New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
8 YenY-OH Ty0tters
Score Big Victories
Winning of National l.. n.
vorcee Fine Triumph 70,
A. B. Coke
By Frank S. Cool.

" eneir stake e,l
purse engasements, credit must 80 sas "a
the Juveniles for staging the bio % ~,
! along the Grard Ci,cuit ~ 'a0"
notable victories ave been .... sss
the 1hree-year-old division bv ~. N
vorcee' Chestnut Peter. Hollywood ~. w.
and David Guy, while honor. DOB
two-yeSr-olds are divided h.,~s 0As
Brusiiof and Periscope Ds'~esa
While net by any mean. ~.
valuable of these events for - "0s
year-olds. the winning of the We. a'se.
at Poughkeepsie by The Divorcaa ''ulsl ss
another interesting chapter to ~. SSS wv
tory of the light harness turf A's
brings again into the seats - !"
fortunate A. B. Coke, whose br..a;" sA'
establishment near Philadelphia is
verltable incubator for colt spesd
Although he had owned
of good horses, the frs, ono - number
pubic attention was Peter Tboet a.staet
the gelding that Won the EEo,npson Eom.
Futuritv for him in 1911 Sem1"eSy
colt introduced Joe Serrill n.n ;n.n me me
ranks of great trainers ana ,lI0 ene
drivers. anu race
A Wise Selection
Next year Serrill came aloo. .,.,
wv aWo-year- old colt. Dillon Axwortbv
""iiIhlng "itlig a number Of junior futurit;oss'
tS HSisnoueh ms colt did not became ~
was so Keen for him that ha W.. w.. ,oxe
tor premier in the stud WIKI nm
been proved very wise select;on mas
Oillon AXworthy is giving pstor' !t .Of
Great battle royal for the horne we
slrlng sensational colt trotters ''f VI
', One OF the greatest renewals =, -.
Kentucky Futurity was that ~ u ,oan Sne
when Baroness Virginia. throne, '.vs 49,
superb handling of Tommy Mnr,s Inc
peat Czarevna after the last pas, uam.,
iiily had won the early heats "@a.a Ts.a
were not alone in this gruellinc ' n.s
test, for J. B. Chandler racadf W,a. sVn,
bertha G., and it was the gensrsl AVS ss
ION that if "Chan" had driven sh0p.u Op.l'-
miles he might have won. '"''ef
ME- Coke was impressed with a..
trottlng of Miss Bertha c.. so be t hnrshs oae
her; also Czarevna. Miss Perth
mas been mated regularly with n;,,on ~
Axworthy, and the union in Iaia r'',oH ~"
suited in the foal Miss Bertha n;nar
'2:02 ~, the champion racing ,,,vl tbreal
year-old Of last year. '''
In 1918 came the chestnut Hllv ro,
known as The Divorce. that nut ~" ".
such a wonderful race at poughk kesrs;pp
10 peat Chestnut Peter. After winn;ns
the hrst heat handily in 2:061a she wss
oeaten neck by Chestnut Peter IN
A:oo A. and wise men said the liz was
up, lor Peter would race it out How.
ever Inc Divorce was Just as lonc an
gamaness and bit longer on spesa a
1oT she beat Chestnut Peter in the d.
cldlng mile in 2:07
=, Mr Coke sold Chestnut Peter N
Murrphy, and the public thought that
ne pe nad made a mistake, for Chestnut
reter was the better year-old Of
Inc Inc PAR beating The Dvorcee twice on
i.t na.,-mlie tracks. the fi)ly winding Nd
with time record of 2:14ih.
Murphy Rivals Coke
But MT. Coke is not the only man.,
breed and own a star three -ve.r"oIi r,,
Murphy put one over on the buncb st
Philadelphia when he won the Wstron
Stakes with David Guy. the event an'
pearlng to be gift for HOLLYWOOD Rob
Nella Dillon, that was best amono tbs
two -year-olds last season. scampered
on with the first heat in 2:OsA and
looked to be on the verge of makins
good. But she broke next time and
David Guy beat Hollywood Bob to the
wire IN 2:o5 q. which took all of the
aiol OUT OF the field and made the final
neat easy for Murphy's mount.
DaVld Guy was bred by Leo Ottinger.
OF New York. and is by Guy Axworfby'
sire OF the stallion champion Lee Az
worthy, and out Of Belle Zombro. a
9aughter OF one Of she greatest Cali
1orl'a stalllons. The first fash that
EaT!u aI:E!. Iuy gave this year Of racing
opiiiIy' after q fast workout in Toledo,
was ms easy victory over field of all
aged trotters at North Randall With
The Divorce he ioins the bunch .h.t
Will dominate the futurities during the
pear to be as good as anv Of them
When the bay filly Periscope won III.
opening scramble among the two-year
olds at North Randall at the early July
meeting she looked like the real thing
But right on top OF that Geers began
winning with Brusiloff and Princes
ttawah stepped up TO second place 50
that f. D. Ellis, Of PHILADELPHIA. wht
owns TINS pair. became the big gun il
the Junior division.
cbrusiioff kept right on winning week
after week until he reached the track
on the Hudson. and there periscops
trimmed the Ellis Stable. Princess
Etawah trotted in 2:10a4 to win the
initial heat, but Periscone came back
IN 2:1OA. and again in 2:13. The FLY
now is being driven by L. Dodge, who
recently bought her from John E.
Madden.
The 2:o6 trot at Poughkeepsis, which
Ioomed up in the early season as best
among the so-called stakes, at least
proved surprise. Ina Jay. that WON
a splendid race on the same track last
year, finished in front in the opener,
but Busy's Lassie beat her half
length next time in 2:054 then
equalled that mark in the third. when
she beat Royal Mack. The time is not
as fast as in some of the other en-
gagements. but the fact that Busy's
Lassie beat these two. Esperanzs. Ba-
celli and four other high class trotters
shows that she is headed in the right
direction.
Fine Work by ST. Frisco
st. Frisco went one of his best races
at Philadelphia when he beat Miss Ber'
tha Dillon after hard heat in 2:0lS,
then came along and won from Ia
Princeton in slower time The averae'
for the race lowers the Old worlds rec
ord, held by Etawah. This was not ~
only stellar role played by Geers at me
Quaker metropolis. for he niloted Jan.
Red to the fore in the s5.o00 stake. 'as
old mare tripping along in 2:O5,s
beat Blanche Carter in the second aes.
after the first mile had gone TO AhN
Guy. .,
! Now that The Royal Knight has ths
habit, he is apt to prove dangebous