New-York tribune., 1918-06-23
D,rfee's Descendant From
Mckinney May Lower Mark
of Sweet Marie
By Frank S. Cooke

non,, Girl and also to Sweet Marie
.wo of the greatest trottcrs that ever
,,o,sed the Great Divide and garncrcd
,urses and stake money along the
Grand Circuit
Now comes Esperanza. and there are
those who noted her wonderful form
,..t year and predicted that even The
..oa Of Sweet Marie would not stop
This other member Of the tribe Of Nc
Kinney. But the 2:oa which Esper-
snaa won last fall at Phoenix is not
su for the mare is showing suner'a-
tive form in her training this season
and has to her credit the fastest work
n;le that has come to the attention of
the writer.
Dick Mcmahon. who is training Es-
reranza. is dividing his time between
crsnd Circuit horses at indianapolis
srd rscins few lesser lights in the
M,chican Circuit He hurried back to
,hs Hoo -ier metroro'is from Mount
cismcrs and stepped Esperanza mile
In o.07Ib and then back in 2:06A with
-. last half in l:n2, which shows that
sbs is reody for the big stakes at To-
,sdo Kalamazoo and right down the
line.
Panorama has been one of the busy
.-o,ters Foe'ed In 1911 sho is by Car
iok;n- a bu''doc son of Mckinney, and
nut of the famous brood mare My Irene
She was bred and developed by W.
G. Durfee. of Los Angeles. who has had
most to do with her racing. AS two
vear-o'd she gained fame through six
victories and record of 2:l4A. and
as three-year- old she became notable
through another half-dozen wins. low
erirc her mark 20 2:o9.
She did not imrrove upon this In her
sour-vear-old form but in 1916 Dur!ee
brought her East. starting her no
fewer than swenty times on both sldes
Of the Rocky Mountains, winning SIX
races and improving her record TO
2:o7A.
Last wear Durfee stayed in the West
and figured in the activities Of the CAL
ifornja Circuit Fs-eranza started on
July 21 and won at Petaluma in 2:0SA.
ord the next wonk her bost heat was
o.o7A at Woodland At Dixon she
on'v had to 60 in 2.0sA at Fernda e
in 2:oe,1 and at Sacramento in 2:0S.
After that Durfee started her only
AGAINST time. so as not to get her out
of the stakes. She lowered her record
to 2:O6M at Riverside and on Novem-
Der ID, at Phmnx. she again cut into
it by trotting in 2:o4A. following this
two DAYS later with a milo in 2:o4.
Mcmahon will have some other good
ones to take on his trip this year. one
Of them being the racer Peter Look,
that became the champion three-year-
old colt when he circ'ed an oval IN
2.o3 in 1915 This m~de him look ike
the best thing in sight last year. but
ne did not show we'll in his four-year-
old form. However the horse appears
tn be right back in Upton shaoe. for
Mcmahon sampled him in 2:04M. with
the last ha'f in a minute the other day.
He is staked right down the big line,
and being eligible to the 2:10 class it
looks as though there will be another
Peter the Great PAGER to share honors
with Miss Harris M and perhaps join
her in the charmed two minute circle.
Owned by Fletcher
Peter Look is a stoutly bred horse.
his dam being by Bingen. He was bred
by David NJ. Look. of New York and
now is owned by Stoughton A.
Fletcher. of indianapolis, whose Laurel
Hall farm ia one Of the great trotting
nurseries of the land.
Several other very fast miles have
been made at indianapolis OF late.
Henry Thomas, who does most OF the
training for Fletcher. stepped the
PAGER Wellington Direct at mile in
2:05ls This is significant because
the horse is by the ire of Flower Dl,
rect 2:on% and out of the dam OF
Napoleon Direct. i:59% mighty near
fx,n bor
Most Of the material in the Fletcher
training stable is the young stuff by
Peter the Great. and from this, no
doubt. will come some of the sensa-
tions Of the season. While she may
not be one of the sta~s Of the lot Hi,da
Fletcher is worthy Of note because of
circumstances VIII ch led to her being.
L. c. Webb o. Mason. Mich, is one
Of the veteran breeders Of the coun-
try. Among the horses for which he
is respons BILE is Baronmore. son Of
Baron Wilkes. and founder Of fu
turity tribe Webb always has been
partial to the blood Of Pilot ir., horse
OF unknown ancestry, but tiominant in
years Webb had been casting about for
mare of certain blood lines, and when
the chance offered he secured Ala
Stretta. daughter of Barongale and
Ruth Russell, hence carrying a full
quota Of the desired Pilot blood. He
bred her to Peter the Great. and the
resultant foal traces to the old Cara
dian pacer--for such was Plot-in
. as many ways as the map Of the signs
OK the zodiac on the front page of
the almanac
Promises to Do 2:1o
Hilda Fletcher is this particular foal
and Webb sold her to Fletcher. Com
paratively little was done with her last
year other than to give her record
OF 2:25A. but this spring she is work
ing great guns for Thomas, having
peeh mile in 2:l2, which indicates
another 2:l0 three-year-o!d for Peter
] the Great.
Louisa Fletcher and Brother Peter,
ios Thomas. who is particularly fond
Of the last named. Peter Pogue is
working very fast and is expected to
os ready for a 2:l0 mile by July l, so
there will be no dearth OF these pre-
sesious Peters when the time comes
!, The three -year-old PAGER. Peter Ell
slett. has been sod by Laurel Hall
Farm to c. n. Elliott. also of Indian
spolis. for $4,000 He has been in
s;l2A. last half in 1903. and is re-
sfdsd as the likely one for the pacing
Frank Hedrick, the Ohio trainer who
spends part Of his time on the small
racks and breaks into the big line now
snd then with a good one, seems to
rave 9 sharp edged tool for the trot-
ing Classes this year. He started Bin.
saho at the eariv Cleveland meeting