New-York tribune., 1900-04-02

FAST FOR THE 2-1O FLTERS-A GALA
DAY on THE ROAD
John F. Cockerills blOodike brown mare Honor
Bright 2-2Sis. the bright particular star that
outshone al other equine Iuminaries the Speed
way yesterday. The raklsh looking little daughter
OF Antonio outstripped all her previous perform
ances. showing two three bursts Of speed such
Cobwebs himself might have found II hard
equal II he had been there measure strides with
her Speeding turnouts thronged the driveway
and pedestrianr !lned tho sidewalks from Washing
ton Bridge to Dyckman-st- when Honor Bright
went down the her first brush with B. T.
kearnss big black PAGER Drex, 2:l6Is Though the
sidewheeler's record is than ten seconds
faster than that OF The mare. she forged TO the
front right the and led the way BY an
open length until the bridge was reached All on
lockers opened their eyes the little brown
trOtter show the way with seeming ease. so fast
. horse as Drex. yet they hardly prepared for
the spectacle which followed. Shortly after this
opening bout Honor Bright gave chase David
Lau.ar's bay Nettie B., lisa. by Waterloo.
starting half dozen lengths behind this speedy
PAGER. II looked like lost until Mr.. Cock
erill gave her a free head. tapped her gently with
the whip Just to let her know she was wanted. and
Like an arrow from the how the willing animal
fairly flew over the dusty road trotting faster
than she has trotted since the memorable day
year ago when she and her pole mate. Rival. 2-I7l
sent the cold chiils down the back OF C96weos IN
the best brush Speedway Park In
half a furiOng Honor Bright closed the gap which
mars crack PAGER. reaching the big bridge well IN
peated, Honor Bright coming up from away In the
Tsar , and simply 5r95Ing rings around tne sgeeay
parted for home she took part in brush with her
stable companion the big brown PAGER The Doctor,
other PAGERS. she played with her rival when Il
came TO the test leading him with ease in pretty
trial of speed.
The story OF Honor Bright and Rival is interest
ing and illustrative OF the lottery OF buying and
breeding trotters In the spging- OF 1885 when the
closing out sale OF Charles 3ackmans Stony Ford
trotters took place at Madison Square Garden. DIR.
George TiCehurst. Of Bay Shore Long Island.
bought a two-year-old FLY by Antonio. out OF
Marie Leland. by Leland, for $50 In December OF
that year the last instaIm=nt OF the Stony Ford
stock passed under the hammer. and DR.. Ticehursr
bought two yearlings from the collection. paying
$50 for brown dlly by Antonio OF Silverstrea-n
colt By Antonio out Of RecoIIect, by kentucky
Prince The 500 Iyo-year-old d. IS now known as
now owned by John F. CockeriIl. who paid long
prices for the three crack trotters drive the
Speedway
Charles C. Lloyds black trotter Mazour. s.i51s.
by EIyria. recently purchased in Ohio by the New
York horse fancier distinguished himself yesterday
by outfoOting the noted gray horses SerpOI and
Bullmont, each one OF whom has record OF 2:1O
or better. Serpol a product OF Governor Stan
ford's Palo Alto ranch, and Is OF the highest
bred trotters ever driven the Speedway His
and Midnight the dam OF Jay-Eye-See. 2:lO- His
dam was SalIie Benton. 2;17+4. the champion four
year-od trotter OF fifteen years SerpO trotted
in 2:l0 last season. and a number Of important
races in the Grand Circuit He was driven yesrer-
day by J. c. Curry, who had a friend beside him
in the road wagon. Bulmont, the third competitor.
S likewise a veteran OF the Grand Circuit He Is
credited with record OF 2:0St4 and 40 winning
heats in standard time. bur the old fellow had 70
take a back yesterday when ne ran a1Oul or
Mr. LLoyd's fast young trotter MalzOur- SerpoI
led the way from Dycknan-st- down 70 the end OF
the wall. trotting in front with seeming ease
up Inder Ndslns - '4 % tII md WeiZo1,r forsei
double -9aG began ga m 20 5y ,yi l1zor G efeated
Myers speedy bay pace Peter H. Isl oy Ken
Dyckman-st and extended all the way 70 the
muddy ground under Washington Bridge A brush
TO complete the days sport but the two crack
sus Of opinion among horsenen. however. that had
they met the little mare from orange county
would have given the black horse the dust
Carnello. 2:21A. fast young trotter from Pough-
keepsie. owned by \. Kaplan, figured proui-
nently in the brushes OF the early morning The
spirited brown horse hooked 10 road cart.
and the professional reinsman. Jerome Whelpley.
held the reins. After John F Cockerilfs big
brown PAGER The Doctor had trimmed the wings OF
n,ello took The Doctor into camp in a closely
tested brush from Washington Bridge 70 the bend
in the road near Dycknan-st
George H Huber was with pair OF
PAGERS that attracted much attention One OF them
was the well known campaigner Little Gem, 2lS;
the other was the speedy mare Hattie L. 21Sls-
Both PAGERS are bright bay. handsome in form and
barely 14.3 hands high. Among the newcomers on
the road ". A. Steele's bay gelding J. a ~
2.22i. recently purchased in the West David La
mars big bay PAGER Edward D, 2I7l4, and E e
Bronk's Bonnie Duchess
Frederick Gerken appeared on the Speedway yes
terday for The first time since last November Mr.
Cerken is Just recovering from ions illness with
typhoid fever and he content 70 look on and
let everybody pass his speedy little black trotter
Santos 2211. Robert Thomas the former owner
OF Nathan Strauss handsome mare Baby Berntce.
2.26l. drove brand trOtter OF size and speed
in the brown gediug ". q. T. 2-e0l4, by Prince
Nutwood- John F. Tucker. who is here with the
big string OF road horses belonging 10 c h G.
Billings. OF Chicago, drove the speedy little bay
trCttng mare Ernma ;. that goes 10 pole With
Argal, 2:2O1e. Mr.. Billings IS expected IN New
York tomorrow. He has Just addict 70 MS stable
the noted PAGER HOntaS CrOOke. 20S. thaI was one
OF the crack campaigners OF 1899 The horse is
eight years old. and halls from Canton Ohio His
sire was Bud CroOke, 2-l91e. the son or George
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