New-York tribune., 1918-02-03
Good Outlook for Peace
In World of Tfottine

see such programme at the new To-
iedn plant year hence.
with the uncertainty which sur
rounds the situation at Goshen and in
the Metropolitan circuit honor of be-
,ng he big bugs among the half -milers
Will be divided between Mt. Clemens
and Youngstown, where all that is best
IN two-lap track racing is to be pre-
sentcd to those who like the sport
Both Of these Middle Western cities
are comparatively newcomers in the
field. Some years ago Wheeling was
the greatest of the half -milers. and it
stu IS prominent. Goshen came with
its splendidly conducted meetings, and
although betless, they have been a
feature OF racing for some years.
Youngstown has been going along
very fast for couple of seasons and
now has a plant which is attractive to
the eye, while the management feat
ures the best attractions, with the re-
suit that last summer they were selling
$1,000 first choices in the auctions.
Mt. Clemens Training Camp
This is the second year of the Mt
Clemens track and it is about the bes,
is concerned. With the passing of the
famous Blue Ribbon meetings at De-
troit the horsemen of Michigan and
Canada will make Mt. Clemens their
principal training camp in anticipation
of the opening of the Short Ship cir
cult there on June 10.
Michigan's circuit has set a pace for
all of the rest of the country in the
operation of horse train from town
TO town. This runs on a regular sched-
ule, there is an appointed time for
loading and the horses are always at
the next town.
Naturally, transportation is the big
thing with horsemen this year, as gov
ernment control of railroads will inter-
fere with the shipment of horses that
are intended for sport. However, John
Carmody, master of transportation, al
ready has leased his palace horse cars
and made arrangements with the lines
so that he anticipates no trouble in
handling the cavalcade
Racing in the Southern tier of states
is becoming better each year. I'm
petus was given the sport in the land
OF cotton when Atlanta was included
IN the big line itinerary. This caused
many trainers who had not been in
the habit of racing after the middle of
October to continue until after Thanks
giving Day. Naturally the effect of the
invasion by Northern men and horses
has been the buying of some pretty
far steeds by Southern folk, who are
expressig desire to get ito the game
themselves
The most notable performer that has
gone South this winter is Peter Ste
vens, 2:01 Y. that now is partaking of
oats and other delicacies at Fayette-
VILE, n. c. Peter Stevens is of the
Peter the Great tribe, and about the
best male PAGER got by that wonderful
sire. But he did not start out as a
PAGER; on the contrary, he was a trot-
ter when a -year-old, and on the
Eastern tracks he got piece of money
in his starts.
Two years later he came out as a
PAGER, sporting hobbies and other appli-
ances which prevented him from chang
ing his mind and gait. At the pace he
has been one Of the topliners, for he
has won more than $4,000, beaten
about all of the good horses he has
tackled, lowered half-mile track records
innumerable, and otherwise stampe d
himself as q truly great racehOrse