The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-06

\ W uliil up Nv - itdu1 w 'bt ~
| victor or 10 encourage the vanquished IN
M, style Of finishing he patterns sonewha'
alter me style Of ia ,,eers ir ~. Tmne,ny'
which II apparently understood' ana man
ages a. a rule, tow ind W with a burst Of speed.
That he Is a horseman. any spectator on the
walk can easily see by the usually fine CON
dition Of his animals They. are good gated.
! good hammered. and generally on a trot or
Until about two wears ago President Kane
did only very little driving aside from an
22cSosionsi Jog oyer the park kd roads ;b 6Ghl no.. a
confinement In ONCE was making him a con,
hrined dyspeptic he concluded that he would
and, cure His first light harness horse ,hat
could show speed was named Tudor, that he
herd Of in Long Island lie w!s quite fast,
222 AZ the, trotting gait, and WAS bred IN
California by Leland stanford That season.
ieatcd almost every horse he brushed with
He was SO successful and got 40 much EN-
loynient out Of II, that in "A few weeks he wa
as enthusiastic over the sport as the oldest
il becS me- necessary for him. to have some
thing faster than Tudor; and while on a 'roHt11
whom he chatted at the RAILWAY station told
him Of a horse that could fairly outtrot any
thing on the island that Charles Walker was
driving over on the track al that place IN
c"mrany with Charley lIendriCkson he made
4 quick trim to the course. and Their" Tor me
ti,rSi, time. saw the eood.goinc l,ittle tIottrI
William f.. 222'. Mr. Walker hooked the
stallion Ia a cart and without the least prep
aration. aside from regular jogging; drove
him a half mile III | 10. over "A track that was
Tar from being fast. He beca me the uroptrth
of President Kane Mt once. and was after~aId
on" Of the prominent figures W the speed
wav brigade II. was 50 c"mpactly huiit
no stallion faults, feet aud legs like iron. could
be driven any whore ard had q docged way "i
going that reminded on. of the champion
stallion Cresceu- For q time PRESIDENT
Kane amused himself racing william
against Tudor AMI found the former to be
Iufh The faster hnTen In was tnlTn IN n
rae" In which he started. without particular
PREPARATION. at kivcrhcad. tfter IN, he
was sent 70 a meeting at Mlneola and fnl-lied
a good second N his race, beating the iast
trott"r Swift. For II time lr. Kane owned
Ambide1ter, a horse that aiterNard became
q wcll<nown figure on the Speedway. but
he was too large an animal 10 suii the TASTE
Of tn" doctor and 10 was replaced D. Honest
John. n brushy geldinc and fast, heating many
Of the Speedway faVOriie~ shortly after that
drive was completed
With the PURCHASE OF Honest John, Presi,
"" pacihg, gait and, began Il" my INV" ln'
Alexander family He admired their beau,
tiiul conformation, level headedn"s- alid
brushing qualities, and found thal hr c"uId
do more with them ON the road than VIII any
breed he had tried Through u Long Island
trainer he heard Of that fast daughter OF
Der Of Nick Huhinger's stable attending the
full meeting at Lexington. He wired, an
is how he became he owner OF the lule PAGER
that has made 50 many Of the speedway
stars stretch their neCks She Is a picture al
puIn" grace and beauty Her vel poised.
breedy head - So much admired that cuts
Of II have been used as trademarks Sh. -
a rich BAY. long flank, deep barrel. and while
small. not over 1871 hands. IL compa'llN
built She is one Of the latter-daN ractrs;
having no body motion. goes smooth ana
level as "A die
Or Kan" was % we'll pleased with Darrell
that BE- began to inquire for Others 81 ~"
saine blood lines and IN a shnti time h"lthi
the clever little mare. Laura ". She. carri"d
all the Characteristic features 81 The Alexander
turned tho Mlnrola track. TO cart. IN 2l8
Darrell paced a mile the same day IN ? IL, Tue
track record at that time bong ?i6'.,. Be
fore President Kane bought Laura " ~"
was n good second In several races III IA
and 2li She Ia a beautiful chestnut. "A 3
hands having more tie appearance ~ "A thor
oughbr"d than a lirht harness mar" she
Is strongly put together. a great feeder, does
not pull an ounce and rarely goes to a break
She l. a iayorite brush mare aud when AZ
her best will sct a pac. that. nothing short
81 the top nOtCher- can equal IIltle Gem,
RE. n bay geldirg &. by Alexander. = an
other II President Kane stable that can
pace through IN" Spec dwaN stretches Ike a
-trelk of electricity Iio j. only "a? hands.
strongly built and even TEMPERED. a dis
tnsniNGinG ,rai, %l all ,nst iamly ,,,,.
Gem, George Huber was driving him, hooked
&C. a working cart, one Suuday morning
The easy style in which he headed several
of the speedirst brush horses attracted thu
du,tor- attention ana a. loon a. he learned
that Gem was m Alexander, he negotiated
lfI W. IIll'Ih~' wa " NI"' Il' N''k
I title Gem became a member of III" Kane
roadster string Since then he has shown
ht> heels To so many OF N" best b%rusher, thai
he ranks among the stars ~ the drive. being
ON" mat has shown his heels 10 Hpntas
Crooke, tho hardest PAGER on the Speedway
to beat
The frs, time Little Gem Was driven on
the speedway by his new owner, G"orcr
Spear, n" professional driver and trainer,
noticed hIm and asked the doctor what little
thing II was
oh. jusr another Alcande | have picked
Bru-h down With me-, said Spear, who
was driving Sphinx :. n chestnut PAGER
with q mark of :U"'.; I wont boat you Tar
Al right. answered the doctor. and they
started head and head After the fri fow
strides, sphinx = was lett IN the r"a- and
all the way down TO WASHINGTON bridge he
never was n"rr enough 10 cast a doubt Oh
llt'l" Gems chance Of victory From that
tim" To ne pre-eu, no PAGER viii brush against
Go'u unless he L. KEYED M rIrh'
The most recent addition 80 tho stable T.,
tho handsome little bay mare, tIltt" t..
All She Is only II haud-, aud hooked
- poi" with Little Gem makes a natty team.
The first tim" ihev we're ever hI'chcd 10
r"lh-r they paced a halt mil" over tn" Gut
t"nhrrf track IN i;ii n4,u" l. l. l"yel-
driven both ,lngIy and to pole. and can pun
a "n"-map ok" wagonlpa brush Ia, enough
tu he I'm the front bunch AZ the iush.
Last summ- President Kane bought IN"
dam 81 Laura " now ~ year old, ~ much
,]hrIEt,i .]Tp,,,n"PR, sah,,a'nI, Siln"Hs9
by Alcauder The doctor ha> Developed
into Ou. Of tho best OF amateur re- nSuIen. tie
has driven Darrell IN ?lS and others of his
string very fast. There is no sport lac an
Joys more. and during tn" two years hn has
driven last ones. all -lgus Of dy~pop- IH have
~dl~appcarei and he has gained tw"uty-rght
pounds in weight Nhcu asked what he
considered the mOat exciting brush 10 ever
had on the Speedway. President Kane said
That's u difficult question 20 answer |
should say that the brush | had with humps.
Robert i aud Jack was about tho finest and
most interesting ever had. Darrell had
gone up from th. stable at n slow Jog II
was the third time | had ever driven her
| logged her slowly to the upper end or the
Speedway, where her photograph was taken.
! then tur ned around and started back toward
IN" stable, having no itca W hltever Of brush
ing her that DAY, a. she auUeHred to mo To
Toe going n little lame in one log But a short
way down two hur sos whisked in front Of
mo and | could hear another behind Re
fore fully realized what was going ON. Dare,
had taken matters into her own hands and
was " ay like "A flash. Owing to tho crowded
condition Of the Speedvav II was impnsSihl,
for me to 60 throUgh and get on oven terms
with Bumps and Robert !. therefore CON
and held IN behind Robert J until near the
when | called on Darrell she went through
like q bullet nu' Of a gun CARRYING bumps
:" a break and passing Robert j A. though
he was tied to a post
The amusing part % the affair TO me was
that did not knu What horses wa- gong
against until The whole thing was over and