The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-04
FEW ABSENYEESt6N
GRAND CIRCQf LIST
Early Nominatlonysnow Most
of Old Favorixs Will Be
in H&fness.
LII PRINCETON Is READY
,ox's Pride Will Have to Step
Fast to Beat Ante Guy
Seasons Prospects.

Ky w. II. GOCHER,
The 1919 route of the Grand Circuit is
the same as last year. It viii open at
Cleveland July 7 and move from there
10 Kalamazoo. Toledo and Columbus
after which there will be another weeks
racing in Cleveland before the horses
are shipped East to I'LL their engage
ments at Philadelphia, Poughkeepeie,
Boston, Hartford and Syracuse. 1t Is
followed by the two weeks meetings at
Columbus and Lexington and a one week
stand at Atlanta The dates are:
Cleveland. week of July Z: Kalama-
roo, July IL; Toledo. July 81; Column
bus. July 2S; Cleveland. August 4;
Philadelphia, August IL; Poughkeepsie,
August IS; Boston, August Is: Hart
ford, September /; Syracuse, Septem-
Der s; Columbus, September 15 to 81 {:
Lexington, September 20 to October IL.
and Atlanta, October 10.
The nominations to the early closing
events for the FIRST six meetings in
tho Grand Circuit show that practically
all Of the leading horses which were
out last year will be raced In 1919,
the only absentees in the FREQ for all
trot being st. Frisco. who died in De-
cember, and Miss Bertha Dillon. who
has been bred. while there Is a chance
that Mabel Trask will not stand train
ing Cox, however. has stout bat
tier in Lu Princeton, who made a rec
ord Of .02 in his last race at Atlantas
while Murphy Is getting Ante Guy
ready 10 meet him. The balance of the
free for all material now consists of the
Pennsylvania winner Binland, who may
not be raced in the East; Esperanza,
and Harvey Ernest's big mare lima Jay.
that came very near defeating Lu
Princeton at Boston last August.
The :06 will be the leading class
event for trotters this year. and as there
are from eighteen to twenty horses named
IN each ono of them there will be a
number OF spirited contests before the
Winners are announced. At some points
Pop Geers. the dean of American reins-
men. has named four horses in this class.
his representatives being Heir Reaper.
june Rcd. his leading money winner last
year Gentry c., and the four-year-old
colt Peter June. while Murphy is de-
pending on his new pupil Wilkes Brewer
and Royal Mac Busy Lassie will rep
resent the Cox stable, and Mcdonald is
naming the twelve-year-old gelding
Early Dreams. who on account of his
lo,up last year, is entitled to one second
time allowance. The other formidable
candidates include the Shaw pair Prince
Loree and Mack Forbes. the West Vir-
g.uia trotter Blanche Carter. the four
"ear-old gelding Echo Direct and Alma
Toledo
Lotto Watts Favored.
The $4,000 purses at Hartford and
Syracuse are for 2 :12 trotters. Many OF
the horses that will start in them will
also appear IN the IL trots at other
points. Lotto Watts Is apt to be a IA
vnrite in several. and as she was second
70 Ante Guy when she won the Walnut
Hall cup in . :031a, her chances look rosy.
Murphy Is naming her with her stable
companions Peter Vaughn. who was on
tho retired list in 1918. and Constantine
tie Great. In these classes Cox is NAM
Ing M!gnola, who is charged with a pub
lie trial Of :03H the four-year-old colt
NcGreeor the Great. and the San Fran
cisco geld!ng North Spur. who was up to
mile IN 2:o4 In 1917, and about eight
seconds shy OF the figure last year.
farvest Tide. after @ years rest. Is
hack ii the Mcdonald stable and Is being
entered freely together with Miriam Guy
Worthy Voio. Binworth. King Watts,
Jess i. and Bonnie Del. The Southern
rare Miss Woodbine Is being entered
IN the 2:ii class and will no doubt ap-
gar In The 2:l0 classes at a few PAGES
She IS sister to The Woodman, 2 :05&
WITH which Ben Whitehead trimmed 81
many good hor-~a In 1917, and as she
Won all her twe.N races last year, II her
Facing manners are perfect It will take
= nigh class performer to catch her in
The three heat events
On last years form Ben Whites two
pupils, Brusiloff and Princess Etawah,
should be the leading three-year-olds
but after what happened In 1918 II
might be we'll to wait for the latest re-
turns from the training camps before
making any predictions. At the close
OF 1917 everybody expected that either
Ne.la Dillon or Peter June would win
all OF last years futurities, but the re-
turns show what Chestnut Peter, David
Guy and Hollywood Bob did to them be-
'ore they went lame. Peter June's only
win was at Columbus, while Nella Dillon
won at Boston and Lexington.
The New Material.
or the new material the entry lists
present the names OF Dark Flower, who
was sent home after winning at the
cleveland July meeting King Stout, the
COX group, Sunny Sue, Penrod and
Baron Frisco; the Laurel Hall FLY. the
great Marie; and Geers' pair. Wicki
WlcM and Tombigbee. Periscope also
has several futurity engagements, blu,
her name does not appear in any OF
the events which closed this year.
Kalamazoo Is the only member of the
Grand circuit that gave q free for all
pace as an early closing event. When
he nominators were announced every
one was agreeably surprised to see that
"eer5 had named his old champion Ma
poeon Direct. II he trains sound II will
require a two minute PAGER to catch
MN and that he will have company Is
SHOWN ny the entry list. which also pre-
sehts the names OF Single c., Lillian
- Nrectum J., the leading money win
n'hF PAGER Of last year. Orc Elmo and
Peter Nash
-, "h'Io the free for alls will furnish
me extreme speed the real fireworks IN
We pacing world will be seen In the 2 :0G
".aSS one OF which will appear on all OF
w. programmes between Cleveland and
ANtha. Peter Look Is being named in
WeIn He has been gelded. and Is now
expected to recover what was lost when
no mot 4 Game OF Chance at Cleveland
an Eer.le Patchen at Toledo last year.
'"'' lac VIII have plenty of company
.'"''rT, Is shown by the list of entries
-, includes the Oregon horse Captain
~ r. that paced the slow track al
o'''.n last year In 2:05K the best OF
"7 Murphy group. which includes Ha
logan, Ethel Chimes and Esther r.
s"'" granddam Harrietta, won thu