New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Record Broken
When Trotters
Net S275,l75
Annual Fall Auction Sale
of 389 Harness Horses
Averages $7O7.39 a Head
Ry Frank S. Cooke

Trotting horse folk throughout the
land have settled dowr to a winter Of
comfort and satisfaction. Their favor
ite sport, eldest Of our own professional
pastirnes, is on the gain in spite OF
fandicaps which might have been dis
astrous to less durable recreations. The
real sign Of the times in this frma-
ment of sport is how much men are
willing to pay for racing and breeding
material. and when the New York auc-
tioD broke all records seraphic smiles
chased away the gloom bcgotten of gen.
eral business conditions.
At this fall vendue $50 trotters and
PAGERS Of various ages brought s275,-
IT'S under the hammer, an average Of
high dollar for all times, but coming
when merchants and manufacturers
are hunting credit, it is all the more
remarkable. influence of this auction
doubtless will be reflected in the Chi
cago sale, which opens on December I2,
although prices cannot be expected to
be as high there, owing to the fact that
more record horses and fewer fashion
ably bred colts are on the catalogue.
North Randall the famous oval
where Clevelanders are wont to flock
and enjoy the sulky racing, is RESPONSE
BILE for many laudable innovations. The
bunch Of millionaires who control rae
ing there are out for the sport, and
their ideals are the highest. One Of
the features of the August meeting was
the inauguration Of the Rainy Day
Sweepstakes, and the gladsome an
nouncemert is made of the renewal Of
this event.
4 Sporting Proposition
This is a Jackpot affair, in which
| the owners or lessees of colts name two
year -olds OH January and ante up
$500 apiece. The race is play or par,
/ no substitutions. and winner take all.
Howard Hanna, who named Bunter in the
! 1921 event, drew down S5.400, and the
colt only had to go in 2:18l. 20 win it.
Stock farms with private stations
have passed with the single exception
of ". B. Dickerman's Hillandale Farm
at Mamaroneck, almost in the shadow
of New York's tall buildings. For
many years Dickcrman has maintained
select breeding establishment on this
/ estate, where he made BelIini famous
as the sire OF winning trotters. Now
at the head of the stud is Atlantic Ex-
press, 2:o7A, the best son Of Bellin@
and himself a sire OF wonderful powen
While not more than sixty of thu
foals of Atlantic Express have reached
the training age, more than thirty OF
them are standard by performance and
eleven are in the 2:10 list. which is .
showing that must please the master Of
Hillandale. The best of his get is
Media, 2:03A u, that trotted IN 2:n1 this
year, and under moro favorable circum-
stances could have entered the selecc
minute circle, in general opinion.
A High-Class Trottcr
Atlantic Express was a colt trotter of
high order, and it is thought by many
that his son 0scawana will be among
the star three-year-olds of the coming
season. Oscawana is a full brother of
Escotillo, 2:051a, and while his record
is 2:1sh he beat 2:le in races and ap-
pears to have a bright future. There
are ten yearlings at Hillandale, and
Trainer Henry Fleming counts on some
good ones from the batch.
Departure of the J. L. Dodge string
for winter quarters at Thomasvillc,
Ca. recalls the fact that no amateur
and very few professionals have done
what Mr.. Dodge did this year. He beat
2:O4 with three trotters, Periscope
2:O31k, Betty Taylor 2:03,4 and Great
Britton 2:031A. He counts on Holly
rood Naomi, 2:07, as his sensation for
1922. although from the several year
lings and wo-year-olds he has taker
South may come colts of rare speed and
racing ability.
Among the champions, sturdy race
horses and promising recruits which
Thomas W. Murphy has at Poughkeep-
sic none appears to be as freely dis
cussed as the -year-old Car
Worthy, which Murphy drove in 2:03&
and then bought for $4,000. Instead
of sending the colt against the worlds
record for the age at Lexington, the
clever trainer worked him fastest in
2:071a, but in that mile he is reputed
to have come the last quarter in 0:27h n,
much the fastest piece OF mile
stepped by any horse this year.