The sun., 1902-02-02
NEW EWYORKATROTYER'S HAVEN
ADVANTAGES THE SPEEDWAY
OFFERS FOR TRAINING.
Likewise the Owner Of Fast stopper Can
Have More Fun Here the Year Around
Than Anywhere Else e-Hills strengthe
the Muscles Regarding Horses Feet.

Likcwfse the Owner Of a Fast Stopper Gnn
Have More Fun Here the Year Around
Than Anywhere Eise-HiIls sirens gthen
the Muscles Horses Feet.
! Nowhere else can the owner of a fast
| trotter or PAGER so well enjoy him year
In and year out as right here In New York. '
Thus spoke James A. Murphy. formerly
owner Of Hambetonian Wilkes, the famous
sire; Star Pointer, Guinetto and others.
! And 20 II is when one stops TO weigh our
seasons In comparison with the other cities
whose people like road and track sports.
True. Boston and Chicago are favored with
months sleighing now and again, and
usually couple Of weeks on runners. No
| one, unless having spent n winter In each
| city. knows how many -off days the trotters
have, and trainers will tell you that a horse
| will contract severe cold by merely chang
ing from the South TO the West Side in
| Chicago 80 variable is their climate, while
those dread east winds keep man or horse
shivering much Of the spring over around
| old Boston.
So without their sleighing the Metro
politan roadite is the better situated. He
can buy a cheap cutter should a days
furry give us an excuse for sleighing,
and there is no necessity of going to much
expense along that line.
New York il an ideal winter point for
the roadite. and now that the Speedway
IL kept in order t'r season through, seldom
a week passes that the owner cannot with
pleasure 10 himself and no discomfort to
his horse, have at least two afternoons
on the road and start them up too, which
Is what makes the record horses sell 80
well In mid-winter here. Day after day
when the Thermometer shows but 20 TO 30
degrees above, the road contingent are
hard at it, speeding as comfortably shell
tered by the westerly bluffs as In summer,
that is II warmly clad and es matter os
fact the -sealskin brigade" is here in con-
siderable numbers.
From the Harlem stables to the Speed
way is but few blocks, the streets are
rarely too rough to safely use even seated
In 55-pound racing vehicle: the Speed
way may be hard. but what Of il il a sound
horse be protected by pads to break the
force OF the conclusions Then, again.
owners brush at short distances and use
so many horses that IL is mere play for he
entire set and far more beneficial than to
jog them intermittently, and il they are
playful 10 just lot them go n ten or fifteen
mile turn. thinking TO work Off their wire
edges the better In that way. We're We 10
have sleighing In New York to-day, the
horses are in better condition to stand
the speeding necessary n satisfy their own-
ers than the horses Of any ~ her Eastern
city. And the Harlem Speedway is directly
responsible for that favorable condition Of
Affairs. We're salt ,prinkled over the
Speedways topsurface as at the tracks,
by means Of an automatic, even distrihutor.
we would have wellnigh perfect footing
the winter through. or course. II would
be ruined for the snow. Frost would be
kept out; the harrows would the hotter
soften II 10 n splendid cushion and a coating
of stable refuse would liyen up the surface
to the consistency Of the topsoi Of the
leading trotting tracks
Much has been said about mistakes In
soiling the Speedways stretches. tut the
fact is patent 10 the close observer that It
II to-day about the readiast drained II ret Oh
Of roadway in all America. The absercc
Of mud far outvalues the soft footing with
several of" days To follow every rainfall
or change in the weather throughout the
year, and any owner de~irouS Of testing
his horses extreme speed has really access
20 any Of the several nearby tracks through
out each season. A north wind il never
felt severely. "A south wind l. usually not
TOO cold 20 meet: cross winds are broken
by the bluffs GlOng the westerly side and
across the Harlem by the foothills When
he wind h in the north II favOrs iur-e
southwark. ilis owner will i.g
him back II ~ all heated 80 TO prevent a i
chill and remain at only short Isf4 d- ]
In the summer the south stretch l. rarely /
used. save Sunday afternoons. h the winter |
the north stretch l. fOrsukpu lesatIre II |
the beiter protection and tNCrlleT,e Df |
the footing below the bridges That mll F..
n Washington Bridge arch saves MANY a 4
horse a drive al speed all too long 10 k,.Y I
him on edge. and 20 II l. that all iu an the /
Harlem Speedway J. vastly superior to /
all oihers A. a sIccding ground the season
through
u Is popularity believed that pacer- are
he better adapted 90 fr0lau tmsk-. ~ .
note tho excellent trotter- on The road
and actively engaged ell Wift.r bong ana .
~" bow ieN sofr onrs th"rr are among tl.s .
Dc foei from CubNclIs 10 fhr a. tr,tfpT-'
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md about tho b,si pruOi oi tho Np,,d-
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