New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-04
QUEEN WILKES DEFEATED
Nora Mckinney Takes Heat from
SmatherS's Speed5cay Queen.

4 holiday throng numbering several thousand
spectators and hundreds Of pleasure drivers visited
the Speedway yesterday. Some noted horses not
oeteu seen n the Sunday brushes Joined In the
sport. which vas Of high order during the morn
Ing hours After an absence Of several months,
Z Z. S1athers was again On the drive. having
just returned from TIP 70 Texas. The man who
has paid S00O00 for light harness horses in the last
three months was well received as he drove UP the
road behind h.s tTottlng mare Queen Wilkes. that
gained record OF 2l01. in the Grand Circuit cam
psig- just ended
II her first brush the queen Of Speedway trocte-s
suffered defeat Her competitor was the brown
mare Nora Mckinney. 2-1z1s. driven BY Braytcn
Ives Both we're doing their level best and were
rrottirG neck and meek in 6 beautiful race as they
neared the end. Suddenly AIr. Smathers's mare
went into the air and her brown rival shot ahead,
winning cIeverly. Some Of the horsemen presen,
thought Queen Wilkes seemed sore. and her
lest But she warmed 20 her task and outtrotted
Nora Mckinney IN fine style The next tine. Mr..
Ivess mare appeared 70 tire Al the finish This
strange. he mare IS known 10 be none
toc stout. and her owner had made z good deal OF
use OF her 5y first starting her in brush with Il
{ Mspes's fast horse Jelly Bachelor. whom she
defeated very easily and then asking her 70 beat
z t-orrer that had taken the measure Of nearly
every good one driven on the Speedway IN the
last three years.
Tiverton. 2lzis. trotter that was one Q, the
conten6ing horses in the for the $4,000 Bon
ner Memorial Stakes AZ Brighton Beach last sum
L-t-. 1l-Ntl II 6A-t4l6ll o speed III lND
brushes with Jolly Bachelor he simply played with
The big horse from The Bronx winning under
pull each time. Tiverton has rounded out and
Stow no one Q: The granues; Iook.2s trotters
horse II to7n can beat h-n ~ rhe preseaS time
John F. Cockerii's Swit.- o. sn3 ". :. Floyd
Soness A-ng chimes, %--.4-, aPpeere1 IN doupie
10 pole. and IT. four brushes with Patrick Ryan's
speedy team. Alson!ta. 2-l4 and Matte lynn Holt
did the tVo teams make close contest. TINS
80 q - RE 5' 80 Ia; ~s' E ,s,1s S y.
driving. hey he'd their lead 20 the end though
fn-sa and were beaten less tran Two lengths L
the Other trials the Ryan team failed 70 get On
wiki -Le gei6i1gs. ard M CockeriL brought the
latter pair through alone or Ear II che lead.
snsthers paid 575e5 between two heats Of a race
e Brighton Beach last sumner, was out for the
prove 70 pc good one In two brushes with James
-, 1 - -sz 5G+es 526lEe v9ii5sv .s.5 tine and
vas beaten By 50 vide margin tnat tew ~no saE
started WITH Tom Keene
Hright Ls1t - -. q tous-cornereq oTC ~
bc@scs ~ tEe 80 Il ore ~ Sfs winning brushes
some chestnut mare had Just before beaten A c.
:, E-vfo-,s Mons wilkes an unmarked daughter q
Ra-on w1kss. Tor which A 3 Gwathney offered
s79o0 last summer Shortly after he- losing 9T1sa
with BRIGHT Light, Lorna M-Gregor 9utnnisneo
Nathan Strauss famous So2Veo a. ~ t,a
" c Earrison-s hay trotJer AxtsIlo 2l5, threw
IN consequence Of iris r1ishaD. r. his che brush
be won clererIy from Mona WILKES
Mss overto7 2-es1s. n'little hay trottsr that was
rf--es ia 2l2 IN losing IN the Grand Circuit
l7s- summer had her first brush YESTERDAY,
winning f-n0reSsively from " J Giarks l-de5lrn.
horse thar trotted in 2-ts ~ the Ennire track !as
summer Frederick Distz torrner vice-pTes1snt G
re- Driving Club Ct New York. drove the winner.
Three hard fought contests between Thomas r
r,--sseITs chestnut trcrre- Possibility and Claus
bookings Grown geldins indian lin 2l5lS sfLo-dsi
some az the best sport ~ the day. Possibility won
-1e frsf time and was hard pressed at The fnis
n eve~v trial Indian Jim defeated Ilderim In the
e~st brush q the morning.