New-York tribune., 1900-04-23
THE SPEED WAY.
MUDDY DAY ON THE ROAD-HONOR
BRIGHT HARD PRESSED BY
GORDON SIM
GORDON SIM.

The men who drove their trotters up to Speed
way Park yesterday encountered long stretch or
mud reaching the end Of the pavement Many
of them turned back and took their Sunday spins
the Boulevard. Lafayette and Fort Washing
ton aves- while few of those who kept on up the
Speedway cared to send their horses along at
speed. Notable brushes were accordingly very few,
though the road dried that late in the day
the footing fairly firm and good.
The brush of the day was between John F.
Cockerill's little brown mare Honor Bright. 22Sla,
and F. S Fishers White Plains trotter Gordon
Sim. 2:2oia. The latter horse is newcomer on
the Speedway. He is big. plain looking fellow
that shambles along in careless fashion when not
going at speed and few persons took him to be a
fast trotter until he gave chase to Honor Bright.
The mare has beaten nearly all the good ones this
spring. and topnotchers can hold their
own with her at present Gordon Sim and Honor
Bright joined issue about halfway between Wash
ington Bridge and Dyckman-st.. going northward.
and the contest waxed hot and fast from the first
of the wheels.
When the rival roadites reached the end of the
Speedway they lodged between the horses that
were turning at that point, and kept on over the
macadam Dyckman-st. half way to the Hudson
River. Finally Mr. Cockerill lost his whip and
pulled up, leaving Gordon Sim to take the lead.
Both drivers agreed call it a drawn battle.
their horses never than length apart
from start to finish. Gordon Sim is a of Rob
ert Bonner's oldtime trotting stallion Uncle Sim.
named in honor Of Uncle Sim Hoagland. the life
long friend of Hiram Woodruff. The horse
raised in Nova Scotia. where Mr.. Fisher recently
bought him.
Bergeina. 2:13l4. a big BAY trotting mare driven
by Del Whitehead was one of the most
spicuous flyers the Speedway. She is a long
striding, high going trotter, possessing much
knee action that she requires sheepsin covering
protect her elbows. and she was at a disadvantage
the soft. uncertain footing ]. c. R Eckerson's
handsome black trotter Dodo. by Kentucky Prince
brought her TO a downright hard drive in brush
from the bend TO the bridge but Bergeina took the
lead and kept II. Mr.. Whiteheads big
down the road little later the day with Charles
Lloyd's chestnut trotter Richard B. 2:21@ her
competitor. She spra wled and wobbled when she
struck the slippery spots, yet kept a length in
front for than half mile. Near the Point of
Rocks she suddenly wavered and broke into a run.
and the quick gated little chestnut gelding went
past her Ike a flash. The big gated male re-
deemed herself moment afterward by holding her
own with David Lamars speedy little bay PAGER
Ada P. 209a4. in brush back from Washington
Bridge 10 the bend. Bergeina got off in front and
was apparently still in the lead when the two
mares veered off toward the eastern curb line and
slowed down away off in the distance where they
looked to be no larger than two rabbits. Some of
the critics consider Ada P 10 be the fastest PAGER
now on the road for brush of half mile. The
little mare seemed to be all at sea in the mud how
The airy little bay trotter Hazel 2:Z71 driven by
iarks on the speedway She outfooted Fred Nc
Carty's good horse Wavecrest by Hillcrest up the
road and back again, sliding along through the
mud as if she liked that sort of footing. NJ ].
Leonard's chestnut trotter Sly three four
sharp Brushes, and was not beaten until he under
took to measure strides with strange PAGER called
Prince Patrick driven by Louis Fluckiger. William
clark's well known PAGER Little Barefoot, 2l8A,
Joined Sly in the chase, but Prince Patrick proved
10 be too fast for them. Fluckiger said his horse
had record Of 2:l2l2 as trotter and was 2:l6 as
a PAGER, but the Year Book credits him with no
record as fast 2:3O at either way of going. Peter
stepped along like good one; The old ,steeplee
climber said she was Felce 2:2212 by Hinder and
Wilkes. In one of the brushes in which she took
part Feice outfooted Little Barefoot with seeming
DR.. H H. Kane's remarkable green pacing mare
Laura w. by Alexander, and Alexander NeWburg-
er's Sydney sprinter Smilax 2:2lla had three
rounds on the macadam pavement on Dyclman-st
from Kingsbridge Road TO the Speedway, that
afforded rare sport for the few persons who wit;
messed the brushes. Smilax broke each time and
Laura W. won, yet the finishes close and
the clip probably faster than in any other
brushes of the day.