The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29
MANY SLEIGHS OUT
ON THE BOULEVARD
R. C. Taylor As Usual Takes First
HonorS For Speed-Some Ex-
citing Brushes and Narrow ES-
capeS Recorded

Yesterday was an ideal day for racing
and many of the men in this city who
own fast horses were on the boulevard
As q result there were many good
brushes between the horses. The frost
of Friday night had given a frozen
surface to the road and made sleighing
pretty fair. There was q good founda-
ton for the horses to get a purchase In
and no danger of striking soft spots
and thus throwing the horses out OF
their gaits.
r, G. Taylor came on the avenue
early in the afternoon behind Abbie V.
and gave the mare a good Warm1ngup,
preparatory to trying the speed of any
horse whose driver thought could stay
with the champion of the snow path.
The first to take up Mr.. Taylor was
Richard Healy with bay mare, but he
only stayed with Abbie a few hundred
yards, when he was left hopelessly be-
hind. Mr.. Taylor's next brush was
with Arthur M. Taft, who rode behind
q chestnut PAGER, but that horse did
not have enough go in him to beat
Abbie After these two brushes the
avenue started to take on the appear
ance of g. race track, men speeding
their horses up and down to get them
warmed up before trying conclusions
with any of those already on the road
Richard ]. Healey arrived on the ave-
nue. behind Arthur Wilkes and the
spectators got ready to see some racing.
Mr.. Healey took his horse up and down
the course a few times to get him
warmed up and then went down the
road with Mr.. Taylor ITO try conclu-
sions At the refrigerator plant they
turned and got ready for a brush as
far as Pleasant Street. The horses had
a. good start and ait Highland Street
were going neck and neck. AT High
land Street Mr.. Healey had to pull up
to avoid running down two horses
which were being exercised by groom
who rode on the back of one Of them.
The groom started the horses up the
road to get out of the way, but there
were so many sleighs on the road that
he could not draw out, and it was a
case of ride for it.
Then ensued a race that was not
down on the program, Abbie V. and
Arthur Wilkes trying to distance the
other horses that were with the groom.
At one time Mr.. Healeys horse got
so close to the heels of one of the pair
that 1t seemed that a serious accident
could not be prevented, but, through
the GOODNESS of Mr.. Healey who pulled
Wilkes up, nothing happened. The
race was won by the pair in charge of
I0e GROOM, MI. ey lOI DClll6 q Nipf'N
second at Pleasant Street. After that
race Mr.. Taylor and Mr. Healey went
down the road to try it over again.
This time Mr.. Taylor got start on
Mr., Healey and had a clear course. At
Highland Street he came up to his son,
who was driving bay horse which
Mr.. Taylor had purchased last winter,
and the two started down the road to-
gether. 1t was one of the prettiest
races Of the day, and if the horse that
Mr.. Taylor's son William was driving
had not gone into the air, Abbie V.
would have had to hustle to come in
first.
There were several brushes between
other horses which made things lively
for a time and which greatly interested
the SPECTATORS.
Mrs. r. c. Taylor and her daughter
came on the avenue for a short time
in an open sleigh and took few trips
up and down the course.
Others on the avenue were A. H.
Henry behind the new horse which he
purchased a few months ago. Joseph
Beaudry and F. H. PeltOn.