Middletown transcript., 1911-07-29
MIDDLETOWN'S "R. T. C."
Getting FamOus--The Coming King
Of the Turf Wins New LaureIs

"The racing world is my oyster" may
MiddIetown's famous farm horse ''R. T.
G." now say Three big stakes in as
many weeks!
| Like the famous trotter of an earlier
+ day, Flora Temple, who was taken from
between the shafts Of a Broadway dray to
dazzle the turfmen with her triumphs,
Middletown's crack piece of horsefesh
graduated from out the thills and plow
lines on Mr.. Dan M. Cochran's farm to
astonish the trotting world with his suc-
cession OF triumphs.
He was a delicious ''singed cat" this
''hoss" with the ugly carriage, scared
from toll and awkward of gait.
Some of the "Smart Alecs" of horse
manship around here would not try this
marvellous horse, even when his surpris-
ing gates were shown them. Wouldn't
even look at him-he wasn't pretty
enough. He will earn not less than $780,.
900 this season and may earn the whole
$95, 900 for which he is entered.
Well, the moral of all this is, No. l,
watch the 'singed cat's", boys or horses,
for they may surprise you some day; and
moral No. 2, when you've got a good
thing and know it don't you give it away.
Keep it awhile and let it get ripe, Moral
No. 8 is patent to the blindest viz Mid
dletown is in the swim as a center for A
No. horsefesh and don't you forget it,
nor let the other fellow either So hur-
rah for MiddIetown.
Grand Rapids, Mich, July 26th.-The
greatest crowd assembled at a race meet
ing in this city since the famous AIler-
ton-Nelson match in 1891 today saw
Tommy Murphy's graduated farm
horse, R. T. c., repeat his triumphs at
Indianapolis and Kalamazoo and capture
bis third great stake in as many weeks,
when from higb-clsss field he won three
of the four heats necessary to determine
the winner in the PIP trot for the Furni.
ture Manufacturers $4,000 stake.
R. T. G.. was easily the best of the field
and won the first two heats as he liked,
making his drive from the turn into the
stretch in each instance. In the third
heat the gelding broke badly at the quar-.
ter post, and Murphy rated him along in
last place, aiming onj! To Lsst the dis
tance flag. Belvasia, Lewis Forrest and
Al Stanley made great finish of this
heat, noses apart.
In the final heat R. T. G. got all the
worst of the start, but came around in
Characteristic fashion on the far turn,
and Under the whip beat out Belvasia by
a neck in spectacular finish.
Ario Leyburn led nearly the entire
route in the first heat but the best the
Geers horse could do was to finish third,
and thereafter was always far back. To
achieve his victory R. T. C. had to step
full second and half faster than his best
time in the $4,000 Paper Mills Stake at
Kalamazoo last week.
PIP TRoT, 8 IN 5, FURNITURE MANUFAC.
TURERs' STAKE. $4,000.
R. T. c., ch. g., by Prince
March........"........(Mu Murphy l 8 1
Belvasia, br. NJ, by Bingara (Cox) 2312I
Lewis Forrest, blk. g.. Noomis) 1928
Al Stanley, 70. s.....( Whitehead) 4434
Ario Leyburn, b. s......... (Geers) 3767l
Charley Thomas, g. g.. (Mitchel) 5 5 8
O'Neill, br. e...."....(E. Benyon) 8 46
Wilmering, b. s.........( (AndreWs) 6 S74
Lulu ArioD, ch. f.....(J. Benyon) dis
Time, 2O74, 2.O63, 2OSf, 2.O72.