New-York tribune., 1918-09-15
Wonderful Old Mare Sets
Fast Pace Until Clash
With Chilcoot
Bv Frank S. Cooke

,.;.t,ries in the rich stakes along the
,;o line. abdicated when she left
poushkeepsie, for her last three sallies
have been repulsed. Twice has her
uessure been taken by Chilcoot, and
last week Prince Loree DID the trick
uowever, both OF them will have to
hurry up TO ea'ch het III '"e i"o"eS
winning list.
Chilcoot now is rated as one of the
host trotters in action. His return TO
nrime form is tribute TO the genius
Of Tommy Murphy. who adds to this
his splendid craftsmanship. Chilcoot
IS a powerfully built chestnut stalli n,
md first became q sensation during the
1915 winter racing on the ice in Can
ada. when he made a record Of 2;lS7 q
on a half-mile frozen track and beat
ali Of the trotters he met. Then he
came over and participated IN a great
campaign on the half-mile tracks, VIM
ming ali OF his starts but one, and fail
;Hc only because he was short Of work,
following midsummer sickness,
Made Over by Murphy
THIS made Chilcoot look like the
good thing FOR the NJ and NJ Stake of
isl7. and in June of that year he was
considered best of the horses in train
ing at North Randall. He went wrong,
was laid away and iaSt winter his own
er. Mrs c A. Burns, of Toronto. turned
him over to Murphy, who has made a
great horse out of the fastest trotter
ever owned in Canada. Chilcoot won
the Massachusetts from q good field
and beat the same and other trotters
il the Charter Oak, at Hartford, so
that he appears to have about the best
chance IN the feature events at Column
bus and Lexington.
The greatest surprise in all of the
big stakes was the victory of Prince
Lorce IN the Empire State at Syracuse
This geiding started off poorly on the
Ohio haif-mle rings, won at North
Randall. and when the Grand Circuit
went East he returned to the half mile
tracks, trotting a good race at the
Ohio State Fair.
No fewer than thirteen started in
The Syracuse headliner, including June
Req, the Royal Knight, Ante Guy,
Alma Forbes and others that had been
winning 1t was a notable struggle, but
McDevltt put Prince Loree over in the
hrat heat IN 2:Q5 Il, beating the local
horse, LarksDur, and then won the sec
ond in 1904 from Ante Guy. The
third mile saw Murphy win with Ante
Guy IN 2:O6A, but ii was on the three
neat plan, and this gave the money to
we CNtdD SclulnS from Cleveland.
Two years ago Captain David Shaw
paid Sl2U for Prince Loree, used him
n the matinees, where he was d clever
trotter, and then let his trainer take
him to the races.
j. h. Dodge, of Middletown, n Y, who
has habit of breeding some good ones
and money enough to buy others. had s.
rare week at Syracuse. He won with
Hollywood Kate in the 2:10 trot, going
SIX heats without having to step very
fast, and between heats in that race
ne plloted Periscope to victory in the
two year-old trot after losing a heat
to Princess Etawah. Then, on Wednes-
day, he surprised the folk at the fair
by bringing Hollywood Bob back to the
top Of three year-old summary, rae
ing in 2:06A, and losing the second
heat to David Guy in 2:O5A.
In glanclng over the summaries of
every meeting it is noticed that Direc-
tun j. generally tops the bunch of 2:06
PAGERS This black horse has been a
good meal ticket for Murphy, consist
ent and able to race three heats at a
merry clip or fight through finish af-
likely that he will have won more races
than any of the PAGERS on the Inc.
Diroctum j. dAs been ut .he game
four seasons now. He started as a
three year-old and took record of
2;l9, lowering it next year to 2:l1A
but his percentage was low in both of
these seasons. Last year he won lot
OF races and set mark of 2:O5A.
Owing to the class OF the three year
old event at Syracuse, which was for
2:20 colts, Neila Dillon was not eIigi-
ole, but Joe Serrll wanted to get
race under her belt, so he had the te-
merlty to start her in the 2:07 trot
against lot of high class horses. 1t
dld not make a bit of difference to the
clever fiIiy, for she marched off with
1t in straight heats, the first in 2:O54
and the third in 206a&
Ihls race comp .icates the situation
IN the rich futurities, one of which is
on this week at Columbus. When a flly
hem at their own game she is apt to
&c things to her own age.
Racing in the West this year has
been productive Of lot Of speed, and
one OF the best events on the records
OF any half mile track is the s. 900
stake, for .. IA trotteas, which featured
the Des Molnes meeting. Sweet Aubrey
won the first two heats in 2:0Sl4 and
2:o9l2 and then Peter Dallas came
IN 2:O912, 2:0914 and 2:l11l. This
oroke The record for five heats formerly
held by Wilkes Brewer
James X. p. Shows Class
AT Madison, Wis. the four-year-old
trotter James K. F., by Hedgewood Boy,
one OF the feet PAGERS of few years
back, stepped in 2:12A, which intro
duces nm IN hrst-class society. AT the
same meeting Sprggan. that won the
S1o,0VV stake at San Francisco. won
aeat IN 2:101s and then resigned to
tommy Finch, that was q member Of
tne stable of the late George Castle,
the mil lionaire theatrical man. who
uroVe his own horses on more tracks
man any amateur past or present
Izar Peter, that won q number of
stakes IN the Michigan circuit in the
early season and was named in the
c!assics right down the line, came back
IN me form and beat an exceptional
ne!d at the Michigan State Fair in
I@4 on a fair track and back in
- IN the mud. Car Peter trotted
= :: Or at Toledo. but the company
VA the stakes was bit 100 swift for
ann; III; IN another year he should be ripe.
ne Dig fall meeting which opens to-
morrow at Columbus promises to be up
20 'he siandard The entry is whop
per horses have gathered from all cir
celts' and there will be the usual crop
oi Surnrises IN the battles for sup,s M
Sey, futurities and al-aged classics
feature the bill for the two weeks; then
nm move on TO Lexington.
lhls year there will be many inno-