The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-10
FAST TEAMS ON SPEEDWAY.
yo1roy AND MOTION SURRENDER TO
pIy.L AND HONOR BRIGHT.

,..ur. Trotters In Fine Form and the
p.c.r, would Not Try to BEAT Them
,,n,dford G. Had to Take tho Dust
,,n,uoIe n Newcomer on the Road.
a., more than ono half the usual number OF
ridsrs enjoyed their Sunday morning
,,r nj Speedway Park yesterday. After the
~ rain OF the nigh. before horsemen not
,',riar with the remarkable dry!nR-out
n,ci,v of the soft earth road thought II
I'D be too muddy and wet for fast driving,
most Of them started homeward after Jog
a., ,h.ir t.otters through Central Park IN d
Seventh avenue. John Quinn met one we'll
ian enthusiast turning back and hailed
him with .
mon, 90 home tho Spesdwny's all right"
"nb p,haw. II can't be aftor all that rain last
,i,t,, Why. the mud will bs two inches
desp
"Con, CHI" rsturned Quinn. You don't
trov It az well as d., I'll tell you what I'll
do II, huy the wine II the dust isn't blowing
pp there before night"
Forly arrivals found the footing GOOD on the
,ortb end AMI AT noon J. f. Cockerill's splen-
di1 mar Of tro'ting mares. Rival and Honor
p,cht were throwing just in the eyes OF
Finer s'eyenss sorrsl PAGERS. Notion and Mo-
t,,n The meeting between these two double
,.,m. was expected to be tho feature OF the
,,r yesterday The short bodied. light waist
Al gnlck gated little PAGERS had been show.
inca lit Of sreed OF late. and Stevens on Sntur.
d,v et the owner Of Rival and Honor Bright
NV that they needed a. beating.
Brlch, and early yesterday morning Cock.
erW pat in IA appearance with the mares that
paya Cohwebs his hardest contest. They were
b,,kel to n full seat road wagon and Mrs.
Cocksri,I was beside him. The honest little
brown trpttsrs were rugged with black leather
ln.c ankle and quarter boots. so closely
ma ching tho color o. their legs that tho ap-
,,lanr.s were scarcely noticeable. The pacing
team turned up Just before noon. apparently
fl,l O, go and ready for a brush with anything
IN double harness. Lockers on knew that the
trial Of ,pccd vas at hand when Mrs Cockerill
WIS handed out OF tho wagon to join some
friends on the sidewalk ana tho tv 0 speedy
laus logged up to the bend in the road.
Iyrrybody- neck was craned to get a view Of
tie brush as the rival teams turned for tho
start. No sooner had they got under way than
the on horse Of Stevens's pair made break.
Which spoiled the contest at the outset Cock
.rU took Rival and Honor bright back in
llortsuanlIke stvln to give The other team an
other chance, but tho PAGER refused persistent
Is t. strike his gait. 40 tho trotters went on
a,one. bowling down the road at a furious
cir and convincing nearly everybody that the
lncsrS were not IN tnNlr class.
shortly aiterw ard the two pairs got toRethe
again W AT the bend. and again one OF the
r1cers ntpped the brush in the bud bv going
into tho air before 100 yards had been covered.
ms time Floyd Joness rack trotter Mood
ford C.. =. T. !. happened to 10 at hand to m Ike
It interesting for the steady going trotters. He
had fought 1t out to a draw with David b..
2.m', the Sunday before. and most Of the on:
lockers expected to see him force Rival and
Honor Bright to 20 their best cln II they beat
him. But the battle was over as soon as the
tran little mares put their heads down. Wood
ford c. WAS never in 1t. Rival and Honor
Of the wind drew right away and left him far
in the rear before Washington Bridge was
reached Stevens asked for one moro chance
with his parors. and the good sportsman who
sooner had the teams turned than the PAGERS
broke as before. COrkerll at once took his
mares back. waiting until the demorulized
side wheccrS were away ahead and on thoir
ttrle again. Then he set them a-Going at
II TIT. The moment their hoofbeats reached
the ears Of tho horses in frnnt OF them, up
vent the PAGERS again. Cockeril waited for
them all n" way down 70 the bridge without
being uU.e TO yet even little brush
That settles 1t. They're just smart enough
to know they've got no chance. and they won
Try wa the comment OF sidewalk critic who
The chestnut pacing geldinR Monopols.
. IS. va among tho newcomers en- the
s,ve.way yesterday. lie made his presence
mans Seth j. and cher fast ones In easy style.
The horse is uwned bv Stacy Smith. lie is a
Ig. shareIv chestnut Gliding nine yenrs old,
hy - iro,tlnG stallion Leicester. 2:17 !. out
bert Ito gained his record Of Jose last year
II Il race at pld Orchard. Ne. MonopOe goes
about a. high and straight az a trottcr and his
brushes Yesterday indica1ed that he IS tas:
sill WooInot. 2:ljI,. and the other star
PAGERS Of the Speedway.