New-York tribune., 1922-01-15
North Randall
Again to Open
Harness Season
kenilworth Track in Cam
ada Given Scant Com
sideraiion by Officials
By Frank S. Cooke

attrlbutcH to tire desire Of North Ran
dali to retain thc prestige Of the open
ing meeting. Thcrc is no question: O.
the value Of this particular week, which
hnds the real quality Of stake horses
an open book. The schedule committee
gave the Canadian track scant consid
Grafton and the lineup Of tic milo
tracks is the same as it vas last year
For many yoars Detroit had the
honor Of opening the big line This
always happened when u. !. Campau
was at tbc head of the club. ALTHOUGH
nc was sore pressed by the oppos tion
several times. a memorable occasion
when the stewards banded TO take q
Wauop at Campaulsm as they called
i nan they did not use other words
Va stewards meeting at Detroit
N t'r long ago.
Had a vote been taken when thc
session opened tho Detroit man would
have been beaten, but he outseneralcd
his field in clover manner. The stew
ards gathered in the morning and dis-
posed Of somc ordinary matters They
we're champing at the BIZ. and eager
to put the harpoon into Mr.. Campau
but Just when They Wcrr all So. fol
the word it was announced that dn-
Ncr was ahon. to be scrTcd.
Opposition N'on Over
That dinner never via be forgotten
by those Who were thorc, and some
loon the other way when it now is
mentioned. There were appctizcrs ano
still wines and then came the sparkling
stuff and a waiter with q quart bottle
at the back Of every diner.
Soon the stories became merry. the
scdatc stewards laughed and had 2
, grand old time, and when they wen,
back into session the vote in favor OF
Detroit was unanimous practically
One Of the down East stewards who
had come with Instructions said that
night he was afraid to go home
1t is the belief of many who know
/ The various angles of the wish Of the
Canadian track to get into line that
there was another reason why Kenil-
worth might not be welcome. The mil
lionaires who own and operate that
track are used 20 running things the
way other thoroughbred associations
! do, making up the purses themselves
and taxing the owners very small
percentage.
kcniwortn had announced that If al
lowed the dates, from $4,000 to $50.
900 would be given, and that the en-
! trance would be | per cent instead Of :
or 5. This precedent might not b,
welcomed by the rank and file of tracks
where horse owners contribute as much
or more of the purses than do the
tracks. It would be possible in Can.
ada, owing to the betting law and the
| likelihood of a lot of money going
through the mutuel machines and
shrinking in the process.
TO Try Handicap Racing
The most interesting thing left ove1
! from the stewards powwow is the rec
ommendation OF changes in the rules
which would be Of benefit to racing
Recommendations that horse winnins
q heat III Il three heat plan race bt
taxed with that record would NEAR
fairer play all around. The two in
three-heat plan advocated will make de-
cslvc contests. and the enlargement OF
the powers of the starter, enabling hin
to punish refractory drivers by sus
pensions, would have salutary effect
and tend to curtail scoring.
Handicap racing has been tried now
and then, but it never has made mucE
OF hit in this country. They are 60
ing to take another whrl at it anC
some day they may hit upon plar
of the Grand Circuit tracks are asked
to put on handicaps this year, and there
will be a lot Of interest in the outcome
for the present classification scheme is
a huge job.
AT Captain David Shaw's Beau Ideal
Farm, near Cleveland the trainer. Mike
McDevitt. is working with some young
things that recall the wonderful trio
OF race mares with which he won mile
track classics and many thousands of
dollars in other years. Lillian R.,
2:O4 Y /: Joan, 2:04$4, and Grace, 2:O4%
were three of the greatest race horses
ever sent to the fray by one man.
Captain Shaw has named in the
Rainy Day Sweepstakes. to be raced at
North Randall, a play or pay affair for
two -year-olds with a $500 ante, joe Nc,
by Peter Nc. 2:03 =, and out of Joan
There is bay colt of the same age
by Dillon AXworthy out Of Lillian r.,
and both are highly regarded.
McDevjtt's Fine Pair
In the aged division McDevtt has a
pair by Axworthy and out of Grace.
Margaret S. was worked moderately
last year and showed a mile in 2:OS,
and Captain S. trottcd in 2:OS IA. Both
of these are going to the races this
year ii all is WE'LL and either of them
is apt to give to Captain Shaw the
honor Of another 2:05 trottcr to add to
the three old mares and Peter Nc. which
he bred from Lillian r. and trained. and
Prince loreo. 2:03 a. with which Nc
Dewitt won the Trans sy)vania and other
stakes.
Harvey Ernest. who surprised the
Grand Circuit when he turned loose his
mare Ina Jay. 2:O4 u, has another one
at his Cleveland place that he thinks
will do. This is the colt HOLLYWOOD
March, by Peter the Great. that worked
in 2:l2 last year, will be sampled on
the small tracks this coming season
and be ripe for the Grand Circuit in
1923.
1t is understood that the down East
PAGER Almaden Onward. 2:06A, with
which Billy Crozier won so many
races, will be in the big stakes. This
one paced in 2:O2% at Syracuse when
second to Jimmy Mckcrron and ap-
pears to be about ready
Co~oo1I 0norC HoI