New-York tribune., 1904-10-02
ANNE LITTEL GETS CUP.
F@esceH Meeting at EI7pire City
Track to 4zcard Prizes.

Closing a very successful season Of amateur har-
ness racing at the Empire track yesterday the
NewYork Driving Club held its farewell trotting
meeting. TO decide the award of the various cups
offered tor the best performances Of the year The
cold. wind that swept the course with
the force OF "a gale nterfered with the sport. max
ing fast time impossible. and finally causing the
judges TO declare of of the last races the
programme before they had been finished under the
rules. Notwithstanding the disagreeable wea ther
there a good crowd out. women and their
escorts throrgug the piaZzas and balconies Of the
clubhouse. while the grandstand held many more
who had hraved the wind and cold 70 see the hnal
cup races trotted and paced.
The feature Of the day was the race Of the cham
pionship trotters. John +. COckeris Annie Littel,
Thomas B. Leahy's Princess Pique and \. L. Per
reu's Wilton Boy all tied for the honors in
this class. each having won fifteen heats in the
season. on the result of yesterday 5 contest the
award Of the handsome silver trophy therefore.
depended Nine out Of ten horsemen were cocksure
Wilton Boy would win it. as he had beaten the
mares in their last two races with apparent ease
After winning the first heat yesterday he weak
cued and was Unexpectedly beaten by Annie Lit
tel. much 10 the chasrin Of his owner and driver.
\. + Perren. In The 1nal heat. on the result of
which the whole seasons score really turned the
finish was close that spectators at the club
house could not tell which trotter won.
BY winning the race Annie IAttcl also placed 20
her credit tae greatest number Of points a Tor a
ing the season. and ordinarily would have been
Titled to the cup offered FOR the best score but she
could take only one trophy under the rules OF the
Driving club tho other went TO Princess Pique.
whose score WAS -. as against Annie L4tters g
and Wilton Boys g.
BIayrou Ive~'S bay gediuS Monte Carlo the
cup offered TO the trotjer making the fastest time
in = race. a mile in 2as having been placed 20 his
credit iu r4ce against swift early I'm tho summer
Among The PAGERS James y Murphy's well known
Speedway flyer Don Derby. carried N the cup :or
the fastest heat lu race. the chestnut Keld.uE
having paced in -lis short time ago. Air
Murphy came u FOR another of the cups for PAGERS.
his handsome horse FREQ Advice having won a
greater number OF heats than amy other PAGER
competing In M" club races.
The cup for tho PAGER scoring the greatest num-
boT 81 points was won hy Marcus HrIckhelIner's
strlsh little bay stallion. Baron said. who had
tiirythr"e Z" his credit, against tweut weight for
Free Advice.
At Tie end of the races the club gave "A luncheon
an guests ia the large reception of the
clubhouse. where Charles G.. Lloyd president ~
the organization. presented tho cups To- the win
ming owners.
The horses that have been racing al the Empire
track Will go 70 The Speedway. where i've
meetings ore 10 Dee held on Saturday afternoons
beginning this week under the auspices of 10
Road Drivers Association. a. J.. rerker and Dr
II. J.. Gin hay" given silver trophies 10 awarded
10 the trptt-r and the PAGER winning the greatest
number gf heats