The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-23
CR0KER'S TROTTER BEATEN.
M'MILLAy roo FAST ron CHINTY
ON THE SPEEDWIY


horse Chanty. 2:13k. .and the debut Of the
beautiful bay pacing mare Darrell. 2:07ii. were
the Incidents OF the morning on the Harlem
River Speedway yesterday. Chanty turned up
In the shafts OF a handsome new pneumatic
wagon which has Just been built to order for
the stylish chestnut trotter. but Trainer Joe
Burke hold the rslns while Mr. Croker logged
along behind his little bay cob Chanty had
not yet been tried In company on the road.
and the Tammany chieftain evidently wanted
to see whit he could do before TAX
ing a ride. While Mr. Croker joined
some friends on the sidewalk. Burke took
Chanty UP the road and turned him In COM
pany with a horse that Thomas Byrnes. tho
former Superintendent Of Police. was driving
TO high-wheel wagon. The lattsrs trotter
was green three year old flly. by Thistle.
2:13A. out OF the dam OF Pixley. 2:0S}i and her
head swan quickly when she was asked to
measure strides with a graduate OF the Grand
Circuit The Tammany trotter then tackled
Thomas Brady's bay mare Velvet Queen. by
Prince George. This one. also. is eligible To
the 300 class. but she proved TO be too fast for
Chanty. showing him the way for u quarter Of
. mile and finally carrying him to a break
Not long after this brush the sidewalk spec
tators saw Chanty coming back up the road In
a bout with DR.. J. F. Moore's fast young trotter
Mcmillan. 2:17A+. winner OF the Speedway
Cup race at the Grand Circuit meeting. DR..
Moore was taking his horse back under a
strong pull, while Chanty was laboring. half
length in the rear. Tho chestnut horse was
plainly not himself. for he could not strike Il
2:2O gait. and he was unsteady. J.. II. BOVINE
who stood at the roadside. suggested to Burke
that his horse was touching the wagon. and
the trainer OF John II. Gentry and Robert J.
| stepped out into the road aud changed the
rigging so that tho big gated trotter had mors
room to extend himself Chanty wsnt home
| without taking part in any moro brushes.
Darrell made brilliant showing and was
much admired for her beauty az well as for her
! wonderful speed. The bay mare came in from
Lexington on last Saturday. and was delivered
TO her new owner, DIR. II H. Kane. only a few
hours before she made her appearance on the
Speedway. In jogging she carried one hind leg
as II slightly sore after her long cam paign. but
when started UP at top speed her action was as
true and as frictionless as that OF any PAGER in
town. Elmer Stevens sampled hor for her new
owner. sending her down tho road alone once
or twice. and then turning her company with
+. +. Hortsls chestnut pa cling ge'ding. Brooks
2:l5n. The latter is known as fair PAGER, but
Darrell went of and lost HIM In a brush Of a
quarter Of mile. After going that distance
she was go far ahead that few persons could
realize that the two PAGERS had started tog her
In another brush she easily beat the game
little gray trottng mare. Brunhide. 2:l5A.
driven by Melville & BOynton.
Nathan Strauss logged Cobwehs. 2:12. up
the road early IL the morning before he
knew there was fun ahead. flr the hig chest
| nut horse wore his knee boots and he was
hooked to his owners light wagon. The boss
quarter In O::,1-a 2;O4 cait-to wagon on tho
| Speedway day or two ago. e needed oil his
| the square gated. speedy philadeI pha tro tier
JACK H,''sG 2lI df BYE. ~ Chsrl C ch.
KEEPING h!s outstretched head at Cobwens
waving tail for half mile or more. But
fast. steady and game as he is Just a. they
struck the rsing ground the Quaker trottcr
favor OF Cobwebs as. usual. Before sending
him home in charge * 2, Of biz groom strauss h3d
! up in company witt, the little light chestnut
| PAGERS Motion and Notion. driven to pole by
Iobwehs ovcrhaual them and beat them
% HiI IN the end Pr Moore. fast tro'r"r,
| the light wasted PAGERS later in the morning
Although oynT% s, Mn" when fs met Cob
could take hls measure. One Of his tits was
Star. :las. The Philadelphia horse led him a
! merry chase up toward Dyckman street nd
carried him to a break at the end o! a quarter
The fast little trotter. Creeping Flower.
| 2:22H. turned up with n new driver behind
mond check. She Distinguished herself BY
outfooting nearly everything she met. and
| there were some good ones among the mum he r.
Her best bout was with the Hack irotting
geldng All Day; by Ambassador. 2:2l :! driven
by At%n to ~ sq r.:
had to put in her hest licks to do it, As nsrai,
| started against Fred Dietzs gray PAGER, Bessie
Bonehill, 2:O5I. she broke repeatedly aud
Bess t"S wS On
bad behavior. however. and as the lucky little
trouer squared away first, she came ont in the
When Creeping Flower defeated All Day. she
came near proving her riEht 70 be ScIassed a,
previously beaten tho speedy ,ches PAGER.
aesnsr. 2:l3k. down TO the bridge and had
trotter Kingwood. 2:i7il. over tho same
ground in one Of the fastest and closest confess
SH na and a'f Iron sn0 Ear II: to
mother spirited bout. Rlnchler came in Tor a
g"nd deal OF criticism an on account Of using
vehicles are dsemed to be wholly out OF place
on the Speedway
gent held the rens over Iron Bar, 2:l ~, when
the gray stallion made his appearance. having
from John Mcclure on Saturday. After JOG
ging him over, the road once or twice. Never
driven him before. and Iron Bar responded
finely to tho touch of the expert reinsman
But he was unsteady. breaking two or thre.
times. when Curry shook him IN and ask cd
him for the limit OF his speed. "He needs a
little more weight forward to balance him just
right" was the diagnosis OF tho doctor 81
speed. when be dismounted and turned ths
the gray horse shod according to his directions
to-day.
All the roadtss we're condolng with Charlie
Weiand YESTERDAY over the loss of his fast
PAGER Jubiles wilkes. . III :. The horse die
suddenly from an ntt1ck Of collie on last Fri.
on the Speedway. having, once beaten III,
former champion; Robert J. 2:O1h, in a hrusi
the geldtng jubilee Wilkes was 70 years
shire tTottinG sire. Glenc1s Wilkes out Of
his record in Boston in 1893. Weilaud drove
the big chestnut pacing mare Nutvine. 9 ~ I,
yesterday, Another Speedway prcAr dropped
out last week. VIII Clark Of, Bronx, BOROUGH
having lost his bay geldng Everett VI. 2'lG
by Little Wonder. The horse died from al
attack OF spinal meningitis after re- nina
homo from the Speedway.
Tbs big bay trottinG mare, Dundess. 2;@3'4
by Dundee. showed surprising speed IN
number OF hruahes yesterday, In one against