The sun., 1905-12-18
SPEEDWAY MATINEE RECORDS.
Fastest Hail, Miles I'm the Cup Races-Parks
WAY Ticket Out

Ioioles gllstened from the cliffs along the
Speedway yesterday morning. and the weather
made the driys PlsIaSnre fIns Pre- fex.
As Sss ss ' hard as n and and 90 rsEy for fsst
aTye % good shspe for tn &itGin9GSn Sars, but
Members OF The Road Drivers Association
are planning to renew the matinee RACES ace f dof
stason very early IN The spring, There WtIss
nine matin6es in all, the rH,' being al hnll
mile heats, for pa{, rs as ", 4 as trottsTs ana
for the slow as well as TIC fast horscs Among
the trotters Baron Dc Shay and Yr,'ne took
PsEt PsE, an lTeSr egas a IN eaR
fastest half mile heats were; Baron o. Shay
Mor1S MSs1 , lOyadhr h1n. o.H , M%Ty kitty 'S hes" hSs"
Charles Brandon, iO5; Eh, thmic. Lr.,, 05h;
Ida g ray, lIOi1a: b, Try Chn g., 1909. Hilsar'
l:oeH; Mu!aeca, 1902 and Judge boardman'
TIE fastest heat OF the matInees was Star
Pughs lOiH. while other rAeeptionahy lu, lutt
Pirect ioi Seempsono ~ 9otnrH DSn R'y i@
DR.. Madara, l,OtI; Ogden Smith, !0i, and
King Tom 1857. Susie g.. heads t'u Ut
with record OF thirteen heat, star Pus4
! Ogden Smith In eight. The nIdtu,erF were
| open only to members of the Road Dri|tr,
| As,ocation and the donors of cups, we're Miss
| Julia sioroslni Or H. u, III, Paul Dana,
Water N. Jernyn. George ii. Huber and
! Luke A. Burke
| . lrk next year AID ali t. ra - for am .r
| ad4men mr-t ue on ne speed Nly' .1'i
| Samuel e. Freeman ye"trriay t or" ,'.g -
be some better q"comlnodatloht pr''ii'd Dy
/ the Park Board for u" great rIu" tiht
| gatler+ to, watch tAe sport lat J. Q IL, lt ,it.-
| for hours to watUn TIE brushes l. proof ul
| tler enthusiasm. but their sport Should not
/ be made a punishment. a Sheltered stand at
| n I0nynniput pOlut what needed, or at
| least a large platform on the river bank ar
ranged In tiers for seats This viii make
| comfortable place from which to view 'tHe
| brushes and tend to make tue Speedway
still more popular outing place next year than
The annual meeting Of the Parkway Driving
| Club of Brooklyn viii take pla, e at the club
house on JSnuaTy H. H. me regular ar omnees s les
an opposition. ticket, are Frank Jacobus,
president, Rufus n. Tatnter, president
sSs, hSSsr 1mss Bach oFG Tood Rspn '9d ID
| Kelsay. Thomas d. Waterbury and W. NJ.
Halstead. as directors to serve for three years.
| The successive presidents since the 0Tgalli-
cation In 1899 have been been h h BQody; frank Frank
snff Se 9S5 road T%af Sad Pand the
surface OF the Speedway yesterday it was
fairly good in many sections, and the upper
stretch would permit Of fast driving without
| danger to the occupant of being Jared from
the aSon seat There were many spirited
brushes in spite OF, the number Of owners who
| not anticipating surface fit for fast driN ing.
| The fleet PAGER Lady Direct, 2l5H, was
| really the star of the morning. She met in
turn every winner in the crowd, and not once
/ did she finish in second place. new can
| didate for Speedway honors turned up In
| the bay trotter Red Bee. l3i4. formerly a
| matinee star In the stable of Senator Horace
White at syracuse, George W, ,o Wirz ;dr9Se {, 'Se
| sport from first 10 last.
| AIDING dong finish delighted the crowd Of
| spectators in the opening brush Red Bee
| Was out In front and Tapped on him was the
! Greenbaun and on tho other side was the
PAGER Gale, 2I4Ii ably handled by Frank
| Darrin. In almost the last stride Red Bee
| Jumped in the air and Peter II got the deci-
| sion. ale was headed for hone, but Red
| Bee ID Peter II. gave the crowd another
hustlinH finish, the, former winning by not
more than the length of his neck. Later Red
| Bee won from the PAGER Wanda. 2l2i..
II was al this point that George W, Archer
appeared with Lady Direct. 2I5h. and he
tackled Red Bee, 2l3't in short order 1t
was really the event OF the day from a racing
| standpoint Two horses harneASed together
| could not have covered the distance on more
| even terms until almost to the finish. Here
| lack OF condition began 10 te on Red Bee
and he dropped back beaten but only by a
| narrow margin. Twice again the two were
sent against each other and each time Lady
George Huber had Oracle Pandit ??j'..
| harnessed 10 a high. wheel speed wagon.
! While the wheels were better calcula"d 10
| withstand the rough road. IL was deoided
| handicap to the little mare in her brushes
| Lady Direct bout Oracle in pretty brush
that ranked with the best Of the morning