New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
Victory of Amte' Guy
Feature at Lexington
f,tinger Trotter Defeated
Field of Eleven-Nella
Dillon a Surprise
By Frank S. Cooke

sormsnce in connection with the open
ing Of the Lexington meeting. Murphy
had both this splendid trotter and the
fast Chilcoot in the Walnut Hall Cup,
and horsemen generally wondered
what his selection would be. That he
nicked the right one was made plain
bv the manner in which the daughter
Of Guy Axworthy handled an impress
sive field.
Eleven good trotters started in this
classic and Lotto Watts showed the
way into the stretch, where Murphy
came out of the pack with Ante Guy
and dropped that filly's record to
2.os1h, the fastest heat trotted during
the twenty-five years the stake has
heen fixture. Isworthy Mckinney
made the pace in the next heat. sur
rendered to June Red at the seven
eiebths, and then Ante Guy and Prince
roree shook off the bunch and raced it
ont the last quarter in 29A seconds
and Ante Guy again comfortable at the
end in 2:o6.
A Ding Dong Finish
Prince Loree also hooked up with
Ante GUY in the stretch of the third
heat. It was a ding-dong finish. and
Murphy landed by q nose in 2:o4A,
which decides all questions relative to
the speed and stamina of the New
York trotter.
After horses have been racing around
2:05 it is odd how oee Of them steps
out and handily beats the others in
three seconds slower time. which is
lust what Nella Dillon did in the
$4,000 Kentucky Futurity. Missteps
by some of the expected contenders
enabled her to take the first heat IN
2:0S24 by two lengths, and the second
was even easier in 2:09%. The Con
necticut FLY Miriam Guy, driven by
Fred HYDE. was on her stride in the
third round, hung to Nella Dillon and
forced that FLY to trot in 2:0o to beat
her half length.
With the rank and file of men who
like trotting for the sport the victory
of Nella Dillon was very agreeable, tor
her breeder and owner is A. B. Coke,
of Philadelphia, Yale athlete of re-
nown in other days Nella Dillon was
fleetest of the 1917 two-year-oids, and
during that same year Miss Bertha
Dillon was champion racing three-year-
old. taking a mark of 2:03A.
The Coke stable was not SO fort
innate in the two-year-old Futurity
this time, that event going to Princess
Ftawah, owned by Frank D. Ellis, of
Philadelphia, showing that the old
town isn't so sleepy after all. Princess
Etawah. whose sire, Etawah, won the
-year-old classic in 1913, only had
to go in 2;o914 to beat Norman Dillon.
Princess Etawah, that was first;
Periscope. which was second, and Bru-
siloff, that was best among the two
year-olds earlier in the season. were
gwen their education by Ben White,
which speaks highly for that young
mans ability.
Rugged and Fast
However, they are rugged and fast
trotters that come from the Coke in
cubator near Philadelphia. There is
three-year-old colt out this year, by
Dillon Axworthy out of Czarevna, one
Of the great FLIES of her day. called
The Cossack Joe Serrill started him
in the 1908 trot at Lexington against
big field Of aged horses, and he merely
toyed with them. winning in COM
parSllVely SLOW Clme.
Kelly De Forest, that also was fast
colt trotter, went fine race for Muir
ply in the POT class, dropping q heat
to Gentry c. in 2:05, then landing the
others, the third in 2.05A. The Tod
der was favorite in this event and
that clever half miller, Charley Rex,
was in the field, but neither had the
lick when the pinch came.
The three-heat plan gives the colts
an equal chance, and Mcdonald took
advantage of this fact when he started
MISS Dewey Watts. 2:07A, as a two
year.od last season in the 2:11 trot,
the field numbering fourteen. She won
IN straight heats, the first in 2:O6A.
PAGERS, of course, have their innings
at Lexington, although they are not in
as much favor as the trotters. Direc.
ttm j: went the best heat of any of
them during the first three days. Bax-
Ter Lou had won the first mile in 1903,
ana the judges thought none of the
rest was trying, so they read the rio.
ACT 10 the drivers, and as a conse-
qeuence Directum J. and Lillian T.,
the '1avorlte, went to the mat, so to
speak, IN the second Lillian had the
es beaten at the distance. but Muir
pny kept Dlrectum going and managed
70 Win by inches in 2:01h. This took
me pace out of the rest and made
!he third heat easy for Directum J.
in 2:O31z.
=, The free for all PAGERS did not go
mat fast. Single G., fresh from many
ssf'umphs on the half-mile tracks, where
ne mas been picking up sure money,
rrat'led off two heats in front of Miss
harrls NJ, the fastest in 2:02k.
!, reference was made last week of
me speed of Baron Chan, that has been
eaolng the half-mile track circuits, and
ne proved up in his race at Lexington,
winning in 2:04A, which puts him
among the real prospects for another
, Belle Alcantara, that is owned by Ed
Cone, the New York advertising man.
s'omped off with the 2:O7 pace for Dick
Mn.s;,Mahon, and took record of 2:04N.
billy Jackson, that has become a good
winner for Murphy, continues his tri-
umphal parade. Minor Hal took heat
IN 2:O4A, and then Billy Jackson trim
aeo him in 2:05A, the final heat much
This is the first time the three heat
y'an has been tried at Lexington, also
~ marks the debut of the pari mutuel
;aaehlnes, and the combination is work
.ds out so smoothly that there is lit
AZ, Az: Likelihood of return to old con-
'as cinch bookmaker.
Inc last half of the Lexington meet
ss s, which starts this Monday, prom
r svS 70 be just as interesting as the
est ;;s iast week. There is much inter