New-York tribune., 1901-11-11
THE SPEEDW AY
THE OWNER OF THE MONK SAYS HE
WILL MEET ALL COMERS FOR THE
SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP.

SPEEDWAY CHAMPIONSHIP.
A cutting wind that swept over the Speedway at
a clip which no harness horse could equal mace
arriving somewhat disagreeable yesterday yet the
road was thronged with noted trotters ana pacers'
and five thousand persons were our 10 see 'eii.
Nearly everybody who drove at speen colhPidihe"
about the condition of the driveway Rough meais
and full of holes it anything but good rcaa
over which to speed fast horSe SSo. that gained
Silver 2:os and Dolly Dillon. 2O at Memphis last th
foong not G Els az handsome
i7 black Il rot5sr s Down i the road Mr. lloyd
Chain Shot while Albert De Cernea sat oe''ihu
Maizour.
The brush of the day brought together Freoeflch
Gerken's great trotter The Monk, 2osA' W. -
Floyd-Jones's King Chimes. 210%z, ana r. f.
Smathers's Queen Wilkes From the point "here
most of the spectators saw the contest me Molih
looked like faster horse than his rivals va ;tS tSr
in himself But Mr. Smathers and Mr. Floyd-Jonsss
asserted that the winner tgrnea Wkes getting
off far in front that the brush vas orse Turned
in front but was taken back until the others
reached almost even terms
King Chimes and Queen Wilkes trotted three
brushes the former winning each time by margin
varying from neck to three lengths Joseph -.
Meyers Newark PAGER, Bicycle Giri Z'-V-2' 'olou
the two trotters in their second trial ana iiSneu
The gray mare proved later that she was lot
midable competitor for anybodys horse LOT III d
brush with Dr. David Randells roam horse Moth
Miller 2o she fl nshea s ,nsd witRin Is Heeg ehgf q 2o
Grand Circuit PAGER owned ana aFtsn tsn cTitcs bv
faIrT ontFooting Moth Miller in pretty brush
Helen D. IS newcomer on the SpeedwaS, aliI dr sne
looks like of the fastest sidewheelers now arsen
on the road. Not horse that She met yesteTaiaty it
e9qld take her measure j. RockSaie Boy We're
among the fast ones she beat
NettIed by the talk about his refusal to start
The Monk against other horses Fred Gerken yes
terday announced his readiness to meet all
comers in series of brushes for the championship
OF the Speedway next Thursday afternoon at 2:So
o'clock, His competitors will probably be King
Chimes Queen Wilkes, James A. Murphy's Zembia.
21114; A b. Gwathmey's Tudor Chimes 2:l3 re-
Gently purchased from A z. Perren. and perhaps
Nathan Strauss Alves, 2:osl2. Mr. Gerken stipu-
lates that owners must drive and that professional
reinsmen shall be strictly barred. This may shut
Alves. Mr. Straus does not feel able to drive
this hard pulling trotter at the present tine II
Alves a brush later on with any amateur of Mr..
Strauss selection behind him 1t is the almost
cannot only beat the horses likely to start against
@ oq! nf he n6 can Tho o any Not IN 3he
brush on the Speedway He will be retired for
the winter after next week.
II. c. 1fapes's unmarked young trotter. Jolly
Bachelor. a conspcuo,s horse in the brushes.
Among the fast he defeated was Charles
RiIey's handsome black horse Mahlor. 2:l3a4. An
other good green that attracted attention was
Arthur Lape's brown trotter Mr.. Wilton. Driven
by Andy Mcdowell. the who gave Alix,
2:03&4. her record. this speedy OF Wilton beat
Harry Williams's gray PAGER Maggie Aencon.
George II. Wilkes 2:l5i?. n true going and fast
young trotter. owned by George H Brett OF White
hall. y. Y. caDtivated Nathan Straus and other
hoTsemen by beating 4 Lig bunch OF fast ones.
The horse is newcomer on the Speedway.
Anton Schwartz brought out Of the fastest
trotting teams ever seen on the road when he
hooked Lily Glenn. 2:l7Iz. to pole with Wyoming
2IsA. There nothing TO brush against them.
but they trotted very fast ana level alone. John
TIalIahan had winning pair Of PAGERS in the blind
horse Hopeful 2:21i2. and Calypso 21ii4. In stir
ring brush with Hugh Reillys bay trotter Com
nodora Porter 2:l5 they stuck 20 their gait under
n hard drive. and won ny short head. +. Ci.
Schmidt had another fast pacing team In Mercury
Wilkes. 214A. and Excellence. 2ISi.. but they were
not seen In any OF the brushes
A string OF nine fast road horses from z II.
Harriman's Arden Farms arrived In New-York
yesterday. Mr.. Hartman has just built Of the
finest private stables in New York, at St. Nicholas
ave and One-hundred- and fifty y-fifth-st, and his
horses taken there They were In charge OF
w J. Andrews, the trainer. who drove Mr.. Harri-
mans paC> stallion John r. Gentry 2toia. to his
record. Elsie s, 211A: Helen Grace. 2Ir.. and
other Grand Circuit winners were in the string
hat Afr IIar will fr{y on rha SuoN