New-York tribune., 1919-05-04
Trotters Moving North
ward in Preparation for
Grand Circuit Season
By Frank S. Cooke

Stable doors at the southern train
ing camps now are padlocked, for the
occupants Of the comfortable box stalls
are on the first leg of the annual mi
grafton to the North, where the money
is. April witnessed the evacuation of
the winter quarters at Thomasville
and Macon, and the horses now are &c
Lexington, where they will stay few
days, and then when the weather set
ties they will be shipped to North
Randall, where two months from this
Monday they are to get into action
First of these to migrate were Ne
young things owned by John l.. Dodge
of Middletown, N. Y, which wintereG
at Thomasville, eleven in number and
by such sires as Axworthy, Peter Volo
San Francisco, Joe Dodge and Peter
Grimm and an aged PAGER by Peter the
Great. At Lexington they Joined the
aged horses that had remained there
so that Mr.. Dodge, who trains his own
material, and his assistant, Bob Grady,
are fussng with about twenty head
Ben White, who did his off season
work at Macon, brought the biggest
lot to Lexington, there being thirty
two in his stable, including the great
est band of two-year- -olds it ever has
been the lot of one man to get ready
for the races. White conducts pub
lie stable and the youngsters in his
school are owned by John E. Madden,
the Pastime Stable, Frank H. Ellis, w.
ITov v1,t, Il M
c. H. Sears, James Smell, w. G. Pol
lock, W. II. L. McCourtie and others
veil known to the turf.
In the Pastime stable main string,
which is trained by w. j. Andrews,
so many years in charge of the Harri-
man horses, are nine, including four
yearlings by Lee Axworthy. Andrews
is reported to have regained his health
and he has formidable lot for all
divisions, with Mary Coburn the choice
for the all aged events, Abbie Putney
and First National for the three-year-
old stakes and clever two year-old
by San Francisco that worked around
2:25 at Thomasville.
H. K. DevereuX, who is the head of
the Pastime stable, also has private
stable of seven, trained by Harvey
Shorts, and some of these are to be
raced on the half mile tracks first.
Guy Lee, who trains for Captain
Henry j. Schlesinger, of Fairland
Farm, brought from Thomasvile four
three-year olds and half dozen a
year younger. Most of these are by
Belwin, and have been miles between
2:25 and 2:35
In the interim between the opening
of the Grand Circuit at North Randall
and the racing of the first of the fu-
turtles, early closing events are Of
fered for two-year-old trotters at five
of the first six meetings. Entries
average more than thirty eight Phila-
delphia leading with forty five and at
these five meetings no fewer than six
ty-seven baby. trotters are engaged.
Looking over the complete roster it
is found that Peter the Great leads
with sixteen, Dillon Axworthy is rep
resented by six, Etawah, Peter Volo
and Siliko have four apiece, General
Watts, j. Malcolm Forbes, Ortolan AK
worthy, San Francisco and The Har-
vester three apiece, Bnjolla and Bel
win two, while Azoff, Bergen, Gar
Peter, Echo Todd, Ell Canto, John
Garner, Judge Maxey, Moko, Nathan
Axworthy, Native King, Senator Hale
The Captain, Tramfast and Wilkoe one
apiece.
There is more interest in the three