New-York tribune., 1902-04-28
THE SPEEDWAY.
QUEEN WILKES SURPRISES VETERANS
BY DEFEATING ALyES.

E E. Suatners's feet little trotting mare Queen
Wilkes was the central figure in a great day do
ings on the Speedway yesterday. Starting against
Nathan Strauss noted horse Alves. 2Nsl4. thls
young mare. that is without any record as fast as
800 vanquished her 2.10 rival in impressive style
beating him twice succession without being
driven out the limit of her speed In justice TO
AIves IL should be said. however, that 1t was the
first brush of the season for him, while queen
Wilkes has been sharpened TO a razor edge by COM
peting against the Of the Speedway ever since
the frost came out of the ground This was big
advantage, so big IN fact that many horseu1en VINO
saw the brushes expressed the opinion that Alves
Will turn the tables her when they meet again
This will be on Saturday. May 10 the day OF the
Speedway parade, MI, StrauS anu UT. @ 9
having agreed let their crack trotters go again
ability to get away fast after turning for brush.
led Queen Wilkes to the quarter post IN tner nrst
carry his clip TO the end. and she beat him a
easier for the mare though AIves kept her trottng
limit until she within one hundred ysros
of the finish. Queen Wilkes easily sn9wed ner
heels all other trotters she met yesterday peat
ing Anton NJ schwartzs high headed little bay
brush and leaving George McBride's big bay trot-
spin She was timed half mile in 1:O5-a 30 clip
when she OUtfOoted Alves-
Mr. Strauss other famous Speedway trotter. Cob
webs 212 was not in his best form yesterday After
leading George W. Grote's handsome chestnut
trottng mare Teresa B. 216s merry stern chase
over the speeding ground in the first brush or the
day. Cobwebs Unexpectedly beaten IN a rous-
ing contest with De Witt c. Flanagans unmarked
trotting mare Little Helen, and Frederick Dietzs $
busy little road mare. Miss Overton. 2:261z This
was as pretty road race as anybody ever saw tne
three trotters striding along at top speed on per-
fecty even terms they within nifty yards
of the finish. There Little Helen suddenly broke
and ran out, while Miss Overton began TO forge
abead Of Cob1ebs Not more than a short neck
separated them S they flashed past the post Dut
Her victory was the biggest surprise of day for
she has not been reckoned among the stars II ] nr
land 2.17IA defeated her. but she struck her win
bV q neck in tilt with W E Parsons's handsome
chestnut mare. La Belle Rosa. and later beat Au-
gustus Noel's big bay trotter, L. B. --LZ9.-
Little Helen. like AIves. starting for the first
time this year, and view Of this fact she per-
formed Ike a coming champion She won rous-
Irg brrsh from l. A Bushes black trotter, West
wilkes 2.Iss. and measured strides with G 81
Bohands Kingmond, 2:o9. and George GuT2etts ie+I
Eele agaIn i3 ~ 81 Sl5 for Little Helen about year
Panasan ga kns pans e solely ole for pleasure driving
viii probably start her this season in the st1nees
to be held at the Empire City track she mas
shown q trial in 212
Swift 2.15s.. and Sally Simpson. 21ftz. the rival
trotters Of John F. Cockeril and David Lamar re-
newed their old struggle for supremacy IN series
Of brushes that aroused great enthusiasm Inc
mare finished first by a head in the first trfaI ouC
Swift beat her back by half length ard @ tnen % bs
erd OF the stonewau at the third trial LydeH
Whitehead's SNOWY bay mare saratoga Det4e
9.2fI. and J. W. Cornish's David b 2ts1A: starIed
rfrb swift and Sally Simpson the first time All
foI- fast horses the length OF the stretch IN
a bunch and Saratoga Belle finished so close 20
the front that her owner and some others in the
rig crowd near the half mile post Thought she nae
In fnaI round Charles Kelly : naIloSoIIs
IttIa black horse NahIon. 2:l37. Joined IN ana
made strong play for the lead, DUt SEvllt peat MN
cIeverly in the end
AxteIIo. 2.15 and Charles Weiand's fast but er-
ratio big trotter Mosul 20S14 took part in series
Of brushes that afforded both amusement and ex-
citeunent for the onIoOkers. Nosul broke at the
first attempt TO test their speed. and Axtello won
easily The second brush proved 10 be hummer.
Poth drivers lost their hats in facing the stron8
Trind and came down the stretch oareheaded. urS-
f1g their fleet horses o with voice ana rein i ne
iTish was so close that neither knew VINO had
+-.o1 rn+fI thew slowed down and turned near Wash
ingron bridge and logged their horses back 10 the
half mile post Spectators right at thls point agreed
that NosUTs nose IN front as the horses nashed
past
brushes came thick and fast throughout the
driving hours and the lesser lights as well as the
stars made some lively sport Among the PAGERS
David Lan1ar's Nathan Straus- 2;os1z. and Joseph
= Never's gray mare Bicycle Girl. 2.a1a from
Newark were conspicuous winners Bicycle CIirl
met and defeated in turn Alexander Alexander
PaIatIna 2.22. A r. Myers's Peter h, 32613; Dr
u = CTuI's PashviIle Prince. 2.l314. and Leopold
Never's David Muscovite 2:ITs She left the speed
Tay urb ten. after long series or succeSsIl en-
Ali competitors. none that he met being aoIe 10
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