The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-13
SPEEDING IN THE MUD.
RIp<L TRoTTERs SETTLE AN AHeU-
NEWT ON THE DRIVEH<T

Each Horse an Easy winner. So the Owners
sny-Bumps PAGES n Quarter In 0i.S Ia
and Lucille IL Timed In 0i30 50 mt
Speedway Park-Are Posts too Closer
Road riders who logged their trotters up to
Speedway Park yesterday for the customary
SUNDAY morning speed parade met their
neghbors coming back with dashboards be-
srattered and calling out: NO use going up.
as the roads deep In mud" The steady rain
which set In after all good horsemen Ind gone
to bed on Saturday night had done the mis-
chief. and John Quinn's whole force OF horses.
harrows and brushes could not make tho foot
ing firm and safe. 80 the disappointed rond-
ties logged their flyers over the new Lafayette
boulevard and other convenient nacadam
roads or put them under the sheds. Altogether
1t was cold. windy. disappointing day In tho
vicinity Of Speedway Park.
The wonderful speed shown on Saturday hy
Bumps. 2:03'4. and Lucille. 2:Oo... the visiting
horses from Chicago. was talked about
wherever horsemen assembled Timed by
several comretent watcbhodcrs c. X. q. Bill
ings drove Bumps quarter o. q mile in :.S 4.
:5i gait. TO wagon. Then he drove his
newly purchased trotting mare Lucille n quar-
ter in O:3Ol.. II 2:O3 gait. Everybody ex-
pressed surprise at the record breaking clip,
and skeptcnl ones were disposed to believe
over the same stretch of road that the eng neer
who measured that particular quarter OF q
mile must hive made mistake. Cobwebs
was once timed here In 0:2g or O:2Oa.
Tho Identity OF the speedy little black trotter
that Frederick Gerksn Is driving on the Speed
way has been subject OF gossip among the
roaditcs ever since the horse made his debut
by beating some OF the flyers on election day.
Gsrken said then that he did not know tho
animal. mnn at fishkiil having sent him
down for trial without giving his name. A
number OF the Circuit followers recognized the
mysterious black ge'dinG as Santos. ppm. n
fast horse that was bred and raised by the aie
A. NJ Hnwes OF this city. He made his record
on the half-mlle track at Goshen in 1925. He
was then four yenrs old. He Ia by Eagle Bird,
his dam was sally s., by Sweepstakes. Gerk.n
Santos. wns up the road yssterday. ready to
take "a, iall out Of ANYTHING that came along:
taking horse q, the speedway Inn. %eiiand
advame.d ths opInien that he had green trot:
o sF Om sr ~. Of ~. os.
Of the road; Weiland's green one 10 the little
Sa, mare IRE Queen wilkes. BY Iexingt9ss wilkes
sold her. as a two.ysSr.old In 1884 Hor new
tSns Tx 500 about ~ West Srs since i1r sG then
. few men who rive trot'srs with records be-
low S:lD nave learned TO LOOK upon her with
respect. II not with envy WeIand says she
has trimmed everything she hnR met thus far
ana he was out in search OF big game ysster-
day.
"Cobwsbs"' exclaimed Gerken, when We'll
and had flushed his discourse on Queen
wilkes why. I've got n little black trotter
out there that can loae Jours ID bet a basket
OF wine on II IL this wasn't Sunday. Get your
mare on, and I'll prove It to you right here in
Out they went. with FIRE In their eyes. to set
tie the question OF supremacy. The FIRST brush
was from High Bridge down TO the nacadsm.
and the next ono was back TO High Bridge
both sides said they had won in each brush A
disinterested observer who saw II all described
the procs sd!Ags A. follows:
There was more sparrlng for the start than
] ever saw In race whsrs $4,000 WAS at
stake. They Just circled around aud around
Tor about ten minutes by tho watch. Then
Weiland somehow got OF ahead. Gsrken
wouldn't go WClla turned his head to call
out, Come on. whom ny jumped his m are aud
made a break AZ Fred saw IL he frightened
his rsins and sung out. Go on. bow TO Santos
Quicker than I can tell y he had Queen Wilkes
beat. She never could catch him. Coming
back up tho road tho shoe was on the other
foot. az nsarlyas I could see. Santos made a
Deutsch's"
hsnd to foot when they Joined their friends
again.