The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-06

QUEEN WILKES AND IDA HT6H-
WOOD VANQUISH RIVALS.


west wilkes WhiSfwfnd o. the speedway
and Meets Never Q Defeat-Tom
= shsrkey's stopper Would Have Won
Oftenern Others Had Not Been Faster.
The change In the tenn per ature on Saturday
night froze the surface OF the Speedway
30 that 1t was dry and dusty early yesterday
morning. When the sun had warmed the
surface IL became decidedly heavy. and 1t
was nearly noon before the footing was
suitable for fast driving. Tho crowd num-
bered several thousand and waited patiently
until the sport began.
The stars Of the programme were the bay
mare Queen wilkes. driven by E. E. smathers.
and The King. 2iok. With David Lamar
up. IL was the first time the owner had
driven the Queen since his return from Cali
fornia. but II was soon evident she had not
lacked for care during his absence. for her
brilliant rush at the finish Of the first heat.
when she carried The King to break and beat
him. brought a round OF cheers from the
spectators.
The second heat proved q chapter OF acct-
dents to Queen Wilkes. She made break
In getting away before she was fairly on her
stride, and she made another a short distance
below the quarter post. and dropped
back an open length In trying to recover
the lost ground in a rush at the finish she
made another break and The King beat her
by a length. The third heat was devoid oil
interest. The King made break when near
the quarter mile post and Queen Wilkes
finished alone
In her warming spin Ida Highwood. 1907.
with george Spear up, stepped down with
the bay trotter Dandy, driven by George
". Young. As the two horses neared the
finish and the clip grew faster Dandy tipped
base hn Z
behind his matinee winner and Mr.. Lamar
got up behind Sally sim pson. 2Iih. and the
crowd saw two pretty heats. Ida Htehwood
won both. each by perhaps half a length.
Sally Simpson had fully as much speed as
her competitor, but she is not yet seasoned
to carry it to the finish.
William Clark. behind the brown trotter
Ilderim. 224ii. opened the sport in brush
with the black trotter Nelson b.. and he was
a winner Then Ilderim had a brush with
the black trotter Dirigo. driven by: NJ. L.
Simon. and again the simmons trotter was
brushes Of the morning when ,Ilderim met
the chestnut trotter Miss Hubbard. driven
~ John but S Ssri mas mspared ,e
be first at the finishing post. AS close
to. his winning programme Of the morning
by MIR. Pierce. Upton In turn finished IN
front Of Hiram Hollis's era A. pair, Blue Bells
John Harmon. behind the bay pacing mare
Alietta. 2i3i,. and Andrew Crawford, with the
handsome PAGER Belfry Chimes had Two
inS il the Chimes PAGER had had more speed
Then Mr.. Crawford took the reins behind the
chestnut trotter Anggelu,. 2:l2,. and had
2liL!. Each horse was drawing two persons
and the honors were evenly divided,
GOOD Tas %r smSr TOOK n
behind his MIDGET troo,ter teto, 49,. and i. Mr.
Prince, ?'is,., to make it three-oornered.
Teto stopped away With terrific inc, burst o. o.
before the others were fairly on their stride,
Then she held them at safe distance through
Tom SHarSey and his chestnut PAGER Bryan
r.. 49,, were prominent In the sport, but
not often in first place. for Sharkey seemed
much ceH SPEED s Y Tor his iandard bearer The
front Of the bay mare Miss Thomson: a:ieh:
Nleck. driven by John MCGUIRE, in third place.
Later, Bryan r carried his stable companion,
Blue Rlainc, driven ny the trainer. to bad
Thomas Greenbaum drove his black PAGER
'9 nshs srd h front t ms
trotter Iiek n. driven by Mr.. Defa. and then
he beat fast field that included Woods
blaine. Later Almond won from the bay
trotter Royalto. with the PAGER Aleck In third
ieorge A. Coleman behind the veteran
t Minner Kss%ood finished IN front ReS
alto. driven by David Lamar. and then Mr..
Coleman sent him to tackle the hands handsome me
george Buchanan. Three times the two
horses were sent down together and each
finish was In a ding dong manner with the
trotter in front by just enough to win.
::2ii3. against he hes, horses in the crowd
aud he won oftener than he lost. y. 7. Z.
beat Sharkey's two candidates, Bryan X.
and Blue Blaine. in commanding style. al
though drawing two occupants in the wagon.
The next competitoI proved tough c9sto-
This was the bay PAGER Dictum. 2;2on. and be
carried y. T. r. from his stride near the
Dicium wasa whirlwind. and after beating
the brown ,ro,ter Royal Rene. ?:2o. and he
also carried him to break and beat him.
Then Royal Rene was sent one brush against
the big bny trotter Nelly Wilkes, driven by
Philip Heipenhausen. and this time he was
beaten. with both horses on trot from start
to finish. ~
The chestnut PAGER Harry L., ?:2tN. driven
bv ANDREW Phillips. finished one brush on
run ahead OF the trotter Royato and then he
beat the bay mare Bessie Thompson In
chestnut trottey Charlie l., driven by Charles
Abbott charlie A. evened up matters by
winning from the gray trotter tray Billy.
driven by William Scott.
l.. /. Burke behind the black whirlwind
w wsn he Hsaded hlss fSvorite home ward not
defeat had been marked up against him.
lie won froH tho gray trotter iray Billy ~
easy fashion and finished n front OF the las,
trotter Queen. !2leI; Az a close to his win
ming day ne put the brown trotter kingwood.
.:i5t.. in second place.