The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
PETER SCOTT SALE
REVIEWS CONFIDENCE
Price Paid for Great Horse De-
stroys Prevailing Feeling
Of Pessimism.
PETER V0LO'S FUTURE
If Improvement Continues He
Should Capture Classic Ken
lucky Futurity.
PETER vOLO'S FUTURE

KALAMAZOO. Mioh.. Aug. is.-outsids OF
'ne SURFING record breaking performances
OF Peter Volo tho outstanding feature OF
the Grand Circuit meeting at Kalamazoo
was the sale OF Peter Scott. II was an
event that will do more good for IN.
racing and breeding interests than AM.
thing that has occurred In a long TINA
ana II happened at the Nglcal monent
Up TO Few days ago there had been ar
air OF pessirnism along the line OF the
circuit and the owners and breeders sav
niue 10 look forward to IN the way OF
sales There were discussions that IN.
European war would leave no markc, mar,
fall for the usual sales at big price. IN
oc'ooer ana November, and when n vas
round here that thSec or four men stood
ready to buy high class trotters at fancy
prices the atmosphere became more on.
timistio and there ia now q strong feai-
Ing OF confidence everywhere.
Lon Mcdonald offered $4,000 for Potter
Scott and thought he had that splendid
stallion az good as In his stable when
along camo Murphy with his check for
exactly $4,000. The price 10 the largest
that has ever been paid fc- q trottsr for
racing purposes In twenty years, and No
one doubts that Peter Scott will earn /,
all back and more too IL he lives Won
derfui AZ was Lassie McC-egor's race here
In the stake OF 10000 for 2:ll trotterr.
there was a well defined feeling tina, Peter
Scott would have won acd he started.
and this In backed up by Ma-phy's pur.
chase OF him, which. primarily, was .or
the purpose OF keeping rim ont Of the
mares way in her big stakes all along
tho line.
q For some reason tina. no one seems
able to explain Peter volo has always
been underestimate among the buyers
OF auction pools. lie should have been
100 to I In the Horseman Stake last
wednesday but there were times when
he was only a to choice. and ALWAYS
before the first heat he was never vorss
than ! to 3 on. The colt fulfilled every
promise In his initial start OF the ve.r
ana II Is only question of whether hs
VIII retain the form needed TO win all
MIS- engagements this year and 20 into
winter quarters with earnings Of NOR.
than $4,000.
the stallion race record of 2.Oa and
the station crown OF 2:O1, the consensus
Oh opinion among keen horserhen is that
Peter Volo will reach both this fall The
only time that his neck was straight WA.
In the first heat, when Lee AxwortSy NJ
his throat latch. carried Peter TO the half
In ;ol. and the colt was swinging. He
MAD more than little left M tho vIrs
In 2:o4E, which equals the worlds record
Tor one of his age, and that was not made
until mid-October. Before the race Peter
Noio mad not been asked to show better
than 2;O7h, and this fact, together with
the natural improvement that should come
because OF the cool autumn nights should
better materially his speed CARRYING ca
pacIty' one year ago he trotted here In
1903 and In the fall went 2;O4is Peter
Nolo Is upsetting turf traditions. lie il
now the first colt that IL a triple chamnion
having reduced the yearling record to
2:ls. the two-year-old record to ..O4I,
and equalled the three-year-old. IL he
Keeps form he should break down the
strongest OF all precedents, that of coming
on from the two-yesr-old champlonshIn
to win the Kentucky Futurity.
Great az Peter Volo is turfmen bave
not overlooked the rare quality of this
years other three year-olds. They are hv
FAR the best In history. Every one of I'm.
hve which Peter Nolo left behind him
trotted at least one heat in the TIors.nan
stake IN 2:O7, while Lee Axwcrthy sepa-
rately timed, went in 2:O5is and back
IN 2:o7, and Ortolan Axworthy trotted IN
2;o7 In the second heat and . :07H I'm the
third. 1t Is apparent that If the thre.-
year-oids keep good every futurity this
year VIII be marked by sensational rae
ing
Not much can be said OF the two-
year-olds. particularly those that race
for $4,000 here. Ed Geers has a grant
nlly In Sparkle Watts, daughter OF Gen
eral Watts, .06A, and the pacing mare
Twinkle, ;05L. and what the others are
can best be judged by the fact that Mr..
Geers said that for the first time in his
career he warmed up horse In faster
time than II took to win the race III,
breezed the Watts filly In 2:I5 before tina
race, and won In :l9A and 2 al "a There
are. however, some good two-year-olds
in Kentucky and they will make the juve-
nile divisions OF the futurities more in
teresting later on.