The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-04-08
Trotting Gossip
BY w. lei. GOCHER.

Waiter Cox says that the San Fran
| cs.cos are the toughest family OF trot-
| ters that has ever been seen on the
turf. Mary Putney was in q class "
| herne,f in her three-year- FORM
| and last year she worked the Doxel
| .rack faster than any of the norses
In his stable before being shipped 70
| Cleveland. where she died. North
| amir was certainly a busy horse atter
he won on the last day OF the SisVe.
| land August meeting. Between snae
| date and the opening day OF tne oop
| TENDER meeting as Columoue' nc $50
started in ak races OF which ne won
/ two. at Philadelphia, q first and a sec
! ond at Poughksepsie where ne trot-
| ted in 2.os Ia, another FIRST at syria"
cuse where he defeated Peter Cne
nault. Koroni and II. L. j.. and a tniro
az Columbus where he finished second
/ i'm one heat to Straight Sail In 2;o4 i~s-
| Northsuur will be a very useful morse
for Cox this year. His faith In tne
Gan Francisco family, however -
| founded on the stubborn battles Wnlcn
a.. Frisco put up during the past 'wo
wears with Mabel Trask and what LII
! PRINCETON did for him last season.
| Cox purchased Lu Princeton carry
| in 1918. He was eligible to the 2;ls
| class and had nothing to show Tor a
turf career, but a good pedigree@ana
a victory In q sevcn-heat race at
| Rockport, O., where he won a thiro
| heat In 2:17 Ia, sixth heat IN
1870 IA, and the seventh In 2:go liz
I.u Princetons first trip through the
grand circuit was almost blank oot
| OF ten starts between Kalamazoo ana
Atlanta, he only finished second once
: tv, IA
credit. That heat was won over Lake
wood mark at Atlanta in his race with
Axora Axworthy. Cox also says that
! ne would not have won IL If the cot
/ ored BOYS on the hiuff near the threeA
quarter pole had not frightened MIN
with their imitation rebel yells. TINS
was the same yell that scared the
| Real Lady and caused her to lose a
race to Mary Coburn.
In other words what was poison for
the Moko Ally proved the making OF
| Luz Princeton as when Barton Paxdee
| wanted to send him to the auctions,
Cox persuaded him to give the white
| faced horse another chance. The re-
| turns for 1917 also show that he made
good. In his first start at Cleveland
in July he was unpIaced to Royal Mac
| but from that date he was either out
In front or tapping at the door. After
| finishing second to Early Dreams at
| Detroit and Royal Mac at Kalamazoo,
he won six races of the reel at CO.
lum bus, Cleveland, Philadelphia,
| PoughkeepSie and Syracuse. AT the
Columbus fall meeting La Princeton
| forced Early Dreams out in 2:o4 Ia
! In both of the races which he won
while he also won two races at Lex
| in ton and was again second to Early
| Dreams at Atlanta. where he won two
heats in 2:04 IA, cut Mcdonald was
| fortunate enough to get the NTH and
deciding one In 2:os "a. Before next
| fall La Princeton viii be battling for
championship honors with st. Frisco,
Aionzo Mcdonald 10 starting off the
season of 1918 with nineteen horses in
the big stone barn at the Indiana fair
grounds in Indianapolis. He has four
| two yearrolds. one OF them being IA
b o h er 20 Euiabel: six hire e.
year-oids. three Of which are by The
| Harvester. as we'll as the trotters
| Early Dreams, 2:04 la: Zomrect,
2:0s So: Hallmark. All Ia: Arson
NJ. AIS i-x:>Apple Blossom with a
trial In All Ia and kentucky Lass as
well as the PAGERS Baymar. 2:o5 Ia.
and Lady Faustina, trial .2:0s "a.
Early Dreams splendid showing last
| ythA PldGSu nam III TIC IEe&~IpE-A1I Ill
vision. while Zomrect under the time
allowance rule. is now eligible to the
2:o7 class.
| A c. Pennock. of Cleveland, o., has
a very fast three-year- gelding
called Mokum by Moko. out of a sis
/ ter to VIII Leyburn, 2.06. He trotted
quarter in thirty-four seconds last
fall with but very little work.
| The Toledo Driving club received
twenty-etght entries for the 2:t2 trot
which will be raced at its grand cir
cult meeting. The published ziist of
entries also presents fourteen names
| in the 2:0S trot. fifteen in the 2:1o
pace. forty-two In the three-year- old
trot and forty-three in the event for
two year olds.
The Belmont Driving club is Offer
ing nine early closing events for its
grand circuit meeting at Philadelphia,
the second week In August. 1t 10 Of
fering events for the z:0s. ALL, 1:16
and ago trotters a. well as two and
three-year-old races. while the PAGERS
VIII appear in the 1904. 2:QS and 2:l4
classes.
Major D. A. McKinnon, who has
seen Two years service IN France with
the Canadian troops. says that the
brigade which he Is now commanding
has number OF American and Ca
a d a n trotting-br horses and In
his opinion the trotting- bred horse
10 very much superior to the latter
being too nervous ana excitable.
William. Single G.. Miss Harris NJ.
Hal Boy and Russell Boy are named
In the free-for-all pace while Hariy
Dreams. st. Frisco. lfabsl Trasf.