New-York tribune., 1918-07-21
Hollywood Rod To Be
Missed in F1tt11itieS
L. Dodge Overooks Entering Famous Colt in Kentucky
Horse Review and American Breeder Stakes

year and was given a mark of 2:12 on
a mile track. Chestnut Peter was bred
by A. B. Coke, Of Paoli, Penn, and
is by Peter the Great, out of Dorothy
Axworthy. also the dam Of Worthy
Peter that is racing SO we'll this year,
winning his first five starts.
Chestnut Peter scored his first vic
tory of the year at Kalamazoo on
Wednesday. The track was muddy and
ne stepped in 2:11M. AT the same
time PAGERS were going four to five
seconds slower than their records,
showing what the colt can do. He Is
in the Kentucky and other rich stakes.
Before the season was under way 1t
was assumed that Walter Cox would
call upon Mabel Trask for the fast
trots, but there is some question now,
for in his first appearance Lu Prince
ton showed so much trot that they
lazy stallion into camp.
McDevitt's Fine Record
Mike McDevitt, who is heaviest of
the Grand Circuit drivers, has the dis
tinction of having driven four trotters
IN better than 2:o5 in winning races.
Lillian r., Joan, Grace and Miss Di-
rected make up this quartet, and the
outlook is that he will at least change
it to quintet this year. Prince
Loree started off rather badly on the
half-mile tracks, but when he hit a
mile ring it was different, for he beat
very fashionable field in 2:06M and
convinced track followers that he is
headed for the select circle Of 2:05
trotters.
One of the trotters that are a factor
in the big doings of the year and have
had long career is June Red, now in
$oh II .,,
2:O7A in her initial start June Red
raced in the Great Western and Grand
circuits with Indifferent success, and
last year the late "Knap" Mccarthy
came along with her and won several
half-mile track engagements.
The combination meeting at Kala-
mazoo last week brought in review
both the big line horses and the "bush
leaguers," as some term the half
milers. On the opening day only half
mile track horses paraded, and the win
scored by lsworthy Mckinney was not
able through the fact that that stall
lion had been winning two week in
his earlier starts in the Michigan cir
cult. His three miles in 2:12A, 2:13
and 2:13A at Kalamazoo stamp KIN as
pretty good trotter IT, cry company
Tuesday they were rained cut, and
on Wed -.escay the r,ci,z was on a
r.z.duy track ~nich completely upset
the dope. Murphy had been picked to
win all four events and he scored only
one victory. Directum j., that won in
brilliant fashion at North Randall was
third co Walter Cochato and Mary
Rosaline Parr, the black horse gloat-
ing in the heavy going.
There were a dozen in the slow trot,
and three horses won heats. After
Hank Stout had pocketed the first one,
Murphy came through with Dagastan,
but then an upstate driver and an up
state horse unfinished him in the
others, victory going to Comet, that
had shown only ordinary merit on the
halfmile rings. Murphy's one victory
was that with Chestnut Peter in the
colt event, in which he beat Peter
Vonia, that had won the week before.
May Top Free-for-All PAGERS
On her recent victory Miss Harris
M. threatens to had the free-for-all
pacing summaries this year. Single
G. and Russell Boy promise to make it
interesting for her.
The first Grand Circuit racing ever
seen in Toledo is set for this week.
and the track built on the site of Fort
Miami is promised an Inauguration en-
joyed by but few.
Toledo will be followed by the first
Columbus and the second North Ran
dali meetings.; then the cavalcade will
wend its way to Philadelphia, Pough-
keepsie, Readville, Hartford and Syra-
cuse in turn, giving the Eastern sec
tion glimpse OF the fastest exponents
of the Yankee sport.