New-York tribune., 1902-03-17
AXTELLO SHOWS HIS GAIT.
DEFEATS JASPER AYRES, QUEEN
WILKES AND SALLY SIMPSON, AND
GAINS \ PLACE AMONG THE
SPEEDWAY STARS
SPEEDWAY STARS.

GAINS \ PLACE AMONG THE
SPEEDWAY STARS.
Contrary TO general expectation among road
drivers tho Speedway in capital condition yes
terday. Excepting a wet spot of fifty yards or so
just below the bend near the north end which the
trouer avoided By keeping close TO the curb. the
footing firm and fast. quite array of noted
horses and several hundred spectators assembled at
the speeding ground. but the crowd was small by
comparison with the numbers that might have
gathered there if lowering skies had threatened
rain throughout the day Those who ventured out
made douhIy intCresfine b[' the fact mat several
fast horses new TO the Speedway figured promi-
nenty in the sport.
Foremost among the newcomers was the bay
trotter Aytello, 215l,. Of Axtel, PIP, the
horse that lowered the stallion record and brought
his breeder 100000 a three-year-old. NJ G.
Harrison drove him. having purchased the horse
from ex-ConGres snan Frank Jones. of Portsmouth.
y. II, at recent sale No better gated trotter
has been seen on the Speedway. His manners are
jumped at once into tho rrst rank among ROAD
horses. holding lis own IN competition with Speed
! and Jasper AyTcs, 2o@.
AxteIlo first set the onIookers' tongues waggng
| by stepping down the stretch with David Lamar's
fast horse Jasper Ayres struggling 10 head him of.
/ The newcomer was good half length in front as
! they reached the post where the brushes end and
! ur was irNltluS Win Idtl'l lTlClloiltSH Stl'h"
which capuvated every horseman who saw him.
! Nh Harrison tried hard to stop him after passing
| the half mile post but the ambitious trotter was
( bound go on. and he literally away on trot
for "a furloug beyond the finish. Mr. Lamar changed
his beaten horse for Sally Simpson and tried again
L F. Smathers joining in with the speedy little bay
! trottug mare Queen Wilkes. AXteilo got away with
good deal the best of the start this time, and ne
! quarter. we'll in advance Of the others. But Mr.
at this jancture. overhaGIing the leader hsif fur
long frSm the e. P9sI s a4d b mEG Gs5 M Tf4bd HR o
! Queen Wilkes 10 a break and she ran out half a
the others
The best brush Of the season ensued when Axtello
! and Queen Wilkes renewed the contest. This time
both stuck to their work like veterans and
troted the fail length of the upper stretch like
| double team. Mr. Smathers who in two years has
| become one Of the most skilful amateur reinsmen
| in the country. and match for almost any pro-
fessionA as we'll fairly outdrove Mr.. Harrison, who
| is new hand at the sport and the handsome little
! half a length. In another bout Queen Wilkes de-
! feated Smer Cofax, Jasper Ayres ana AXtelIo, but
! her most formidable rivals broke early in the con-
! Old Cohwebs, 2l2. by common consent the model
! Speedway troter opened the season by outfooting
\. r. Myers's bay PAGER, Peter H., 226i2, in brisk
4 engagement early in the day. shortly afterward
, Nathan Straus turned him around with J. p.
| Baiter's hay PAGER. Fairvew 209il. and showed
him the way down the road. Cobwebs is big and
! tat and seems as l4sty and speedy as when the
! horsemen believe that If his would put
! Flinders on the horse train him for the work and
toucb him No with the whip now and then he
! might still be the champion trotter Of the Speed
| way.
! Kingwood. 217i4. another veteran OF the Speed
! way, out in winning form for the opening
| of the season with George A. Coleman driving
him BY short neck he defeated George W.
Grote's new road horse. Trinidad. in a brilliant
finish Mr.. Grote had companion beside him in
was probably no greater than that of the rotund
driver Of Kngw9od & Nj Cosm4ns i1r ola 81, horse had
with the Yonkers trotter Bartello. 228. driven by
| Younger horse at the finish but the later lasted
just long enough to lead by neck at the post.
GIenmere Boy. 21rt. owned by Alexander
| Frankenstein, was conspicuous in the brushing.
! One of the good he defeated the black
racer David Muscovite, 217le. driven by Leopold
the black PAGER and the gray rotter have not often
| been seen on the Speedway.
| George II. Huber had handsome chestnut PAGER
| that could make the best of them step to their
! limit. She Susie Earl. daughter of Ashland
Wilkes 217lt, the sire of John r. Gentry, 2o)i2.
| Although she has no record she defeated such
horses as Fairview with seeming ease Too Soon.
black trotter by Direct 2:O612. that Monroe Sails
bury once thought was coming champion, turned
| up on the Speedway in the hands Of a f. Thomp-
.
| minss Harry Davis. 2:26i2. proved 10 he too fast
| for him, winning three straight brushes in which
| they met Harry Davis also defeated David Good
mans bay trotter Freeland 217A. and several les
| ser lights I'd Lock. PIP, a big bay trotter. that
| was formerly campaigned in the Grand Circuit by
| the late Henry Hughes, came out between the
! shafts of NJ Levys road wagon and some
| good brushes. beating among others the jaunty
| gray trotter GIenmere Boy. His only defeat was
| accomplished by David Lamar's great PAGER. Ma
than Straus, 209l2 namesake of the owner of
| CObwebs.
Among those seen on the drive were J. W. Cor
nishs chestnut troter David b. 2O9l4 Christopher
| Hackett's pony pacing mare Miss Muffett, who
| defeated Fairview in a spirited brush; Henry Phil
| Iips accompanied by l.. II. HuTd, driving Mr..
| Phipss new trotter James Shevliu 2;lSl.. Charles
Weiland driving the leviathan trotter MOsul 2092l
| NJ 4 BoyntOn. with his new PAGER Tony NJ, 2lf4
| Harry Williams with Curlew, who a brush
! from Too Soon; Michael Reid and son, behind the
black mare Pet Raven, 217l4; Isaac Fleming with
| the showy little bay trotters Erna N, go. and
| Josiah Quincy, 232, hooked to pole; Luke Burke.
| driving West Wilkes. 2lS&s. and Memorial, 2204,
! in double harness; Colonel II. d. Mix. with his
| bay mare Miss Backman; ". E. Parsons driving
| his chestnut trottng mare La Belle Rosa and