The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-02
WITH the IROTTEKS.
John Quinn's ~Break-of-Day Drive for Gabs
Cases Wine-Ante Dawn Dead.

Harlem fat jewellers along Seventh avenue
heard the Jingle OF sleigh bells at Ia Wight yes.
tcrday morning. and those who got 20 their
windows in time caught q feeting elim pse OF a
black trotter tearing down the driveway with
a man in a mink coat and cap holding the
rrins. II was John J. Quinn in his annual ride
from l2ith street to Gahe Cases tavern at
McGown's Pass In Central Park. twenty blocks
away. For twenty-five years back Gabe has
given u magnum OF champagne to tho first
sleigh rider who reached his door each season
and twenty-one empty bottles now stand In a
row above IN, oflce door Of Quinn's stable in
Harlem. the souvenirs " as many winning
drives for the wine.
The milk wagons and paper carriers were
Just beginning 10 stir yesterday when Quinn
hooked his speedy black mare Iutegard to a
Portland cutter and started for Cases place.
The snow was Sitting down in fine. dry flakes.
In n business-like way, suggestive OF an old
fashioned snowstorm. but It wasn't thicker on
the ground than a sheet OF tissue paper at that
time. Fresh tracks on Seventh avenue leading
down toward the Park made the Harlem horse
man send his fast mare along at top speed uu-
til she reached 10th street. Beyond the
entrance there was not even q rabbit track
on the fresh-fa!len snow. and Quinn let
his trotter swing along tho East drive at q
stir jog until she reached Cases door. Arrived
there he found the tavern locked and holted,
with not a sou, stirring about tho place. BY the
time the genial host had put in an appearance
70 welcome ms early guest tho snow had
ceased falling, the eastern sky was clondles-
ma N" sun was coming up over the roofs u
the East Side HAT houses.
"GOod-by. Gahe." sad Quinn as he saw tho
first streak Of sunlight touch the aim ~ snow
OUTSIDE the dnar I'm on. II stay to break;
for Lutte to get me back to Harlem"
Those who saw him on the return drive say
that Quinn had to keen, his mare going faster
toward hom" than she had gone toward Cases
in order to beat tho work OF the sunshine, II
there l. no sleiGhlng today, and there viii not
be- any unless another fall Of the beautiful
III" wine ycster FAY viii go for nausht. Years
ago the enthusiasm Of the roadites became so
keen that n order to keep them from coming
irost., Case had TO make II n rule that the VIM
ner Of the wine must be able 10 come back on
runners the day following his first ,rip to the
~" mngnum will accordingly 90 ~ the driver
who gets there, first when real s~leighiug begins,
who Is now driving tue daughter II Bloodmont.
Road riders tell n good story concerning the
transaction. Lamar went up TO Speedway Park
Steel Prince, 2:O7f. Hy Steel Nail. This R"rsa
has been camunignei all overthe country since
tH lul'l MS nfSt race IN lS!'D, anu has taken
part in moro than ffty harness contnets,
winning his full share Of them. When
" eiIand met him with Ada p. and defeated
HIN IN n brush down the road. Mr. Lamar
wanted 10 trade horses. He offered Wrlland
steel Prince and 5000 10 boot for Ada L. The
oil"r was accepted, A few days aftcrward, 80
the story goes, the two hOrsemen met on the
road Hgoln, each one driving his new PAGER.
\ brush followed, and the mare for whom $500
boot was paid had 70 take the dust Of tho
cheaper horse. The rival roadites had not
more than pulled up when Lamar hailed Wei
Iaud with;
..Whatll You take for the Prince"
NciIuni .lamod his price. II j. said that f.
was % sim one. But 1t did not phase the for
lueT owner II the horse. for he called out Ia
rrtly:
Jog your horse down 10 the Speedway Inn
and u give You my cheek. He's mine
Walter kilpatrick's well-known Speedway
%trptfer, Ante Dawn. died the other day at Ir.
GIlis hospital in FiitY-srvrnth street, Iust be-
fore III" FIR" there. The horse had been surnr.
Ing from o n~tu'a for nearly a year. md all ef-
lor'- 10 curethe aiimcut were unavaiing. Ante
lJawulwaS q bay GeIilug. 10y Guy Wilkes, 2:15,,
ont q AInti". by bnwI. 2:lS4. the son,o' Nut
wood, : lSA. He was iOalei In lN'3 at william
t%orhltt's san Mat"p Farm. BurlinEHme. Cal.
and was brought out as u thier-ycar.old by
Cop" S'insOn, who drove him to a record u
> ~ a. Boston. fitzpatrick has bought Of DR., |
the bay gelding R0vnl Rene. 2:gO. by Ro;
Wilkes. 2.O0'a, out - Gladys H., by King Rene.
koynl Rene gained his record at Davenport I'm |
lNS, lie - seven years old.