New-York tribune., 1906-06-11
NEW SPEEDWAY FLYER.
Topsey (e:09 1-e), a Buffalo Mare
Easily Beats Baron lie Shdy.

Two neu Speedway trotters with recorus peio"
30 figured prominently in brushes on - so-,,
Yesterday and one of them displayed sucn .oI''
that MANY horsen,en were disposed TO set her uo"
as a match for any flyer now In Ne" ioi -
was the bay mare Topsey. 2's1a' lorineiiS
In Buffalo by George Iatimer' ana 'eee-' -,
chased by j. w. Cornish an oiN
road rider. -. 49, 49,
Mr. Iatirner came down from Bunalo 10 o'ise ue
marc I'm her first brushes, and drove her 10 N1oiS
every time she started. Her first encounter was
with p T La Places bay trotter Baron De SnaS'
ooss formerly one Of the stars OF the Grand Cir-
cuit and now one of the cracks of the Speedway
The rival flyers raced like team until they were
half a fIrlong from the finish line There the True
going little bay began TO forge ahead ana
when the line crossed was more than length
in front. Mr. La Place timed his horse the ran
mile in 02-a 2:04 clip.
Alice Carr, 2:O914 the other notable recruit
to the ranks of Speedway trottere. She is hand-
some black mare hailtng from Roadstown' y. j.
John Kelly the oldtime driver of Directun. 2tS>t.
held the reins over her yesterday
When Topsey outtrotted Baron De Shay. Kelly
Join h in sbhS 5hs I 4sTf not Ssh so doh % a
but Topsey and Alice Carr tTotted race whlch de-
Again the bay mare moved neck and neck with
her rival for three f1rongs. and again sne oegan
she stepped swiftly 10 the front wnen called on
opening such gap in m snd few abandoned the chase
when asked why he did so he said Alice Carr was Was
quite in condition and that she seemed TO tire
Several other new horses OF less note were seen
in the brushes Yesterday. James kennedy orousnt
out a good one the chestnut trotter LORD Bromley
He proved his class by going TO the front and WIN
ming by a neck in brush with II. b. PhlllpS 5
retired Grand Circuit trotter James Shevlin. Zl3l2
H. B. Gates. of Edgewater, N. J., uncovered an
other good IN the roam PAGER Parker 2, Z:25
that won handily in a series OF brushes with MI
Gatess brown PAGER Frank Bashford w. j.
Clark, secretary OF the Road Drivers Association
drove a speedy new PAGER. the COLBY built black
geldng Johnny Judd
Kitty G.. a new PAGER the Speedway surprised
the knowing by forcing DR.. H d. Gtlls black
Coast Marie. 2101z. to step TO her limit to
win by a length. Thomas B. Leahy's black trot-
ter, Princess Pique. 2:211z and Charles Weiland's
bay trotter, Dan T. 2:0s4. well matched con-
testants In three brushes, all of which the mare
succeeded In winning In two of the finishes only
a head separated the winner from the loser.
Kitty Wilkes. Pisa. and Billy Cleveland 1914,
trotted two close finishes the mare winning each
time She driven by William Scott Another
exciting brush one in which six horses finished
all in a bunch. The chestnut PAGER Moronial
2:1O. led the field by length Back OF the , fast
Kitty Wilkes and Estrella. and the PAGER Kitty G.
A. r. Meyers bay PAGER Bertha NJ. got beyond
the control of her driver when speeding down the
road. and away. Mr.. Meyer. whose arms we're
numb from pulling the haEd,mouthed headstrons
animal. called to Mounted Policeman Lewis as he
passed, and the bluecoat gave chase Bertha NJ
carried Lewis and his horse all the road when
caught and succeeded in breaking away again She
half mile before the policeman finally brought
her to a halt near High Bridge.