New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Two Hundred and Seven
Entries in Seven of the
Early Closing Events
Bv Frank S. Cooke


tor ~. Grand Circuit with 207 entries
in the seven early closing events an
average of almost thirty to the race
In the all.aged division the headl'ner
~, the clash on the banks OF the
Noumee is the Fort Miami Stake for
2;o9 trotters. with q surprising eh'ry
~ thirty. This is one of the few
,aces for this class. the 2:os being
generally favored, and the wisdom OF
tho experiment is reflected by the
bumper list.
In the Fort Miami are assembled the
following trotters: Allie Watts. Bertha
Mcclure. Blanche Carter, Cora DAVIS
Don dc Lopez, Echo Direct. Emma Ma
eowan Gentry c.. Golden Spier, Grace
forbes. Hanks Stout, Harrod's Creek.
tswor,hy Mckinney, Jack X, jeanette
speed, Lord stout Lucille Spier, Mary
foburp. Mlgnols. McGregor the Great,
A. L. j., Northspur. Peter Pogue.
petrex. Red Bon selah Baird. Stephen.
The Triumph, The Substance and The
About one.thrd Of these do not
figure In the stakes at the early North
Randall meeting. nor at Kalamazoo.
Bsftha Mcclure, that took her record
Of sl04M On The Toledo track last
year, is going TO take another crack NJ
IT, She was such d clever three year
old in 1917 that she figured IN one OF
the best things IN the stakes last year
hut she did not show the expected i'm
movement, However. 1t Is thought
The daughter of The Harvester will be
much improved In her five -year-old
form, and, II so. none has anything on
her
Cora Davis a Problem
Cors Davis Is known to possess 2:05
speed, but whether she will do In top
notch society Is another thing. Don
de Lopez. 2.0SA, took vacation last
yesr and is thought to be ready for II
real campaign.
Golden SpIer, 2:ooA, sister of Joan,
2;04%. won FIVE bouts on the half-mile
tracks last year and one in the big
ring. She had been put TO breeding
and raised colt before this. and on
the form she displayed last year she
Ia expected TO take mark down
that was q champion in her day.
The Canadians are coming across
again with that feet gelding Stephen,
o:0sM, which WAS such clever half
miller and whose greatness was checked
by what many still regard as plot
the time they beat him at Mount Glenn
ems. Stephen is fast and good
going trotter, and il he is sound he
will race faster than ever before, and
he could do 2:10 on a half-mile track
comfortably in 1917.
The Triumph, 2:1O14, raced exceed
ingy we'll in the West, winning heats
in no fewer than nine Of his thirteen
starts The Substance, 2:10h, also
by Tho Exponent. won a good race at
Lexington, and showed on other occa-
sions. that she is a mare of much
promise.
The Cossack, 2:oe, by Dillon Ak
worthy, was one of the clever three
year-olds last season, and his battles
in the aged division will be under the
guidance of Harry Gray. This same
driver has Jack X, 2:oeh, in the event,
and, in spite of e gait none of the
sharps has been able to define, he is a
tough proposition when all is we'll with
him.
Harrod's Creek, 2:0e%, was one Of
the rugged three -year-olds of his year,
racing better under whip than any
thing out that season. He had an easy
campaign last year and it is assumed
that he again is ready. Grace Forbes
has the slowest record of the bunch,
2:22A, but the fact that she is named
by the Mcdonald stables counts for
something.
Fourteen Clever Entries
While the field in the Maumee, for
2:O6 trotters, is not as large as that in
the Paper Mills at Kalamazoo, there are
fourteen clever ones in the Toledo
event-Alma Forbes, Busy's Lassie,
Early Dream, Heir Reaper, June Red,
Kelly De Forest, Mack Forbes, Miss
Directed, Miss Perfection, Peter June,
Prince Loree. Royal Mack, The fodder
and Wilkes Brewer.
The Tecumseh, for 2:14 trotters, has
the big field, no fewer than forty re-
spending to the call. This bunch is
mucn the same as that in the same
classes at North Randall and Kalama-
zoo. introducing lot of trotters that
made good in strenuous trips through
, the various half-mile track circuits.
The Sherwood, for three-year- old
trotters eligible to the 2:12 class,
promises to be one Of the star events at
loiedo. II has an entry Of thirty-four
ana as the class bars Brusiloff, Prin-
cess Etawah and Periscopc, that were
'ne pest among the two-y year olds, it
should be an entertaining contest.
rastest by record Of those in tho
helo Is Norman Dillon, whose 2;o7Is
against the watch made him tho cham
plon two year-old geding. He also
showed that he can race. and il will
ne' need much improvement in his in
lance 10 mako the others in the herd
s'sP tneir fastest to give him a tugslc.
~M WiKi, the unsexed son Of Anvil
s.,os s"u spudie Archdale. has mark Of
v;St, and promises TO be in the fray.
"a eng stout started eleven times last
yss'' put escaped without record. He
ne should do. ~~'''' 'P''o
pask Flower won a race and record
o. 2;isA, and being by peter tho Grsat
sns is to be considered. Potter t. also
~ refer the Great, has a tsb ~ o.19X
e.,s,efe "u refer Worth, by Axworth. one OF
N'ioA, and both Of them raced
Records of Others
v.tsyxss ol the others took cracks at the
I~n and their records are as fol-
J rIs: Abbie Putney, 2:20h: Blanche
no, III z:Is; Brother Peter, 2:lgN:
Iih.Sa' S:1o%; Harvest Dawn, rpm:
III! Todd, 2:i4H; Liberty Girl.
Yn,.s. miss Expected, 2:25; Molly
~ 2asHa.' sS:22; Nihla. 2:1sh; Penrod.
2ssni ~ sunny Sue, 2:20A; Thurmond
lombigbee, 2:20.
ter. "t +. ..tssceus, for -year-old trot-
mest;ns 'ns banner story Of the Toledo
liss ;rn, WIN forty-one colts and nj
periorm.oo'nS nearly all Of the baby
,,aess ,ass Ia their yeariinS form srtv'v RI" OK ,s
.,a.sssssting thing about thsss &c voo mos
s*rs Is their bysedin~ sneee young