New-York tribune., 1902-10-27

THE SPEEDWA AY.
MOUNTED POLICEMEN STOP ISAAC A.
HOPPER'S RUNAWAY TEAM
JUST IN TIME
JUST IN TIME


A brush between tao mounted policemen and
runaway team belonging TO Isaac a. Hopper, of
No 165 West One-hundred- and d-twenty-second-st.
the feature of the days doings the Speed
way yesterday. The Tammany leader driving
a new horse, Prince Tell. hooked with his four
year-old dly Bessie Reid. and when they broke
simultaneously he unable to hold them Dash
ing down the crowded drive like pair Of quarter
horses in harness they caused panic among the
rensmen who were In their path The first mounted
policeman who gave chase could not stop them.
He was nearly unseated in trying 10 do Just
the flying team seemed about to crash into the
line Of carriages and road wagons on the west
side OF the drive. few hundred yards north os
Washington Bridge Isaac II. Weiner. the mounted
buecoat who received a GOLD medal from the Road
Drivers Association for daring work on the Speed
way last year. shot his horse in between the team
and the threatened carriages. snatched the off
horse by the bit and hung 10 him until the first
officer came up again and grabbed the near horse.
thus bringing the pair 20 q standstiH There We're
five thousand people the sidewalk near the
point where the bluecoats did their work and the
crowd gave the men an ovation.
Among the spectators were several hoTsemen
from Germany and Austria who have lately come
TO the United States TO buy trotters for shipment
to Europe. They the lookout for likely
ones yesterday. and when Charles Welland's little
brown Lorna Doone showed her heels 10
such fast ones as Fred Dietzs Miss Overton.
2:26i4; ". z. Parsons's la Belle Rosa, Frank Oar
is,
cent. of the Austraus asked for price on her.
Mr.. Weand gave II and let the Vienna hoTseman
try the by driving her down the Speedway.
1t was said that she sold later in the day.
Several fast trotters and PAGERS that are new
couers on the road took part In the brushes. one
Of them was the black geldng Promise, 2I2la.
owned by O. q. Murray. prominent railroad man
OF Baltimore. This horse one Of the crack
trotters of the New-England Circuit this season.
He is handsome and true gated well as fast.
h. a T111lph lffa 1grffpE~
drove him.
Another notable trotter seen for the first time
this season was the bay geldine Colonel Wilkes,
2.13s.. Like Promise. he halls from Baltimore but
IS now owned by c. A Willis, of NewYork.
Both horses have had romantic capsers Promise
was bought for $35 and was worked Mary
land farm only few years ago. while Colonel
Wilkes used 10 pull a contractors wagon loaded
with telegraph poles about the streets Of Balti-
more.
These two fast trotters came together yesterday
in a stirring brush down the road. was any
bodys race from the first turn of the wheels until
they passed the half mile post closely they
matched in point of speed. Colonel Wilkes beat the
black horse but it was by a margin narrow
that his owner had nothing to crow over.
Ben F., 2I5l. handsome gray PAGER recently
conspicuous newcomers. lie seemed 10 possess the
speed of the wind when sent through the stretch
alone but when he met Frank Darrins Bell Boy.
2.071a in series Of brushes he did not show up so
Charley Stiles, 2144. and Crescent, 2:l3l2. were
other notable newcomers. Both are trotters that
ended jeremiah Murphy drove the former. The
fessionai reinsman who drove him to his record in
six heat race at Lexington fortnight ago
simpson, 2:ll2. one of the fastest of Speedway
trotters, that made her first appearance after an
al -summer letup. David Lamar. her owner, drove
her In the first trial, beating Crescent just nose
them again The amateur reinsman was again vic
torious, Crescent winning by a head in spite of
curTy's hard drive with the mare, With her owner
peter H.. 22613 A. Alexanders Palatina. 213l2,
The King 2IOl4 another of Mr. Lamars fast
tcocteriIis well known road horse swift 25a,
At the first trial The King led all the way and at
! two lengths He was first past the post by
short neck the next time but was on a run in the
cIeverly by Mr.. CockerilIs enduring trotter, who
had ss2es Of brushes between James A Murphys
| chestnut mare Amy Wilkes and 4. K. Perren's bay
geg for G the latter 6ors b Bo pace are reE% G
! marked. yet they are among the fastest ones on
/ owners TO NeE-York. Mr.. Murphy's home is in
ThtSasRH rboagR beaten by Bud Stout Amy wilkes de-
| feated Bell Boy and Christopher Hacketts midget
Among the other prominent winners of the morn
ing were ]. w. Cornishs David B.; 2:09l4, who de
| Sa9+ed Claus BohiingS big chestnut trotter George
| fEsTrnett 2l614 and the PAGER Woods Boy, PISA;
Hopper Dag p4Ghg ssJ c5pG i5 19t
| WEI r. 2:20Ia: Alexander Newburger's chestnut
PAGER SiiSd SoMned by George H Huber John Hanans
n.ytetta 215IA. that from NJ. L. Simons's bay
| tAntting mare Irene Taylor Morgan Marshall's
cbestnut PAGER Crescent, that defeated W. j.
| en1esstis uderim: John w. Smiths Ogden Smith.
| Setat defeated David B. and George Gurnett the
it+er afterward winning a brush from Palatina,
Iattto in turn beat Aletta two lengths; Klngwood
| VII that defeated Ben Lichtenburgs chestnut
LlI, Tilly Palmer. 2:25Iz; Ethel B.. who won from
kiLCo~,as Iedhy's Princess Pique, and w J. Clark's
aT Giles Noyes. 205l5 that defeated the veteran
| kR11oodford G. 2l2l4.
w 90 tGe road riders were talking about the
| Al nerforInance made by York Boy, 21ls3a. and
| derIoL, 2l314, when +. 7. Bedford drove them
Benz - wagon in z:12L over the Parkway half mile
| mle last Saturday. Everything considered, IL is
| trach regarded the most remarkable per-
geneInlce made by pair OF trotters since William
iQrPN1aaTnderbit drove Maud S and Aldine mile in
| H. aT Fleetwood Park. nearly twenty years ago
2l5zs snort is being made TO INDUCE Mr.. Bedford to
An An the team against the worlds record at En-
| start CIV Park. A special meeting is TO be held
| there oUg3,bers " who are at Memphis return to
| the nTaIrk and the Brooklyn sportsman will be
New 10 70 drive his team on this occasion The
inViten 10 give a big dinner at the clubhouse, at
cuo St;me the cups won by members at the meet
whicn ms year are TO be presented The cup award
ings the owner OF the trotter winning the largest
ed 70 O. Of heats will go to II. C. Mapes. the owner
| nu1,ooSy,v bachelor. F. G. Schmidt. the owner Of
OF Jo,ry Wilkes 2:l4, will receive the $500 trophy
Mefsss racers. The cup given 10 the owner Of the
for u trotter goes to c. K g. Billings, the presi
fas,e =, The organization. whose little Louise
GEN. qesrson trotted n 20ss. in defeating Lord Derby
IN a race to wagon