New-York tribune., 1901-09-09
THE SPEEDWAY.
IDA HIGHWOOD A FAST NEWCOMER
HORSE WITH A GOLD TOOTH
AROUSES CURIOSITY.

Fast horses thronged the Speedway yesterday,
but comparatively few brushes of not were seem
The event of the day the debut of E. L.
Smathers's new Speedway trotter Ida Highwood.
handsome little bay mare that was purchased by
e. G. Billings for $4,000 after gaining record of
213IA in a winning the Detroit Grand Circuit
meeting last July. Mr. Smathers swapped his fast
horse Doctor Book 2lO, for her few weeks ago,
hoping that she would mate his famous speedTay
Are aTnes S so Closely IN size form color Carriage
and action that many old horsemen yesterday mis-
NAV NJ MT SmstheTs is likely to find himself the
owner of the fastest and finest trottng team in the
world.
Brushing on the Spceway work for Ida
Highwood, and she did not make favorable i'm
preston among the critics in her first few spins
over the stretch north of Washington Bridge. j.
P. Baiter's brown trotter Little Coaster, 2:21A
showed her the way from the bend to the bridge
in her first brush, beating her neck in a close
| contest. Then Luke A. Burke's twelve-year-old
black trotter West Wilkes, 21324, outfooted both
Little Coaster and Ida Highwood, much to the
surprise of all horsemen who the brush Mr..
Burke eated the victory that he
ure Of Dr. David Randeil's slippery PAGER Moth
Miller, 2:07 Like Ida Highwood, the Miller
missed the mark by only short neck, in a
rousing contest for the lead. But the roam played
with him afterward.
Lorna McGregor. one of the handsomest of all
Speedway trotters figured in series of fine
brushes with Ida Highwood after West Wilkes
withdrew. Lorna is a chestnut without a
record though she troted mile In her work in
2I62s the Empire City track last June. Soon
afterward she met with accident which caused
lameness and when she came out yesterday there
spot on her hip more than twelve inches
square where she had been blistered cure the
ailment Charles Weiand drove her. She trotted
as true and straight as Cresceus TO whom she is
closely related, and II was ali that Ida Highwood
could do 10 take her measure In one OF their
half dozen DruSheS Lorna McCiregor carried the
Grand circuit winner to break and fairly de
flyer easily outfooted her beautiful rival
! Charles c. Lloyd joined in the sport with his
! black trotter MalzOur, 2:1512, a half brother to
/ Lorna McGregOr, that won the blue ribbon at the
, recent Long Branch Horse Show and these three
handsome steppers, all of them show horses turned
out in horse show style treated the one of
! the prettest brushes seen on the Speedway this
season. Ida Hghwood went into the air when half
! furlong from the finish and Malzour. trottine
! grandy under a stirring drive, by a short
: neck from Mr. Weiland's chestnut mare. Mr..
Smathers succeeded in keeping Ida Highwood down
to her work in the next brush, and the contest was
even finer than before. She went through from the
rear with rush which swept MaIzour off his feet
and Just nipped the speedy, shapely Lorna Nc
| post Later in the day Malzour and Ida Highwood
! morse put up a gallant tight, and held his own TO
! within ten yards of the post where the honors
/ lost and won There, however. he broke wildly and
! the mare gained the victory by neck.
Mr. smathers has brought all his trotters and
PAGERS home from the Grand Circuit excepting
only his $lI 900 four-year-oId Iva Dee 212is now
/ in the hands of Ed Geers. He had Sphinx S.
( 20Sla, on the Speedway yesterday. and was eager
to test his speed against Moth Miller 207 but had
TO forego the trial for lack of a suitable speeding
wagon. Sphinx S. several hardfought races
in the Grand Circuit. gaining record of 2:0S2 at
Boston fortnight ago In this Fred Ger
ken's roam racer Fred S Wedgewood 2:OS4 won
Gerken turned up on the Speedway with Fred S
Wedgewood in the shafts OF his road wagon yes
terday. Later he brought out his fast trotter The
Monk, 2OS1, the horse that forced Boralma TO trot
race at Hartford last week He also drove bi
fast four-year-old trotter Indian Jim but did not
Moth Miller 2:07, had everything his own way
among the PAGERS, with Sphinx S. and Fred S
WedgewOod out of commission. Doubled up under
a stiff pull. which kept his mouth wide open, Dr.
Randelis roam horse defeated in turn West Wilkes,
2l3a4: Isaac A. HOpper's Aunie ST. Clair. 22ll4 DR.
Douglas Hamilton's La Crosse Girl 2I91a; Maggie
crack PAGER had q bic shiny GOLD crown over one
of his lower teeth and the novelty of a horse with
/ osity anu '1i'
The two gray PAGERS, Brennan, 211I5. and High
land Lassie, 2:lS%. figured in a stirring brush the
former winning by not more than a nose. Louis
Koelschs Titania, 2:S0. newcomer on the Speed
way. surprised the horsemen by making a strong
! bid for the lead In brush with Highland Lassie
George w. Grote brought out a promising new
trotter in ST. Comet. 2:2SA. by st. Bel, 22n4. He
defeated George A. Coleman's bay horse Freeand
2:I7I4 in brush and lost the second by a head
only. Benjamin Lichtenburg's chestnut horse Billy
! Palmer displayed great speed, defeating Titania
and Freeland Sarah Jane. 2:lS1s a handsome black
pacing mare. by q neck of the prettest
contests of the day with FTeeland st. Comet and
Ia Crosse Girl behind her.
Frank Jones' Of Memphis Tenn was out behind
/ Arigal 2.2U4. and Emma S. owned BY c. * g
Billings Mr.. Jones recently paid 5000 for the
pacer Little Bov. 2:osl.. and drove him in