New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-08
ON THE SPEEDWAY.
SPRING DRIVING SEASON NOW AT ITS
BEST

| SPLENDID ARRAY OF NOTED TRorTERs AND
PAGERS TO BE SEEN ON NEw-YoRK's oRDAr
pRIvEwAY-BuMPs SWEPT THE SPEED
WAY YEsTERDAY-MANY FAST
TEAMS on THE ROAD.
The spring driving season Is now at its pest ana
those who admire the seek-coated' s"il'-'hoNihs
rotting horse in action find much 10 interest thei
| every pleasant afternoon at Speedway PARK Hun
dreds OF trotters and PAGERS Of note have been
added 10 the list OF metropolitan road horses since
the Speedway was opened. and the array OF FAST
ones IL ten times greater than In the palmy
DAYS when the ngdale Road Harlem Lane.
| seventh-ave. and the Vanderbilt mile were thronged
with speedy steppers. Scarcely day passes with
out bringing into prominence some newcomer In
the first flight Of Speedway horses. The number
OF good ones has grown so great this spring that
men who drive the road every afternoon cannot
! keep the OF than in ten of the flyers.
Among the newcomers are n number OF out-of-town
| horses whose owners have brought them here when
visiting New-York In order to try their mette
| against the metropolitan cracks.
C. K G. Billings. who Is heavy operator In
| Chicago Gas. came 10 New-York n few days ago
and brought with him a special car loaded with
road horses speeding wagons and other parapher-
MALTA for the proper enjoyment OF the Speedway.
| The Chicago mans crack road horse is the PAGER
Bumps, pom by Baron Wilkes. He Is even greater
on the road than he the track end New
|
terday beating such horses Glenmere Boy. Ivan
dorf Little Gem and Laura W. Bumps can pace
at 2-ninute gait. and he is level-headed. well
wonderfully quick to get under full sail when
started up f. brush JUST about the time that the
Chicago horse turned UP here Lewis J. Tewksbury.
brought Robert j.. 23O1h in from the country. and
tho matchless campagner will be ready to take a
| fall out Of Bumps within few weeks. Besides
the great PAGER. Mr.. Billings is driving the noted
trotter Jimmy Hague, 21Sai in single harness. and
| he has one Of the fastest and finest of trotting
teams in the bay mare Emma and the bay geldlng
| Franker 2:HA. by Chaser. tx Mayor Hugh ].
| Grant was out Saturday behind Jimmie Hague.
2ISA. Mr. BILLINGS driving Bumps :.
| De witt g Flanagan. OF Morristown, y. j.. Is
another OF the out-oft town contingent whose stable
%av this spTSe T6ere are bs dozen fast To
tiers in the collection. and when Mr.. Flanagan
days. some Of the local road riders who had to
take their dust began to wonder what kind OF
Speedway Park say the Morristown horseman has
the ses dq Re on nd the road in the day
last week they turned around at Washington
at a g looked to
| road wagon. Mr.. Flanagan drives both mares in
is the we-bred bay geidng ivandorf. 2:i74t, by
Alandorf. This horse made name for himself
giving Nathan Strauss crack road horse cobwebs;
@ b e Ws S bTeS Ss Tss e P Sy
France Of this city. and gained his record Of 2l712
Park sne B. uer OF has
prominent figure on the Speedway for two weeks
2i5%. by Flying Hiatogs and the fast team Shan
don Bells 22iA. and mate.
Colonel F. y. Lawrence. who sold his good gray
trotter Clayton 2:I5ik to j. P Batter last winter
and gave up driving for time. is back on the road
with brand Speedway flyer. the chestnut
gelding Tipwald 2:2lh. by Redwald. The horse Is
much faster than his record indicates. and he has
made It warm for nearly all OF the big guns since
dox- ic pdaOp
OF Lord Russell. the full brother to Maud s. 2Os%
and he bred by Morris j. Jones. the man who
owned Alix when he set the trotting record at
203&. F. f. smath a friend OF Lewis G. Tewks-
bury. purchased last week the speedy little bay
PAGER King Eebert 209st by King Pounce, and had
the gratihcaion ot heading the procession in sew
eral brushes the Speedway. King Egbert is a
remarkably handsome horse. just about the size
and type OF Robert j. 20111. and the owners Of the
two crack PAGERS thinking about putting them
together in double harness. j. A. Blaurock was
out behind new trotter last week. having ex-
changed his big bay trottng mare Critic r.. 2:2S
by Norva for the bay eelding Harvey Onward
by Onward. the-slre Of Beuzetta. 2OsN. Harry
Onward has no public record but he can beat most
Of the handsomest of trotters. and his new owner
is going TO exhibit him as a model road horse at
week.
The sef Of Attn at Asr thor s! yss Is s
dence nearly every day the Speedway this spring
but nobody appears to know who 59ss owns nim Dr F.
Warren r Faess Purty wilkes S by KING
Faass D. John + moorss N MeSsn d By By
Norval; Lloyd Phenixs Mile Douglas C2;2Shl, by
by Krsmn Hugh Reys Porter
BY Nutwood; Nathan strauss Malacca (2lsh}, BY
Hn nion WIS f. NJ sehwartxs wyoming &is&' b
and bT Robert s HoSds N OF
the fast rotters that have been added 20 the list OF
metropolitan road horses since the driving season
mr. 10
a5 horse tnat has not yet met his match p In
sic 2:i54j. Brandywine C2:is1z Tommy B (2l5H.
Sir Ed eliza Dick Vail (2I5!O Hyan mis- (2Iihl
CID Laura G. (2:aOA) and Honest John (2:1ShO.
The array OF fast trotting teams the Speedway
this spring is in keeping with the number OF high
class trotters in single harness, and some lively
brushes have lately taken place between the rival
pairs. Shortly after De witt c. Flanagan's crack
team, Little Belle and Martha, turned up last week
John F. Cockeril hooked together his mares Rival,
2l72 and Honor Bright 22St. with a view to Civ
ing reception to the pa:- from Morristown.
The Cockerill mares have been called full sisters
and they look It. although they not quite so
closely related. Both mares are as racy-lookins
greyhounds and they move together like horse,
showing flight OF speed such as few II any trot-
ting teams have displayed since the Speedway was
opened Both bred by Charles Backman at
stony Ford and both are daughters OF Antonio,
22s% the half-brother to Electioneer. while their
dams were by Leland and their CANADIANS by Ken
lucky Prince. After beating several fast
teams yesterday. Mr.. Cockerll turned them
loose in brush against five trotters
and PAGERS in single harness. and to the surprise
OF all lookers-on the little mares put their heads
down and held their lead all the way from High
bridge 10 the pavement. John c. Srattons Lonely
Girl and James Kennedy's fast PAGER Dutch Roller
were among the horses that took their dust they
sailed along 22D clip the down grade.
Sparks will ny when Rival and Honor Bright
foul OF De Witt c. Flanagan's fast pair. Frank
Work the Oldest Of New-York road riders fire.
quentiy drives his black mares Sea Girl. 21SA. by
Milton and Mahala 219a4. by Cyclone but he
seldom calls on them for speed Although they are
two OF the highest-bred trotters in town they log
Bitprles.