New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Royal knight Steps
Fast Ome-Mile Trial
Pastime Stable Trotter En-,
tered in Big Stakes Of
Year
By rank S. Cooke

20 eeihS spread with lot a.
oe"caeies for the race fans. etorie. !,
| sensational workouts and report.
battles on the half-mile tracks srs
forming their functions as appetizs,,
PROBABLY the most interesting MI.
that has been negotiated by trott.s
IN view of what is expected Of Mn
this season, is to the credit q, n.
Royal knight, son of Border Kn,vs.
and owned by the Pastime stahI. -
Cleveland. In the fall of 1915 n.
Royal knight loomed up rather bic .rs
TOOK mark Of 2:08, which made bir.
among the good prospects for ,a,s ,,e
his campaign then, however, was soms
what of disappointment, for ent -
seven starts on the big line he fs;,ss
to win heat. His best mile was .rhss
he was second in the final heat ~
race at the second North Randall meet.
ing, when the winner had to stem T.
2:o6A Also at Columbus he was sec.
ond IN s:o5A, but be did not appear
to be first class racing proposition
After the season The Royal Kuicht
was unsexed, given a good rest srs
then a careful preparation at Thons.'
vile, Ca, by Ben White, who is climb.
ing into the front seat among tha sts,
reinsmen. A great change came OYER
the trotter and he worked nobly In ths
south, so that he was ready for some.
thing big &C Lexington, and did rot
dlsappoint, fer he put in q niIs Il
2:08A, the last half in 1902. Ee IL
better gated and possessed of van.
derful flight, being able to step . au,r-
ter in 20 seconds, so that with all 20.
ing well he should be q 1904 trot3sy
this year.
Entered in Big Stakes
The FASTENERS had an inkling Of Ii.
ability, for they named lin for ths
Fort Miami at Toledo, the Paper Miils
at Kalamazoo and about all Of the bio
stakes along the line.
Since chronicling the brilliant vork
Of Frank H. Ellis's trotters, Harvest
Song and Red Top, the last named
has made them all take notice and
jumped into the fray as one Of ths
best green prospects in training. BE
trotted in 2:0s1s and repeated in 2:es,
stepped through the stretch in thirty
seconds and has shown that he can trot
an eighth in fourteen seconds, 50 chat
ne is not shy on whiz. Red Top prob
ably will race in the classes, and II
looks as though he might be trouble
maker.
Red Top is by Barongale, and as
characteristic of the tribe he was bit
double gated and had to carry weight
In colthood, making him a negligible
quantity in the three-year-old events
in which he started last year. How
( ever, he has come to his stride. and
now goes light. One of the Lexington
experts calls him an almost perfect
type OF the ideal American trotter.
What has become of Red Tops sire
is not known here. Barongale was q
good colt trotter, and at maturity be
beat 2:07 IN work. then was injured
at Milwaukee. He was brought to
head the famous Dromore Farm Of
George Gordon Moore, now of New
York, and while there he tired Justice
Brooke. tnat became the champion two.
year-old stallion. this colt being out Of
Expectation, dam of Major Delmar,
l:59&. Barongale went through the
New York auctions a few years befor
the war and was bought by the Ger
mans. Last word from him was thss
ne was at the head of q stud near
Berlin.
White Has Good Stable
Ben White, who is training a few Of
the Pastime horses and some Others,
appears to have one of the best stables
in the land this year That White
was good man was generally knovn,
but his quality did not manifest itself
until the sickness of Andrews gaye
to him the horses of shat trainer
Among the race winners of the early
season it is possible that one has come
and is on the way to fame such as was
earned by her illustrious sister. Ref
re In ~ Gntn khof
won at Cranwood in 2:16K. An own
sister to Joan, 2:04A, this mare sold
for $4,000 as two-year-old. but when
put into training at three she went
lame and then was bred to Peter the
Great, q promising two-year-old geld
ing marking that union She has been
trained carefully and she will make
her debut in the society which jean
dominated some years ago.
Another trotter that gained reputs-
ton at Cranwood is Miss isabelle Nc
6regor. She did not appear to be geed
enough, so she was sold for $3.50 by
and this year she has been brought
along by Moorhead Sizing them up IN
the initial mile and finishing fourth, he
set sail for the second heat and fought
1T out with the Pittsburgh matinee trot-
ter, John Spencer, beating him in
2:l1H, which is very fast mile for
the, season of the year on two-iap
oval.
Stout at Randall
Alfonso Stout, of Clark burg, W. We,
now is at North Randall with eight
headed by Blanche Carter, 2.0sk, that
won more races than any trotter last
year. All of the horses are in good
trim, but none had been faster than
2:2o when they reached the Cleveland
track.
Wilkes Brewer, that was about the
best half mile track trotter of 1918 and
iGoomed up big for the stakes last year
then failed, is in fine order this yesg
ana promises to make good. She
trotted an exhibition mile on 9 small
track in 2:i4 in May and Jamison says
she VIII be ready for the Grand Circuit
opening.
The Michigan circuit inaugural ss
Mt. Clemens last week served to In.
troduce young trotting stallion Of
@hich much is expected this year, eae
ms 1913 debut showed that no false
praise has been lavished on him. This
CHAP is Gar Peter, by Peter the Grssk
and regarded by many as one Of ne
genuinely good prospects Of the yesI.
Last season he won number Of hslis
mile track engagements, took hreear
er's mark of 2:08M. and bat for -
accident he would have done something
even more sensational.
Lucy T., that won the opening sseks