New-York tribune., 1918-09-01
Despite War; Sulky
Racing Years Best

tory Of The Royal Knight. This horse
bafficd some good trainers, among them
Hen White, 30 when tho Grand Circuit
was In the West tho Pastime Stable al
lowed Bon Walker TO drive him In u
race. Ben now has landed five In row
and made The Royal Knight ono Of tho
outstanding trottcrs Of the year,
Walker is veteran OF the game, re-
membcred for his victoriNs with many
regarded nm tho best "ketch" driver OF
them all.
With the ssason more than half
over, Murphy and Gsers have won al.
most half of tho races on tho Grand
Circuit. Including Poughkcepsie week,
Murphy had won forty races and Gcsrs
nincteen. Murphy has made ninety
aevsn starts and Gecrs twenty nine,
and smurphy's winnings exceeded
Murphy's winning horses ara Chest
nut Peter. Directum J. and The Prob
lem, with five apiece; Orc Fino, four;
Chiicoot, selah Baird, Miss Harris M.
and Ante Guy. three apiece; David
Guy, Budlight and Allen Watts. two
apiece, and Kelly Dc Forest. Dark
Flower and Dagnstan, one apiece.
Tho big winner Of tho Geers stable
Is juno Rcd. that has won six. others
two; Single G.. and Brunilof, three
each, and Petcr June, one.
Tho Cox stable has not turned out
as we'll as expected, although Lu
Princeton Is bringing home the bacon
with regularity
Serrill to tho Fore
At this stage Joe Scrrill looms up
as the formidable rival of Murphy and
Geers, for If his two and three year
olds race on and Miss Bertha Dillon
does not forget he will gather in thou
sands in the remaining weeks. during
which there are some Of the richest
Of the colt stakes.
The Lon Mcdonald stable has not
been prominent this year. Charley
Valentine has won number of races
and probably will garner his share in
the fall campaign. j. L. Dodge has
been very successful with Hollywood
Bob and his recent acquisition, Peri
scope.
The famous old Charter Oak track
at Hartford is the scene of Labor Day
week activities in the Grand Circuit.
The entry indicates that it will be a
good meeting, the mile and the half
mile track horses sharing in the ac-
tivities.
After the week at the old track,
where so many great races have been
fought, the horses will make their ap-
pearance at Syracuse and play a lead
ing part in the programme of the New
York State Fair. Syracuse has grown
to be one of the big bugs in the rae
ing armament, and the sport there is
Of as high an order as that on any
oval, for the management is among
the most liberal, figuring racing as an
attraction and not something that has
RI OF in
That will finish the Eastern end of
the circuit and will be followed by
the two long meetings, the last half
of September at Columbus and the first
half of October at Lexington.
Leo Giebel, the eighteen-year-o
New York A. G. swimmer, accomplished
real feat in capturing the national
ten-mile championship week ago in
the Delaware River. 1t was the first
yet he defeated his nearest opponent
by the big margin of three minutes,
and virtually outclasses John Metzger,
Of Detroit, who lost the same event
last summer by less than one minute.
The women's national one-mile
swimming championship, which will be
held in opep water at Neptune Beach,
CAL, has been set tentatively for Sep
made to procure for it entrants from
other than the Pacific Coast district
Unless steps are taken soon, the race
will be anything but a title test. for
the only ranking candidate available
is Miss Frances Cowells, Of San Fran
cisco, and even she has been beaten
conclusively at tho distance by both
Miss Galligan, the title and record
holder, and Miss Burns, now on a visit
here.
The Uhl family, Of Lansdowne,
Penn. is figuring prominently in swim
ming these days. Last week Raymond
won the annual race for the classic
Sacket Cup. and his sister, Eleanor, de-
leated at 100 yards Miss Artelt, ma
tional outdoor champion at the dis
tance.