New-York tribune., 1902-01-20
THE SPEEDWAY,
IN THE MUD-KINGMOND, 2.09,
ON THE ROAD.

For the first Sunday in month or more spec>a-
tors lined the Speedway yesterday. hopeful OF witt
Messing some brushes between the fast trottsrs and
PAGERS that dotted the road Early in the day the
footing the lower stretch was wellnigh perfect.
but by the time the horses began TO come down the
hill for their customary midday spin the warm
shine had started the frost out OF the ground. and
sS1pn s rGTsR @ surface FS 7 g S 2 S9s5d WITH
cared to take the risk Of sending them along at
worthy Of note.
Z. E. smathers. who has matched his famous
trotter Lord Derby. 2615. against Borala. s07 for
$4,000 side. drove Queen Wilkes in the best con-
tests OF the day. Her first opponent Ellert.
211. brisk little bay trotter. formerly owned by
G. X. G. Billings. and now driven by Anton
Schwartz. The start at High Bridge. and the
rival flyers sprinted away down the stretch the
macadam approach. spashng the mud that
tasr s drivers sFscS, sf the 6 finish Locked IS they had
strong trotter but fast one. started with pIung
trot that carried him to the front before the pave
nO %sni ven M So @ 5s9 e r ha be had
Red Line. 2:2s. next tackled Mr. smathers's fast
bay mare and in two brushes out OF four showed
her the way down the road. Queen Wilkes pos
sessed more speed &an her rival but she could not
or did not keep on her feet in the sloppy. slippery
going. Red Line a veritable mudlark and
notnng mo n eGTa Ss @ MAKE 0 n % 3Tsa r Ths 6gseSn got
little yet he stuck to his work and scurried along
In race through the mud TO a wagon Frank W.
Darrtn drove him.
One of the fastest OF the nnudIarxs was shaggy
chestnut PAGER called Velour that P H Burnett
brought out She much TO look at but
when it came TO stepping the curly haired little
mare could show the way to everything she met.
Wood Boy. 2:25A with Elmer Stevens, a pro-
fessional driver behind him, was among the fast
enes that had to dodge the shower Of mud which
flew from Velour's nimble heels John Pirungss
docked trotter Alice b. won several brushes, beat
ing among others the bay PAGER Walter E.. 2:191..
from Baltimore
Ortine. 2:22z, and Lady Gallant. new trottins
team, driven by Harry Richmond. played leading
part in the speeding. They trotted very fast
through the mud and were as steady the pro-
verbal clock, not once making a mistake. Morris
Jones's well known trotting mares Delphia. 2:224.
and Content 2:2214. tried to brush with the Rich
mond team, but they were quickly left behind on
a break
In one trip down the "toboggan slide the famous
trotter Ringwood, 2:0e overlook Ortine and Lady
Gallant and for moment there was spirited
battle for the lead The single horse. OF course
passed them. but it took his best speed to do II
was Kingmond's first appearance on the Speedway.
Thomas D. Marsh. who has been engaged to train
Thomas W. Lawson's horses this year. was behind
the Grand Circuit flyer. kingmond trots like Tho
Monk, 2.0Sll, and looks Hke prospective star OF
the Speedway. He raised by the late A. B.
owned by ex-Congressman Frank Jones' OF Ports
mouth, N H. Marsh drove Mr.. Joness handsome
big gray trotter, Who Is II. 21012 earlier in thA
morning, but did not start him in any brushes