New-York tribune., 1901-06-10

livelier place a pleasant afternoon 1t would be
difficult to find than that same public highway
situated almost midway between Prospect Park and
Coney Island The Ocean Parkway, generally re-
ferred to the Boulevard" or the "Coney Island
Boulevard" is five and one-haf miles long. and is
as picturesque in its way as any similar driveway
In this district. Lined each side by elms and
naples. il furnishes Of the delightful
drives To be found anywhere about this city. The
cycle paths run each side of the Parkway and
there is, in addition, a macadamized road the
west of the driveway which is generally used for
trucking purposes
The almost ideal weather yesterday brought thou
sands Of people to the Parkway. and they came
there in all sorts of vehicles from numbering
carryall and farmers wagon to the rubber tired
sulky and automobile. Horseback riders and bi-
cyclists were also out in force Unlike the Speed
way. in this borough. which cannot be used except
by certain kinds of vehicles, the Brooklyn speed
way Is cosmopolitan highway in all that the
term implies For this reason the speeding Of
fast horses on Sunday must be restricted TO hours
when the great American public has not turned
toward the Parkway, or. having had its fill of
beauty. scenery and ocean breezes. has turned its
way homeward. leaving the speedway to the own
of fast horses
stiff breeze made fast driving yesterday morn
ing unpleasant, and not many fast horses were
seen out as usual In the afternoon the great army
OF vehicles swarmed over the speedway which IS
a little over mile in length. and extends from
Iwenty-second-ave. to Kings Highway The wind
died down in the afternoon and the horsemen who
had been waiting at Parkville and other points
sent out their flyers seeking rivals for brush
These owners Of fast trotters and PAGERS can be
accommodated at any time on this great pubIi,
thoroughfare. White and red posts with letters
in white denote the starting and the ending points
OF the speedway. and the drivers know the dis
tances. Their friends the side of the road keep
their stop watches clicking merrily as some un-
known PAGER takes the scalp of horse we'll known
the course.
One of the most exciting brushes of the after
noon was between DR.. Parker's Berkshire Courier
a PAGER with 2;i0 mark, and Edward Joyce's PAGER
smith The Courier pulled up at the half mile and
Smith won out In the brush, with something to
spare Smith is old New-York Speedway step
per. and generally has everything his own way
when he takes the bit between his teeth on the Park
way. Leslie Dodee's green trotter. with mark,
had an exciting brush with J. W. Covert's Prince
wood and Ruby. and with something in re-
serve. g. X. Robinsons Lille J. Eddy was beaten
by Lew Mtchells II. NJ 9. Later II. NJ. e. de-
feated Father Bill Days Gertrude G. which
has a mark OF 2:l6L.
The unusual incident of the afternoon came when
the professional driver. D. H. Nichols. came on the
Speedway behind a gray pacing gelding. The un-
known defeated Bridget Carroll and other flyers so
easily that there was much speculation regarding
the name Of the animal Nichols was asked the
name and pedigree Of the unknown. but said that
he did not know whether ne was driving ringer
or not. The story told 10 listeners TO the
effect that the unknown PAGER until recently
driven In a grocery wagon. until purchased by
some one who recognized its speeding possibilities
AS the drivers of fast horses refused 70 speed
their animals when the Parkway was crowded with
all sorts of vehicles there were fewer rupaways
than was the case on the previous Sunday. a horse
attached to a light vehicle took fright and ran
away In the afternoon, but stopped by a
policeman after a stern chase The shafts of the
vehlcies cut the horse of the policemen severely
the hips and legs. a bicycle rider with low handle
bars ran into vehicle at Avenue e and was carried
on to the hospital The policemen near said that
the fault was wholly that of the bicycle rider who
dld not look up and that the vehicle was
crossing the path
There Were thousands of bicycle riders out In
the course of the day and the paths were thronged
especially In the afternoon There were little
seorchlng aHd few arrests. The majority of the
IdeTs We're or the class generally seen only on
sundays, with little knowledge of the rules of the
road Riders in long trousers on hired wheels
were unusually plentiful