The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-14
FEW FAST HEATS.
Avenue Did Not Have It's
Usual Quota Of Drivers.

The snowpath did not have its usual
quota of visitors yesterday afternoon.
Many of the fast horses figuring in
the brushes Of the preceding day We're
absent, and the number of pleasure
drivers whose only desire is to see the
others brush along, We're decidedly be-
low the average.
Many of the road drivers wisely re-
frain from giving their horses two DAYS
of fast work in succession, so it was
not to be expected that speed contests
and speed exhibitions would be so nu-
merous. The absence of the others
may be accounted for largely by the
weather which was not of the kind
that makes sleighing thoroughly en-
joyable. 1t was cold and raw. and be-
fore the afternoon was over the gray
clouds began to grow darker and small
sized hailstones-too large to be called
snowfiakes-beat down into the faces
of the drivers.
The really fast ones out yesterday
could be counted upon ones fingers.
Major Wonder, 2:09 "a, the fastest
horse by the records owned in Wor-
| cester, now that Refina has been sold,
Wiggled down the center a few times,
hooked to road cart On runners. and
driven by Nelson w. Jones. The son
OF Major Edsall stepped smoothly and
seemed to be fairly bubbling over with
speed.
Abbie v, 2:16 ga, with young MIR.
Taylor holding the reins went down a
few times but the brushes We're in no
way decisive, for Abbie " was trot-
| ting against slower animals, and had
gone to the barn before Major Wonder
appeared on the avenue. Later Mr..
Taylor drove over with his brown driv-
ing gelding Moody Benton, and showed
the way to Ainsley Maid, with DR.. Gar
field up, a couple of times.
Richard J. Healey drove the chestnut
gelding, Buster, recently purchased by
him in New York. Buster had on all
his boots and stepped along at a sharp
clip in places. Mr. Healey, however, did
not try conclusions with anybody, and
was not on the speedway more than
an hour.
A B. Brunen let Peter Turney stand
in the barn yesterday, while he drove
Sairey Camp up and down, and tackled
few of those who thought they had
speed.
Dr. Kendriek. just before dusk, drove
over with the big chestnut trotter, Or
| landC, and worked him out a little,
while Princess Flavia, driven. by her
| owner. Paul Henry, stepped along once
ever.
I Late in the afternoon Nelson Jones,
with Major Wonder, moved up along
side Of A. B. Brunell, with Sairey
Camp and there resulted the prettiest
brush of the afternoon. At Elm street
the mare was slightly ahead, but in a
driving finish, in which each reinsman
used every trick known to the craft,
Jones landed the bay gelding ahead of
his opponent by a scant head 1t was
the last brush of the day and it was a
corker.
There were four or FIVE fast double
teams on the avenue for the greater
part of the afternoon. E. A. Cowee of
| Oakdale drove in with his rangy bays
Tom H, 2:2612, and Ben H.. un-
marked AS on Tuesday. Tom II. went
level and moved up to his clip with
out falter, while Tom H could not
quite keep up without making a mis-
take or two, which always spoiled the
unity of action. On the whole. how
ever. the pair went much more steadi-
er than when they were speeded on
| Tuesday.
John w. Knibbs, with Aristo Gillig
ana mate, hitched to a heavy double
sleigh had one of the most stylish
/ double rigs on the avenue. The pair
! possessed not only style but speed
and We're allowed to take their own
! gait through the centre, seven or eight
! times.
Mr. Beaudry sat behind 2 pair of pa
GERS, one Of them being his chestnut
geldlng Chippie, a fast but unsteady
animal. The pair had never been
hooked together, and Chippie appar-
emily did not like the new order of
things as he was inclined to be de-
| cldedly cratic In two brushes with
mr.. Cowee's pair, Chippie broke bad
~, while his mate stuck to the pace.
i Tom Smith, with his cross-matched
pair Dixie and Darkness. was in the
road the greater part of the afternoon.
but declined all invitations to speed
| down the line