The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-20
FIFTY YEARS WITH TROYfERS
TNrERTENCEs or IRIMRLE, TH6
VETERAN. DRIyER.
Al sr,-n'y-n'e. Year, o. Age Ne sse~s
Wonderful Nerve tn the suIky How
'ommsd.re Nandcrbiit nsughs Nssup.
iaia Repositories ef Other 0eos~.

TO american trotting turf to-day /. vii.
ham { Trtmhle OF this CITY. His ancestor.
80 - lrtSh extraction and ne was born An
TO Town 81 Montgomery. Orange count
!-c. ~, lS2e. nearly seventy Ave wears AFRO
e. 'H~ ~" of - he went To- Chicago. tbspcs
O., ~ INui and New orleans. where he
.ngag~d ia the hor-e-rscc busine~. with
y kenner. and has from that dsy TO this
fhl-iwo wears. ollowc the trade OF train.
ia s~eping and driving tro,ters. He I'm.
mt. son aud b-en defeap~d durlns all
,he-e wears by the Macvs. Burr.. Hckol,
Iolle-, Goldsmiths, Bow ems and m,ny
dhar.. and has had horse DEALING. with
,h' Nsnd"rhilts' Bnnners. KnApps. Mortons.
Hecsmhn-. Ehsalls. Costers, Humpht,y.
ana = hust 81 other~ whose admiration. for
t-'iters l. 81 well known. especially by
tse nld-tiner~. From early manhood n.
vaS always credited with possessing q
i-su and practical Judgment Of horse fie.h
ami Nh" remarkable success he attained
from tha time he purchased and Developed
AoyntAiu boy. In tts5. until he ook la hand
N lSai. the condemned Cobwel- and rave
tothe atter his 2 1? record. IL Of Itself ample
pool that hs instructive ability along the
Ls~ mentioned was worthily established.
TO-DAY Tritnble " q feebl. old man
siA as hair and full hsard clipped short
vi nearly white. and tnIdging about ,h.
t'reeis Sith The aid Of = cane For some
tSo ~ three wears II was believed he had
taSru hrs last ride In a sulky aud for the
Esi time driven n rscehOr-e Of any Kind
HIS Trends did not think thai, TN. veteran
would ever again take tho chances % dny-
tx 'notters la the spirited contests 81 these
hiiet days Of two-minute horses. No
LJbhc statement 81 his even training the
fveS 81 this time had been made and
uten. at the recent n.eting Of the New
tursh Driving PARK Association. he again
made MS appearance "a a driver. TN. sur
Inre was great But there he was, ~ cool
shd ~aRacious "a ever. and without doubt
tho oldest driver Of n ,ro,ting horse In
\ race to-day la he United Staies.
NJ his oompetiior~ Of lie long ago have
either died OF been thr"ugh ag. sci a~id~
and tho thousands 81 his nrighbors Who
sv him, with great Difficulty. mount aud
'i,tnoun he -ulky were not only surprised,
iul alarmed al hi tepeTitV Tl,arr had
just l~cn Two o. three had accidents IN 10.
rac-s, and with one accord tho spectators
sVerredtha' " he go, ~ one Ut them w. would
certainly be killed Even Tho Younger
drivers spoke To him about what tl,ey
thought 10 be HE foolish courage. but he
i"plied To them With "a certain Rmo' NJ ~
disdain
I haven't got A. much to lose ~ vuu ave
~ I'm old and " get killed wont lose
. much a. YOU would IL YOU got killed
with this Nonderful display Of unobtrusive
grt' he went on scoring behind The Sanger
lies stallion Rio Alto. q big heady trotter
that -eem~i 10 take his every ounce 81
strength 10 handle and never failed 10 get
q good position a. the wire. He went, on
amid the plaudtts Of the throng. which
watched his every move intentlv and wished
that he might win When he made the circuit
~ the half -inile track IN IN. lead the crowd
yelled and when he passed under the wire
the winner Of the first heat such a scene
terhap~ never before took place on an
American track The thousands went To
their feet, hats and canes were thrown
into the air. the women waved their hand
Ierchlefs and n lusty cheer rent the air.
StHi they said the odd man had no buai-
ne~- there. they were afraid tina, every
ininu'" he might 10 killed but he CONTINUED
and drove the entire -four heats - the race,
l">ide~ driving the chestnut mare Arnola
in another race during the same meet and
escaping without a mishap az any kind
since then he has driven another race at
N~w City. Rockiand county, appearing there
behind 0arhson'. chestnut mare Flos-ie.
The reporter Of IHE SrS has secured
from the veteran q history Of some ~ his
track experiences. The first horse % tote
hs trsiDed and developed was Mountain
hov, sfterwari sold 20 Commodore Wander
halt, and with which transaction gov an
Interesting story Of the C~ommodore's
.hrs~dns~s Mr. Trimble and James ",
Young bought the horse Of Tom Bingham
" N~ewburgh. The horse was formerly
osn~d hv Nelson Crist. father Of Gov.
pdell's wife. VIII drove him before an
- wagon. He was S wears old when
Irmble and Young got him. They paid
S.a for him. Before his Mountain Bow
Nas put before a plough bv = farmer
named Fowler al MiddIehor- and he
v%oulin'' work In . month after Trimhle
l-usht him h" had improved ~ much
thai 49, .
declined.
Mountain Bow. hrt race before a .nlkv
vas In as with Alden Goldsmith'- Idler.
hv Volunteer. This was n Highland
PARK. this city. when IA. Orange county
TAR was hring held. Roth horses were of
no sam" age. 5 vcar. and Idl-r then had
't- orang- county record for that ag-.
Whlch was 90. Mountain Bow and Idler
s"ne the onlv horses in the rac The
letting wa- large and Idler was tho f..
nuu'", So To $40. Trimble drove Mountain
Nov ard won 10Th heats. the frSt in 2sO
ard Tho sac,nd In 2a. n nov county recDrh.
That night Tnmble r-eiv~d an offer 81
So" Tor Mountain Boy His price Was
'fo''"r go Comniodor~ Vanderbilt, Tor
5000 tu match Pu~t Boz, ono ~ the Com
i%n"tor's fast cam, Plough Boy having
d"~' tn" tnminodoru thought that II he
,'nd ret n good a hor~e a. Post Boy he
would hav" mo- trouble la defeating the
teams uf Rol~fi B,nner. Sheuaul knapp
ard some other~ who owned the fastest
teams II 'h0~" days He told NJ. TrimlIe
iha' n" had had df'y horses IA with po-t
Hov hut not ona ~ them could even eser-
csc hum
told him. said Mr. Trimble. after We
i'ched N" two together and got ga the
'"ad through central Park whore We could
,"' itcm out a little that I'd like To have
MN b" holding tho ribbons. drive INV
'Nl' 20 brake he-ide Post Rov The Com
n'odore replied. You damned country fool
4" YOU sIs'-e that grc~n colt can trot with
f"Si Bow ! told him l wanted 20 $50
,0" cuii break. Then he let 'em To up
S,"'"rIh Avenue and ! soon found out that
Ir.i Boy had mote than hs match.
l~"achNi over 20 take the whip myself from
w" sockr' and The Commodore asked me
wa WAS going ,o do The pair were
''"f ih"u gong nj q tremendous spred
'Id ! 'ohd him was going h. -~t him q
fang The Commodore had a very keen
~ quick eve and h- saw a. did that,
''uutain Roy vas by Ear the -p--edter %
- 'N". Well -aid he I only wanted ~
r. = h"r-e to jog with Post BOY I told
I'm ma 4 that wss all he wanted he could
r. " ulig fnr siS. that would do that and
~ n"'-l MT nav M" slO.oo or 81? .Op foT NV
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