New-York tribune., 1919-01-21
Grand Circuit 1919 Programme
Is Duplicate of Last Years
North Randall Again Gets First Week; Tommy MUIR
ply Made Wise Investment in Lotto Watts; St.
Frisco Left No Colt by WhichTo Be Remembered
Bv Frank S. Cooke

y. West followed by as many weeks
.he East. and ending with the same
nsriOd working down to Atlanta, the
.rrsnd Circuit of 1919 is perfect
E.onv of that of last year, which was
s.andsrfully successful until the sourge
0f influenza cut off the last week at
sx;ngton and robbed Atlanta of many
sorses that would have been there.
From the viewpoint of climate the
,,r.al place to open would be in the
Nnth but North Randall is too jealous
- ,be week which was forced on it,
IN. has become such good paying in
...ment AS q matter of fact, there
y M week like the first, as was at
.s.tsd by the great days of the Blue
| p;hhon meetings.
Eowever, North Randall did a cour-
.naous thing by taking the second week
u 1nlv but. having made a go of It,,
.bs fact that the start this year is a
sav say earlier, July 7, does not lessen the
ua; uuaa;;busiasm Of the Clevelanders. There
e". Aas some doubt as TO what Kalamazoo
~oud do. but the Celery City folk took
,hs second week. Then comes Toledo,
'Is .ssrs 1.-The the fastest of all tracks is To-
a,sd After that Columbus and the
sec scond meeting at North Randall.
Philadelphia First
i; PHILADELPHIA again has the honor of
! rt-oducing the high-toned trotters and
I ,,sers to the East, the meeting there
l nsning on August II, and being fol
wed by Poughkeepsle, Readvllle,
Hartford and Syracuse in turn, which
brings them back to Columbus on Sep
,smber Is for two weeks, thence to
lexington for the same period. and the
osing at Atlanta, October l3 to is.
/. Following on the heels of the state
z ent in these columns that many re
ard Lotto Watts as among the bess
prospects for this year, comes word
sst Tommy Murphy agreed with the
wrtsr rI to the extent that ne paid Ross
and Alfonso Stout, of Clarks burg, W..
Va, $4,000 for this mare and Hanks
Stout.
Lotto Watts won some good races on
| mo half-mile tracks in the early sea-
,on. and while she did not beat the
rrand circuit throng she Won a heat
:. Readville in 2:0614 and stepped in
! ,.09ls at Lexington. when she gave
ute Guv race for her life. Murphy
owe Ante Guy that afternoon and he
4 new that it was trotter in pursuit.
] Lotto Watts won about $1,000 during
I he season. She is young, good gated
and headed, game, and her experience
hst year should make her among the
lest stake trotters out this season.
Hanks Stout Her Rival
Many are of the opinion that If
alto Watts is not at the top of her
ass Hanks Stoat will be. This
mnger member of the Stout stable
ok mark of 2:0Si4, being a Joint
,lder of the seasons record for four
ar-old geldings. He won SIX rdces
iring the year and $4,000, and those
10 watched them closely regarded
anks as the faster of the pair.
/ John II. Lawrence, of Hoboken. who
HAD the pleasure of seeing his mare
4 iszie March pace in 2:O3l Y last sea-
.sn, will have lot of fast sidewheelers
& ,Ais year, ard give the boys III the
1 Altropolitan circuit battle royal. His
I sst purchase is the highly touted
l lady Todd, that has matinee mark
3si 2:0912. and was timed in a race in
sGO5%+ Joe North is another member
sot the Lawrence stable that looks
! good
1 Two years ago this time the Canadian
stallion lngara won a race from Guy
Boy on the ice at Mount Clemens, and
while the time was not fast it stamped
llgara as one of the best things in
asight. When the regular season opened
1lngara won stake race on the same
3.faek in such fashion that he appeared
10 be on the way TO the equine throne,
sr lameness knocked him out later.
LAST year he was pretty good late in
he season, trotting in 2:07 for Geers
u Columbus, but lamcness returned
iad ne was laid away for the rest of
he season.
Another Bingara?
4 Reports from Toronto are to the ef-
&C. tnat lngara is as sound as can be,
1 10 ms owners are contemplating a
mp down the raging grand TO show
'he game.
Harry Flaming, who added to his
cslne when he trained for George W.
SSaugnter Of Detroit, and made Lucille
isp'er the Champion among half-milers.
~ VI 'ne opinion that he has a great
Iplospect at Hiiianddale Farm. This
-s u oelAa, That was separately timed
-;voA last summer b. Peter the
asss this trotter is out Of Eva Bellini,
Isser 70 Atlantic Express.
~ - - seldom that great stallion dies
"a does NOT leave a foal, but such is
= case with St. Frisco, 2:01at. His
'asss decided carly that, contrary to
!. !. custom, they would not use him
e.eeoing until his retirement from
..:u'i, and as they had not counted
1 : ais untimely end there are no colts
lsep MS name fresh However, his
sas VIII retain for him warm place
= '.e affections Of lovers Of game
,..s me unusually warm winter inter
Gs.ss with the ice races at Mount
n.'asns last week in that the track
noI qD to 1913 form. Outstanding
,1g the PAGERS are Roy Grattan,
won number Of Eastern engage
HFrssSs; ias' year, and his near relatives.
''a'e Iratlan and Louie Grattan.