New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Tracks of East
Sure to Have
Good Trottingg g
Poughkeepsie and Readville
in Particular Show Splen.
did Entry Lists; Interest
Greater Than Last Year
By Frank S. Cooke

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That racing on the mile tracks which
form the eastern end of the grand cir.
cult will be fully as interesting as that
in the Middle West is made plain BY
the splendid entry all along the lins.
Announcement of the bumper crop 9.
Philadelphia is followed by the lists a.
Poughkeepsie and Readville, and !,
each instance these are ahead Of last
year.
Poughkeepsie has done remarkably
we'll, considering the circumstance
For time it was feared the meetins
at the Hudson River track would hav.
to be abandoned, but the Chamber ~
Commerce of that city stepped into ths
breach, a guarantee fund was suh.
scribed, and Alfred T. Jenkins named
as secretary. In the seven. early clos.
Ing events the average entry Is almost
twenty-five, divided as follows:
The knickerbocker, 2:O6 trot. 10 an
tries; the Pougkeepsie, 2:l4 trot. 81,
the Chamber Of Commerce, 2:09 trot,
70; the Liberty, three-year-old trot. "a,
the National, two-year-old trot. 90. ths
hudson Valley, 1905 pace, 10; the Vss.
sar, 2:10 pace, 15.
Entries Average Twenty-eIsht
Readville has one of the best entr.x
OF any track on the big line, averspine
Almost twenty eight, as follows: Ths
Dlue Hlli, 2:O6 trot, 16 entries; tina
PRESIDENT, 2:09 trot, 80; the Massachu-
S9ffS C1C frot
trot, 81; three-year-old trot. SO: two.
year-old trot, al; the Neponset. e:W
pace. ID; the Pilgrim, 2:11 pace. IL
This big entry augurs we'll for N.
Poughkeepsie meeting, many of tina
norses being new to the circuit. Those
not IN the Poughkeepsie stakes douht-
Tess Will start in the class races at thar
city TO line up for the richer events "a
the Boston meeting. A'
Both entries call attention to tbs
dominance of the 2:O9 class AMONG
those Tor fast record trotters. Where.
ever this division is featured It has
Dig entry, far outstripping the 2.08
class and others. Also the popularity
Oh the 2:14, 2:15 and 2:16 classes &
emphasized, these appealing to the
nalf-mlle track stables.
Last summer the 2:O6 trot WAS
feature at ,Poughkeepsie, and indica-
lions are that history will repeat in
august. In the Knickerbocker, which
is the name Of this event. are Farlv
Dreams and Busy's Lassie, each 2.04X.
Prince Loree, Royal Mac, The Toddler,
June Red, Wilkes Brewer and Heir
Reaper, 2:05A; Easton, Alma Forbss
and Miss Perfection, 2:O6M, and Emma
Mcgowan, 2:O7A.
IN aodltlon to these horses the Blue
alli at Readville also has Echo Direct.
2:o9A; Suldine, 2:o6A; Peter June
2:O6A. and Petrex, 2:O5%.
The Brook Farm stable of Richard
Delafield, of which those who vera
at Lexington last fall regard Echo Di-
rect as the shining light, has a pronis-
ing recruit in John A. Forbes, 2:l4A.
recently purchased. This colt, by Todd
forDes, won some notable races on the
haf-mlle tracks of Ohio last year. and
IN the event which Hollywood Bob rat
5led OF mile in 2:04% at North RAN
oalI ne trotted in 2:08. The manner
in which the colt raced makes him
one OF the good prospects for this year.
Stallion Stake of $500
First of the big futurities to be
raced this year will be the Champion
ship Stallion Stake of $500, which
Will be feature of the August meet
ing at North Randall The list Of
ehglbles has sifted down to 36, includ-
ing about ali of the good three-year-
olds.. This event is promoted by the
breeders association, and its compan-
Ion, the Matron Stake, worth $500, Is
TO be raced at the New York State Fair
syracuse, there being AZ eligibles.
Between these is the annual renewal
nf the Ar1nrico
lty, with an estimated value of s10-
600, and underlined for the Readville
meeting. There are three divisions In
this stake, three-year-olds trotting and
pacing and two-year-olds trotting but
the list of elgibles is not known, as
the qualifying payment is not due un.
til June l.
FolIowlng Syracuse the colts will 90
to Columbus for the fall meeting Of
two weeks, and there the Horse Review
futurlty, $4,000 guaranteed, and the
Western Horsemen Futurity will be
decided. The Kentucky Futurity, worth
upward Of $4,000, will be raced in
three divisions at Lexington.
From Memphis comes word that the
big stable of which "Pop" Geers is
boss is coming along nicely, and early
next month about twenty of the best
"iii oe SHlpPeu 10 NOfth RANDALL, Where
they make their first start The veteran
trotters, Heir Reaper and June Red are
doing finely and have been miles around
2:l5: Heglar, The Triumph, Fred c.
Todd and Kerrigan, new members Of
the cavalcade, are working around the
same notch, while the colts are doing
all the grand old man has asked Of
them.
So far Napoleon Direct has been conn
ing along and fond hopes are enter
tanned that this great PAGER will be able
to get to the races, in which event he
may upset the dope, for he certainly
has the speed and knows what to do
when he heads into the homestretch.
Goldie Todd, green PAGER that worked
IN 2:07 last fall, is highly regarded
Dick Mcmahon, who also is at Menu
pins, has been getting along famousiy
with his aged record trotters. Esper-
anza, Miss Perfection and Red Bon,
while his PAGERS, Peter Look Belle AL
cantara and Symbol Baron are as
llmber as cells. Fred Edman's PAGERS
Highland Lassie and Peter Nash, have
been faster than any of the other
horses at Memphis.