New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-30
THE SPEEDWAY.
Ida High5rood, z. E. Smaf"ers
Drifting, Beats Szclft-

Over frozen road hard asphalt ana JuSS %
her liking Ida HighwOod. 2.09it. yesterday 1880 $3.50.
Swift. 20T. in four brushes out OF SIX on tne oDee
way. z. Z. Snathers. her owner. got up OUT OF
sick bed drive the mare. and received the ar'en-
ton Of his physician on returning home rom 1''
morning drive
Ida Hghwood perhaps the fastest Speedway
trotter Mr. Smathers OWLS. not excepting Queen
Wilkes. 2:l0ss. She is eisht-ysar-olf bay mars.
bred BY Arthur J. Cation. OF Chicago. and got ~
Hishwood. 2-Zl1z. out OF Calrisa. By California =
K G. Billings formerly owned her. having borsn<
her cut OF at the Detroit Grand Circai-
meeting IN 1871. Finding her srratic Mr. Biilnss-
after driving her few times. traded her for no
bay trotter Doc Book. 2.0sss giving ar. su1athers
1900 to boot
Her inclination 20 break when brought TO drive
cost her the two brushes she lost yesterday IN
her first trial with Swift. George Spear drove her
Queen wilkes also starter. Nr. Snathers
driving The latter won By a length. and 5wtfr
brought up the rear. Mr.. Smathers then seat
Queen Wilkes home and took u2 the reins over Ica
HlghwoOd- She lost one OF her toe weights after
going three furiOnss. and. whether from this cause
or some other she Jumped into the afr when
even terms with Swift The buxOm little bay mare
broke again when leading BY length in the next
brush not more than eighty yards from the win
ming post Many who saw the contest thought Ar.
Smathers at fault IN urging her TOO vigorously
when she had the brush Won
After trottiug these three brushes and an carries
one IN which she beat Queen Wilkes oy nsac-
Ida HighWOOd settled down and OutrroLteo 5~l1s
cIevery twice IN succession. putting SIX lengths oe
daylight between herself and the Empire track
champion IN the final round. Starting for home
after this brush the rival flyers came togeth-r
again on the lower stretch. and again the mars
IN a rousing race from High Bridge down tbs
hill to the macadam
Brayton Ives's $4,000 trottsr Monte Carlo. ,os4-
made his first appearance on the Speedway yes
terday Being strange 70 the sport and with rs ,
road very hard. Monte Carlo was not started n
any OF the brushes. but he attracted more arrez1-
ton than any other horse IN the throng-
James Young. Warden Of the Port OF New York
drove a new trotter, that figured prominently N
the sport. beating John ". Smiths black PAGER.
Ogden Smith. IN clever style The horse turned
to be Bryan Wilkes. a black geldi1gs tnas
gained record Of 2.15<. half-nnile track Lass
season.
OF the many other brushes the best were oe-
tween The King, 2-10fz. and Thomas 3 FuSseus
Possibility, the former winning at each start ou7
without a hard drive
@ w. Marks. who purchased the chestnut PAGER
Tom Keene. 2.04I4. from 11r- Smathers a few days
ago. drove him 70 the front In series OF brushes
with Christopher HaCketts Helen II. and Nr.
Pickett's Don Cyrene and Samuel Blocks Bicycis
Girl
Lorna McGregor. ~ scored a notable vctorr
over the bay PAGER Wanda 21Zss. Charles Wsss
lands chestnut trOtter winning with speed n re-
serve IN each OF two trials.