashng
across the road at high speed Several narrow
escapes from serious accidents caused the road
riders to request the railroad authorities 10 stop all
cars before crossing the busy thoroughfare Presi-
The METROPOLITAN Street Railway Company will
sixteenth-st and that the Third Ave
nue. Railroad Company has taken similar action In
i afth-st '''' y '
Metropolitan road drivers will doubtless add many
new trotters and PAGERS to the long list Of Speed
| way flyers before the end of the present week
The big fall sales which annually follow the
National Horse Show will begin to-day. continuing
until Wednesday OF next week. Breeders turfmer
and road drivers from all over this country and
Europe are here TO hid the horses. At the
, American Horse Exchange w. D. Grand will sci
. to-day, tomorrow and Wednesday about -four
hundred harness and saddle horses from the stables
Of DR. W. Seward Webb John S. Bratton. NJ II
Tichenor and other we'll known breeders and deal
ers. At Madison Square Garden the Fasig-Tiptor
= Company will start in to sell nearly thousand
beds ana besVy aoss wn Rev Ra
seven trotters and twelve PAGERS having records
/ are Tommy Brltton. 2Os who this year reeled OF
S Elloree Posi-; Kentucky Union. 2:074: Louise Mac