The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-26
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STEPPERS OUT IN FORCE.
c. X. G. Rininss's Stable Provides some
GOsd brushes On the Speedway.
A beautiful Indian summer day aud = a
prospect OF rare sport served to bring q throns
to the Speedway yesterday. Many Of the
stars Of the morning were horses consi gned
to the coming sale in Madison Square Garden
and tho owners of the stars Of the home con-
tinsen. all bad their fsvorites In nne fettls.
The most prominent stable represented
was that Of c. X. @. Billings. the owner driv-
Ing the PAGER Morning star. zOAi<. with the
manager. Charles Tanner. up behind the
recently purchased whlrlwind PAGER. Black
lock, 2O7x.' The two horses were sent sew
eral lively Tits against each other. with other
owners now and then joining In the journey. o.
Whether from courtesy to the owner or be-
cause Blackjack was not yet thoroughly
warmed for the fray, the manage rode In
second position at the finish Of the first and
second heats. Each finish was close enough
to please the crowd and the pace was fast
enough not to call for any, excuse for the
defeated candidate. The PAGER Billy Cole.
2O7it. was slSo a starter In each brush and
finished in third place right with the winners.
Blackjack took a turn at winning in the next
three brushes. defeating Morning Sta by a
margin fully rs NARROW a. he himself had been
defeated by earlier in the morning, j. p.
Batter sent the PAGER Helen.D.. sOox. to join
In one finish and she made an excellent show
ing.
Among the local stars the trotters Ida
Highwood, 2O9L. driven by Nathan Straus.
Invader. 2lO. with Andrew Crawford up. and
Promise, 2lO. with A. +. Perrin at the reins.
were the most prominent CONTESTANTS. Three
times the three %trotters went over the course
and each time Invader demonstrated that his
campaign OF the past season. when he won
the highest honors In amateur contests. was a
true index Of his quality. Invader won the
first brush quite handily. Ida Highwood
made a break, but she finished second. and
! Promise was Plight in the bunch. The finish
Of the second heat furnished material for
much discussion. The finish between Invader
and Ida Highwood was so close that each
! owner believed he had won. Thelpectators,
as usual in a close finish, were divided in
opinion according TO the position each specta-
tor occupied. Those below the direct line of
finish always favor the opposite horse from
those whose observation is from above the
line, and yesterday even those in n direct line
were fairly divided. Invader won the third
heat, 80 hhs supremacy was unchallenged
After his three losing brushes Promise
still had speed enough to win a splendid
brush from Thomas B. Leahy's Princess
Pique, 2:ll.. Later the Princess had two
keen tits with William SCOTS %trotters Kitty
Wilkes. aI5I. and an even break was the
Princess Plque put the second to her credit,
&. :. Rice drove the PAGER Sue DIX. 21s1t.
and he put three credits TO the Indiana mare.
S$S Stdfb9i. BIZ. Seat beat e. SF'' c, CLARK, d Johnny S1ry gJnndsdd
Golden also scored a Winning bracket When
she finished in front of Billy s., ably handled
Z. J. La Place was behind his recent pur-
chase. the PAGER Frank Wilson, 2O6!.; The
RewGS2EmqTGT r made a splendid Showing defeat
dsfea,sd BY +, o, BiHzen,; trottsr EstrslIia.
driven by +. q. Kinds, twice defeated Dr.
Story's new candidate. Red Light.
There was a lively three cornered tit be-
tween Hobson. driven by MIR. Mabbetts.
What Is II; driven by y }. Gurr9n, and + W
HEN ? %bat Par q # T def 2Stsa, Hd dsS H s6s Ho TSm;
won from Dan T. DIR. A. d KTahmer. driving
the chestnut trotter Purgess, won two good
brushes from Philip Heipenhausen's Lemon
David G. Mcdonald Of Pitt-burg was
behind the bay trotter Shady Beattie, 2:iia,
but the Pittsburg matinee star was not lust
suited with the footing and he failed to win,
John Cockerlll, driving Baron Leland,
finish. James Campbell's Susie g.. 2:l4h, the
pacing cup winner or last year also beat
Curran sent What-Is-It to join and he finished
After Promise and Ida HIghwood had been
~ ~ $3.50 AH
%trotter, Alice Carr, 2;Qo3, and MIR, Straus
took the reins behind Ted, 2iS. These
two ga We the crowd two contests that ranked
with the best OF the morning, Ted as usual
rushed away at a clip that fairly lifted the
wheels OF the light racing shell from the
ground, IT looked each time, down almost
to the finish as il he would surely win. When
he began to hold out signals that be had gone
far enough Alice Carr closed on him and beat
him. John sheppard Of Boston, ss the guest
Of Mr.. Straus, drove the ~trotter Bolton. Jr.
George Huber's promising young %trotter.
Niger Pandit, driven by the trainer. Rice
Clark. made a splendid showing, defeating
among others Andrew Kqne's bay trotter.
Juno T., 2I3H. Mr.. Hnber drove Bessie
Pandit and won a keen brush from John W.
Smiths bla tx PAGER Ogden Smith.
After being beaten bv Morning star and
Bla cklock, the pa Ger Billy Cole, 2074, paced
what many considered the closest finish OF
the morning. his competitor being William
SCOTS bav PAGER Ragiand, 22iH. The
record of the latter is no indication of his
abilityto negotiate the Arst hall of the nee,
which he has frequently covered close to one
minute. The result was yesterday that he
and many declared 1t a dead heat.