The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-25
LARGE PURSES BRING
OUT MANY COCO ONES
For BOSTON MEETING.
,. .sachusetts, Blue Hill and Nepon-
~ Purses to be Renewed this
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villey shows that the management OF
the BoAton fair intended to build on
the-sams lines as those who gave
the~ splsndid series OF grand circuit
me rtsshgs ia Boston. Tho hrst Mas
N lhuset.a was won In 1895 by quar-
terMSrch from AlcidaliA In 2:l1 -.
HI. victory was followed by the tri-
uraphs Of Rilma. Grattan Boy, Char
ieyslicrr and Boralma. In 1901 Ceers
came through In front with Onward
siiser. after a formidable struggle
with Eleatc. He was followed by
~ or Delmar. Billy Buck. Consuela
g.. sadie Mac and Lotta's trotter Nut
f.,g with McHenry up. Geers won
asair In 1907 with Highball, one OF
the most remarkable trotters ever
seenson the turf. Dewitt defeated
Carlokin in 1908. and was followed
by Margin and Hailwerthy. The lat
ter t-otted in 2:06 ~, when he de-
fea.cf pudie Archdnle, and also
equaled the record Of the event. which
Sadie Mac made in 1908. Murphy
won with r. r. G. in 1911 and Cox
followed the following year with
Esther w. From that date there
were no more races until last sea
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TICS year 1t looks as II Cox has a
little the best of It with Mignoia and
Mce.regor the Great in the event.
thsirr most formidable rivals being
Fenesta, Mary Coburn. Joseph Guy,
Hollyrod Naomi. ana the fouS-year
old ally Media, that won In 2.05 3-4
In her first race at Cleveland.
Blue Hin Pure.
ThA Blue Hill purse will bring out
Wilkes Brewer. Royal Mack. Prince
Loree, TIE fodder, and Busy's Las
sic, four Of the fastest trotters that
ever took the word in the race which
has heen won by Lu Princeton, Uhlan,
Wentworth. John Nolan and The Alb
bot. M well AZ Kinney Lou. Deloree.
brilliant Girl and Zarrine. The record
OF the racs ID 2:o3 Ia made by Lu
Princeton last year. With \ good
day and track. II will be equaled or
possibly beaten next week as The
fodder trotted In that notch at CO.
lumhus
The Nepcnaet purse In pacing
fixture. which has been raced for
thirteen times since l8s6 when Roam
Hal won Il In 3.1o. The other stars
whith have figured In Il include Gut
ne<yE 0AaxchAeht. Hal B. Conner. Joe
Pa<enen IL and Directum j.. who
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when he defeated Edward r. This
yeas held will include Frank Dewey.
Direct G. Burnett or Sanardo. Ed
vsr.a r.. Grace Direct and Edna
Early.
The other early closing purses pro-
gruramed for the meeting include a
zoo snd 3:1S trot. a 1:li pace, two
eveats for the Bay state circuit
horsee ~ wall ~ events for two and
three year old trotters. one OF the
latter being the Breeders Futurity.
In which Periscope, Brusiioff. Abhie
putnev. Mulvaney. Princess Etawah.
MollY knight, and Norman Dillon are
nanseA. In q measure. 1t will be a
renA1 IL nf the champion stallion
stastvswhich Periscope won at Cleve-
lAn-rin z-os -.
Turf Pick-Cps.
TAe pranks that chance plays In
the.liyes OF many horses makes the
career Of a few Of them look like a
.anter Of accidents. In his two year
ol6 term. Lee Axworthy. 1853 Ia. was
trad<d for I troter which had been
tried and found wanting. A. G. Pen
rick purchased Prince Loree. 2:o5 Ia.
-. was consigned to sale and led
cut 81 the ring without bid. His
BIN away.
In 1855 the dam Of Blackwood was
purchased by Adam Steel for 312S. In
i~Qp he gave.G. H. Huford half in
tsrGat In the colt. that came with her.
10 Aevelop It. Euford trained Black
v.o6d four months and reduced the
three year old record to 1:3l. Steel
then re- purchased his interest for
t11,s00 and sod the colt to Harrison