The sun., 1899-05-29
RIG DAY ON SPEEDWAY.
,ur CRiCk TRoTTER DLrTD n. WIS
moss or THE ROID.

uo,nc- R"d Lady Too Fast for Jack Miller
u,r and horses sought the shady side OF
c rcrth ayrnur on their way IN to Speedway
r,,, ,os,,r!ay. The sun heat down with mid
,,,,,,,,cr Gcrccncss and somc Of tho high
.oncl ,rot,crs that felt their oats and were full
=, ,r,rk. only iast week logged lazily along,
,,o;,i,r fora slap with tho reins or a ratio OF
,to ,rhir ckc' 10 set them going at speed.
,rh, sun,lay morning drive was big one in
sr,,, nf the beat. and tho popular stretch Of
.a,lway north NJ Washington Bridge was
a,ro.t oycrrrowlel with light harness turn
nr,s ms, before T. o'clock
Xcarlynl, Of the high-cass horses received
,hoir nutluE in the morning. as usual. Cob
rchs 90 whose owner. Nathan Straus. says
no bns never been beaten from a fair start by
any trottcr since tho Speedway was opened
,ur,rl up among the early arrivals. Daniel
npelrs crack PAGER Quadriga, 2:OS',, by Park
,uIa outfoOtrd the California trotter in brush
onc day last week. ani the word had been
,,sscl aN,und that tho battle would bo
rcpcwcd yesterday morning. But the pa
oor from tho stock Exchange did not put IN
an appearance Sraus logged his model road
Morse slowly W. and down the driveway two or
,br,e fines then turned him at the bend
and sont him flying toward the bridge at full
suNpl nil alone, Willlt tN'IbDbuy ulOnR inc
route looked with admiration on his easy. even
way of covering the ground at n 2:15 gait
soon afterwarl Cobwcbs was turned over to
his groom to be taken homo for the day.
With CobwchS out Of the way. his old rival
David b.. 2:O3'.. made pretty much every
thing take the dust The big gated chestnut
tro,,cr seemed to be in fine form. Jerome
Wherley held the rcins. while ]. W. Cornish
me owner Of the fast horse. Joined the crowd
on the river sidewalk to view tho sport. Up at
S Sd TnS5e baSd %Ss f os 1S seHs Srash esf e hs
hrIirp mnlp'y viii t,eorgc CoIcmans fast pscine
mare Kitty Van 2i3.i By the records the
otef haa S'ibr ,bron ,e sn",b OF n hu1 ne g1o
S%aS SScrr. Coleman let Kitty Van sail along
unic, taut reins. aard the, white,.faced
sSr'I s npeamntc 5 @ wagon Hummng & reS,r under the
nose Of payd T. until the. rival flyers were
within a,iuarter Of a mile Of Washington
trctter began to count, ana as Whelplcy calel
on him for AL he could Do. David, b. got his
nose up 70 Kittv's saddle. then to her throat
latch, and finally poked it out in front. beating
her IN splendid style after rousing uphill
contest: ~ ho,, ,,d trv t,o. oror oo,,n .o,,
the driver of KITTY Van. as the horses were
slowed down under tho big bridge and turned
rorthward again. Whepley was willing. and
ten minutes later the sidewalk watchers were
Here they come. The mares got him this
time.
as before. stuck to her wheel until within
quarter o. mile of the bridge. Then Whelp-
icy shook hin " swisheI the whip about his
10 the front again on the rising ground near
the end OF the route.
De Witt { Flanagan, the young Morristown
horseman who recently brought formidable
string of trotterS here for speedway driving.
was the next one who tackled David b. He sat
behind the hawkiSh big, bay trotting, geding
rgged out with a fur-trmmcd standing mar
tngaIr ana halter quarter, boots and knee
SS@ he held in sTs sd Sg 'ss4 snb 5n
boots extending from the hoofs to the
hooks Owner Cornish changed places with
50 that David b, NJ longer mad the advantage
Of a professional hand on the .reins, Cornish
drove his horse with skill and seeming con-
lyandori displayed fine burst of speed two or
three times ON the trip from the bend TO the
bridge 6n, broke rep'atedy. so that he vas
stuck to his gait all the way.
!, After two losing brushes with David b..
George Coleman started Kitty Van down the
laura aSd H Roses baet ed5es
,'ir Ed. 2:l4h. by Storm. 2:OSia, Laura W.
led the way from end to end and did it easily:
according TO appearances. But Rose and
coleman wanted 10 try 1t over again. and the
tilo @ OF speedy pacec. once more came rushing
ilhes o, Jogging horses near the curb. Low
headed easy going little Laura W. took both
Of the record horses into camp ns cleverly as
,siI2 msII2Fe; htty van bringing up the rear on
Ta&e. her home for to-day: she $ had too
much OF IT, called out an acquaintance as
way i struck most Of the observers Laura w.
VIII he remembered as ono of the PAGERS that
gave ga BUMPS 2:Q4',. a warm reception when
speedNay month ago. Just as she sailed
over the route the last time man on the side
walk pointed out a little old white PAGER
stacking up the road and said cxctedly to his
by Joye, There goes Shinele. She couldn' I
q% Gecn2a S2t + e htm I'll bet He used to have
,ra %rsSf Sn to have j. good, replied n J Leon,
nue. with Dutch Roller many time.
! don't know whore he got it, but he used TO
diha. nSve No record. all right returned the
changed hanls three or four times since he
came here He had it, though"
+, Although PAGERS are popularly supposed to
o. the side-.wheolers that essayed to measure
s,tlues with horses Of diagonal gait were
SGfaten Sf.ts Yesterday. Anton schwartzs stately
sSy, defeating the fast black PAGER Dick Vail.
.Iih and Thomas Lynch with his steady
g;@hs: ;,lE trim built, little brown trotting mare
Ia;r ,2g mare a ,Wnoa, 232, formerly owned by
the S"s tWo 1r Was ba nip ms ana or tuck ore 9e
put W. hMnola made a break, which cost
ng,nr nl tme eal at the OF the Hill under Wash
IiePhia road rider, and his honest lttie trotter
,5sS ,SK ra M'eE e3 2l!* did no. fare so well when
hclhg mare Red Lady. 2:l2,i. by Ked Wilkes
,bO,n IbaCn nyer pulled Two men In "a wagon. and
}ney stcpred it Of at lightning speed from the
nheni tc The bridge, tn" PAGER having two or
,,hIrce lengths the advantage as they reached
IN, crest Il the hill
Just before the morning drivers started
hhTTIIn.eward Lewis g. Tewksbury came over the
na. n,I rom the southward. letting the great pa.
reT r h"6ert ! 2;Vl .. step it Off with a loose
H. l ne horse looked TO be in fine fettlc as
!iT sped away toward Dyckman street under
MS M. san. turning his head first ono way and
wan wsp, "not9er ana rrcking up his ears as he
MhGrn,s bumps? I'm really for him now.
,hs bhLLhHhy searched the whole Speedway foI
;s ;ns Ihl'aGo horS" without finding him. Bill
ihgs having shipped his stable of flyers back &c
''' west more than week ago.