The New York herald., 1921-07-17

It Is not generally known that the I'M
provement In the rules made last win
ter by the u. T. A. was the suggestion
of the noted driver. Thomas w. Muir
ply, a member of the rules committee.
Murphy used the expressive term suck
er races" to describe such contests as
those Just mentioned, and declared that
the Union ought to find a way to pre-
vent them. His recipe was then pro-
posed and adopted. After seeing the
Murphy plan tried out for the first time
at Cleveland Major w. NJ. Halsted. sec
retary Of the u. T. A, declared that it
produced even better horse racing than
the two in three system. His argument
is that 1t automatically Furnishes any
driver who lays up even the first heat
in race, because he thereby loses
substantial share Of the purse, which
can never be recovered by him. Not
Yesterday, nor was there Sucker race"
during the meeting.
Major Halsted tells good joke on
Murphy as well as several other promi-
nent drivers in connection with the
Cleveland meeting. When he became
secretary of the u. T. A. he advertised
In all the turf papers that the associa-
ton would determine and guarantee the
eligibility Of any horse under the time
allowance rule II the trainer or owner
would communicate with the secretary.
Not a single one accepted the invitation.
When the Grand Circuit opened at
Cleveland under Union rules six horses
on which the owners had paid entrance
fees were prevented from starting be-
cause they were not eligible to the
classes In which they had been named.
One of them was Roy Grattan, entered
by Murphy. Another was st. Frusquin,
from the stable of Walter Cox. Another
Jim B., the PAGER that won purse or
SO, 900 and a record of 2:04A at Toledo.
Others were Alicola. Aquillan Dillon and
Patsey Manrico. Collectively the care-
less drivers lost not only their entrance
money but the opportunity to win about
$4,000. But the experience will prob
ably be worth something to them.
An important and wholesome prece-
dent was established under Union rules
at Cleveland, when the PAGER Governor
Durbin, Jr., was protested and then
barred in the betting in the 40 pacing
race. The horse had never started be-
fore, and his owner. Robert T.. Ruther-
ford. of Rochester. N. Y, could not iden-
tify him to the satisfaction or the man.
agement Mr.. Rutherford bought him
short time ago from S. M. Bradley, Spar
tanburg. S. c., who told Secretary Hal
sted that he purchased the horse from
dealer at Atlanta, Ga, and did not seem
TO know much more about him. Soon al
ter, the secretary advised him not 10
start the horse until he had been traced
back to his breeder the South Carolina
man sold him. Major Halsted said the
Suspect" scored like an old campaigner
at Cleveland and ripped off the last
~ L..
His new owner was incensed when they
barred him in the betting. but the alert
officials were determined that nobody
should get away with either purse or
pools until Governor Durbin, Jr, has
been fully identified.
After having been held over in idle
ness all last season to get the dement,
of the time allowance rule, the great
trotting stallion McGregor the Great,
2,03h, hailed as a prospective 200
performer in 1919. is lame and did not
6u his engagements at Cleveland and
Toledo. He was entered in the $4,000
race at Cleveland next month, but
Trainer Cox has another string to his
how in e. Colorado, :04H, an I'M
nressive winner at Cleveland and To-
ledo. and as yet unbeatep this year.
Some sharp-eyed circuit followers were
mesn enough 10 say he might have won
n few RACES last season, but he always
failed when to win would have put him
out of the 2:0s class His present
owner. Barton Pardee. of Atlantic City,
paid $4,000 for him at Lexington in the
fall Of 1919. The next day after seliins
him George II. Estabrook OF Denver
offered IS, 900 to get him back. II
turned out that he had found another
buver who would give a lot more money.
Nr pardee deliberated a little while.
hut finally said no. 1t did not look like
good business to take $4,000 profit and
then spend three times that amount buy
ing one to beat him. II was rumored that
Murphy was the man who made the
later offer to Mr.. Estabrook. Failing
to get the horse, he induced Mr.. Glea-
son OF Williamsport, Pa. to pay s2l'000
for Peter Manning Colorado f., 2 :04%.
the sire of T. Colorado. will be re-
membered by New York horsemen as
,he great colt that first defeated Native
RelIe in the $4,000 Matron Stakes at
tbe Empirc track In 1910 in the fastest
raee ever trot.ed by three-year-olds up
to that time. Dainty Mary, the dam
of q Colorado. Is by Courier, 2 :15.
very fast hut erratlc trotting stallion
of nearly thirty years ago.
When ". Colorado trotted IN 1.Of -
NJ Toledo Il was the Long Island
stallion Brooke Worthy. owned by Philip
Hoeffner of New Hyde Park, that forced
him out This horse was the crack two
vesr-old of the Orange county circuit in
1918. having won Ave races out OF six.
Though he trotted right around :ob
last week his best record is stiii 2:15h.
made at Middletown last season. In the
hands of Murphy he should win great
race and a very fast mark before long
Mr. Hoeffner and william Gartrell. sec
retary OF the Nassau Driving Club. now
control his promising sire. Justice
Brooke, 2 :0s1a. by Barongale, 211K.
Emily Ellen, 2:0sh. winner OF sec
ond money in the colt race OF eleven
years ago In which Colorado r. checked
the winning career of Native Belle, Is
the only mare that ever produced four
trotters credited with records as fast as
2:07h. Three Of hers made their marks
when they were only years old. Bru-
siloff, 2,0lIb. is the oldest OF her brood,
and Lee Tide. 2:o7h. the colt that Cox
drove TO his record at Toledo last week,
is the youngest. The others are Daystar,
2 :05, a futurity winner as a three-year-
old last season. and Harvest Tide,
2:06h by The Harvester. 2:01. Day
star and Brusiloff are by Peter the