The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-05
GRAND CIRCUIT STAKES EXCEED
S5OO,oOO MARK; 1000 HORSES
FIGURE; peter MANNING LEADS

for an operation, Coz won two
races with him at Columbus Harry
Stokes was then put up. He won
two more at Lexington and two ut
Albany. making Peter Manning's
score for the year 10 firsts out Of
II starts and his winnings 326, $50.
His mile in 2:02k in Q third heat
at Lexington is the fastest heat
trotted in 1920, while Sister Bertha
equaled the time made by him in
the second heat of the same race
when she reduced the three-year-
old record to 2:02A.
Peter COley stands second in the
list OF race winners in the Grand
circuit. After making several
starts on tie half-mile tracks, VAL
entine dropped of at, Cleveland and
won with him regularly until Geers
caught him with Peter June at the
Columbus summer meeting. The
check was temporary, however, as
out of IA starts Peter Coley won
eight firsts, two seconds, three
thirds and a fourth. His winnings
amount to $l5,966 and place him
third in the list, the Kentucky Flu
turity winner, Arion Guy, with
$16,476. coming between him and
Peter Manning.
Three trotters and one PAGER won
six races at the Grand Circuit meet
ings this year. One of the former
is the two-year-old colt Favonian,
with which Fred Edman won $6,6S7.
Edman also won six races with
Tootsie Toise. her first defea.
being at Hartford, where she fin
ished third to Doctor Nick. Media
won six out of seven starts, her
only defeat being in the Transyl-
vania, while John Henry, the lead
ing money winning PAGER, with
s10.355 to his credit, has six firsts,
four seconds and a fourth to show
for his seasons work. At the Co
lumbus September meeting he made
Margaret Dillon pace third hea,
I Al G'VA - W WILL uC lOLAOw lus
week, over a heavy track, he de-
feated her. it being the only race
lost by the Dillcn-Axworthy mare
out of'14 starts, four Of which were
over the mile tracks.
Five.Vict0ry Colts.
The colts Arion Guy and Boga-
lust appear among the eight horses
which are credited with five victories
Arion Guy made his first start al
Hartford, where he won in 2:07H
He also won again at Syracuse from
Signal Peter in 2:06A. His next
start was at Columbus. where on
account of Mlrphy's illness Snow
drove him. In his first race he fin
ished second to Sister Bertha after
winning a heat in 2:05A. The fol.
lowing week Harry Stokes won with
i him over Sister Bertha in 2:05A
At Lexington Arion Guy landed tht
Kentucky Futurity in 2:05A ant
another event at Atlanta, in which
he was not required to beat 2:10.
The races between Bogalusa ant
Favonian were feature events il
the Grand Circuit, until Rose Scot
made her bid at Columbus ant
Lexington. Bogalusa won at Phil
adelphia. Poughkeepsie, Readville
where he tro:ted in 2:0S, and At
lanta, where he also made tim,
record Of 2:06A. His winning!
amounted to $500. Jay Brook
after skip of two years, struck /;
winning streak at Columbus in Sep
TENDER, when he won two races
Two more were added at Licking
ton and one at Atlanta.
OF the other winners of five race.
Mightell picked up two at Colum
bus and three at Lexington. Ha
Malone won five out of nine start
at the Grand Circuit meetings, ant
he also picked up several races OIL
the western tracks while the othe
stables were making the eastern
loop. Esther r., Louie Grattan ant
Single G. each won five, the las
named being defeated by Sanardo a
Columbus and Louie Grattal a
Lexington, where she made her rec
ord of TWO minutes.
! Juno Is Injured.
Eight trotters and six PAGERS wer
each credited with four races thi
season. OF the latter Juno won a
the opening meetings and was con
sidered ipvincible until an injur,
placed her on the retired list. Riff
Grenade did his racing in the three
year-old events and helped to re
duce the record for pacing colts q
that age until Frisco June cut i
TO 2:01A at Lexington. Billy Sun
day dropped out after winning fou
races On the eastern end Of the cir
cult, while Captain Mack was
double event winner at Lexingto
and Atlanta. Princess Mary adde
-four wins to the score of Vic Elem
ing's stable, and Peter L. did tn
same thing for Edman in additio
to winning considerable money O.
the half-mile tracks.