New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
Columbia Purse To Be
Raced For at kala1na-
ZOO Attracts Al Trotters
By Frank S. Cooke

While contests this year in the 2:06
and 2:0S trots, which are headliners at
many of the Grand Circuit meetings
promise to be noteworthy, it looks as
though there will be battles royal in
some of the slower classes. The Tav-
ern "Steak" at North Randall and the
Columbia at Kalamazoo are outstand-
ing. the first having thirty-one entries,
while the Celery City event has no less
than forty-one, which is a bumper crop
Some of the horses in these events
have had a Grand Circuit education
others are apt pupils from the half
mile rings and several are colts that
are coming back after vacation In
the Kalamazoo herd the most likely
ones are Lotto Watts, Car Peter, Hilda
Fletcher and Bintara, any of this quar-
tette being reckoned 2:05 trotter this
year.
Lotto Watts participated in many
events on the big line last year, won
heat in 2:06M, and at Lexington she
was second in 2:O31s, which is the
reason why Tommy Murphy paid S1O,-
900 for her. Many of the experts re-
gard her as the best of the slow class
prospects.
An Unfortunate Accident
mile tracks, was separately timed in
2:05l2 in one of the big stakes and but
tor the accident at Columbus, where he
fell in the stretch, promised to be a
contender in all Of the late events.
This young trotter is in such fine fet-
tie now that his caretaker is talking
about the stallion championship Of
1919
Hilda Fletchey was quite the most
fny .t1t,f \, i
West, wlnnlg number of events and a
mark of 2:13A, which was no where
near her limit. Many regard her as
one of the best of the Peter the Greats
and set her down for very fast record
this year.
Bintara took three-year-old record
of 2:OSA and got back into form last
season, so that at the Snyder farm sale
Captain David Shaw paid $4,000 for
him. He is very fast horse, knows
how to race and it is expected that he
will step as fast as did Binland, both
being by Binjolla.
experience has taught Murphy that
putting all the eggs in one basket is
not the sure way, so instead of plac-
ing sole reliance on the feet Lotto
Watts he names four others in the
Kalamazoo event. One of these, Con-
stantine the Great, is a grandson of
1 etsr tte Great, and last fall he
stepped to record of 2:O6% in such
manner that his owner did not have to
do much dickering to get a good price
for him. He is rugged, impressive
going young horse.
Peter Vaughn, 2:13H, was right at a
2:05 trotter in 1917, when he was sold
fur. long figure. Last year he was
heavily staked, but an accident threw
him. out of training. Fenesta, 2:14N,
by San Francisco, won five races on the
half-mile tracks in Maryland and Vir-
ginia, and is thought to be ripe for
trip through the raging grand. Mar
iondale, f2:10A, by Archdale, is one of
the trotters recently picked up by Muir
ply in the West, where he raced in
tiptop form.
Three in Columbia Purse
Pop" Geers has three in the Colum-
bia purse. Silvado, by Walnut Hall,
was given time record of 2:0S% last
season, and during the winter sent to
the grand old man for training Around
North Randall, where he is best known,
they think we'll of this stallion. Heg-
lar trotted in 2:12 last fall as three
year-old, and then went into this
stable. The colt is by Hedgewood Boy,
2:ol, pacing, but appears to be first
class trotten Fred C. Todd 2:14N