New-York tribune., 1902-04-21
THE SPEEDWAY.
SWIFT. 2I5a1. DEFEATS SALLY SIMPSON,
2:11%. AFTER THREE CLOSE
BRUSHES.

Swift. 215I and Sally Simpson. 2fitz. renewed
their struggle for supremacy on the Speedway yes
terday and nearly ten thousand spectators wit
messed of the fastest closest brushes OF the
season Final victory fell to the going trotter
driven by John F. Coekerill president of the Road
Drivers Association. but David Lamar's big bay
mare made him step to his limit every time they
started, and in trial some OF the spectators
thought that her nose was in front Mr. Cockertll
handled Swift with skill, fairly outdrivns Mr;
drive at the finish of the first brush. The second
contest was drawn battle the two 1eeI fr9ssers 5T
OF Washington Bridge locked like double team;
fra and sav smpson went over the road alone
In the last bout Swift somehow got lead of OF half
a length in the first quarter. and. though Mr. La
mars Grand Circuit winner gained steadily as they
neared the finish. she was beaten by a head
Nathan Strauss well known old road horse, Cob
webs. PIP one Of the prominent performers CT
the day. BY appointment he met the big bay trot-
ter Ed Lock- 2:12 that had given him the dust a
week ago and in two brushes the chestnut horse
turned the tables him Ed Lock made a hard
for 5 the cdsRe ad fom a hT5 b 10 Rnsn behind n
they renewed the contest In ms nrGSn es ufsn fss
others when part way down the stretch and led
them past the half mile post
NJ C. Harrison's fast young trotter Axtello. 2:1s,
laUrels yesterday by holding his own
with David Lamar's PAGER Nathan straus. 2osia.
generally considered to be the best sidewheeier
the Speedway. Mr.. Lamars horse was leading
by fully half length fifty yards from the finish.
but Axtello trotte resoutely at the end that he
crossed the line terms with the PAGER.
him the winner The owners Of the two HORSES
were willing to call it a dead heat. however Ak
some black trotter Mahlon. 2:13s4. but near the
finish made break which cost him the victory.
After Nathan Straus and Axtello had fought out
drawn battle. Mr.. Lamar started his PAGER
against E. e Stevenss chestnut mare Replica,
2:151z The result indicated that the bay horse
and won by neck Earlier IN the day Mstnsni ,s,i
heating John Hanan's bay pacing mare Aiietta-
pisa before they had brushed quarter of nila-
Joseph z Meyers gray mare Bicycle Girl was
one OF the conspicuous winners Of the day. Shes
won every brush in which she started and on one
trip the speeding ground fully half a dozen.
PAGERS were chasing her. Christopher Hacketts
King Tom. 2:1911; Henry WiIliams's Maggie Alen-t
CON: Morgan Marshalrs Crescent and Robert Mar
the the gray mare from Newark defeated Ale Alexander
ing her six lengths behind in half a mile
Anton NJ Schwartz drove his frisky little bay
trotter E,ert 2:f1 TO the front pretty contest
with Ortine 2221s. both trotters drawing two
wheeled road carts Mr. Schwartz drives his fast
trotter about town every day a business horse.
vet the little son Of StambouI. 2:071z. has speed
enough cope with the cracks when he goes To-
the Speedway OF Sundays. Mr. Schwartz took a
spin behind his snowy black trotter Wyoming,
2 after Ta aF,vbG Back eef horse Wes ies as
wyoming beaten by neck after a lively con-
test.
Queen Wilkes defeated J. W. Cornish's David B..
20e15 and Alexander Frsnkenstein's Glennaere
Boy 21f4 near the close OF the day Nathan
E,y's Fred Proctor 21914. carried Malzour. 215st.
to a break and beat him easily. Morgan Mar
shaI's Crescent three brushes out of four from
Robert Marshalls Comet Ortine 2:2Z12. twice de-
feared John J. Timmins's Harry Davis, 324la-
Fred Dietzs busy little bay Miss Overton.
22619 outfooted n. S. Mapes's big bay mare Mime
tonka Alexander Alexander's Patatina won by a
neck in a brush with r. D. Wilams's Curlew.