The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-19
WITH m ~rR0rTERs.
Remarkable Pacing by Darrell . Listis Gen
o. shs speedway.

Elmira. the ill-starred gray trotting mare
that was expected to meet Mcmillan. hin. In
q brush on the Speedway yesterday Afternoon
met with an accident early in the day which
kept her Of the road. While staked out at
grass she somehow became entangled in the
rope, cutting one Of her pasterns. +. o. Bin
zen. her driver. said the gray mare might Be in
shape to brush against Mcmillan within a week.
For a few seconds, late In the afternoon. ap-
pearances indicated that Mcmillan had met
his match among the horses on the road. Hugh
Reily's game old trotter, Commodore Porter.
2i3, by Nutwood. led tn Norval eeiding a
merry chase for half a mile after getting away
in the lead. His long suit IA q long brush and
the onlookers were cocksure he would win
when he went past the end Of the stone wall
with ms head cad and meek SHu IN rom and S SSsngsa
positions with the Commodore az the point OF
rocks, finally carrying him to q break. In an
other trial Porter broke near the START ana fc-
MILAN drew right away. opening a gap o q
dozen lengths. which the old horse could not
close.
4 very remarkable trial Of speed was re-
Drove 9Sossa TIE sss sfaSs PAGERS Sy ea fiitls Gem, n s'isss. s%3
Darrell. 2O7n. against the watch during the
morning. According to Capt. Boyces timing
Darrell made the mile in 2Ss' The wind was
blowing half a gale from the north and caPt.
Boyce took advantage Of II. starting At the
first Of the quarter posts south OF pySkmah
street he sent each PAGER TO the post Detween
the bridges. one mile away. The vino was az
his back from start 10 finish. Many road riders
were unable to believe that either PAGER COW
cred the mile in the time indicated by Capt.
Boyce's watch, saying some mistake must nave
been made, Nathan Straus and others cred,
tied the trials. attributing the remarkable speed
The fastest mile OF the season at Empire
City Park was trotted yesterday by. the bay
geldins. Musoueton In Osmyn Mowers string.
IN Rr' sss5 ey NJ s irs,usf the Is soT 4 t ,ayns Se Idf HEurs 10
McCSrdy's Ham6Istonian: His dam Is Myrtle
dan Of the pscsss Laurel; .oS.: and M SF ,Ss
late Major Campbell Brown at Spring Hill.
Tenn. and gained a record Of am, In the
campaign o. 1899 Mover drove his roam
2l2h at his last workout On the same day
Elmer Stevens drove W. c. Floyd-Jones's trot-
ting team, Casselton, 2is,t, and knoxsnal
that the pair VIM start In the team race to be
trotted at Empire City Park next month under
the auspices OF the Road Drivers Association.
IL IL Or, Grd s6r to si !Ss n %Srs ',% @i iS1 ,se u. P5s 5T1b.sIV
be deferred until Saturday, July IL
Though j: Malcolm Forbes's young trottlng
sire Arion ZOE. has not a. yet a black mark
fast record. the indications are that he will be
credited with two sidewheelers in the 2:i0 list
before the present season ends. The best
green PAGER hereabouts is Ayrian, by Arion
Paschal Cherrier having driven him a mile
in 2l3a a few days ago at Empire City Park.
The most promising young PAGER In training
at Boston this season Is Lemuel HitchcoCk's
four-year-old San Telmo, by Arion, out Of
the noted trottins mare Hour, 2l7. by On
ward. 2251. Trainer Wall drove the youngster
over the Readville course last week n mile in
ais, with the last eighth in 0:i5k-a 2.O4 clip.
+. I. Holder, the Yonkers horseman who
owns True Chimes, 2:l2t. has purchased the
half-mile trottinR track at Barton, Vt Ex-
tensive improvements are being made by the
new owner OF the property, and a meeting
will be held there this year. Mr.. Holders
horses are In training at Empire City Park
in charge Of d. h. Harrington. True Chimes
trotted a half mile TO road wagon In lO7 the
other dav. Mr. Holder does not race his trot-
tiers: neither does he drive them on the Speed
way, but merely keeps them in raining at the
track for his private entertainment
DR.. Hamilton. owner Of the bay trottins
mare La Crosse Girl, 2ieH, IL driving a notable
new team on the Speedway One OF the pair
Is Leon, by Leonatus, 2lih. and the other is
Postal. by Arion. 2O7f.. They are bay geldinss
Of fine size and form, with speed enough TO
hold their own against some OF the crack pairs.
Charles weiand, one Of the best:known
amateur reinsinen on the Speedway, Is danger
ously i'll with appendicitis. Mr.. Weiland has
owned such good horses as James L., 2Wh:
Blue Sign, 2OSh: Steel Prince, 2O7H: Ada n,
2Osh: jubilee Wilkes, 2lla, Pansy Blossom.
?:i2, Maud G., ais; Queen Wilkes and Lorna
McGregor, and has been an almost daily visitor
10 the Speedway ever since IL was opened.