New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-13
TROTTING.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE TRACK AND
ROAD.


, ,,rnDy DAY ON THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
,,oxnrpFtrt. FLIGHT OF SPEED BY BUMPS.
s,sedwav Park was one long stretch OF tnih
yeiIow mud Yesterday morning, ana the men "'''
drive ,rotters on the road missed their usual suu.
d,v outing The rain Saturday night h"u
done the mischief. and all the harrows ana p'uSn,s
ot tho command OF the Park Department cou'"
not make the driveway 1T for speeding. May
roadtes took a turn around the SIGNIFY po. 49,,
Iofavette and then put their horses under tn y,
sheds while they adjourned 10 the roadnousess 80 ~,
toll b,g stories about what they would nave , nom
t, dse ru Il was an uneventfu disappointing
day 10 the driving fraternity.
The wonderful speed shown by Bumps IVA on
SATURDAY afternoon was talked about YESTERDAY
wherever horsemen assembled. Timed by SEVERN
competent watch holders the great paoe,
Chicago covered a quarter OF mile III ,"e W.
precedented time of 2si4 seconds-a Ida gan.
was driven by his owner. {. X u b'ii'ns' -
drev the wagon to which he was hooked "nen II"
gained his champion record at LOUISVILLE aoou,
,rontb apo After this exhibition OF speed MI
billings drove his trottng mare Lucille VIVA a
ouarter to a wagon In 3OA seconds IhiS 10 ny
a second faster than the little mare was ao'o ~
show on Election Day. She has improVeu ~ g.
since her first appearance on the Speedway a"u tuo
n, IN fine form Everybody who saw me d ~v
Chicago flyers go their fast nt in in Shape to
segren emn eRae brush for tie lead and that Cob
webs 212 could not meet th ,s nnrobable that Mr..
pui,nes viii send his horses back 10 Chicaso "'N'
week.
notwithstanding the muddy condition OF 'he
driveway Yesterday, Charles Wehanu anu
ar,ck Gerken tried the merits OF then ~
Queen Wilkes and Santos, Z'Z'4' nv ,,,
was from High Bridge down to the naO 49,,
and back again. Each SIDE cia'''eu s..o, Inn no.
they reioined their friends at the Speeu""S e..
o,,arod from head TO foot with yellow muu' o"
,os &c the little black trotter whose iue"','s 10" -
ion, the driving fraternity guessing ever S',N
made his first appearance on 'he 'p''u 49,, 1ohr
Lei, ago Mr.. Gerken bought the horse from 'onn
Flannery OF oi ihat was bred and formerly owned
re She late A. H. Halves. OF this CITY
u Combs is driving on the Speedway 'he oIs
.o,,,ns qolding Wilbur, 2l2h, having re-
-, chased the horse from Jeremiah Murphy
,-,,hrr stand sixteen hands high. WIN suoa'"
end mower In proportion. and he can pun ""ey
down the road at clip which leaves hioS' y. N's
rivals IN the rear. He is a horse OF nhe inali''
M uou as great speed. John +. Bratton prousa,
sSe T be en6w here last spring exhibiting h an a5
The open air horse show at Mahn i for trotting
wlnhs Wilbur is nine years old He was raised
at Humboldt, Neb and was so got ps dam DAM was BY
George p Tucker. son OF the OLD sn tro,
horse Make Cobb S$ y ,S Mr columbus SEP Grand Cir
cult meeting last year The new Owner Me4ento by
bae cold his well known rOhu -
Woodnut 2:l6l., TO a New-forK ueaier
y uaml,n mas sold the we'll known trotter
po,tIe,on 2O9s.. TO a Memphis railroad man. VINO
"a going 10 drive him on the road. Ba''ieton 10
go ~ the fastest horses ever raised at Niiiage
Iarm He came out green last year, ana peat z'lo
e., tho first winning heat OF his career one week
later he gained record of 2osA In race po az
Fort Wayne 1t was the ihtcnV io sn attempt TO
beat the double team record this year eut the d
dd not take place ex AmercTs. 21lH out Of Ca
price prS by Hamlins AImont. jr
The noted Western trotter Little Edgar, 2:lOH.
bv Arcadian has been sold by +. d. Croker OF
Nenesta. Col. TO F. A. Campbell of Albany, to
no usea as a road horse He among the big
winners in the Western Circuit in 1897. and again
this wear having beaten some OF the best horses
in training The little brown geldlng Is known as
is rather shortbred At Terre Haute, two years
ago he one of the fastest ana haru r fo s
there Mr.. Campbell paid $3.50 for the morse a'-
cording 10 report
r. II Plant the Georgia railroad man, has just
purchased the crack four-year-od trotter Scion
Brandt 2132.. by Grattan, 2ls. out OF Katie Gold
dust by Zilcaad Colddust. The price paid was
.i50 The colt was bred In Missouri and came
out green this year, showing great promise OF
extreme speed in addition 10 gaining record OF
2:l3a. In one OF his first races His new owner
ne will be OF the stars OF the Grand circuit IN
1900
lack" Curry, the Western rensman. who
brought out Joe Patchen, 20lA and drove Alix to
her champion four-year-old record OF 2:O. has de-
cided to make New-York his headquarters next
wear and will train a stable OF trotters at the
new Empire City track. Curry Is now here. and
expects soon have Serpo 2:l0 and other trotters
In lis stable
Mrs w w. Shut. wife Of Superintendent Shut
OF Parkville Farm bought last year for $50 an UNI
trained two-year-old colt that now looks Ike one
of the star trotters OF The youngser
paced mile in 221 within a few months after
Mrs. Shut bought him. Last July he suddenly
shifted TO the trotting gait, and within five
weeks afterward Mr.. Shut drove him a mile IN
22) the last half in ! :0S and the last quarter a
POS gait. The young flyer is called Legal Thistle
and Is by the PAGER Thistle 2:l3h4 out OF the tro.
ding mare Lowland Girl Pisa, by Legal Tender. tr
One OF the best sales Of undeveloped young trot
tiers which has been reported since the panic OF
1898 took place at Galesburg. Ill, the other day
Aerton, 209A, sold to T. ). Eaton, of Peoria "A
bunch of five yearllngs for 5000 They not
even halter broken. and were sold on their breed
ing and looks. All were by Allerton. from well
bred dams.
FEW DEER WERE KILLED.