New-York tribune., 1901-02-11
THE SPEEDWAY.
sLEIGHBELLs JINGLE MERRILY ON THE
SNOW COVERED DRIVE.

With sunshine melting the thin coating OF snow
the Speedway yesterday, the men who drive
fast trotters and PAGERS made the most OF their
opportunities. and for hour in the
morning the sleighbells jingled merrily. The snow
too damp afford good footing for the horses
1t balled up about their shoes until the best of
them were made unsteady. The horses that Jared
whose had pulled off their shoes and driven
footing.
Alice Barnes 2:1113. the present queen of Speed
way trotters. picture of equine beauty
z. E. Smathers logged her up TO the speeding
ground. hooked 20 a dainty little red cutter
suggestive of speed the beautiful bay mare her
self. Her coat had the color and lustre OF polished
mahogany, and she carried herself proudly a
princess But her pride was humbled the first time
Mr.. Smathers sent her down the snow path at
speed Henry Zahn's mare Dundess, 2:23s. trot-
ter of tremendous action and lot of speed. and
Frederick Hammonds perennial flyer Corona, 22I1a.
were her competitors. and great contest IL was.
Three abreast with their girdles OF sleighbelis
jingling. and a shower of snowballs flying twenty
sped past the fringe of spectators in pretty race
the half mile post. down near Washington Bridge.
Mr. Snathers made a whirlwind drive TO gain the
maqe Fesponded by eapng into the air Corona
held her own bravely with Dundess, and lost the
final victory by less than length
Corona made her record Of 2:2f1a before either
Dundess or Alice Barnes foaIed She Is IN her
twenty-second year, and is still of the round
est. handsomest and fastest troIters in town. on
the Before this brush took place she had
beaten both Dundess and the Yonkers PAGER Joe
Nelson, PISA, driven by e. H. KaIer. The old
mare had not been the Speedway for
walks talking about 'the bay mare hooked TO
the wine colored CUTTER few knew she old
Corona.
Although Alice Barnes lost the first brush In
which she started. the little bay sfterward
outfooted George W. Wilder's speedy gray pacing
mare Highland Lassie 2I3a. In a contest over the
snow covered speeding ground. and repeated the
Ta Tisk 0S leaving her away in the rear at the
PAGERS were generally at a disadvantage in the
snow. but the steel roam sidewheeer Edward W.
2:21A, proved to be exception to the rule With
a driver behind him whose weight caused the light
speeding cutter TO CRATE through the thin coating
of snow, this FLYER from Undertook twice defeated
the former champion OF PAGERS. Robert j.. 2.0115
driven by Nathan Straus. He skinned along In
front of I. s McGeihan's handsome trotting stall
lion Elvol. by FL Mahdi. and defeated Benjamin
Zahn's bold going bay trotter Oscar 2:2Ol5, by
PAGER Red Lawn slss and 4iyam aoliIs psy pay
stepper Blue Belle. speedy roam trotter also
ward W. George 4 Coleman drove the steel roam
6aeer ms & one dfTeat h was & administered BY Dun,
a redhOt brush.
Alonzo Mcdonald. Of Boston. and Arthur Lape
were out behind strange black PAGER that proved
TO be a topsawyer. The horse Joe Calm 2:131.
a newcomer on the road He every brush in
which he started. beating among others, David
l+amaTs fast little mare Ada p. 2O91..
Captain Gardiner. driving the headstrong bay
PAGER Bobby J., 2sa., had series of brushes with
Alexander Frankenstein and his PAGER Grant 2:17Is
beating them at every trial Mr.. Frankenstein at
last turned his horse the professional rens-
man. Clyde Mcbride and then the verdict was re-
yersed, Grant winning with seeming ease. Sandy
BOY, 2l2, showed q world of speed in the early
part Of the day He was driven by John j. Tim
minis. who had pulled off the PAGERS shoes before
starting out for the Speedway.