The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-21
PAGE ON THE SPEEDWAY.
FAST ORlE8E COUNTY TR0TTER
BEATS CUPRUM DOWN THE ROAD

Honor Bright Too Much for tho Raosrs-
SILK Woodruff Sold to n Hartford Horse
man-Hiannis Comes over from HobokeD
Metropolitan admirers Of the light harvest
morse have learned that Sunday morning ID
the right time TO see the best OF the Speedway
stsppers in action. and there 10 nowadays a
throng of spectators on both sdey nlks above
Washington Bridge during the morning hours.
tspite Of the hot sticky weather yesterday
forming the popular speeding ground was
icowded with horses and vehicles while thou
aDds Of pedestrians watched tho sport from
10 sidewalks. Superintendent John Quinn
Kept his seven big sprlnklinR wagons
going from carly morning until the speedway
became too thiokly crowded for them to oper-
ate. but Notwithstanding tho fact that some
thing like 5000 gallons OF water were spread
over the UPPER section. the roadway there grew
qrite dusty before noon under the constant
hoof-beats OF the horses.
The event OF the morning was tho appear
snce Of the noted bay trotter Page. 2:O9x. by
Toonus. formerly owned by Charles Tilford.
ard now the property OF b. Goodwin. Page
will be remembered as the gelding that came
out Of an Orange county farmyard perfectly
green. In January. 1895 and trotted into the
l:1o list In q race at Portland In July OF that
rear. He did not campaign successfully In
1897 or '9S. so he was retired from the turf
hnu utJeu IOr inc rOdu Dy MS Ola tralneT Isaac
leming, Page turned up yesterday Just
~ time to run foul OF the good four-year-ol
irotter Cuprum. 2:121t. driven by Nathan
-.raus. Both horses were hooked to pneu-
alto wagons OF the lightest type. Page had
professional driver behind him. but other
Use they were on an even footing
One Of the finest spectacles OF the summer
pok place when they turned together up near
the bend and came sailing down the middle Of
the road in rousing brush for the lead. Each
horse moved as true and steady as clock work.
without break. or hitch. or q waver. and
they were going at a clip that Cobwebs himself
would have found it hard to beat Cuprum
had been soen and admired before last week.
hut Pages speed. action and manners gave the
Doctators something new to talk about
AS the two crack trotters sped away
10 the soutlAard Page gradually forged
20 the front smd at last got got, a and held 2
ead 81 two dc IL BEt I'M had
that CupruH,'s record is three seconds slower
than his rivals. and that Page had a,profes.
the honors about evenly divided. Nathan
Straus was SO eated over the performance, OF
friends down to the Speedway Inn. between the
SFdSes pnsd wine for The party Trainer
Speedway work. said to a reporter Of The sun
hst he dFHEe the prd dig
in o:3OK over the, Speedway one morning
It week; ro Bei ore his bout Win Page. GSp:
,edway, flyers, George A. Colemqn's bay
T SspSS TGny b 23i nd The Anal little
,nch, faster horse than is indicated By his
Iu.rter OF mile or more at the start. When
W -um closed on him. he went to a break.
LAR Lily proved to be- an easy yu mark for Gnp
- IL, after Tony, dropped back to the rear.
Of FIX srSen9 Il.
way, was the next thing Cuprum encountered.
long close c9Ptest WHICH s. called forth tbs
the PAGER to a break near the bridge. beating
her In handsome style.
psSSTrs o. STpTuno n a. brush Ti,h
Into he a Fen enShs or So ahead
the eontending pair was Glsnmere Boy. 2:i4h,
sxosa " the sap sa9sd Fsss
displayed sPlendId burst q speed when he
1T sail for his old neighbor from Orange
county in this brush. trotting with the finest
stroke imaginable and going alta 2;10 gait or
John. 2;;isI; After. beating them handily in
j; y: SSesksrIRlls speedy little doqble:tsam
Sn3 he
square -Raited daughter Of Antonio made some
Of the best OF them s'qnd AROUND when she was
mare. Nst!le Jefferson. 2i6S. and the big as sor-
r! Pdpser King pop ths horse that goes like
speetators. Honor, Bright outtooted them in, a
he fact that she pulled wagon. while both Of
the PAGERS We're hook ed to pneumatic carts,
10 the s5sS as tbr6DS sdd
~. mare SIh Wits feet o and faf face. sNS She
m hapR in fpnn han
sone fns G Snd has iuG good way DEAL Ths u
lss ,ootn ton She vas raised out IN
some fine races at Denver and other far
Western meetings in 1897 Huber started her
title Barefoot and beat The busy iittG sPe ede
"ay stepper quite easily. One, Of Honor
% the bridge, where she had for antagon lists
vh bunch Of half dEzen pagers aee9rs With Jubilee
and the Mrssh TEye;
came down the road closely punched in cloud
Of dust which almost obscured them. Cockeril
middle OF the road at lip which left them all
behind her. Brooks and Almond had a red:
the black Ambassador PAGER, drawing whip
that looked to be ten feet longlto encourage his
apparently, for he did not respond. and both
Jubilee Wilkes and Brooks beat him up the hill
"A, Ammopd pulled a high-wheeled wagon in
IS d 1sA Of Snm bay 3
l.ucre pulled a pneumatic wagon. He failed to
head Almond until the latter got the whip
and resenting it by settling back in the hreech-
ing. 2 beaten horse. Jubilee Wilkes redeemed
his first defeat by outfootine the Hoboken
g p Hyannis. 2:l1A. driven by Louis Kuhle;
very fast and looked like a possible winner
until he left his stride. Hyannis was unsteady
IN nearly all OF his brushes. another break at
The critical moment almost costing him
f ssssoSt e'o eyrv in bout wh wt tte
the Patron horse fell behind. Clarke waited
for him with the mare. But no waited
too long, for Hyannis caught and came on fast.
beating little Barefoot before Clarke could get
her up to top speed again. In brush with
Tony. Hyapnis moved the length OF the upper
first At the finish
]. W. Cornish's new road horse Cardenas.
2:29A, scored clever win In a close brush
Nth tho white mare Star Lily. Later on. he
Jolly Bachelor. and the two trotters put up
spirited brush Twice the Mapes horse left his
stride but he caught quickly and came on fast
sr Tia, shan syer In the distance he seemed TO be
The bridge Arthur Kerkers STEADY: going
sheSlnut pacer Atateka twice outfooted
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