New-York tribune., 1918-07-14


,elds were larger, if anything, tina
sas of the highest grade.
Topmost. position on the Cleveland'
all is the Ohio Stake for 2:0S trotters,
nd it developed into q surprising con-
est. in which the favorite, Esperanza.
xou not a heat. Oddly enough. the bat
tle was waged by three half-mile track
horses.
Mack Forbes, that won number of
stake events on the twice-arounds last
wear, came the last three furlongs of
the opening mile just fast enough to
beat Wilkes Brewer neck in 2:O6A
Next time Espcranza took the track and
had things her own way until chal-
lenged in the homestretch by Wilkes
Brewer, which mare won by inches only
in 2:06h.
Winner Poor at First
In the first heat Stout did not make
much of move with Blanche Carter,
and in the second she had trouble on
the the first turn. But the third found her
fit and ready, and when they came
through the final straightaway she
gained q hairline decision from The
fodder, with Wilkes Brewer beaten
not more than nose. The time had
dropped back to 2:0SA, but there was
thrill enough.
Blanche Carter and Wilkes Brewer
fought it out in the fourth, the first
named winning by part of a length in
2:08A and establishing her right to
the equine hall of fame, for she surely
went a corking race.
There have been renewals of the
Ohio Stake in faster time, but none
more desperately contested. Inciden-
tally, the hackers of Blanche Carter
who stood pat got back more than $500
for their $40 investments.
Blanche Carter earned the title of
queen of the half-milers last year,
when she won sixteen out of nineteen
starts on the small tracks. She came
back this spring in fine fettle and beat
2:lO on one of the Ohio half mile
rings, which made her about a 2:05
trotter on q track like that at North
Randall.
Comes of Famous Line
If there is anything in breeding,
Blanche Carter has the right to go on
and become one of the celebrities of
the year Her sire, Lord Roberts,
2:O7A, is son of Arion, the worlds
champion two year-old stallion for
nineteen years, and Nancy Hanks,
worlds champion trotter in her day
Blanche dam, ANA Carper, is by the
Baron Bell, 200, by Baron Wilkes.
founder of a futurity tribe, and his
dam was by Belmont, famous in his
Gay.
Trailing the quintet which made the
race in the Ohio Stake were such good
trotters as Grand Chimes, Northspur,
Lotto Watts and Early Don.
Features were plentiful enough dur
ing the hrst week of the big line. Cold
weather affected the speed on the open
ing AFTERNOON, and during the first
tnfee days there was not the exhibition
OF Wnlz that some expected. Thew NAV
60 faster this week at Kalamazoo and
oe all set to hang up lot of records
%nen they strike the new track at To-
ledo July 70 week. Neither Murphy nor
1eers had a mount in this stake,
lhe hrst race on the card last Mon.
gay was somewhat of an upset, as Lon
McDonald's Zomrect figured best, but
ne landed at the bottom of the sum
mary, while Miss Perfection scampered
of with the event
Colt Performances Good
Colt trotters did their bit in GRAND
style. The bay filly Periscope won the
nrst DIVISION of the two-year-old event.
although she stood the same in the
summary as First National. The con-
dltions were that it be raced in two
neats, and in case of a tie victory went
70 70 the one trotting the faster mile.
s sirst National circled the track in
1i;ls1.' and in the next heat Whit.
landed Periscope in front in 2:1O%
after hot drive with Brusiloff. Peri
scope Is by Siliko and is owned hy
John E. Madden. ~
The three -year-olds acquitted them
selves creditably. Peter Vonia. bv
Feter the Great, that won the second
oelvlslon. raced in 2:10A and back in
.''uoi q, which makes him contender
IN the futurities.
Ihe other division was rather easy
Ior rank outsider named Mamie
Toc, NToeke, by Gordon Todd, and driven by
Valentine
While Murphy did not win any of the
principal events during the first three
pays, ne ploted five of the victor..
nark Flower, Chilcoot and Selah Baird
m 1m 'r0tting races and Directum J. and
'"e rrooiem IN pacing affairs.
Binland in Fast Win
q, One of the best trotting races was a
+L:t N". "oiI ny DlnlanO, there BENG
.nlrteen starters. Binland drew thir-
seenth position, but instead of an easy
IN ini!e hedrlck set him going, and he was
III Wu ,ne leading bunch at the half, beating
nollyTood Kate a nose in 2:06. The
nex5 heat he had to go in 2:05N and
IN the third in 2:06%.
T. Iox pulled off stellar stunt in the
towards Stake for PAGERS, which he
won won with Game Of Chance, a horse
pn ynat mad been ailing and patched up.
& aeler Look was a hot fvorite and pock-
e eted the first heat, but in the second
ooS set his aptly named stallion going
"na beat them to the wire in 2:03X,
coming back in 2:05h This gave him
new record for the stake.
from out of the West comes a pretty
M ,sr PAGER in the roam mare Margaret
margrave, teamed by Palm She huzzed
around in 2:06A, beat lot of gooo
pacers and appears to be headed in the
rght direction. '
Az Kalamazoo, where they race this
tt;om'ng week, there will be a combina
Wv" meeting. many of the events being
M;.Ii MI me half-mile track and for the
;iicnigan :; circuit steeds. The feature
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