New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
THE SPEEDWAY PARADE.
NOTED TROTTERS AND PAGERS THAT
WILL. BE IN LINE NEXT SATURDAY.

Though not more than one In FIVE OF the fast
trotters and PAGERS driven the road in and
about New York has been formally entered. the
OF prospective participants in the parade of the
Road Drivers Association is notable one com
prisng of the most famous harness horses
living Among the six hundred names are
those of several trotters and PAGERS that were
champions of the turf before they were bought for
pleasure driving. Half dozen of the trotters have
gained public records below 210 rate of speed
that only two trotters had reached up to ten years
ago. James Butler and ]. w. Cornish will divide
the honor of driving the fastest trotters in the
line Mr. Cornish's David B. and Mr.. Buffers
Clayton having records of 2:o94 Clayton Is IN
training for the Grand Circuit and is to be brought
down from his owners country place near larry
town expressly for the parade. He is one of the
handsomest OF 2:10 trotters and is a of the
famous Allerton 2:094, the first trotng stallion to
beat 210 David b is we'll known to frequenters
Of the Speedway, the high going chestnut horse
having taken part in some of the best brushes yet
the From Hartford. w. H. Gocher.
the secretary of the National Trottng Association
is going to bring his noted black trotter Guy
2O9s4 for next Saturdays parade. Guy is twenty
years old. yet the old fellow is said to possess
all his speed and Is known as the boss of the road
in the Connecticut capital He formerly
driven on the road in New-York by the late
Matthew Riley.
Another old time New-York road horse that will
be brought four hundred miles for the parade of
the Road Drivers Association is Zembia 2:1114
formerly owned by the late Major 5. T. Dickinson
and later by Lewis q. TeWksbury and j. Malcolm
Forbes. The Is in the stable OF A. f.
Perren. of Buffalo.
TWO FAST PAGERS.
One of the notable features of the parade will be
the spectacle of those two old rivals. Robert j.
2:0lla and Joe Patchen. 2:Ol4, going up the road
together Robert the king of PAGERS in his
day, having carried the limit of speed from 2:o4
down to 2:01l3. But Joe Patchen's record is u
quarter of a second faster than that OF the little
bay geding. and Old Black joe viii accordingly
lead the way. Robert and Joe are two OF the most
popular harness horses the turf has ever known
and it goes without saying that they VIII get
warm reception from the onlookers along the line
of march. Planet, 2:04&a; VIII Kerr 2:0TA; Darrell.
201ls; Blue Sign, 2:0SA; Quadr!ga 2:0S&; Thomas
Edison. 2:0S2a Hontas Crooke. 209 Ada p, 2:09A
PAGERS of extreme speed that Will be conspicuous
in the line
Plans for the parade now require the horses to
assemble along Riverside Drive In the neighbOr-
hood of Seventy-secondst., at 230 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon. The route will take them up the
Drive One twentieth-st., thence to
| St Nicholas Place, to the Speedway at One-hun.
dred and fifty At the extreme north end
of the Speedway, or rather. beyond the end OF the
| Speedway, in Dyckman-st there is to be a review
| OF the roadites by ex-Mayor Thomas f Gilroy and
| others. Mr.. Giroy suggested the site for the
| Speedway, and he handled the first shovelful OF
parade is over there is likely be some lively
| informal parading at high rate Of speed on the
| part of the hundreds OF fast horses in line.
SOME OF THE SPEEDY ONES.
Following a list of the trotters and PAGERS hav-
| ing records OF 225 better that have been en-
| tered IN the parade. Each horse is to carry a
| number or the harness, corresponding With a
| number on the associations programme, that
onlookers will be enabled to identify the fast ones: