The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-10-14
MURPHY WINS AGAIN


All doubt as to Thomas w.
Murphy being the leading money
winning driver of 1919 was cleared
when he landed the last race at the
Lexington meeting with Royal
Mack in 2:04 Ia with Prince Loree,
the Pennsylvania winner, and Heir
Reaper struggling behind him. Dur
ing the two weeks stand in the blue
grass country, he won seven races.
Sanardo and Royal Mack being
each credited with two. while Direct
c. Burnett. Drectum j. and Don de
Lopez, which he drove for Geers.
each won one, the latter trotting IN
2:o5 "a. Sanardo reduced his win
race TO 400 12 and in his second
race looked as though he could have
beaten two minutes over heavy
track, If there had been anything 70
carry him. In his present form. the
San Francisco gelding looks ike the
bright light for the free for all
events next year on the other
hand, his stable companion Direcs
c. Burnett after winning in 2:0l IA
acted as though he had trained off
and on his second appearance was
beaten very easily by Frank Dewey
and Grace Direct The latter also
put UP a splendid battle with Direc-
tum J. in the free for all which she
lost by the narrowcst Of margins af-
ter a terrific stretch drive I'M
2:01 Ia.
The score at Lexington jumped
Murphy's winning mounts for the
year to ffty-two and the cash
column to $1,000 At one time it
looked as, though he would gather
Kentucky Futurity with Rrusllof as
he had two heats. tho one III 2 "a J .
g being the fastest made by Il tf1refs
year old colt this year. but DODGE
succeeded In Sailing him Off With
Periscope in the fastest FIVE heat
contest ever trotted by foals of that
age In passing. II can also be add
ed that this is the last three In FIVE
race that viii ever be seen in the
Futurity and il Is certainly high time
that such horse killers were abui-
ished
Cox won the two year old division
of the Kentucky Futurity on the
opening day of the meeting with.
Daystar. a brother 10 Brusiloff. in
$40, after a four heat contest, tho
fastest on record, in which Mr. Dud
ley won the second heat in : 90 "a
q.
Natalie the Great burned up a lot
Of money which her hackers never
had chance To win Cox also won
a division of the Ashland purse
with McGregor the Great and land
ed Jess in front in a class race
His tab AT the close of the fexinr-
ton meeting showed twenty sight
inning races for the season and a
total Of s6t.52s for the season with
Atlanta still Ia be heard from, whlfN
he also reduced LII Princetor's
record in trip against the watch
to 2:0i. the first half of the mile
being trotted in nifty nine and one
half seconds.
Mcdonald futtereci Unto the
footlights for the first time this
year during the Lexington meeting
ON the opening day he won a di-
vision OF the walnut HALL Cup with
Baron Gigantic in s-s5 IA and fol-
lowed II on the next day with a
marvellous race in which Fairly
Dreams after let up OF over A
year whtsSey or In front Of Charley
Rex. Busy's Lassie. Miss Perfection
and Peter June in 2.033-4 2:n31-4
Z:03 80 In this race the r~ear,,}
horse made a handful of worlds
records, the fastest winning heat by
a SeiulnE, Inc fastest heat nv AN
eleven year old tr-atter and tls.. three,
fastest heats by relding being
among them. Osn McDonafd's other
starters at tho meeting Zomidott,
waR credited with two nrsts and the
converter PAGER Tummw ntrcct with,
ufe
After driving Molly KNIGHT In the
Kentucky Futurity under q handf-
cap caused by his injuries sustain
ed In an accident at Syracuse. Ceey7+
came back and won the Kentucky
Stake with her from Abhie Putnev
In the mud in : .oT 4 as we'll as tho
pacing division of the futurtty with
HON efast in . .07 Ia This t,Irnpet
his winning mounts for the wear.
Notwithstanding his miehap with
Heglar, to tweaty-one and his win
nings to s3s.isa.
Fred Egan proved a double event
winner at Lexington with John
Quick in EOS and the two year old
Feter Nolo colt Voltage in e:f11~2
The latter is out Of mare bv
Brighton. brother 10 Slliko. a Ken
lucky Futurity winner. as we'll as
the sire of Pericope. that winner Of
the blue ribbon Of the trotting turf
this year, Childs also won two
races with Baroness virginia. while
two sets OF brackets We're placed
after Nat Rays name by General
Burlew and Rascal, the latter de-
feating Aquill2 Dillon. Betty black
lock and peter Elliott IN 2:G5 IA
The members OF the Fleming