New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-17
THE SPEEDW AY.
THE MONK. 2:O5si; LORD DERBY. 2.O5s.,
AND CHAIN SHOT. 2yO61a. AMONG
THE FAST TROTTERS ON
THE ROAD
THE ROAD

The Monk 2O52.; Lord Derby. 205s.. and Chain
shot, 2O6s, the trio trotters ever driven
In the Speedway. the attraction for I'VE or six
thousand persons who went up the road yesterday
morning 1t had been noised about that Lord
DERBY and The Monk might meet In a brush but
those who expected to witness trial OF speed be-
tween the greatest campagners of last season
were disappointed. The surface OF the soft earth
road was so uneven and mealy at the north end.
Where the Sunday morning driving usually centres.
that c. X. c. Billings took The Monk and his other
horses down to the stretch south Of High Bridge
after one trial Of the upper stretch Soon after he
had gone E z. Smathers drove UP with Lord
Derby. but seemed content TO stay at the north
end; hence the two rivals did not come together.
An effort IS being made to bring about a special
brush between them, with Kingmond 209,
additional starter at the Saturday afternoon
brushes, under the auspices OF the Road Drivers
Association this week
The Monk and Chain Shot were not started yes
terday. Lord Derby went over the road ar speed
IN a trial spin with young trotter that
match for him. George Spear. the trainer Of Lord
Derby, driving the trial horse. 1t was the first
time Mr.. Smathers's champion ever took part in
brush in the Speedway, and there was much curl
osity to how ne would perform That he acted
like a great Speedway trotter was the opinion OF
nearly every horseman who saw him step. for he
acted as II he liked it. and he seemed to have
world Of speed with no apparent inclination to
break
Mr.. Billings. with DR.. MolicaL 2O9s4 and Hugh
J. Grant. with Mazette. 2:0f4 had OF the pref
test brushes Of the day the lower stretch. So
evenly were the fast PAGERS matched that in
the first spin Dr. MonicaI led by only short head
at the finish while the second brush was drawn
battle. neither horse having any advantage. so far
as the spectators could HOntas CrOOke. 2OT1s.
the pet OF Mr. Billings's big stable OF Speedway
flyers. defeated Mr. smathers's black PAGER Gold
Brick, 2Os14, and ]. P Baiter's Fire Gilt ANA. one
At the north end OF the drive an exciting and ex-
traordInary mlshap en1vened the doings of the
Y. Nv 10 M fr1f-
ter Crystal Chimes IN a brush with John J. Han
and taking the bit in his teeth tried to run away
Mr. Lynch pulled so hard on the reins in trying 10
stop MIN that the pressure he exerted on the front
end OF the wagon. where his feet rested, caused
up. For snort DISTANCE Mr. Lynch rode almost
straight upright. like a Roman chariotser. balanc-
and went out. head foremost. 10 the ground while
his horse dashed down the road " The macadam
Neither man nor horse injured. aud as soon as
10 the 2ee S11 S1d drove eC wsPA n m
brush with LydeH Whiteheads bay trotting mare
The brush q Ine day at the north end was be,
I~eeu Jo9n Z ocAeLtil Ia ana David
Rockdale Boy chasing them out Sally was leading
OF the finishing point she suddenly broke Mr.. La
mar IetGg { toOT HsG Pa i Inslao OF lettlGg
and was beaten only neck In another trial he
dale Boy easily out-trotted swift al the first trial
but was as easily beaten when the battle re-
any trottcr on the road. but one brush pumped
him out
Van Zaudt. 2;12 a twelve-year-old trotter that
defeated Page. ICES IN sensational race at Fleet
wood Park two years before the Speedway was
opened, made her first appearance the road yes
terday J. DevereauX. her owner, driving her TrOt-
ting brilliantly, she won every brush in which sh5
started beating. among others. Anton Schwartz ;
fast trOtter Ebert. 2.11
Nathan Straus. 205lt. and Gold Brick, 2ssAt were
| the competitors in one OF the closest brushes OF
the day. After pacing nearly half a mile neck
and neck Gold Brick broke. unable longer TO stand
the terrific clip at which they were moving
Some OF the veteran rrotters OF the Speedway
surprised the spectators by showing remarkable
speed in their brushes with younger horses Old
James L. 2,091.. now IN his seventeenth year. de-
feated II. 3. Philips's chestnut mare Ethel b,
2.20la. and held his own IN a brush with Stewart
Bars Bright Light. 215la driven b. z. E. Stevens
J. W. Cornish's David B.. 209i4. another trOtter
that has been going ever since the Speedway was
opened. took the measure OF the fast PAGERS Ali
eta 2.i5I7 and David Nuscovfte s.I7I. the latter
driven by Leopold Meyer Glenmere Boy, 214l4.
an old gray warTfOr. fOaled fourteen years ago.
out-trotted Fred Detz's fast young mare, Miss
Overton, 2-2s1a that once defeated Cobweos 20
Charles Weilaud drove him West Wilkes. 2l3A.
now in his fourteenth year, carried Ebert TO a
break the end of hard fought brush Of half a
mile.