New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-15
THE SPEEDWAY.
"A MILDLY ROAD DIsAPPoINTs THE
DRIVING FRATERNITY

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our 49, as MANY pedestrians made the jour
,,e,- "a Speedway Park yesterday, only 10 Ihu ~
rocd both rough and muddy. Ihere 60, E,rd
o-+b1 arrav of speeders on the popular Noi'h IN
x,o y o'clock until two hours later when -.
- % -,o1v sent everybody scurrying home"aIu'
80 IN snite Of the poor condition OF the ar t
como snirited brushes took place. one u ~ -
,,onsnicuous harness horses on Ile iOo1 -.
- b,,iI+ bav PAGER Hyanns, 2:11A, whose owner
.h+ him over from Newark TO thro" uuS'
~ mud in the eyes of the metropolitan ny
The handsome little son of Patron met ms n+o,I
without hunting up Darrell 2:O1A' 'acn, 80 80
Ada P 2:O9l4 any Of the topsa"sei s .++er slv
+L.+ took his measure was the chestnut 'Lo
- .n5 driven by NJ J. Leonard SE Is &c
+ea n he eligible to the 800 Class anu ~ -
No rrblic record, his present owner haNtIs 80 lo
vim AT Cairo y. Y. on the represeI'a'o -
-ros a green one. Horsemen VINO saw | 49,
-. lacking sorrel gelding step 1t on down 'e
5 yesterday in a series Of brushes WIN ny ili-9
-rere inclined to believe that MI Leoiiaiu 80 go
,o1-e bnught an old campaigner in DISGUISE -
-. :, s,ccession he outfooted the jersey pa
nhes IA $50 ~ 9.11lL doing II with greater ease
- a.c+ succeeding trial Of speed In one oI ~
+,,sres Sly made break when he was i.n - 49,
so ahead of Hyanns ana me tbe chestnut trotter
bsd tsnrrendered the driver Of the PAGER In fv
horse ara had straightened the trotter out ag e
and in hot pursuit. OF IIESannis going SLY
or him. and a moment afterward MS nose was
more in front
Before the first of his tits with Hyannis Mr.
Taonard's trotter had battle royal with speeuy
fav PAGER driven by Thomas Byrhes' lne iot -,
s,,nerin+endent of Police Sly was out near 'iio
-n,55la of the road where the mud was deep "liie
5he pacer had the advantage or comparatiNeis -
footing near the western curb line In spite Vi '1
bandicap the chestnut horse won cleverly' iof nc
,ar,1e6 the pacer along fast that the laltei
- = tangled break lust beyond the end of the
stone wall and was left away behind IN the rae
for +he bridge Mr. Byrness PAGER Is a neweUi ofd
~ che Speedway He is said TO be tour-y al It
ON Ter Jersey wilkes and have paced mile IN ms
work last year in 215 W II "a iS oJIer this
light fame. VIII camDalgh MN i0i MS
year, according TO report
r,cbard Croker's new road horse, Chanty' 2AS+4'
~ CIV wilkes was prominent in the speed parade
I q Curry driving him TO full seat wagon WIN
an extra passenger aboard. The sturdy LOOKING
chestnut trotter finished at the wrong END OF lhe
on1v brush in which he took part. but he moved
SO true without any Of the boots and Rigging ne
,,sed 70 wear that critics liked him better than
ever before The trotter that took his measure
Was F o. Binzen's rakish gray mare Elmlra Oy
zEJ1xas Roy She has beaten some Of the fastest
horses on the Speedway within few months anu
&c counted in the class with Daylight 1854; Aves'
2ol; william E. 22 and others She had - the
decided au' cart with lightweight in the seat
The gray mare scored another v1G I 9os nv Ken
fuclR wilkes but the weights were again decided
~ in her favor
Holm A. Blaurock's little brown trotter King
wood 2:i7H made his temperance on the roao
after an absence Of several weeks, and secured a
;t- ever the bay PAGER Ambidexter. 2:i1H. with
.7,a weights against him d. n. Wilbur, the owner
of Ambidexter. had him hooked TO pneumatic
cart while Isaac Fleming drove kingwooo 10 an
old STYLE two wheeler Of much heavier weight.
Tho start was made near Washington Bridge, with
the horses headed toward Dyckman-st. Kingwood
got off slightly in front and struck such a emp
that he was leading by two lengths at the END OF
q furlong. The high wheel cart rather jumped
shar rolled over the rough ground. touching II only
in spots the ambitious little trotter spec away
ing tn Under full headway and the owner of the
PAGER disposed 10 g me fba King
wood had kept his nose in front TO the end.
charles weiland drove his new pacing mare
Fsnsv Blossom PIP yesterday and she was prob
civ the most admired flyer the road. She is
large and remarkably well formed, with far more
substance and symmetry than the ordinary mar
ness horse and she has style and bearing Mel
vile G Boynton and other horsemen who saw her
for the time declared her the handsomest AMI
NAL ever seen on the Speedway. She is daughter
of General Wilkes the sire of the shapely big gray
mare Mary A. 2:25%, that figured so prominently
or the road few weeks ago. Her new owner let
her step fast for quarter Of a mile or so Just
once yesterday. but she did not take part In any
of the brushes Another gray pacing mare that
bv wild Bill Like Hyannis, 2:11A. she halls from
Newark %h esy a Week NstRan sTsus tried to
rass her with his trotter Cobwebs PIP and sue
SeeesSe II IN Which the king Of the Speedway has
ever igdred She is owned by J. E. Meyer w.
p d Stokes. who one Of the most select
Collections of harness horses in the world intro
duced new flyer IN the bay PAGER Be Sure. 2:06A,
nv Bessemer 2:13A. This horse among the
crack PAGERS Of the Grand Circuit in 1895, having
beaten the best time ever made by four-year-old
IN q race. He is a SNOWY, handsome horse as
well as a fast one and promises to be promi-
nent any OF the PAGERS on the Speedway this
year
George A Coleman. who drives the crack trot-
ter Daylight, 2.3SK, had two newcomers hooked TO
his highWheeI wagon yesterday. One Of them was
.ha bay mare Bessie Thorn 2:22la, by Hawthorn