New-York tribune., 1900-05-07
THE SPEEDWAY.
THOUSANDS SEE THE FAST ROAD HORSES
IN ACTION

Fully 5000 persons lined the sidewalks at Speed
way Park north of Washington Bridge yesterday
morning and more than double that number were
out in the afternoon to the fast road horses
in action. The tramp of many hoofs In Satur-
days speed parade had left the surface of the
driveway loose and uneven, and the footing was
such horsemen call ''cuppy." 1t broke away
under the flying feet of the trotters and PAGERS
as they moved along speed, causing many of
the long stridng horses to falter and break Honor
Bright 2:2S12, the fast little trotting mare from
Orange County that John F. Cockerill drives in
single harness and to pole with Swift. 21614, and
Rival, 217la, was one of those that appeared to
dislike the loose soil. She broke persistently
when started up at speed The owner of the
speedy drove her yesterday in double har
with Swift.
w C. Floyd-Jones's new team Casseton 216l4.
and Knoxena. 2:2S1a. appeared while the Cockerill
pair was in the road, and trial of speed which
all frequenters of the Speedway have been looking
forward to apparently in sight. Elmer Stevens
drove the brown team for Mr. Floyd-Jones who is
just recovering from long illness. The rival pairs
got away well together up the bend, but they
had not covered more than furlong before Honor
Bright broke into a Mr.. Cockerill let her
that gait with Swift trottng by her side and in
this manner the contest carried for
quarter of a mile or more. Casselton and Knoxena
steadily drawing away from Swift and his running
mate. All of a sudden Swift jumped into the air,
and both horses were on the dead Mr.. Cock
erill at took them back, and the brush ended
in hollow victory for the Floyd-Jones team.
Swift and Honor Bright have been accounted the
fastest pole team in the Speedway. They won the
cup for Speedway teams at the Empire City
track last fall. and many brushes in the road.
Casselton and Knoxena are newcomers, both horses
having been purchased by their present since
the driving season of 1899 came to end. Cassel-
ton was bred and campaigned by the late David S.
Hammond. of the Murray Hill Hotel. The two
trotters go together like one horse and it seems to
be the consensus of opinion among road riders
that they will be hard to beat. Under favorable
conditions however, Swift and Honor Bright should
make much better showing than they made IN
yesterdays brush. After their contest with the
CockeriI team Stevens started Casselton and
Knoxena against pair of black PAGERS driven by
Theodore Maxfled, of Bloomfield, n j. The horses
We're Robert Own and Amokn. 219l4 that had
been brought to New York for the Speedway pa
rade. Casselton broke just the four horses
turned and the PAGERS got away half dozen
lengths in front. When the brown trotters squared
away they closed on the PAGERS rapidly, but the
gap too great and the blacks reached the
bridge about two lengths ahead. Before this brush
a handsome pair of brown trotting mares, driven
by Mr.. RUSSELL had beaten the black PAGERS one
of the latter pair breaking when hard pressed
w. r. Roses pacing team, Sir Ed 2Iia4 and
with the great rotter Page 3o9a. driven by isaac
fismin5. 5 @ me cross,matched par struck @ merry merry
cnp, but Page struck a faster one ana peat them
G K G. Billings was out in company with a
party of friends all Of whom drove horses be
longing the Chicago road rider. Mr.. Billings
52e 4ngR 3Vfr f et the dhesn
m tef ani roy reeentg purchasSd oy Mr BPs h
hind Battleton, 203$4. Grand Circuit rotter, for
Dewey, OF Cleveland, drove the chestnut pacing
stallion Hontas Crooke. 209; Mr. Dewey formerly
only only ABOUT month ago Franker and Battleton
Winning in spite of all Mr. Billings could m do to
send FRANKIE to tn the m front ont In aRotber R her. brush
trotter oscar 22ol2, driven by Bernard Zahn Mr..
bnss ari IS saia hoWeyeE' that he mad started his
that dropped back beaten at the end of furlong,
and La crosse Girl 2asi Who were brus6ing to-
gether half a dozen or more lengths in front;
Fridge and ended about on. h%hred i yard fnrihe
on toward Dyckman-st The former champion
era paGarf btI pulled Imil seat road wagon in which
{. Clarke, Mayor, Of Manchester. \. II. Roberts
Sompettor comp, to- & was the fast young Totter Royato.
tempt TO hold his own with the champion. but
carried off his feet in a jiffy by the speedy little
tod j. Pz Batter 1 droys his tauny trotter clay
a9ne Sn for bys @ H5f defeat W The9
d:minutive trotter Alice Barnes, 2:l3l4 The little
mare was pulling a double load yet she took it
and Clayton found it all but impossible head her
rocks that the big gray trotter's showed in
trotters in the Driveway. He ou5footed the speedy
aS ons Of fd S tsf az b 2 Ana after te
attempted to do the same thing to DR.. II. D. Ciills
big bay PAGER Jack. 212A. But the PAGER was
quick for him at the start getting off with lead
which the big gated trotter could not close.
erick Dietz picked up last winter. made herself
very prominent in the speed parade. She gave
the dust to the fast little horse Belfount
well to three or four other good displaying
turn of speed which must have surprised
her owner. The mare is by Wilton, 219lt. and she
promises to be in the first flight of Speedway trot-
ters before long
L. E Whiteheads big ong striding bay trotting
mare Bergenia, 2I3A, was another of the prom-