The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-22
COST OF SPEEDWAY SPORT.
tIGBr H4EAE>h 7URNOUTS THAT CAN
nr MOL CIT EROM 5000 10 $4,000.

FAST for the $4,000 Flyer R"Dsrt ~.
The impression entertained by many persons
i,st wear that the new Harlem River Speedway
could br utilized by only few wealthy mcn has
loon ptctty well exploded during the fifteen months
,,nrc the driveway was thrown open. Visitors
, the rouular speeding ground see all classes Of
,o,.cs and horscmcn there. The time was only
few years ago. when harness horse Of go
.reed cos, q small fortune, putting the ownership
n, flyer beyond the reach If tho man Of mod
,,,e means, Robert Bonner, Frank work, VIII
Am II Vanderbilt, John u. Rockefeller and other
u,oosircs almost monopo2cd the crack road
horses In those days. for II cost SlOOn or more to
h,,v one that could hold his own with the trotters
,h,, were met on Seventh avenue every afternoon
vtb,t tine there were few having records Of 2:20
, hotter Sow that the number Of such horses
h.s crown To something like 1000. besides as
,,rv more PAGERS of equal speed. anybody who
.,r Al I'd to keep ii horse for pleasure driving
afford u hccpd fast one.
\,,rIv 900 troters ana PAGERS are added to
,b. . % list every year. and il is n remarkable
animal that does no, find himself ou,classed after
M. or two erasons on the turf In the days of
tho big boom in breeding rioters these outclassed
ha,sse found ready sale at long prices for stud
,r,noses BLt things have changed since the
electric street car aud the bicycle cut into the de-
,r,,d for inferior stock Of the horse kind. Only
,bs host are wanted for breeding now, and they do
,c, command the prices Ut old, when uDtried sires
were selling as high rs $4,000, brood mares for
$4,000 and ycarling colts for SlOoOO apiece.
Hundreds II uuIctSscd campaigners are sold in
New York ever" year at puh''' ana private sale
some If them go back To the turf under new names
m ,yerp the 500 races at the county fairs or To
l,c,mu,irncd in the barkwoods circuits. but the
t.y.4i Itptr of
the rt,win- army %! road riders
The shrrwd buyer and the lucky one sometimes
nrl; no rare good road horses for very little money
among these second hand campaigncrs. On the
Speedway different qualities are required from
those which e. 10 make a winner in the Grand
circuit 80 it frequently happens that horse is
retired from the tuif with a reputation away below
mn aud sold for a song only 10 turn out first
rlsss road horse Stamina counts for everything
on the race track and for nothing on the Speed
Uav Indeed, it is common saying among
horsemen that a soft horse is usually the best
one for the road The nashy trotter that earns
the contempt If racing men by dashing off in
the lead and then doubling up until he Ia almost
distanced a, the end Of the mic may he hailed
asa champion at Speedway, after having failed
on the turf There he has 10 go only half mile
10 win his brushes and there are no rules to keep
needs that lcngth Of time Then again. tho trotter
ur PAGER that cannot earn his oats on a racetack,
where feathcrweight sulkics and all manner Of
boots and rigging are in vogue, may be at the
top Of the heap when 1t comes to pulling road
wagon the Speedway. stripped Of all artificial
Appliances
Creeping Flower, 222'. handsome little
hay mare by Piedmont. that never Won a race
according 10 the record books, although she was
canlpaigncd three or four years, is known as enc
Of the fastest uottcrs on the Speedway. She has
beaten many II star Of the Grand Circuit in brush
from Dyckman street down To Washington Bridge,
and has made ii SO warm for Cobwebs, 2:l2 the
acknowledged boss Of the road that Nathan
Straus had to draw his whip and drive the big
chestnut horse harder Than ever before TO hold
the lead by neck This little bay mare was
soil about year ago for SG35 at public sale and
iief"hrd changed hands Tor less than $500. il
is said
Ile chestnut pacing gelding Silk Woodruff
2l0'l !, anu her example Of the ou,classed cam
nl;n'r that turned out to be a Speedway star
i,hu-Se rae ID - two or tlrcc years with ra he
pr recess, vi ming only lhrte or four events
"i'1 . w,tpli up J. anc!l,n ne hes! bli !hG
loin2n bought III horse to i've on lie roa,
aud when h Sp, dEay thawed out last sprin,
!, was t,on that few if any PAGERS in Town coulo
fohel h fast horse pIrdriga, 2:OS'. and it wa
sil hat on on orcasi N he tool. the shine of
the for T cha nj m, Rob r, j. The latter /,
M KIN u Of the host # 'urf stars that are moi
sen Mt Il If hes' in lie Tough and-rcadv battles
81 H. ,'rd Z 'br Is aS r"nt!e aS HI ten and
work 10 in vi 'c'na am nE all the PAGERS in The
- Ii,t 81 h hi record 81 20i'. it would be
3S F h So9 pa Spddd 3Es
klt the Il -" f"ii is one uf the nnr spun sort
nat must h. bal need nm rugged right @ d. his
best All he r'quireS M highest order # 81 Ill On
Me NJ n IN driver be.idc Several horses
"a given the dust TO him since hc made his
lpo'lr2nce on h road. one Of them was u
green pace having no record faster than 800.
A1l'h'' was tn brown horse jubilee Wilkes
9:n,: a en- no,irnar that was sold Tor $3.50 at
Nrru1n only a few months ago. This horse has
'u-n"l out Ia be one oi the fastest flyers on the
speedway, m for those who fancy PAGERS he Is
almost model road horse, being level beaded
nnl'E 10 - awnT at top speed, and very fast 10
wfT'n controversy having arisen us to the
AVIS Of n, $50 nncgr not long nF", his owner.
'Nre IN H. EMrirc City track agniTs, any troitSr
o. prc,- driven on the Speedway, Robert j alone
Dri"g hard There were no takers. Wcilnnd =
lH-n ut cost him only n trtr Over $500 as h,
nIn,n' NJ, t,'i wagon in parts and put ii To-
pi jo,}a F .Cookcrls l,tle brown t'gttng mare,
hE1lSht only $40 when she was retired from the
tuIi ana S I'D at auction aboLta rearagO Hooked
w., HJlr Bright 2@S, another bargain Of the
al tlol rn- lie was almost lnvinclblc on the
op.'LSnT. tn" tSn daughters Of Antonio medr
o. 1t I le had contests for Cobwehs that tn"
81; II for SIT dr with the Speed av chamr ION
lac way ir'm the bend to the bridge Nathnn
,Eirau' and other competent j dyes expressed
w "2M. - afr the brush TINT the Cocker II
'can M beat an pair Of trott'rs IN the word
yt IN staten Of road 1t was believed that
me- Nr'l"h ~ 2 10 gait or better near the fin.
Sh I tnI; tilt with Cobwchs Besides being
hti a. tn lttlc brown mares arc rare good
90, Il ,HSlc harness
Jim \ Bla IrocG who recently offered to
mat Nln;w ID era. against any trottcr
~ tIe S2cnlw05 FIR u race at the Empire City
va q. picked ~ this wonderful little SrT'nter al
~, nus, sal last N,ntcr for som thing less tina n
~ i hllENNJd could trpt four 1uartrrs as
I'd a - t 1t one q Iar1cr, the record Of AliX
YOU IN d1ngcr for the brown horse has been
ne, cart + a nile at the rate 81 So II there
- t''iF a. pa uhr on the Speedway that can
TIl5A tn way from one quarter post to another
TT speed
,hl = ad t. who is content to drive hard
rtu 4" ~ nHHI"Tei horse, or one TINT is on
~, INT y h-"i .'Hg down can cratrtv his amhI
HH own lrpttrr ~ PAGER witt a record down
n.lliI 40 ipE very lttlc money. But the
Hpl"l r1H use " ia fast record and the Ility
,clJH tSrl CoStSa round sum. More than ono
,'. 'INrr IS Locking for gentle sound young
'l"t II good looks and pure acton that can null
sra wage 1wu the Speedway fast enough tc
"a' 0Nrl-, and the man who could hrlnr him
W,t '"U have no t-puhln To- get 5000 or $40
w TSurh horse. {. II c. BiNrgs. Of Cnrcaro
.nH - 700 Tor onr with winch he hopes To do The
N'N-. han dozen " more trOttrrS have bCpr