New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
PARADEON THE DRIVEWAY
EIGHT HUNDRED HORSES IN THE LONG
LINE.
FAMOUS TROTTERS AND PAGERS AMONG
THEM-GREAT SUCCESS OF THE
SPECTACLE-FINE BEHAVIOR
OF THE ANIMALS.

Something Of the renewed interest in the
trotting horse which the opening of the Harlem
River Driveway has brought about seen
yesterday when the members of the Road
Drivers Association We're mustered out for their
parade. Eight hundred road horses, many of
them trotters and PAGERS which have made their
names familiar to horsemen all over the world
were brought together for the occasion. and
from the start to the finish of their eight mile
march they passed between lines of spectators
who had assembled to witness the novel spec
tacle. The crowd of oniookers was nowhere
dense. but it was nowhere broken between
Seventy-seCond- at Riverside Drive, where
. the start was made and the terminus of the
Speedway, at Two o-hupdred- -and-t -tenth-st., where
the big parade ended, that many thousands
OF New Workers saw the Speedway flyers at
one point and another. The weather was chilly
and clustering at the hour when the road
riders met for the start, but the wind died away
and the temperature rose before the afternoon
over.
In spite of all precautions which had been
taken to insure orders In the formation of the
line, there a formidable tangle of light
harness turnouts in the vicinity Of Seventy sec
ond-st. and the Drive when the hour for start
ing arrived Every side street held double line
of trotters and PAGERS waiting to fall in line
West End-ave. thronged with the overflow
while scores of restless steppers which refused
to stand still anywhere. were being walked and
logged up and down the Drive. For a time 1t
looked though all attempts to carry out the
scheduled order of formation would have to be
abandoned. Marshal Alexander Newburger and
his aids. however. finally brought order out
OF chaos. and with the assistance OF squad
of fifty mounted policemen got the highstrung
animals under way in good shape.
LED BY MOUNTED MEN.
At the head of the column was a platoon Of
mounted men to clear the way and then came
the first advocates of the Speedway"-Acting
Mayor Randolph Guggenheimer. ex-Mayor
Thomas F. Gilroy and eX-Park Commissioner
Paul Dana-in a two-seated carriage. Behind
them the officers Of the Road Drivers AS
sociation-Dr. II. II. Kane. driving his beautiful
little pacing mare Darrell 2:071A; Vice President
John F. Cockerll driving the crack trotting
team Rival 2:1114. and Honor Bright. 22Sl4
and Al Reeves. secretary, holding the reins ove-
a big brown gelding. The members Of the En-
ecutive Committee followed-Charles c. Lloyd
with his handsome cross matched trotters NAL
zour, Dbl, and Richard B.. 2:211l; James p
Robertson, with Jenny and Flash, 221A in
double harness; George T. Putney with a bav
team; Hiram H. Hollis. accompanied by Mayor
William @ Clarke of Manchester. \. H; A Is
Gwathmey, the former president Of the associa-
ton, driving his superb chestnut trotter Louise
Nc. 2:09l4: w. E. Parsons. jr.. with La Belle
Rosa, a brand Speedway flyer and a fine
one John a. Blaurock. with toppy little David
L.. 2:191a, and George w Grote. with his black
mare Belle Wilson, 2:29at DR.. H. D. Gill and
John Reid came next IN order the former driv-
ing the brown gelding Greenfield, while Mr.. Reid
drove the crack stallion William T.. Dbl
owned by his father, Michael Reid.
IN A DIVISION by THEMSELVES
The horses that won the cup races for Speed
way flyers last in division by
themselves. DR.. John F. Moore led off with the
we'll known bay trotter Mcmillan, 2:1112 and
Mrs H D. Gill followed with the speedy PAGER
Jack 2:1214. F. G. Schmidts shapey black
gelding Excellence, 2:1SA, and w. P. DurandO's
Clarence A. 22614, completed the quartet.
The division of horses designated as famous
headed by the gallant old campaigner and
model road horse Robert J.. 2O113 driven by
Lewis G. Tewksbury. The former champion cf
pacerdom recognized by the onloobers all
along the line of march, and he came in for
more applause than any other horse in the
parade. Bobby prcked up his thin taper
ing and looked wise in response to the
hand clapping. just he used to do when he
was cheered after of mis- record breaking
performances in the Grand Circuit More than
one spectator voted him to be the handsomest
and most aristocratic looking flyer as well as the
fastesl one III all the elshl huhdreu Ihe absence
of Roberts old rival Joe Patchen, 2:014 was
great disappointment. the announcement having
been made that ex-senator John McCarty would
I certainly drive the popular black stallion up
the road by the side OF Robert ].
FOLLOWING ROBERT ].
Following the king pin of pacerdom came the
handsome little bay stallion Planet DOM that
OF the largest winners in the Grand
Circuit few years ago f. j. Schroeder of
Jersey City. owns the son OF Jersey Wilkes
Continued on fourth pnGeo