Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-02

is indicated by the recent action of the Oregon State Fair board in de- ciding to build a coliseum to, seat 5000 spectators. It is expected that over s22,000 will be- expended:
 The one Murphy raced with success last year was the pacer Butt Male, which not only closed the season among leading money winners, but driven by an amateur gained a mark of 2.O2 l. A.. Being product of Pennsylvania, naturally he attracted extra attention at the Belmont Park meeting, and in the presence of several horsemen who had long ago declared him as a hope less failure for racing.
 Westf1eld isn't out of the Short Ship proposition by any means, according to well-informed authorities The re- port that a new company is being formed here, to take over the Whip City plant and place it in the circuit is no idle gossip, and it is known that at the Short Ship banquet to be held in Boston on. Feb. IS representatives of the new company. will be there not only to ask for the readmission of | Westfield but also for the purpose of rutting the Willimansett track on the Bay State circuit.
 ] Butt Hale's win was decisive in Philadelphia. while at Hartford the week following he not only trimmed Ben All and The Savoy but beat Rus sell Boy a heat in 2.02 3-4. At Syra-
 cuse. he was saved for the amateur record and made good, while at Columbus he negotiated three heats in a shade faster than POS 1-2 and made l things interesting for Little Frank D.
 at Lexington proving that he not only
 was come back, but. if in proper
 form high class race horse.
 As an attraction to harness rac- | ing directly, events for fast trot- ters appear to draw the attention ! that the past season was unusually | of tractmen. because of the fact | resplendent in the number of fast | performers, a great majority of which can fairly be expected to be in the I live list of 1918. A 2.06 class trot is talked about from the opening of the l season at North Randall and it now seems possible to make it even a 2.05 and secure enough entries to make l the events interesting A
 -Anent the Kentucky Futurity, a
 reader wants to know. as settlement | UI all dISuEleul, IL IH6 Value OI tne
 stakes 3-year-old trotting division is
 uniformity s16.OOO as given in the
 Lexington stake entry book, the same being listed for every year since 1909 As far as we know, the stake for that division totals up to $14.000, the amount won by the four horses and
 the premiums to the nominators of their dams, the division being $S.S0O $3,100, s1,325 and $775, respectively
 to the first four. <Why the stake book lists the value at s16,000, as the reader
 says. and so it is. we do not know, un- less it be due to a typographical er- TOT.
 The Empire State is now the home
 of trainer John Hogan, who is already 1 located at the Avon half mile track near Rochester in charge of a public
 training stable. Hogan gained wide
 reputation as being the man who
 brought out Mabel Trask and later the Il Pittsburgh owned Mignola which Johr
 R. McCue. the owner, drove a mile ir
 203 1-4, while his fourteen year r-ol6
 daughter set a worlds record over the
 Brunots Island track. Perhaps it is
 extremely doubtful if, he ever will fin6 another rotter like the above in thai