New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-17
LORD RAvELsToKE.

drove In the Of the day. Ebert had battle
with John F. Cockerilrs bay geding. Swift. AIS.
but he could not hold his own with the New-York
trotter.
Swift was one OF the star trotters yesterday.
He won by a length from such ex-Alderman
Henry Hughes's big bay trotter Ed Lock- 2:1sis:
Mr.. Billings's Ellert, 2:l1. and the Mount Vernon
PAGERS. Silvermaker, 212h. and The Duchess. the
latter a fast but green four-y ear-oId that was
the road for the first time yesterday.
Swift lost his laurels to Nathan Strauss we'll
known trotter Alves. 2091a, Alves looked for the
moment like his old self he won this brush al
most I'm a jog but a later trial against The Monk
showed that he is not yet at his best. Fred
erick Gerken's great trotter outfooted him as
easily. apparently, as he had outfooted Swift.
Alice Barnes. booted and rugged for action. was
out while the crowd was largest. She won the
two brushes in which she started. Her opponent
was the chestnut pacing mare Strathbelle. 21fh.
driven by the professional reinsman George Spear.
]. p. Batter had two winners in the stately gray
trotter Clayton. 2I5Ia and the chestnut PAGER Fire
Gut. 2I1ia. which he drove In turn. Clayton went
over the road with BERTHE r.. 2:12is and Ed Lock,
2:l2l2, behind him. while Fire Gilt won rafting
brush from B. T. Kearns's black PAGER, Drex, Elisa
b1rly chestnut pacing stallion. Sandy Boy. 2;ls-
s,aDaI Li Itt VI 1ISI "s ans su'
shapey DIE chestnut uoIter DAVID b. Z:0914.
driven by J. W Cornish For five years the long
stIiaing son OF 19ung Jim has been one or the
most noted road horses in New-HOrk- Al Fleet
wood on the day that Mr.. Mckinley was first elect
eH tEesiuent, Jerome Nnelpley drove MT. Corr
nlshs great trotter mile In 2:l2la 10 wagon, max
ing the best performance of the kind ever seen on
the old course. After the Speedway was opened
David b. gained new aurels by defeating some of
the best trotters in New-YOrk from the bend I'm
the road down 10 Washington Bridge. One of his
most brilliant victories was recorded only few
weeks ago, when he showed the way to G. X c..
Bhtngs's crack Steppers. Eert. ell and Right
wood. 2:l654 and John F. CockerilIs Rival. 2l7LI.
IhomaS r. RuSSelfS brown trOtter SprfChtiv
added lot of scalps to his string. He beat David
Lamars Ada T.. 2O91t and Charles g IIovS's
chestnut uotter, Richard b.. 2:21L. in one brush
and In another took the measure of Captain O. IN.
Mcdonald bay trotter, CONey, and Charles Wei
lands beautiful bay mare. Salient.
Robert J.. 2Oiia the fastest OF all road horses ae
on the Speedway The old fellow was teasiDss For
a brush from the moment he poked his nose under
washington Bridge Nathan Straus. his new owner
gave MIN his head for one brush, and he outfOotei
the hay trGttcr Freeland. 2:17l4.
y y WILDER was out behind his recent purchase
me BIG CHESTNUT pacing mare. Maud L.. 2:l5i. by
William NJ, and he introduced her to the SDeej
way cracks by defeating The Duchess aud SANDY
hoy IN her urSt trip over the road Colonel II d
Mix drove the speedy little brown mare Ambo She
figured IN two brushes with j. G. r. Eekerson's
Miss Gaddis, winning Cleverly the first time and
I'm the second brush winning II at all BY an eve
lash. H. y Mapes who came down from TbA
Bronx with Jolly Bachelor and John Allerton in
single harness. rode in front IN several brushes
The story was current the road Yesterday that
Albert G. BOstwick had purchased OF James Golden
the crack PAGER Johnny Agan, 2:0jla The horse il
a hve-year-old. by Dignus, son of Dictator from
Irene Fell by Heirs Mambrino Abdalah.
CANE SPREES AND TCG-OF-W4R
Freshmen and sophomores Of the School Of Mines
at Columbia will meet in their annual cane sprees