. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 8 ffotte gveebev anb &pc<vt&mixtt [December 21, 1901 STAR SPEEDWAY TROTTERS OF m NEW YORK. t5? BY EVERETT L. SMITH (PERCY). No city in all America has as many fast record horses in' daily use on the roads as are owned right here in Greater New York. Some cost a small fortune, yet others seemingly a mere trifle when the fun their owners have is considered. Mr. E. E. Smathers paid $10,000 or $11,000 for his bay mare Iva Dee 2:12i, vet purchased her to race the Grand Circuit rather" than for legitimate roadster usage. Mr. Frank Work bid $5700 for t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 8 ffotte gveebev anb &pc<vt&mixtt [December 21, 1901 STAR SPEEDWAY TROTTERS OF m NEW YORK. t5? BY EVERETT L. SMITH (PERCY). No city in all America has as many fast record horses in' daily use on the roads as are owned right here in Greater New York. Some cost a small fortune, yet others seemingly a mere trifle when the fun their owners have is considered. Mr. E. E. Smathers paid $10,000 or $11,000 for his bay mare Iva Dee 2:12i, vet purchased her to race the Grand Circuit rather" than for legitimate roadster usage. Mr. Frank Work bid $5700 for the fast gray gelding Pilot Boy 2:09}, securing him especially to drive in Central Park and over Seventh avenue, and at the recent sale gave $9200 for the three year old Peter Stirling 2:11 J, also for use on the road. The veteran roadlte does not use the Speedway often as it is too crowded and he too old to take chances there. Mr. F. F. Ayer paid $7500 for the elegant son of Su- perior, Success 2:10}, and retired him to the road never intending to race him again. Few know Success as Mr. Ayer is not given to securing notoriety so does most of his fast driving alone at hours when the famous speed reservation is about deserted. No more perfect trotter has ever been retired to the road than Mr. Nathan Straus' elegant old chestnut gelding Cobwebs 2:12, and yet Mr. Straus secured him at a bargain counter figure, back in 1895, when Andrew J. Welch sold him. Mr. Welch bid $1800 or $2000, I forget which, at Fasig's Old Glory sale, and as he frequently does, resold him right away at a fair advance. I think Mr. Straus once told me he paid 10 per cent, advance. However that may be, Cobwebs could not be duplicated for $10,000 to $25,000. He is in a class by himself as a road horse. Never since Mr. Straus added himto his chattels has Cobwebs made a break, and rarely has he been defeated at the speedway. Neat, trim, racy little Louise Mac 2:09} cost Mr. A. B. Gwathmey $4750, I think it was, a
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