New-York tribune., 1918-03-17
20 Ohio Stake Entries
Cheer Grand Circuit w,
List of Good Horses pr,
Successful Season fo,
Trotters
By Frank S. Cool.

osaNe, o, " ~n'cn IS the headliner % NV ~
Grand Circuit opening at Norm u i. ~ Y
all IN July. generally is revass., ~ "sat'
peep at the barometer of biz eu In. ss !
ing affairs for the season. s. 4s as
a list Of twenty good horses W.. ~ *ae'
out votaries of the sport felt as =. - ssa'
full as they did when the fret ~ sasei' nee
carolled the possibility Of n,,s ,v,a
weather. A''oes
While the Ohio Stake pers,
many n, horses as the Merchant. -
Manufacturers' Stake, the turf .'s
for the last quarter-century. !, ssa s
takes the place of the Detroit s,.. w
that is sleeping, if not passed ,,s'' .s.'
Doubtless the $4,000 Paper NAV my
Purse at Kalamazoo will havs ~, aaa
but a good line on the horses th,..' N.Y.
to race is disclosed by the cle,,,.., y
event. s'saa
Thomas w. Murphy leads II. -,
ers, with three nominations, KAN ii.as. =.
| Forest, Peter Chenault ma a''iS ~
Vaughn. The first named wa. sssss
class three-year-old last seaso. li uss
ming in four out Of nine starts s..:al. s!l.
high class performers. Pete- css sssnss
was somewhat of disanno;ss.saa.aal!s ss.als
early IN the season, being prone 'ss g ~
things not according to the srotsus Il y
Hoyle, but Murphy got the hsOs O.sl \!
him we'll enough to win heats Is Il VI y.
of his fifteen starts, including . :. ,.sa ~
ber of profitable races, for he cetSs.as i WI.
$6,O95 on his trip, Kelly o. ESSssS Esa'Ss
having won an even $4,000 pssss sss
Vaughn made only one start. hut ~. ~.
so fast in the last heat that i SsGs \.
promising. A' !"
w. R. Cox Enters Two
Walter R. Cox has Legal " -,
Northspur in the Ohio Stake I.sl suS
w. was about the best of the Es,ssss
half-milers, winning ten starts sss;sss acs;sa
a lot of good horses. Northsuuss- s-'s,s sss
in four Of his nine starts, and i ~ ~
sidered about ripe for somethinc H. H.
having been in the Dover speed .,.; ~
emy for some time. ss'
I Those West Virginians, the sI..
Brothers, have couple in tho M ss.ss ss.ss
Blanche Carter and Lotto Watts s'TssI NJ
former is a star among the hslf.nI,;
track trotters. for she won no less tb,,ll
twenty-one out of twenty-five stsrs
which was the record for the sesMs 's
Lotto Watts won four out of thirtsm.I
so they appear to be very clever MI
and what they will do on the mile r;.rl
is interesting. '''I
Among the best of the Eastern e,,|
didates is the filly Bertha McCui,I
that as three year-old won fon, II
her eight starts, and managed uot y
beat 2:094, when she outfooted sss,;
nigh class youngsters. If she esav,]
the intirmities which beset four.yer,l|
'olds, she should be a factor in jhs MI
events.
Mack Forbes, owned BY Cauhh|
David Shaw, of Cleveland. is hIsb,I
regarded. He showed his heels to ssn,| @
of the best Of the half-mile track tys11
tcrs, won ten races and stepped n
2:06A on a mile track, so that M
should be genuinely tough provos
ton this year. This horse is hsDdI|
capped by the weight Of his driver ia
Mike McDevitt is a Jess Willard n
avoirdupois. but this did not interi,sI
with what he did with Lillian R.. Jouj
and Grace. three of the great trottaI
in their years.
The fodder came out last fall uAI
won two races in such fashion tIsI
ne proved all that had been caiml
Tor him by Harry Stinson, one of MI
famous Canadian family of horsem6
This horse is by Kentucky Todd, aa1
IS owned by Miss Katherine Wiks, u
New York, who has an extensive bresI
ing establishment at Gait, Ontario.
Californian in List
Esperanza has been racing some tin
being one of the best of the CalifNI
mans, but 1917 was her best year, fa
she won seven events and took bree
cr's record Of 2:04. She now is
Memphis, the star of the Dick McMlI
hon stable, and that she will be We
driven this year goes without saying
Most of the others in the stake ar
horses that have been in the limelga}
before and are being groomed 10
comeback performances. Among thes
is Lucille Spier, that looked year age
to have the stakes at her mefty bu
something was wrong, and after three
starts she was retired. She seems "a
be all that could be desired at this tnsu
and Guy Lee will have the mount DE,
hind her when she turns for the Has
in the classic this year.
Colorado Range also gave NY,
promise, but he did not make gse
failing to win in seven starts n!y
Don was star in 1915, but Won @s
one out of three starts last yea;
he gets back to top form the casn
will know there is competition. Gau
c. was raced extensively and lang
two out of ten for Fred Edmsn,
Memphis trainer, who also is srosnu
Grand Chimes for the same esss
Grand Chimes cleaned up on the as
mile tracks in 1916, then won ~ ~
notable races on the big line, ano
year in minor company won six oa,
fourteen races. but did not nave
whiz that characterized his deouI
Harrods Creek was very luT
three year-old in 1916 and always
to be driven to the very I'm.
1917 campaign was an easy ansH, "A
HC UlO iOl VIII III duy " - f6f1
starts. Rusticoat did not s!sn
year, but was fast colt ana lst
from Thomasville are to the eAess
he is good and that Billy AnoIess
trained for the late Z. II. han ~
looks for him to make good tn's ,r Il
The Emo, which performed 50 ~
1916 and took vacation las. w
to be brought back by Ben Wnnr y r.
who has done things on both m
little tracks. The Emo was ss'
ber trotter when at himself. -. 10
Wilkes Brewer is in the iis
tries. but it does no. appear sns.s w.
eligible, for she has a wsn., ~ ~
2:O6A obtained at Columbus -. ,a'' x;s
Second in importance al Ms i'll
Randall meeting is the Tavern ~
for 2:1S trotters in which ssss .s;s
fourteen. Murphy leads IN - w N
also with three, Allan wa..e ss.~ Es
Baird and The Raider. A!.aa I.a .osp
took a mark of 2:05 in Iig, S,rsSt
last fall. after which he was p0's
Murphy at long figure. :, this, Fiss
Cox has only one IN 'iss, Ro,ss
Worthy. aud the others are D0ilu Hsrs