The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-08
WIN THE TROTTERS.
Two Thousand Road Riders Expected 70
Take Part In the Sig speed Parade.

Mors than two hundred horsemen attended
the meeting Of the Eoad Drivers Association
AZ the north end oithe speedway yesterday AZ
ternoon Interest In the PROPOSED parade u'tro'-
tiers aud PAGERS on May . has had q stlmulat-
ing effect on the membership roll OF the Or
Raniyation. which was increased by something
Ike four hundred and ntty last month.
Moro than one hundred new members
we're added to this list Yesterday IL
Il now estimated that fully 1000 road
riders AMI thor flyers will take lart
In the coming speed parade. Horses and
horsemen from all the neighbOIlng towns are
expected TO swell the throng Of metropolitan
s%teppers, making such an army OF hlgh-claSs
road horses rs nobody ever saw before. Every
body and his trotter Il invited t. fall In line.
regardless OF mem tership In the Road Drivers
Association. Entry blanks have been provided
for collecting Information about the horses.
with a view to repairing a souvenir pro-
Rramme showing the names, records. &c.
OF all the animals in line. The parade
Ia 10 DO formed at Seventh avenue
and 10th street. at . 30 O'Clock. and Is to pro-
coed up Seventh avenue to l5jth street, thence
over the Viaduct 20 the Speedway. At the
meeting yesterday It was proposed that the
horses g TO the epd Of the Speedway at Dyck-
man street and then fls back over the road as
far as High Bridge. disbanding on the lower
section. For some reason this plan did not
meet with approval and unless the members
change their views the parade will continue
over Dyckman street to the kingsorid9e ROAD.
The road riders were congratulating each
other yesterday on. the fact that, the bh! ex-
Gu ling heavy traffic from the Harlem River
Speedway passed both houses Of the Legia.a-
ture by almost unanimous vote aud Is now n
the hands OF GOV Roosevelt; The measure
l. Identical with that vetoed By Mayor Van
Wyck last season. excepting the section
relating 20 the private interests o. one
or two persons owning property adjacent
which caused the Mayor to Withhold his ap.
proyal Of the bill passed last year. The oblec-
tionablc feature having, been eliminated 4 Is
Though II does not provide for the exclusion 81
all " hicles not used for speeding, the bill pro-
htbits heavy carriages. OF all sorts, such as
landaus, brouRhans, y~ictorias, cabriolets, ami
the like, together with bicycles. motor car
riases aud saddle horses.
Brooklyn road riders are rejoicing over the
has been tain cd in that borough. Commls-
sionsr Grower took the view that the authority
of the Park Board which enabled 1t 20 set apart
certain ground Tor the exclusive use OF morse
back riders. and other ground for bicycle
paths, warranted the granting Of CORRESPOND
Ing rr!n sns &c TO i hss s]S who aIiys ,'ss' h paT, 3;
sec)nd avenue 10 Kings Highway as q
speeding ground for the t%rotters, All
heavy TRAFFIC is to he diverted from the middle
OF the road during certain. hours each day.
probably from 3 ocIock until u O'Clock In the
afternoon. and the SURFACE Is 10 be put IN con-
dltion for speeding. Com missioner Brewer
-ays the cost of the speedway will he trining,
Beyond scraping tho present road down 70 the
foundation and putting on new surface soil.
there Is little or nothing to be done. Its ef-
yscted that the road will be In shape Tor the
horses. within tn rty days. The new speeding
ground will be about three-qnarteIs of mile
Ia length, beginning near John II Shultsis
larkville farm and extending down TO the
grounds OF the PAR way Driving Club.