The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-24
HOME OF THE HORSE
Track of South Riverside TO
be Repaired
FOR STEEDS OF SPEED
Some of the Men Who Own
Fast Ones in Wichita.

Griswold park speeding track has been
put in shape by the city street force and
the finishing touches with the float and
light nail harrow viii be done immedi-
ately. The work on the track has been
watched with a good deal OF anxious ex-
pectation by the members of the Wichita
road riding fraternity who want place
near the city where they can cut their
trotters and PAGERS loose in a friendly
dash to see who has the fastest road
horse. Heretofore the boys have had to
indulge in these little brushes on the
private residence streets, and there has
always been a dislike to cutting loose for
any distance with a good one, over
crossings and any kind of going. and
lodging teams and bicyclists with one eye
on the horse and the other on the look
out to see whether there isn't a Wichita
/ policeman in sight who might take the
reckless teamster in, for fast driving.
Things viii be different now. when the
festive road rider who is aching 10 throw
a little dust in somebody's face can drive
/ over to Griswold any evening after sup
! per and find half dozen kindred spirits
waiting Tor a brush with anyone that
tackles them.
! Wichita enjoys the reputation of being
the home and birthplace of some very
| fast record race horses and various cam
paigners have gone forth from here for
a seasons campaign and have returned
with low records and a fat bunch of
money to the credit of their respective
! owners. It has also been a long acknowI-
/ edged fact that the, road horses and pleas
ure drivers Of this city can't be beat as
far as looks, breeding and speed go. by
those of any other city IN the west.
Horse buyers from New York, Chicago.
and all the large cities of the east. when
they want a good one, slip down here
and buy what is considered a pretty
| likely horse from Mr.. Jones or Mr.. Smith
and take him back east, teach him to
arch his neck and TO high act little all
around, and then sell him to some eastern
fancier for seventeen times the price paid
! here.
/ There are any amount of horses in this
city in daily use as single and double
drivers and family ycarriage horses.
! There are great number of them extra
well bred and some have extreme speed.
Three minute speed in Wichita road
! horses, has got to be a common thing
\ and is not looked upon now by the aver
! age road rider as going any.
There are horses owned and driven on
/ the road in this city mat can pull buggy
a 2:10 clip for a little ways, and a cross
| matched pair, a trotter and a PAGER has
been driven to pole a quarter in "a seconds
which is a PIG gait. The top notchers of
the road brigade are Admiral Dewey,
record, ZIP "a. and Ed Toler, record,
2l9 IA Both are PAGERS and it is said
can pull buggies as fast as they can
sulkies They have never got together
vet for q trial of speed and the boys are
Hooking for some high, wide and hand
some stepping and some great razooing
when the two PAGERS Go meet at GriswoId
park.
There are enough fine horses and swell
vehicles driven daily on the streets of
| Wichita to fill the classes of q horse
show without entries from any outside
town. on every afternoon. when the
weather is good. they turn ont and it is
almost impossible to count them or to
give a list of even a twentieth part, but
among many others seen on the streets
and known to the writer may be men
toned Attorney Charles Ferguson. with
a fine looking bay gelding hitched TO a
swell stanhope. George X. Spencer, with
his handsome grep trotting mare, Bess.
hooked to a rubber tired road wagon.
r. p Murdoch with his combination
bay gelding, by Ashland Wilkes to phae-
ton. and J. Elmer Reese. with n good
looking sorrel pacing mare. hitched to a
top buggy. Judge Wall drives a nice
black gelding TO a swell spider stanhope.
VIII NcNaughten holds the ribbons over
his nobby matched pair of PAGERS, to
rubber tired surrey. S. s. Welch takes
the air behind his elegant pair of Myron
MeHenry FLIES hooked to a rubber tired
/ speeding wagon and to vary the mo-
( notony, is often seen with his handsome
sorrel gelding, Bob, hitched to a low
wheeled phaeton. DR.. J. c. Wilson drives
his old standby, Fred. and his new team
of bay standard breds to road wagon.
John Clayto nappears to enjoy life with
his grey gelding by Round Sprague in
front of a rubber tired three-quarter
speeding wagon. Bert Reeves drives one
of the finest pairs in the city to a park
] trap They are matched sorrels and are
hight actors. James Howard has several
pairs and single drivers that are Mt for
any company, but his sorrel gelding
Fred has first place in his affections and
attracts attention wherever he is seen.
{ Jim Oliver takes the fresh air with his
handsome bay pair of trotters to road
wagon. C. p. Fullington drives a good
looking brown cob 10 stanhope. Chas. c.
8 COINS fine pair of black geldings 10 trap
are very attractive. \. B. Wrights car
rage pair match wen and make a snowy
appearance. o r Potts drives a hand
some pair Of browns 10 an open surrey.
William Davidson's crossmatched bay
and brown look wen 10 light speeding
wagon.
O B. Stoker's pair are toppy and can
step fast They are crossmatched sorrel
and black geldings. There are many
others These arc but representatives
Of the vast field Of Wichita's high class
driving and fancy road horses.