The sun., 1919-10-12
Manning a Marvel.

refer manning Is one OF tne marVels
OF the trotting world. Very few people
heard of him until he trotted in :06h
at Lexington and by so doing eoualled
the three-year-old record for geldiHgs
which was made by Easton last year.
This new star was bred by w. NJ. Wright
of Chicago and Is by Azoff. a son of
Peter the Great. out of Glendora by
Emmet Grattan. His dam was sold to a
Wisconsin farmer at one of the Chicago
sales for s75 and last February Peter
Manning was priced at 500. but did not
find purchaser.
He was broken to harness in March
and made his first start In August when
he won over a half mile track In 2 III.
Last month. during the Wisconsin State
Fair at Milwaukee, Peter Manning
made time record Of 2 10. This was
reduced at Lexington to 2:06h. the
last half of the mile being trotted in
:00h.
After being on the complaining list for
over a year, Early Dreams staged a
comeback at Lexington when he won in
2:03&, 2:03A. 2:03&, the fastest race
trotted this year and also the> fastest
three heat race ever won by a gelding.
In this race Early Dreams cut one sec
ond Off the eleven year old record of
:o4H. which Sonoma Girl made in
1910 and which Royal Mack equalled at
Toledo in July.
The time in the second heat Is also
the fastest ever trotted by a geldng
in a race II being one-quarter of a sec
ond faster than Uhlan's mile in 2:o3IA
when he defeated Hamburg Belle at
Readville. Mass. in 1909.
Barton Pardee, the owner of Lu
Princeton. 2;o1. and Mabel Trask.
2 :01%, enjoys seeing everybody's horses
in good form as well as his own. At the
same time, he adds many bright spot
to a wet day by his subtle wit. One
day last week when a few of the ultra
wise were weaving turf honors for 1920.
he said: 81 would give a few dollars
for a peek into next seasons Year Book
about the first of June" This is shade
better than Tombstone" Kelly's come
back at Abe Dysher when the latter
said that the Irish were no good and
Kelly replied: II admit It II they are
not developed"
Hal Malone n Good PAGER.
Hal Malone looks like the best Q ,os
PAGER In sight for 1920. After he won
third heat from Direct c. Burnett at
Lexington in 2:o1h his owner ordered
him home for the winter and refused to
put a price on him.
Chauncey Sears Of Fall River, Mass,
has set his cap to win the Transylvania
next year with the ten-year- old gelding
Charley Rex. He paid g. NJ. Hatch his
price after he saw Charley force Early
Dreams out in 2:o3k at Lexington and
transferred the gelding to Murphy's sta
BILE. Hatch says that Murphy win drive
Charley Rex in two minutes, but no one
knows what he VIII do with Royal Mack,
with which he has finished second IN
three Transylvanias and may bid again
II Upton cuts the class to 2:05.
Fred Hyde may winter his stable of
trotters at Pinehurst, N. C. He will race
at Atlanta and Macon before going
there.
The Bondsman PAGER CAPTAIN Mack,
:05. is now in Murphy's stable. He is
one of the handsomest horses that was
ever seen on racetrack
Fred Estabrook's trotter, e. Colorado.
worked q mile at Lexington in 2:06A.
He looks like the best stake horse for
1890. During the past season he won
eleven out Of twelve races over the
half-mile tracks.
The Pagtine Stable has passed. w.
Fl. Cane of New York purchased Mary
Coburn. while J. r. McCune of Pitts.
burg gave $4,000 for Abbie Putney the
day before Geers defeated her in the
Kentucky Stake at Lexington. She is
now in Cox's stable Frank Ellis also
paid $4,000 at auction for volga and
her yearling flly by Lee Axworthy and
sent the pair to Castleton Farm.