New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Evansville Colony Has
Several Fine Prospects
for Next Season
Nv Frank S. Cooke

.v... trsiners in the North nave
looking for helated winter and
~, trained their horses accordingly.
sOss who happen to have sojourned
: .hs South are beginning to get in
..r,e coed licks. They are starting
:. MOVE their horses along, and last
~..s worked their first repeats.
Even though Ben White is not a
u.rbsr Of it this season, the Thomas
-a,s colony IS the most interesting.
n T Andrews is looking out for eight
,.lonring to the Pastime Stable, Har-
r.v Shorts has seven owned by H. X.
nsvereaux and Guy Lee has dozen
,aa property Of Captain II. J. Schles-
;,rer OF Milwaukee, OF these four
a vearlings, eight two-year-olds,
.;sht three year-olds and the others
iour years or more
'V One IN which there is much interest
!, First National, by Belwin. This
ait then two years old, signalized his
srsf aopearance at North Randall by
s;nn;ng heat in 2:12 u, the next one
so;ng 10 Periscope, that was put at the
,on 81 the summary because she trotted
,go seconds fasssr than the geiding.
t;rs. National way NJ jured after this
srd retired. but appears to have round
ID 10 and is in fine form-
Albert Fine Prospect
Albert, that trotted in 2:07} last
i,ol-al of the
sood nrospects for this season in his
t.ar-rsar-old form He was TO have
sans tn the matinees. but has done so
Nicely that he IS more apt to start
!, The stakes Guy Lee has four
tbrss-year-olds and SIX two-year-olds'
and they are pronounced fine assort'
ment-
the states this year, for they appear to
Nave the bug down in the martin c
provinces worse than some towns had
The grin. A few days ago a man from
Halifax paid long figure for Adiooo
Cav. s:03i.. that beat Directum j. and
others at Columbus last fall when few
thought such a thing could De done
This stallion ) one of the best bred
PAGERS anywhere, being by Guy Dillon
Out OF adiOo. ny Guy W lihSA Alc Ia :
been racing several years IN the Harry
Gray stable, first on poor half-mil lie
track, then en- one of the oily mile
oyals, and is equally at home on either
Adioo Guys new owner probably has
in mind taking into camp White SoX
s:osis; John A. Hal, 2:03 Il, and Prince
Rupert, 2:04i4, that have gone into
that part of Canada IN recent months
While fast ones are going from here
ever there lot of speed from Canada
. viii be racing IN the States, and one
1 Of the headlMers of good prospects Il
! tie mare Louie Grattan, i mem Der o
. Vie Jennings stable She showed las
isll that she was very fast and at th'
water near-ice meeting she paced thu
Aid heat n 2:lT14, the last half IN
sic OF 1908 and the last quarter RICH
use to 81 seconds
Both by Grattan Royal
Both of these PAGERS are by Gratta1
Royal. and another of his tribe, Fred
die Grattan, may be in the hunt, al
though he has yet to show the class OF
either Of the others.
Fleming will have the good trottel
Orc 90 by Orc Rec, in his string again
this season and probably will tackle
the mile tracks with him, as the sCal-
lions mark Of AHA operates against
I his earning capacity on the small ovals
he won his record at Goshen, and it is
shodght he can beat 2:10 on a small
track.
Ray Moore, rated as among the beSi
Of the resident trainers at Cleveland
Is getting together formidable lot
sor this season. his calculation being
10 race some in the Lake Erie circuit
ana those that show form on the mile
tracks.
Joha A. Forbes is the star of his
ts0tiers. This one took -year-olc
record Of 2:14i2 in 1917. and last yea
da not lose a race over the half mile
RACKS, showing PIP ability in one
ulaL de is expected to prove cleve,
,ace nag. There are TWO three year Id.
y todd Forbes, both of which have tn,
H5hr idea Of their business. A two
Naf-old by Peter Mac will be pointed
'of tine stakes.
among his PAGERS Moore has one
va, mas reputation az sire. Thi:
= worthy Mckinley, that trot*ed ii
~ as yeariing, and is the sire G.
sa'aihe 1864 After his long retire
ueh' Worthy Mckinney wants to pace
Is was very fast at this gait last year
sa' was hurt and nov ne appears to b,
" figat. Mooge's fast PAGER is Bets,
aamIih, 2:05A, that won so many race
y the half-mile tracks in 1917 70
ssi,y that she passed into the Co.
ssoe, where she did all right las
aany horses will change hands in tn,
~, month, as there are four big sale
feoruary and March. The first il
o ny OF the Snyder Farm, at Springneld
sao, on February IL; then comes Lex
uusscn' February II to %; Chicago
; nsssn to Z, and New York, March /