New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-15
WITH THE TROTTERS.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE TRACK
AND ROAD.
FINE HORSES THRoNG THE sPEEDwAY-EX-
MAYOR GRANTS sKILTTI. DRIVING OF c
X C. BII.ILNGs's TRoTTING TEAM
FAST WORK DONE BY E. II

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X C. BILILNGs's TRoTTING TEAM
FAST WORK DONE BY E
HARRIMAN's HORSES.
Visitors 10 Speedway Park yesterday morning
large and notable gathering OF horses and
roedsters on the popular speeding ground north OF
Washington Bridge. The road smooth and
firm a well-keDt trotting track. and there were
many fine displays Of speed by trotters and PAGERS.
larxe number Of drivers seemed be content
however TO let their flyers walk jog along at a
slow pace close to the curbline. while they watched
those going at speed in the middle OF the road.
Although the rules OF the Park Department permit
speeding In eithe direction there a sort OF I'M
written rule among the driving fraternity that fast
work is to be done only when the horses headed
southwark and with few exceptions the brushes
began yesterday at the bend IN tho road
Dyckman-st. and ended at Washington Bridge.
c. X. c. Billings. the Chicago who recently
brought his stable Of read horses here to enjoy the
sport at Speedway Park. again swept the road with
his famous PAGER. Bumps. 2;04l4 Horsemen who
have the Of Baron Wilkes outfoot every
thing he has met here since he first started.
week ago, say It is doubtful whether Star Pointer
or any other PAGER in the world is his equal for a
brush Of half mile on the road. f. II. Harriman's
handsome stallion, John r. Gentry 2:O0i2 would
probably be DANGEROUS competitor. however. as
that requires no boots or rigging and that can get
away FAST and pull wagon at 200 gait
Speedway in 2ss. seconds :57l1 gat-one day last
week wnen taking his morning exercise hooked to
were willing to measure strides with the Chicago
horse yesterday. six Woodruff 2:l5l4 one OF the
the Westerner warm reception but he began
and Hs owner accordngy Prefaned
from starting him UP at speed. Dr. John W
s by Nervo Rs ed ai the 2gPf Of M
crack PAGER in brush from the bend TO the
Westerner But while DR.. Moore was urging his
trotter to the limit Of his speed. Mr. Billings held
the reins over Bumps with two fingers OF one
hand letting him sail along fast enough to keep
his head In front without disclosing his best speed
Ex-Mayor Hugh ]. Grant was conspicuous in the
speed parade, driving his big. shapely. snowy.
brown horse Bourbon King. by Bourbon Wilkes
At the invitation OF Mr. Billings Mr. Grant took
the reins behind the Chicago mans fast trotting
team, Artsal. 2:2Ol.. and Emma S. jogging the
handsome bay mares up and down the road once or
twice. and then turning them al the bend for a
brush 10 the bridge. The former Mayor showed
himself to be expert reinsman. for he brought
them down the middle OF the road at a clip which
few teams have equalled the Speedway. Mr.
Grant rallied them until they were going at a 2:2O
gait or taste. Then Mr.. Billings got into the road
wagon with Mr.. Grant to try his hand with the
mares. Again they came rushing down the middle
Of the road. making the wheels OF the pneumatic
wagon hum. but It was the opinion Of many on
speed 20 the driving OF the New-York horseman
than TO that of their Chicago owner. Arigal. the
faster Of the two fine pole mares. was purchased
by Mr. Billings about week ago from George H.
Huber. Of this city. She is daughter or Aristotle
famous old New-York pole horse Ethan Allen
PISA. Mr. Huber recently sold 10 Thomas 5. Bass
ford Of Brooklyn the well-known Speedway team
Araccas and Marry NJ. 2:2s, by Aristotle, the sire
matched pair that are descendants Of the same sire
Several trotters that have figured prominently in
the Speedway are meet in the show ring at
Manhattan Field this week. ". NJ V Hofman's
handsome little bay mare Helen X. 2I3%.. by
Patron will exhibited in single harness in near
ly all OF the roadster classes al the outdoor horse
show and with her mate. May X. 224L4 by Sir
WAIKIKI will try for the blue ribbon IN the class
for trotting teams Nathan Straus has entered
his we-known pair banana, 2:224 and Maud V.
2:2ea by Nutmeg in this class. These trotters will
be remembered as the leaders OF the four-in-hand
team that James stnson drove a mile in 2:30 at
Washington Park. Chicago, few years ago on
the same day they trotted 10 record OF PISA 10
pole. The remarkable docility OF the two hand
some and fast chestnut trotters proved when
they were sold at Madison Square Garden last
year Mr.. Stinson. who is seventy-hve years old.
drove them the miniature track to exhibit their
speed. and in doing sent them round the sharp
turns in the Garden so fast that his road wagon
and running away. az everybody expected them TO
do in the excitement, the fast trotters stopped as
II shot and stood still in their tracks until their
aged driver was picked up and his wagon righted
again. Mr.. Sraus saw the mishap, and II was
horses that caused him to buy them Some Of the
other Speedway trotters that will try for the rib
horse Harry Onward. by Onward; George A. Cole
mans bay mare Critic R.. 2:23i4 by Norval. and
Frederick Gerkens chestnut horse Golden star
21sa% by Some Day.
The trotters and PAGERS that ". J. Andrews IS
training for Z. II. Hartman were shipped last
week from the covered track Buffalo 70 the
Crosse Pointe at Detroit. where they Will
open the campaign next July There ten trot-
ters and one PAGER in the string. John r. Gentry
2:OO14 the former champion Of ''pacerdom" turned
the Detroit track in 2l5 last Friday in his work
Those who saw the horse when he set the pacing
record al 20O1a Of the opinion that he IS more
than himself this spring. Trainer Andrews IS quiet
but It is no that he expects confidently 10
drive the Hartman stallion mile below 200 IN
1899. Elsie s. 2l5a4 the fastest young trotter yet
mile IN 2:H over the Je%ettViHe haIf-TIie rack
before going 70 Detroit She IS entered IN the 2l6
class at Detroit and other Grand Circuit meetings
Lillian 2:pl4, the black mare by Helr-at-L@tW
that Mr. Hartman purchased last winter. has
beaten her record IN her Work THIS spring ana Is
booked for a record well down toward 2:lO BY a
singular this mare appears az PAGER In the
official record book of harness racing. She is a
trotter. however and has never started in pacing
race one Of the promising youngsters in the
Hartman string is the three year-old troter Phew
by Athel the brother 10 Aron. 2:J1%., out OF Sur
and she promises some day to make "a record
worthy Of the exclamation denoted by her name.
tbat defeated = c Save's 81 900 trotter HANDSPRING
is so promising that Mr.. Hartman has decided 10
give her another years growth before starting her
ments Trainer Andrews thinks she has the max
ing OF record-breaker. Helen Grace is one OF
ing young trotters at auction. Thomas Bradley. Of
Goshen. bought the hly al Madison Square Garden
0r go IA n hdd more mean @gG oePTe 9er
fused several tempting offers for her this spring,