New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

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rot always train on and add to THEN
laurels in three -year-old form, yet it is
an even break in the Kentucky Futurity
during the last six years. Peter Volo
and his sister, Volga, and The Real
Lady won both the two and three year
old divisions. Manrico, Etawah and
Mary Putney were not prominent as
two-year-olds, yet they dominated the
senior colt classics.
The six -year-olds of 1917 that
stand out and are members of the Sc
lect 2:1O list arc by as many different
sires, which is a good thing for breed
ing interests, justifyng the opinion OF
the many instead Of the few. Nela
Dillon, the topnotcher. by reason of her
,ecord Of 2:06M is by Dillon Axworthy,
that was a Futurity winner at the same
age and was bred and is owned by A.
Il. Coke, of Paoli, Penn, q college ath-
lcte OF Great prowess in his day.
Offspring of Peter the Great
Peter June, 2:071a, second on the
list, is by Peter the Great, was bred by
Thomas W. Murphy. Miss Dewey
Watts, 2:O7M, is by Lord Dewey, pre-
mler stallion at the Kirilwood CDelD
farm of DR.. j; G. Mccoy, OF New York,
and was bred in Delaware by j. A.
Sutclifte, of Indianapolis. Ruth Main
sheet, 2:09l4, is by Mainsheet, and bred
by w. L. Spears at Lexington, Ky.
Echo Direct, 2:094, is by Echo Todd,
and was bred by A. b. Hastings, of Lex
lngton, Mass. Miriam Guy, 2:09A, is
by Guy Axworthy, and was foaled at the
Hudson River Farm, Poughkeepsle.
That the six will do their share there
IS little question, and at the end of
the season Nella Dillon stood out so
that many believe she will join the
nonor roll by winning the second as
well as the first division of the Ken
tucky classic. Peter June is such a
big colt that he should be a better
three yearold, while Ruth Mainsheet
IS the reliance of Murphy for these
stakes.
Peter the Great is at the top of the
slres of new 1920 -year-olds. no
fewer than six of his going into the
list last year. Next to him IN number
is General Watts, with four; then come
Dillon Axworthy and Guy Axworthy,
with three each, and Walnut Hall and
Manrlco, with two each. Of these
stations, Peter the Great, General
Futurity and Dillon Axworthy and Wal
nut Hall won two-year-old futurities.
all OF which shows that Inheritance il
hguring just as much in the instance
or the trotter as it does with the
runner.
Another interesting thing about the
slres of two or more 1920 two-year-
olds is the fact that Dillon Axworthv.
General 9 Watts and Guy Axworthy are
an by AXworthy. who was owned by
the late John II. Shuts. of New York
Axworthy was the best son of Axtell
which horse became the stallion cham,
plon when he trotted in 2:12 as three.
year-old in 1889, and sold for SlO5 900
a record price at the time.
Climate Has Little Influence
That climatic conditions do not cut
as much figure as once supposed ia
shown by these feet colts, for thew
were bred in many of the Eastern and
Central Western states. When Sunol
Arlon and others dazzled the world hv
their superlatlv. speed in the late
eighties and early nineties. California
looked to be the right spot to estah'
Nsh the incubator. None of the real,v
last colts now before the public comes
from the Golden West. Kentucky leads,
but Indiana Will give the Colonies n
good scrap for first place couple OF
years hence.
Since the coming of the automobile
and the aeroplane the state and coun-
ty fairs have been pulling off all sorts
of stunts to draw people to their
grandstands. While they have sue