New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
GrumdCirc1litObem
Is Monday at Toledo
Seven Stand Out From Field
Of Twenty-one Entered
for Fort Miami
ByFrank S. Cooke


lot Of interest in the rich events for
all aged trotters. In other years this
has centred on the Merchants and
Manufacturers' stake, but as this event
Is taking year off because of unfa-
vorable local conditions the Fort
Miami that is the headliner at the
Toledo meeting is the affair about
which gossip centres. This stake
closed with twenty-one entries, and on
the eve Of it's racing seven of the field
stand out.
Esperanto is the headliner. Gar
Peter is moving down the half-milers
in such impressive shape that horse
men look for his arrival about the
time of the trots in Toledo. Blanche
/! Carter. queen of the half-milers, is
trottine great guns on the small tracks
Of Ohio and Wilkes Brewer, which held
the same honor in 1916, appears TO
have regained her form and to be
Ready TO do what she coulo not 1asV
year.
Bertha Mcclure is one of the most
feared of the whole bunch. This flly
was such a marvel as a three-year-old,
trotting in better than 2:04, but not
getting q mark which kept her out of
the 2:10 class, that if she has good
wear she is to be reckoned among the
best. The fodder has legion of
friends. and Peter Chenault is expected
to do every day what he has been in
the habit of doing now and then. There
are some that expect Legal w: to be
right up there in the first flight, and
at all events it looks like a mighty
good race.
The Lincoln Promising
Walter Cox is believed to have a
clever trotter for this year in The Lin
coin. that won four half-mile track
races down East last season and is
considered ripe for the big job. he Is
a fve-year-old and by Prince lngomat,
being a product of the Ideal farm at
East Aurora, N. Y. Cox advised the
purchase of this colt when three, and
has had his eye on him ever since. Inc
Yankee is not inclined to hurry, ex-
cepting when he is in a race. de waits
for them to arrive.
In spite of the brilliant perform
ance of two of the eligibles no fewer
than forty-three three -year-oids nave
been kept good in the $4,000 Kentucky
Futurity. Nella Dillon and Peter June
appear to be the clase Of the race or
what they did last year.
Peter June is known to have beer
doing very nicely for Pop Geers TN;
season. The added year has helped the
big colt a lot and he should be bet
few colts of his size race we'll. Nells
Dillon has been training near Phila
delphia, and reports from there are te
the effect that she is all right. These
two will not get chance in any OF
the July events, all of which are. for
slower classes so that their true form
will develop only through work miles
futurities are raced, they will have
plenty to do.
Among those in the big field counted
upon to make this pair step along are
Hilda Fletcher, highly regarded at
Laurel Hall; Ruth Mainsheet, that won
some of the two-year events last
year; Miriam Guy, Eleven Black, AK,
.volo, Miss Dewey Watts, Chestnut
Peter, Mokum, Truxton and Barbara
Lee.
Flock of Two-Year-Olds
There are even more in the two
year-old division of the Kentucky, II
which fifty-four are eligible. Many o.
there have been training we'll TIM:
spring, and Brusiloff, by Peter the
Great, is one of the most highly re
garded. An odd thing in this field i:
the fact that there are two colts namet
Penrod.
Pacing futurities do not amount K
much as a rule, although now and ther
th,-e is one that sizzles with interest
There are nineteen in this event thi:
year and nc fewer of them than foul
have the first name peter" designat
ing their membership in the Peter the
Great family. Most talk SO far has beer
about Zua Baughman, Peter Fletcher
Peter Elliott. Edna Earl and Direct the
Work.
Late meetings in the grand circuit
will stage some rather attractive races
for PAGERS with records between 2:03A
and 2:08 which classes did not do well
enough to be kept in the stake list at
most of the early meetings, where
these PAGERS will appear in late closing
purse events.
Lexington, the home of the trotter
always has few juicy morsels in the
pacing line. although the Kentuckians
are not crazy about this gait. There
are two of these races on the card to
which entries closed short time ago
Hal Boy Nearly Ready
Dick Mcmahon has Peter Look ir
both of these and Hal Boy in the faster
class, to which he is eligible owing te
allowance. Hal Boy is being sampled
on the half-mile tracks and is rounding
to form
Murphy has Directum j. and Orc
Fino in the Cumberland for 2:04 PAGERS
The first known has won his spurs or
the Grand Circuit, while Orc Fino capt
ured championship out on the Coast
With Mary Rosaline Parr, Little
Frank D., and Baxter Lou in the Cum
berland stake Valentine appears tt
have enough of chance. Little Franz
ID. has been one of the most dependable
PAGERS on the big line for a couple o.
years, always able to race around 2:02
Cox is we'll fortified with talent, hav
ing Little Batiste and Young Todd ir
the Cumberland and Game of Chance
as his best one in the other.
Hal J. comes from the West, beine
IN the stable of the Curtins, Of Iowa
For two-thirds Of a century the Cur
tins have figured in horse racing. Last
year Ed. Curtin dropped in at Mil.
waukee with Hal j. and after tw.
others had won heats in fast time hi
carried off first money.
Ben Ali. the New Jersey PAGER tha
won s9.310 last year and ranked sec
ond in this list, is in the fray will
these swift birds, and if he improves a
all he must be considered.
The fields are not so strong as usual
fut contain enough horses Of know,
ability to insure couple Of good races
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