The New York herald., 1922-03-12
'Europe's Fastest Trotter
To Race in United States
Austrian Stallion Baka,
2:O9 1-2, in Grand Circuit.

For the second time in the history Of
harness racing a European trotter will
this year compete in the Grand Circuit.
The Austrian bred stallion Baka, 2 :091a.
is now on his way to America to be
trained and campaigned by Fred Ed
old, has won the Austrian Trotting
Derby and Is believed to be far and
away the fastest horse ever foaled in
Europe. Baka's ancestry is almost 100
per cent. American, his sire being
Bohun, 2 rs, son of the American horse
Caid 2 07A, while his dam is Gava.
2:21. by Clayton, 2:0sN. fast son Of
Allerton, 2:o9A. once owned by James
Butler. 1t is eleven years since Louis
w. winans of England sent the Aus
trian bred stallion Willy to this country
for racing. In the hands of A. c. Pen
mock he earned a record of 2:05 at
Cleveland in 1910. He was considered
to be one of the handsomest and best
hammered trotters of the Grand Circuit.
He Is now In the stud In Russia.
w. J. Andrews. one Of the great train
ers and drivers Of the great days of har-
ness racing, is living the life of an in
valid In Thomasville, Ga, and probably
never will be seen in the sulky again.
He had recovered from the effects OF
sunstroke at Syracuse in 1915 suffi-
ciently to pilot Mary Coburn in the
$4,000 race at Syracuse four years
later but his health broke at the Grand
Circuit meeting in Cleveland last season
In Hamburg Belle. :01A u, and Lee AK
worthy. 1:58A. he developed two OF the
greatest trotters even foaled, and In
Mascot. 2:o4. and John r. Gentry.
.0015, he had two PAGERS that lowered
the worlds record. 1t Is more than a
quarter of a century since he won the
fastest harness race on record with the
latter horse at Fleetwood Park.
The Orange County Circuit will. have
distributed 100000 in purses before the
close OF the coming season. The four
tracks now in the circuit have hung UP
purses aggregating $42s,160 for thirty
fiye meetings since 1909, Goshen giving
s233.260 for thirteen meetings, Monroe
s11O,900 for twelve meetings. Middle
town $4,000 for eight meetings and
Endicott $40,500 for two meetings. The
purses opened for this years races in
July and August total about $4,000 for
twelve days OF harness racing.
Kalamazoo has increased its early
closing purses to $17. 900 for seven races
to be decided at the Grand Circuit meet
ing on July 1921, and has reduced the
entrance fee TO per cent. The 2 :0S
trotters will race for $1,000: the 2 :13
trotters for $4,000: the 2:1S trotters.
rz.iI .nT
and III PAGERS for $4,000. and the two
year-old trotters for $1,000. ENTREES are
to close on Tuesday In all races.
The thirty-third renewal OF the Ken
lucky Futurity has been announced by
the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders
Association to close on April 1 for foals
of 1922 to race in 1924 and 1925. AL
though the number of trotters foaled
this season may be the smallest in fifty
years. Ed "A. Upton and his associates
have guaranteed the race for two-year-
olds TO be worth $1,000 and that for the
tf,ree-year-olds $4,000 making them
still the richest colt races OF the Grand
Circuit. The three-year-old division Of
the Kentucky Futurity is the EPSON
Derby OF the trotting turf. and nearly
every well bred colt In the country is
annually nominated by his breeder for
this harness racing classic at Lexington.
Entries close to-day for the twenty
ninth renewal OF the Horse Review
Futurity for foals OF 1922, and will close
on April / for the eighteenth renewal
American Horse Breeders Futurity, both
Of which events are among the star fix
lures OF the Grand Circuit. The esti-
mated value of the latter IS $4,000,
while the former has fixed value Of
s12,500. Nominations in both races.
which are being published as received In
the Horse RevtetD and the American
Horse breeder show that a good many
horse fanciers throughout the country
are still breeding n few trotters In spite
OF present conditions, though entries
are nothing like what they were before
the war.