Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-15
PLUG HATS ARE NOT
IN COX'S WARDROBE.
Grand Circuit Reinsman Here
for Races Once Attended a
Governors Inaugural
HE DIDN'T FEEL AT HOME

Two intrepid representatives. Of one
| Of the most popular sports were they
! One wore mixed gray suit. brown
! slouch hat, cream colOrcd shirt. trick
! bow tie and white socks that showed
| Just ten and three quarter inches above
the shoe tops. The other gray tweed
suit, brown straw hat with band 10
match, green and white shirt, gaudy
checked tie and black brogs.
1t was 10 80 A. NJ yesterday rs they
trippcd hlithely through the gatos Of
| the Belmont race track at Narbrrth.
Then superciliously bestowing their
huIkS-th"ir bulks. used in kindly
| spirit, totaling about $50 poundS-un a
trunk in front of a box stan, thcy pro.
ce"ded to spill some inside stuff about
hoss racing.
Followers Of the turf, mitt one WAL
ter Randall Cox. Grand Circuit i'm
prCsario, and \. r. Coxc-no relation
, of the aforesaid gent and who hangs
hi! hat in Paoli. Pa.
Even without hearing this pair talk
| you would have known they were huss-
mon. Between cheats" the Conycrsn-
tion drifted to Governors inaugurals,
weddings and the proper mode Of dress
| race track stuff. It's true. but Waiter
| Cox happens to be brother Of Cham
| ming i. Cox, Governor OF MaSs&chu-
sCtts.
NOT Strong for Inaugurals
Walter is as much at home at an
inaugural as polar bear at the CQua-
tor. So he was among those present
when his brother became chief CXrcu-
tiv" of the old Bay State.
The gent from Paoli-who spells his
n u nNn ISL ~
how it felt to be all dollcd up in one
Of them tall hats and cutaway coats.
"IIigh hats-(dclctCd by the CCusOrD'
was Walters comeback
''Gou went to your brothers inau-
gural and do You mean to tel IN" that
you didn't wear plug hat" qucried
the gent from paOli.
II mean to say just that. I sat on
Beacon Hill during the inaugural OK
erCiSCS listening to him, the Governor.
talk about an hour and Il half about
nothing. but no high hat. | bought one
of them CUtaway coats about twenty
years ago and n hull outfit to 60 with
It. | haven't seen it since and It cost
mo $40. I'll sell the hull works for
$40"
Walter Cox is not Beau Brummcll
on or off the race track, but when it
comes to landing the ponies tir.t at the
pay station he's there with bell, on.
Product of New England
Cox is n product Of New England.
strange as it may seem. and for years
ne made his headquarters at the Dover,
n. H, track. There he put young and
old nags through q course Of sprouts
each year in preparation for III" big
line loops. He was then and is now one
of the best known rae" drivers in the
country. lie knows hosa the minute
he puts his eye on II, is n past mas
ter in the art of handling them and any
driver who hooks up" with him in
race has got to attend strictly to his
knitting.
Late in 1919 Cox accepted po>i-
tion as head trainer Of the Laurel IliltI
Farm at indianapolis, headquarters for
that cXtrcu" speed sire Peter tn" Cir, At.
He is developing lot Of youngsters
that can already throw Il nasty hunr
in addition to handling the ribbons
over veteran campaignrrs.
In the seventeen races That will j0
pulled of at the Grand Circuit meeting
here starting tomorrow, Cox lua entries
In thirteen.
Perhaps the most famous horses that
Cox ever drov" are In Princeton and
Mabel Trask, owned hy Barton pHrdoo,
of Atlantic city. They will be best
remembered by their battles with tuat
crack stopper s.. Frisco, now dead.
Cox Is now driving L. Colorado, also
owned by Mr.. Iurdec.