The sun., 1900-08-20
|. sgW PAGER ON SPEEDWAY.
yrRo or YESTERDAYS BRUSHES
b1 TrpNS orr 10 BE ODDITY.

a. road riders were agos WIN ,u''o''''
A s.Av was asking everybody eise IL they khe"
.borse tie was driven at first by the young
\ who formerly looked after John A. COCK
IN. horses, and the way he went through
.,r.trbes showed that lie was not novice
,na brushing game, lie went by D. Hahh'
20, driving Oscar. 2?0., as though 10
W. an sasy thing and It Is we-itnown fact
~, o.car IS lust about rs hard horseto head
- on the Speedway. Mr.. Aahn was several
80 ahead when the swift-golng unknown
.'ou for him. and before they had gone an
80 n, a mile tho positions were reversed.
,so,h,r md another OF the regular brigade
,lr haro,e the mysterious chestnut,
:, Gas finally sent along the line mat inc
,.,.a was green one, owned by NJ X Doe
10 drives the team Honesty and Reliable
.,d own, Nation and Motion; but no one cred
..diL The best-posted horsemen ON the ROAD
80, had seen him before. lie looks very
.nch like Albatross, 2O9l.. John Flynns chest-
s,, stallion that wears a whistle In his throat
A "a tboss who only saw him at distance de-
..rad IL was Flynn's guideless performer
s.vs,sl drivers on the porch at Troger's were
S.,ussinK the unknown sidewheeler Wheh
G.orss coleman said hs thought he had the
horse right 49,.
.It bslonsy 10 Mr., Doe he Informed the
.,o,d 4 saw him UP here one day near iy
,h,a. weeks ago. 1 asked Mr. Doe about MN
.,d wa told that It was a green saddle Morse
law him worked at that time and he eouidht
,,sn faster than a $50 gait TO save MS lle'
,s. t.tbs same horse he certainly has improved
u,.t wonderfully since that time MI doe
ma. very retcsnt and would scarcely say
xori about the horse, which rather MAKES
-. ,birk the one that has created such nutler
to-day Is the same horse
ifter the road riders had started for their
.,shls. the big chestnut was seen coming op
,ha nil from the drive. He was hooked 10
hGp, working cart and was well lathered from
NJ. .r.edy work. u. Neil was driving him
and when be reached ST. Nicholas avenue ne
was stopped and asked about the horse. Then
Il VAS revealed that it was no other than inc
stallion Oddly. 2lO.. lie was brought 10
New YORK from Ohio about one week ago by
kis owner. Mr, Jacobs, who also drove mn mn
VI, having been bred by g. Nalensin at
pcasanton hc was foaled IN 1891. lis sire,
SIDNEY, .ieil, also sired Lena ~, ?poS' we
d, shuts Of tbs city Monterey. ??Os{.. and
br feek. zoos. his dam Is Miss W by Va
sn.in. second dam Lghttoot dam OF Sin
sGtS3dity Vas sent 10 the races as a three-year-
old and rot a record OF ?3i'. at Akron on Oct,
/, 1894 He was also started AZ youngstown
he sane year As a four-year-Old ne started
only twice winning two 10 three neat 9o
pace at Galeshurg, ILL.,, dong the last Two meats
N ?lt 2lil. One week later At the same
ce he yqs ;he hSi made SwS sT Ss record Of 2io
In A winning race, Aug. 8. 1905, at Old Orchard.
Ne Two DAYS before that lie won the first
heat In 2iS pace In 2is't In september
be won the All pace at, Combination Park.
Mediord Mass in straight heats, the fastest
time being 2l3',, He was In the seyen-heat
race which took place that year a. Com0inaton
Park in july in which he won the second and
third heats In 2.l6'l and 2l5i., The last three
heats and race were won the next day BY the
roam geldlng b. b, by Veto, Jr.
Oddly started ten times In 1895. During
1901 he was in fourteen races. He won.
lree-for-all pace IN August at Alpena, Mich.
later won free for all at Garfield. Ohio. his
fastest time telug ? ~. ~ october at Min
srva, Ohio he was beaten in q hye-heat race
won the first heat IN 214}.. and received second
money. III lsgS he started eleven umeS. He
voP race a. Mayne,i6urg beating bs spTecseiH
Last year he captured the free-for-all pace az
Dayton, Ohio, IN herd-iought hve-heat race,
by winning the last three heats in 2:l4Ii, 2l3ll
and 21t. He was started IN nine races last
rear.
That Oddly can show his heels quite merry
on The Speedway was. demonstrated yester-
the PAGERS will have new one To 90 against
that will he worthy Of their best efforts.
There wa, quite good turnout on the drive
yesterday and rather fast going, although the
brushing was not 50 lively as usual Bernard
Zahh carried a chip on his shoulder all the time
and was willing 10 send Oscar against anything
that came along, rotter or PAGER. lie had
lvog good brushes with Trainer George Mcbride,
who .was driving Ambrose. Oscar was In
great form and appeared able to show hiS heels
toabout everything on the drive. except the new
~ A
cart and seemed 10 be right. but each time
down Oscar had q shade the better Of II.
- Christopher llaokett with his favorte King
Isn, went after Oscar IN game ana rapid style
tnd ma spienyii effort from the bend
hltWas unable 10 hea the specify bay. DR..
rom ron ' The b%HE ben Eagainst TB G1{fe a8{ pnsbsf EG%f
ths att'r So harI that h" took notion to 20
hls own way and woul1 probably have gone
Uabbe his br To- Tie conclu ei 10 behave
hlnseli after tuat. Later on, as no was turn
lhs moun Gl the Dv kmNn street enl OF the
Srive. he ie!l across no less a crack than
mare Dark Secret. 2?7'.. anu they went at
II A. though there was 5000
vlh the theatrical name landed first. She !
slso had two merry brushes with Mr.. llAckett's |
hihg Tom and wound up each time with the |
advantage In Dark Secrets favor. Mr.. Lynch |
vas N HAPPY humOr over the showing made |
oy Ms mare So much so that on his way back |
70 the upper end he began 10 look the bows |
v'r WIN me air Ot a man pretty well able |
V mead ANYTHING going Just above the bend |
n. . Leonard was tOuling his fast PAGER King |
tsbert 2O't ard Ne Dark Secret came within |
spe0kng distance MIR Lynch made some re- |
10 the bridge
NJ Leonard replied that II Mr.. Lynch would |
sAfltrom the half-mile pole he would accommo-
9ate him by showing him how handy King I
SSsneIt was m going away from people Dark /
secret was turned a blt ahead of the King and !
,aey started down az a rather stiir jog intending |
~ c4i them loose N the pole hut before they !
Nnee near iNat point Dark Secret Waa nying ,
nohs about up 10 her tail King Egbert was |
way tH'k, but he made dash after the mare |
H. snort distance until he realized that she |
wsrd - * sreal lead for him 70 overcome, After |
1ru NJ, Lynch sald that his mare began to |
49, IoI ne head 50 vigorously that he was |
agree starting point
me regular speeding stretch was not in the !
~ snare Tor PAGERS. The lower stretch from /
~" wv. .uSe Va the macHdam was by far the !
gH,. bni very little speeding was done there /
60" w." ,lmeN with Daylight. lie refused 10 |
b b,er mo any brushes as he Is preparing the |
- Iur ms match race az the Gut utfenburg
pe".1 Ih sent with George Groote's mare, |
srd edrI ~ .!os. The match l. for 500 a side |
A., ~ WIZ he one Of the features of Labor Day |
us New Jersey track
h%r fFung logged brlslIly behind Alice B.
W' pl 20 brushing, John n, Donlay drove |
va, DI.s.y gray uotter, Glenmere Boy, and |
- uot headed In any VI the contests In which |
nov "oh part The gray is acting pretty well |
so'd SHu MI Donley wants To keep him In |
M tlurth against the return Of those big guns
A., NJ nav" been away for the summer Among
O'ners who We're out yesterday were.
W.T., John +. Moore. with 'Tioea. / Hopn.r with
tnl4lce. : 70 o, Can't { n NcOnpsid v'I,b iblr.,