The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-29
KENTUCKY TROTS
TOBEGIN MONDAY
AT LEXINGTON
Two Divisions of the Walnut
Hill Cup on Program-Ken-
lucky Futurity Also on
Card.

LEXINGTON, KY. Sept. 29.-The 47th
annual meeting of the Kentucky Trot-
ting Horse Breeders association, known
all over the world as the Kentucky
triots,", will begin today with the
two divisions of the Walnut Hall cup
on the program All OF the Eastern
and Western horses which appeared at
Columbus during the past two weeks
are engaged in this brilliant series OF
events, which II will require at least
eleven days to dispose Of
The Walnut Hall cup is a fixture at
Lexington. 1t was first raced for in
1897. This year rs horses were named
for it and in order to give all chance
to win the association will give two
$1,000 purses for it, the beautiful trophy
The list of starters include Mariondale,
Mignola, Media, Joseph Guy. Baron Ce-
gantle, Rance and Edith Carter.
The two divisions of the Kentucky
futurity will bring out the best two and
three-year-old trotters that have been
seen in public this season. The II
eligible to the two-year-old event in
clude Daystar. Mr.. Dudley. Dudette.
Natalie the Great, and The Great Miss
Morris, while in the three year-old race
form being Molly Knight Brusiloff.
Periscope, who will be the fayorite,
Brother Peter, Princess Etawah and
Abbie Putney. OF the others the names
of Nihla, Little Lee, Grace Drake. King
Stout and Let Fly have been seen m the
race summaries.
List of Nominations.
The list of nominations to the Tran
sylvania shows that Murphy will make
a third effort to win the event with
Royal Mack He put up a great battle
with lima Jay in 1917 while last year
1t was head and head in the final trip
between him and Binland. This season
the busy old gelding, now in his eley-
| enth year. will meet the four-year-old
| champion gelding. Echo Direct Prince
Loree, winner at Hartford and Colum-
OF the Cox stable; Hollywood Kate, one
of the best hammered fast trotters ever
/ seen on race track; Heir Reaper, the
gallant four-y ear-old; McGregor the
/ Great, which has been the sheet anchor
of the Dover stable all the way down
| as usual one OF the best races Of the
year, while the winner will be recog@
| nized as the all-aged champion OF 1913.
Royal Mack also appears in the cas-
Teton cup which is programmed FOR the
| second week OF the meeting. In that
event he will take the word with Ma
tive Chief, Busy's Lassie, the half-mile
track FLYER Charley Rex, Brescia, the
winner Of the Ohio purse at Cleveland;
The Acme and McGregor the Great
| Lexington Purse.
The Lexington purse for two-year :,
old trotters and the Kentucky purse for
three year ODDS, both of which were first
raced for in 1875, present the names OF
all the best youngsters AS the first
and second horses in both divisions OF
the Kentucky futurity are ineligible to
start in them, it will give new set OF
winners an opportunity to place their
names on the honor roll The Lexing-
ton has been raced for annually since
it was inaugurated except in 1892. while
slxips were made with the Kentucky in
1918 and 1914 Easton won the Ken :.
lucky last year in 2:06h and Brusiloff
the Lexington. -
The Cumherlands purse is the first
pacing fixture that will be raced OH &C
the Lexington meeting and as both D :
rect c, Burnett and Goldie Todd are
in il, it will be splendid battle be-
tween them with Baroness Ddgewood;
who won at Columbus in 2:04k, and
Frank Dewey to keep them busy. The
"a me horses will also meet in the Phoe-
meeting, with Grace Direct Belle Al
cantara and Roy Grattan added TO the
field. The winners Of both or these
races will, be in the free-for-ah next
year.