Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-15
Not in Years Has a Better Lot
of Horses Performed on
the Straightaway.

BY WALTER E. ERLER.

by WALLER e. EkLEk.
Not unlike the autumn matinee sea
son over the speedway at both New
York M Brooklyn. the season oven
the local straightaway course has
been the most successful in years.
MOI only have The horsemen them
selves ent-red their horses and started
them in he I~arious events. but
the sidewalk brigade turned out in
large numbers EACH week TO witness
the performances of the t~rotters and
PAGERS.
Not in years have a better lot of
horses individually or collectively APP
peared on the local speedway, and the
fact that so many really worthy horses
were to be seen doubtless had much TO
do with the unusually large gatherings
of spectators. The most brilliant per-
former in the trotting division was the
brown mare I<irtley Electric. owned
by Peter Herman, of South orange.
While she did not step as fast as some
other trotters have in the past. she did
step one-half in l:04A. II did all
thai was required in the series. and had
the brushes continued she would doubt
less have won in the free-for-all class.
Another trotter that did well was the
chestnut mare Demline. This mare
raced herself into the free-fot-all class
during the season and defeated all
Corners She did no, meet Kirtley Elec-
trite in an actual contest. yet on the
final count. when these mares We're tied
for first honors. the brown mare
stepped a much faster half than she
did. and that is the Indian sign
The little bay gelding Prince Edward.
owned bv George Stenge1, also raced
right well in the fres-ior-a'l trc.. and.
While lie could not quite reach the
fsstcst of his division, he demonstrated
that he was n game little trotter and
was y General fayorite with the side
wal'l br' lde.
The 3-yesr-old stallion. Jersey Todd.
and the geld'ng. Allerson, also did much
better than had been expected of them
in the autumn brushes and both look
like the making of very worthy matt
nee material another season. In the
pacing division Master McKerron
proved himself invincible. He was up
against the best straightaway. PAGERS
owned in the organization. yet he de-
feated them al with consummate ease.
In his race in the final matinee. he
paced his second half in 1:01. and there
a:e reasons to believe that under favor
able conditions with a runner alongside
OF him he can pace a talf In a minute
aNH ner1aps shade that a trife.
The big bay gelding. Earl Wilson.
has done remarkably we'll. As a mat
Ter of fact. his seasons work both at
the track and over the Speedway. in
the hands of William Whatton. has
been the best that he has DISPLAYED
since he came to this city He did. OF
course. go one or two ~'sappointing
races, vet it is a rare thing to find a
horse racing right at his best every
time he turns around for the word.
When he paced a half in 1903 the
chestnut 'gelding Ben Bow owned by
Henry Jaeger put himself in a class
with the best PAGERS in the city. His
effort in the final session was a trife
disappointing to many, but that he is
a fast horse and "a game one there is
nc doubt. Ben Bow has been sick witch
a cold for the past thirty days. and
under the conditions raced far better
than his owner or trainer had expected
him to. Ben Dat and Queen Gentry
also raced well over the speedway. The
latter is a general favorite. as she was
bred right In this city and the side
walk contingent never missed an OPP
p~ortunity to shout for her. The regu
lar season is over. but on Wednesday
and Saturday afternoons. so long as
the weather permits, there viii be
plenty to interest all who care TO make
the journey.
Miller Has Roth Horses.
William II. Miller. who for several years