The New York herald., 1922-01-22

next season.
Interest in the Colts.
In trotting. as in running, the per-
formances of the juveniles are followed
with interest. not only because they
give line on what may be expected of
them year later, when they compete
for largest prizes Of the Grand Circuit.
but for the reason that they show which
way the wind is blowing in the breeding
studs. Practically every progressive
breeder in the country nowadays Is AIM
ing at just one mark and that is the
production of futurty winners. No one
thinks or cares about turning out trot-
Inteer type and blood are both out Of
fashion. 1t costs too much to carry a
horse along four or five years before
he begins 10 earn his oats. What is
wanted is one that will develop the limit
of his speed as three-year-old, just
like a runner If he is good one he
has by that time won himself out. II
he is not fast enough to win the owner
has found it out in time to get rid OF
him before expenses pile UP.
Taking 2:10 as the rate of speed that
distinguishes a high class two-year-old
trotting on mile track--and he can
possessed Of only 2:10 speed--the list
of those having equaled or beaten this
mark in public is Of peculiar interest to
buyers as we'll as breeders and students
Of the fascinating problem Of breeding
winners.
First to TrOt i'm 2;1O.
1t was not until 1909 that a two-year-
old trotter earned record as fast as
2:10. The little pony built filly Native
Belle whose dam, Yellow Belle. Fred t.
Steinway used to drive at Fleetwood
Park before she was put to breeding at
Walnut Hall Farm. in Kentucky. broke
the ice in that year by ripping off n
mile in :07% in the Kentucky Futurity
for two-year- olds. She trottcd only two
races at this age, and those came late in
the season. 1t was quite generally be-
leved at the time that no one who wit
messed the performance would live to see
il euualed. yet to-day there are forty
two trotters of this age In the 2 10 list,
an more than dozen OF them have
equaled Native Bellies record, while
The Real Lady bred on the same farm
where Native Belle was foaled and got
by the same sire, has set the two-year-
old record at :04H.
Peter the Great. 2:07A, that prodigy
among trotting sires, is now credited
with six two-year-olds in the 2:10 list.
Peter Volo. 2 :041h; Peter June, 2:07 "a
volga, 2:0734 Miss Stokes, :0SA Day
Star. 2:10, and Natalie the Great. 10.
constituting the lot. 1t Is interesting to
note. as being characteristic OF the tribe.
that every one of these fast two-year-
clds trained on to a faster record In
later years. Besides being the sire OF
six fast ones the great Peter got the
80. no Nelson
Dillon, 2:07A; Helen Dillon. 2:0SA
Miss willoughby, 2:0Sl.. and Petrol,
2:1O. while his son, Peter Scott, 2 :Ob, Is
the sire of Rose Scott. 2:06A. And II
is only a few years ago that expert
horsemen were saying Peter the Great
would not breed on, because the pedi-
gree of his dam was so short and OBJ
scure.
Two Great Young Sires.
Quite as remarkable as Peter the
Great is the rising young sire Etawan,
2 :o3. son of AL Stanley. 2:osh,. by Todd.
:14%, son of Bingen. :06A. The nrst
OF his offspring came on the turf In
1918. yet he now has four two-year-oids
in the 10 list, namely. Guaveta, 2 :oS
Suavity, :0sK Princess Etawan'
2 .ooX. and King Etawah, :09E, two
Az eleven years old Etawah leads all
other sires excepting Peter the Great.
foaled fifteen years earlier, and Dillon
Axworthy. :10H.
Dillon Axworthy is another young
sire whose showing is perhaps unsur-
passed even by Peter the Great Foaled
the same year as Etawah he has to his
credit the fast quartet Nella Dillon.
:06N; Nelson Dillon. 2:0TA; Nor
man Dillon, 2:07h. and Sister Bertha.
2 :0s. Helen Dillon made her record In
1921. The three older trotters trained
on to much faster records than they
made as two-year-olds.
General Watts. :o6si. holder OF the
record for thrce-year-ol in his day.
ranks next in order. with Bogalusa.
;osn: Pluto Watts. 2:03. and Buck
watts. 2:09la, to his credit, together
with the dams of Favonian, :0sT. and
Miss Dewey watts. :o7%. Perhaps no
other two-year-olds ever seen trotted so
many fast. hard fought races as Favo-
rian and Bogalusa took part in during
the campaign of 1920.
Great Producing Dams.
7. Malcolm Forbes. 9 :0s. the halt
brother to Peter the Great, has to bis
credit as "a sire Favonian, :06H Emma
Mcgowan, 2:oTh. and Mr.. Dudley.
2:09%. Pelwin. :06%. son of Nc
Kinney, 2:11A. and the same age as
Etawah and Dillon Axworthy. Is cred
tied with Moccasin. :09ta. and Petrol,
2:1O. performers OF the last two cam
paigns.
Among the dams of the fleet two
year-old trotters Nervolo Belle is In a
class by herself. This unfashionabiy
bred mare. that never trotted herself
has produced Peter voio, :04h volga,
2.07a.. and Worthy volo. 2:0sN, and
she Is not yet an old mare. as brood
mares CO. Emily Ellen. 2:09A. by Todd
:f4%, is the dam Of two fast two-year.
oIds ds--Brusiloff. 20sH, and Day Star
21O. Guava. by Bingen. Is the dam oi
Guaveta. 2:os. and Suavity. 2:0sM, while
the PAGER Princess Helen, :05%, is the
dam OF Princess Etawah, 2:o9h, and
King Etawah, 2:09T.
II is worthy Of note right here thai
Guava, Princess Helen and Emily Heller
were all owned by David NJ. Look oi
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