The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-24
IDA HIGRWOOD BEATS PROMISE
CRACK TROTTERS FURNISH AN
INTERESTING BRUSH.
Meet for First Time on the Speedway and
Nathan straus Drives the Mare TO vic-
tory In . WhIrlwtDd Finish brooklyn
PAGER WIltOnA . Prominent winner.

racer WitOnA = prominent winner.
High class horses gave the GRO wd at Speed
way Park yesterday morning a series Of
keen contests. The high wind had dried
the surface, 30 that the track was fast and
the crowd numbered many thousa nds
The star brush OF the morning brought
together the noted ~trotters Ida Highwood,
2O0iI. driven by Nathan straus. and Promise.
2IO. by A. f.. Perrin. IL has long been q
matter OF speculation among those who
knew both horses a. TO which would be the
victor when they came together. In her
morning work Ida Highwood had a keen
TIT with the PAGER Black Diamond. 2:i5. driven
by MIR. Comisky. The daughter Of Highwood
was the winner.
Her brush with Promise was we'll calculated
to stir the enthusiasm OF any lover Of the
light harness horse. Promise has trotted
the Speedway course under the watch In
1902 S-j. and was considered practically In
vincible for the distance. MIR. Perrin sent
him away yesterday at the speed OF a run-
ming horse, and when the positions of ths
two horses could be clearly distinguished
by those standing AZ the finishing post Promise
had a lead that made him look all over q
winner. Then came the final rally. Ida
Highwood gained speed at every stride.
and she looked 80 dangerous before reaching
the finish that she brought Mr.. Perrin TO q
hard drive. Promise was already strung
out and, unable 10 respond TO the demands
of his driver. he broke into a run and was
beaten. .
The sport opened with a pretty brush be-
tween l.. y. Hartog's bay trotter Katie Gay.
2:2IL, and Estrelle. driven nv f., q Binzen
Kettle Gay won. Estrella quite redeemed
herself later by, finishing in fro Mt Of Terence
kennedy,s Teddy \. Teddy x. showed
good Lrotter Bon Rene, 2l5'., driven by
The BROOKLYN PAGER Wiltona, 2I0'., driven
On Henry W lIllAtns. Was a prominent winner,
Christopher Hackett, driving the roam PAGER
Blue JAY, 2:23'.. believed he could take tho
measure of Mlitona, bur the result showed
that Wiltona had a tritie more speed. II
was one Of The SURPRISES OF ne morning
Baron de Shay. 2;Osia. driven by T.. j. La
Place. The Baron was not on his good be-
haNior and three bad breaks cost him all
MiniamScOtt drove his PAGER RaglaDd. 2:i5A.
TO three good victories. In the first he meb
Christopher Hackott's crack sprinter Blue
JAY, 223s,, and put him IN second place IN "A
land wns Walter Kilpatrick's Chestnut PAGER
Virginia. This was one OF the. best brushes
Of the morning The big California mare
little too much speed for her to overcome;
II was three straight after Ragland had
tackled leo r., 2IO'., driven by : I. DE Lee.
J. q, Laurence aud his PAGER Reuben s..
200. proved a winning combination, Il.
i y, G iaa R arlyhinS tG and PS SsTe S Sbc cI p,x; ssicaaas:
test that figured with the best of the morning;
Reuben =. won. Nothing daunted. Or. Gill
hnN hpNh h'hTiib's ~ w So ~"
the same. Earlier in the morning Sue Dix
had won. a splendid brush from Walter NJ.
\ jennings Baretto.
The chestnut trotter Bonnie Duchess,
2l6it. driven by A.. H.. COsden, made an
suspicious beginning by finishing in front OF
Terence kennedy's trOtter Teddy h. Then
Bonnie Duchess beat the big trOtter Strange
leaf. driven by Louis Frank. -
When Mr., Straus got up behind the black
trotter Ted, 215it, and Mr.. Perrin took the
reins behind Alice Carr. 2O9]t, there was a
renewal of hOstilities between the two owners.
The NOrval trOtt"r was at n feather edge
and MIR. Straus had trouble TO restrain hip
in getting away. Alice Carr. on the other
hand. did not seem quite up to her previous
high form and she was beaten twice de-
cisively. Alice Carr also had a keen tilt
with her stable companion, Promise. 2l0.
In this she also finished second. .
l.. j. La Place. with the trotter Baron de
Shay, CHANGED to fall in with some fleet PAGER
at every start. He was a winner when he
met Christopher HeckCtt's roam PAGER Blue
Jay. 2:23A. Isaac Fleming, driving the black
mare Rebe, by persistent hustling managed
TO land the handsome little mare in front OF
Walter VI. Jermyn's Bareto.
George H.. Huber had a new candidate for
Speedway hOnors fresh from his tt Point
farm. 1t was Frankie Pandit. and although
bea ten her speed and behavior were a credit
10 the family TO which she belongs, Mr..
Huber tackled the big trotter Strangeleaf.
driven by Louis Frank.