New-York tribune., 1902-12-01
THE SPEEDWAY.
HONTAS CROOKE DOES NOTABLY-THE
MONK FOREMOST OF THE
TROTTERS.

Hontas Crooke. eN7i4. the handsome chestnut
stallion that king of Speedway PAGERS wheh
c X c. Billings brought him to New-1ork two
wears ago demonstrated yesterday that he is still
one Of the fastest horses OF his gait IT, indeed, he
is not the best PAGER In sight on the ROAD
Incidentally he proved also that Mr. Biliingss
s15 900 road horse. The Monk. e05i4 stands alone
among Speedway trotters.
Starting against Gold Brick. 2:0Sl4 and Dr
MonicaI 2O9s. .wo PAGERS that earned their rec
ords in the Grand Circuit this year, Hontas Crooke
simply lost them. going of with a turn OF speed
which left both competitors so far 9ennd tndt
spectators who saw them pass after pacing half
a mile never dreamed that the three horses had
started together The chestnut stallion seemed
an eouine whirIwind- In repetition of the brush
he again left them far in the rear. and Mr. Bill
1ugs pulled him back TO jog as ne passed the
half-n1ile post
ONLY A week ago The Monk beat Hontas Crooke
by a neck in one brush out of three. and lost by
not more than neck the next time The great
trotter was on the road yesterday. but Mr. Billings
did not start him up. After long and arduous
campaign the horse is thin and his owner is giving
him only Ught driving when there is no big game
in sight A series of brushes between The Monk
and kingmOnd. zoe would be relished by road
riders and others just now Since the latter morse
won the title of champion in the Saturday brushes
on the lower stretch he has not been seen on the
Speedway.
Alice Barnes, 2lola. and Queen Wilkes two former
queens of the Speedway. driven by E. E. smathers'
the owner of Gold Brick. were conspicuous yester-
day. Queen Wilkes defeated A p. Perrens a place.
and Alice held her In sf5lsh Swift Of
and David Lsmar's Sally simpson 2il12.
for nearly ten thousand spectators who went up
the road in the morning. Alice Barnes end sally
brush that the onIookers we're divided Il. opinion
70 which was m tbrea Irot srs s asreas
they swept down the stretch the next time 9St
ting purely on courage between the other two,
rushed the front and won handiy 6y the nest
horse, aud he beat the mares back in the third
part rFlr Of Of mf smathss @ than he before
seen to make on track or road swift was leading
the G 6alf-miie post Responding ,saaantly % her
ad Sa ASe sf s BarRsz Ref had i S to
NJ sathsrs sent his, his s1 SnG nv te mpson
Went down the road again. The latter was trea
and swift could beat her easily though 1s he bi b9rey Sad
to jog at the finish Just Mr.. Lamar brought
"iE DaVId nri L. Up a:ss easily oldest Speedway flyer
in NewYork. among the prominent sb2s,n ss9feEs
en- en- wit with age the black horse that made his record
sea ayS ye4s sG as GSone up d aha &
2s stewart BarEs @ Bright & Light Rls3 Rls3 and "
Charotte q w. 2:21l9. c, n. Payne drove the old
paid accdenf L. d e
soils black tIotting mare Josephine while e7dI tne
ing Was driving her to pole 400 gait when she
broke one Sf G heT Who happened to be on the road
examined the mare and said she would have to be
destroyed -,
hir sale of trotting stock in Madison Square Gar
den made their appearance on the Speedway, but
none of them could give the dust to the old guard
A r Csvathmes S bay srotter Tiverton, 2.12i2
won a pretty brush from = Desere1x.s Van Zendt
9:f2: + w Cornish'S David B., 20eA, outtrotted
Ilderim 2:23l4 driven by w. J. SlarS, of Yonksrs.
and AIiabrieve. 2:1sl4. driven by Charles Lloyd
cult this year distinguished nimssif BY dsfs stng
a:f2Ih Olive S. brown trotting from Euf-
faIo took the measure of Stewart Bars Bright
Tight 2l5la and r p Baiters Clayton. ISL. in
successive brushes A. z. Perren drove him c.
Nj Rockdale boy .rotter with 2:f0 sIee6.
defeated Thomas Lynch's .rystal Chimes ard scS
eral Others without rueetng his match Reld;a.
2O9it one Of the han5somest trotters the r,dd
defea ted Crystal Chimes IN another brush.