New-York tribune., 1900-01-07
GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERS.
TALK ABOUT HALF-MILE TRACK NEAR
THE SPEEDWAY

The men who drive trotters in the Speedway are
again talking about half-mile track somewhere in
the neighborhood of the popular driveway. They
want place where they settle in formal
way, according to rule and with judges in
the stand, all the differences which arise in the
Speedway respecting the relative merits Of rival
t road t.. horses: and where they can hold weekly
The roadtes have their eyes on two or three de-
see the Poo Grounds and Manhattan Field thrown
together and made headquarters for all sorts of
FEATURES It is said that the Gombned p prSPerty S
would be large enough to admit of building a
To what point must trotter hold his lead 70
win a brush IN the Speedway is moot question
among the men who drive on the road The bend,
about a furlong south of Dyckman-st., is the COM
monty accepted starting point but the drivers are
not SO we'll agreed as to where the brush should
end. From this starting point here is almost
level straight stretch of road, about fve-efghths
of mile in length, in the direction of Washington
Bridge Perhaps half furlong before the bridge
is reached the road begins to narrow and rising
ground is encountered. Many horsemen contend
that all brushes should be deemed to end when
the horses reach the foot of the hill unless the
participants have agreed to go further. Some
drivers make practice of pulling up when they
eepng gi,s on until thew get to the point Of rocks
half way between the bottom of the hill and the h;
they have reached the bridge SO that there here is no
Of agreement % gives rise to many dispute
cerning the outcome of the brushes. One, man
theg eg ake o @ hs ae hoTse rival Keeps on
and al t that o he h has bridge by 8 SG a I m a.
day such controversy arose between the ad-
s Of pacing nsre 2 Eaars nd pr H The boom
q the h the % @ half a 6no Length bP in rea6
to do just before reaching the point of rocks
half % ienetH etR'G in front Of his rival Both Horse
men thought they had won: some, OF the roaa
coming to an agreement to what point shall be
the winning post
Charles Weiand, who recently sold to D. Lamar
his two fast pacers Steel Prince 2:011z, and Ada
p 2:O9k, has purchased the gray mare Pansy
Blossom 2:12 to drive in the Speedway. This
mare is daughter of General Wilkes. the sire of
the gray PAGER Mary A. 2:25a4 that gave the dust
to most of the good ones on the road one day last
yeeord at shs St was oepS Mo- M Before Mr.
Weand had owned her two hours Mr.. Lamar mar
aqS he Will II be driving Pansy Blossom in the Speed
way to-day or tomorrow
The black pacing gelding Piedmont. 2:1S14. that
figured prominently in the Speedway last year. has
been sold by B. H. Demarest. Of this city, to j. R.
Davis # made Ths bs s % 3
turf in $780, and has gone through ten campaigns
The widely circulated report Of the death Of W.
c. Floyd-Jones. of the good road horse
woodford c. 2l216, turns out to have been a case
of mistaken Identity. William Floyd-Jones,
brother of the well known road rider died die few few
doubtless occasioned the mistake.
Edward Radel. the New Brunswick horseman.
who owns Daylight 1884. brought over to New
York the other day another trotter that he is 60
ing to cut loose in the Speedway before long,
weather permitting. The newcomer is Conway
2:1SA. a brown gelding by William H NanderplIt
that MANY horsemen will remember one Of the
ational trotters of the campaign Of 1892 He
looked like coming record breaker until he pickeo
nm a nail and was thrown of training. He
was then owned by Colonel Heft and was trained
md driven by w. H. Grant. Scott Quintin handed
him later and drove him some fast trials.