New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Frank Hedrick.
Ohio Driver.
After Classic
GEtFE/N
BY Frank S. Cooke

With the average driver one Of the
small and distant targets at which he
shoots Is the Pennsylvania, the all-aged
classic Of the Lexington meetings. 10
win 1t once is to be sure of place in
the hall OF fame of this particular
sport, and to win it twice gives the
lucky teamster seat at the table of
the mighty.
just now a modest driver has agpira-
tons to score q double header in this
STAKE, win it two years in succession.
and thus enter into the select circle
! OF which only Budd Doble, W. O. Toote
and the late Myron McHenry are mem
bers. This candidate is Frank Hedrick,
the ONO driverwho pulled down the star
event in October with the clever Bin
land, 2:o3as, establishing worlds
record for four-heat race The horse
with which he would sweep the platter
clean is Bintara, also by Binjolla,
blntara was splendid threA-year-
Ola IN 1916, when he won a number of
events on the half-mile tracks and
wound up his season with time rec
ORD OF 2:0e%, made at Lexington. He
started couple OF times in 1917 with
out success. This season he won four
W n.
ms breeder. John l.. Snyder, of Spring
held, bought him back. When Binland
returned from Lexington loaded with
iaurels, Mr.. Snyder worked the pair
OF them on the Springfield half-mile
track and the stations tramped in 2:12,
! last quarter in 30is seconds, with not
much choice between them.
Knows Binjolla Family
Hedricls knows the Biniolle family
like book, and it was through his
own faith that Binland was given the
chance which put him il the first tligft
OF the great trotters of 1919 Hedrick
op,nes that Bintara could beat 2:1O on
half~mile track six weeks ago, and
present plans are the nomination of
this stallion in all the events to which
he is eligible. Rintara is larger and
has moro bone than Binland, and is a
real trotter from every viewpoint.
With the ascendancy of the Binjollas.
which have won many other good races
in the last two or three years, Spring
! feid is getting 10 be quite an importan.
clever trainers are in the local colony.
tedrlck has an even dozen this wirtcr,
4 recent addition being Cochato Banks
(o), ,2:07 Il, the champion three-year-o
PAGER of the season, and half brother
to Judge Ormonde, 2:O1 ", that raced
SO we'll on the Eastern half mile rings.
Soma OF the others in the Hedrick
stable that are we'll known and will be
Tommy Todd, 2:csi%; road e Temple.
2:oS's: Mr.. IIigganson, 2:o9,5; Rox-
anna Moore. 2:1aM, that did not win as
frequently as she might have on the
half-Inile tracks and Joined the iIe-
drick cavalcadc after the season; Graf
tar, Regent, 2:12h. a promising PAGER,
and lot Of young stuff that looks ia
be worth while.
To Invade Eastern Tracks
VIII Squier also has some good pros
Bsroo.ss RBseIs IN Edveyaoag s strag At Springfield
worked mile at North Randall in 2:03
with the last half inside Of minute.
She Will be in the pacing stakes at some
OK the big line meetings. Then there
| IS Sunny Smiles, three-year-old that
circled the North Randall oval in
2:061a.
Eastern half-mile tracks next summer
is Forest Mckinney. 2:oeN,. that was
bought BY "Billy" Fleming for New
England patron for $500 a short time
ago. This PAGER took his mark in 1917
I; and raced very fast on the Indiana
Z half-mile rings last year.
1t is generally reported That Wilkes
headliner in the stakes next year. ii
50 it is hoped that the clever driver
has better luck than he had with Lu-
! cile Spier, that divided haifmi!c track
laurels with this same mare in 1916.
Three two-year-old trotters stepped
in 2:1O or better this year, which swells
The list of 2:10 two-year-olds to TWEEN
ty-five, the first one to attain that dis
tinction having been Native Belle, nine
years ago.
The first two-year-old to set horse
men talking was the black colt Doblc,
by Ericsson horse that is said to
have been smusgled out Of kentucky ss
Confederate raiders. Doble trotted IN
2:aosa in 1872, and chat was regarded
as = superlativssu performance; ,sa e.,;3.r' not
until 1880 was 2;s0 beaten, the Caisior-
MIA ,illy Sweetheart doing the trick
For d long tirne the championship
stayed beyond the Great Divide, four
Electioncers succeeding each other to