The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-11
~OUGHKEEPSI
POINTERS
BY W. H. Gochcr.

On accoun of the mild winter and
the pleasant weather during March.
the horses located at the Pough-
keepsie track are about two weeks
further along in their work than they
| were at this time last year. The
Murphy stable is, as usual. the
largest. receiving its preliminary
work over the Hudson River Driving
park. It now looks TO he even better
than in 1918 when its members were
placed in over one third of the
events in the grand circuit.
The list of stake horses presents the
names of q few that raced III the first
| flight and can be depended on to
bring home the bacon. The leader
is Royal Mac. now eligible to the
t2.07 class. AS he looks out OF his
corner stall at Ethel Chimes, Lotto
Watts. Petrex and Directuni j. being
hitched for a trip TO the track, he, no
doubt. recalls the long series of events
in which he took the word on his
three trips down the line To be
beaten by an eye lash In two Transyl-
vanias and still be ready for a third
If Upton caves it in the same notch
is something that can be said of few
Ante Guy is being prepared for the
free for ails, If a sufficient umbe of
horses can be found to meet her and
Lu Princeton, while Lotto Watts and
! Hank Stout carry names which Will
be familiar to race goers before the
leaves TURF in October. The former
was second TO Ante Guy when she
Won the Walnut Cup in 2:03 Ia,
while the latter snapped in a heat in
POS IA at Lexington after finishing
fourth to Oscar Watts in 2l11-4.
This performance found a buyer but
: IL tI{J vot odd arytnfr0 RI he cairtS
of the spectators. who felt that the
judges should not permit such in and
out racing to pass without comment
Wilkes Brewer, Petrex. Feresta. and
Selah Baird have vtntered we'll and
will be ready when the bell rings.
Directum j.. has grown into a second
edition of direct, to whom ne traces.
4 He will. be the: stables. frzt. line PAGER,
now that Miss Harris NJ. has gone to
the haif-mile tracks, while Sanardo
Ethel Chimes. Esther r.. and Direct
c. Burnett will represent the stable in
class events. The California PAGER
Hal Logan has d bowed tendon and
Will be 1atd over,
In the ~three-year-old events last
year this stabbed led. with the colts
Chestnut Peter and David Guy. In
1919 II will depend on the hllies Dark
Flower, which viii be a star: Har-
veta. and Liberty Girl, whose dam.
Belvasia. was purchased in 1911 TO
keep her out of the way OF r. r G.
Lyman Rrusie has arrived with four
Of the Brook farm horses. OF these.
Echo Direct and DIR. Elmore LOOK like
great prospects. II the former does
tot meet with any mtshaps, he should
race into the free-for-al1 division. as
last fall he was only beaten by a neck
in 2:o5A in the deciding heat iH the
Kentucky Futurity. The stables re-
! cent purchase, John A. Forbes. was in
lUred while being shipped from Cleve-
land and may not he started this year.
> w, Leesc has arrived from Brook-
lvn with a formidable stable. which
Includes the PAGERS Queen Ahbess, Ed
ward =. and Seraskin. as we'll as a
runher Of colts. and the trotters Mint
mark. Winema. silk Nan and Gelden
Frisco. The latter is by san Fran
cisco out Of a mare ny Stamhoul and is
Il very fine Individual.
Rosemire is deVotins all Of his time
to the trotter Markoak. with which
ne made such a successful campaign
on the two-lap tracks last year. At