The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Peter Manning, 1857 81, and
Media, 1859 IA, Fit and
Ready for Mile Dash.
BY GURNEY c. CUE.

With Peter Naming, :57%. Media
:59M, and Arion Guy, :59@, all in
training and reported to be In fine con-
dition 1t seems pity that two or more
of the 2 100 trotters are not brought to-
gether in race. The champions record
Is almost two seconds faster than that
of the mare or the stallion, and he
| would doubtless start hot favorite IL
all were believed to be just to an edge,
yet Media is certainly speedy enough
to make him go two faster heats than
| ever were trotted in race If he beats
her When they barred Peter Manning
and Arion Guy in the $4,000 free fo~
all" at Cleveland last year w. B. Dicker-
man, the owner of Media, was keenly
disappointed because she would not
have an opportunity to measure strides
with the gelding again. Peter had proved
| to be a shade too fast for her in the
Pennsylvania the year before, but Mr..
Dickerman was both willing and
anxious to try conclusions once more.
Since then Media has taken to acting
badly in scoring and has been with
drawn from racing against large fields
in open classes. 1t Is by no means GER
tain or even unlikely, however. that she
would not get away kindly in a two
horse race. And with two such horses
single dash would be, II not enough. ct
least better than no race. What says
w. II. ~Gocher who arranged "the race
| OF the century" Al Hartford last year
Here is an opportunity to redeem that
\ highly touted fiasco. And what OF
4 Syracuse? The pins are set for the real
race of the century at the New York
State Fair, Mr.. Secretary G. l.. Blodgett,
II you will hang up enough money t.
bring Peter Manning and Media to-
patbpr in IA dash of one mile Bot
| horses are ready to go M
at the limit Of their speed. They
will probably do II anyhow in separate
| exhibitions against time. so why MT
make 1t doubly interesting by inducing
F, them to start together? If you fail
to seize the opportunity Ed Tipton
surely will put it over at Lexington and
set the race record below ZOO.
The long neglected track at Belmont
Driving Park was deemed to be too
cuppy for the record breakers last week,
and neither Media nor I'eter Manning
started against time. as had been ex-
pected 1t is now announced from
Poughkeepsie, where the Grand Circuit
meeting opens on Tuesday, that Manning
will make his first start this season In
an effort to lower the track record of
2:01A. now held Jointly by the PAGERS
Directum i. and Miss Harris NJ. The
exhibition Is to be on Wednesday,
weather permitting. This bids fair to be
the best day of the meeting. particularly
for those who care most for colt racing.
Apart from the ,ree for all pacing race
all the other events are for the baby
trotters, IL II Is nowadays allowable to
so refer to three-year- -olds. The Breed
ers Club Sweepstakes and the Union
Purse of $4,000 will bring together most
of the crack colts of this age, and the
Dutchess Purse of $4,000 for two-year-
olds has among its dozen prospective
starters the fast fillies Brandywine and
Ethelnda, that alternated In forcing out
Thompson Dillon in 2 :13h and 2 10 at
Philadelphia on Thursday. The Breed
VI ers Club Sweepstakes for two-year-olds
Is on the programme for the opening
day, together with the races for 2 :0S
trotters, IL trotters and 2:1O PAGERS.
With Bill Sharen. 2:04A, The Great
Volo, 2:0415, Car Worthy, :03A, Nc
Gregor the Great. 2:03A, and The Great
Rose, :0415 among the eligibles. the
2 :OS race should be almost the race OF
the meeting.
Bill Sharen's consecutive heats in
2:05A, 2:04A and 2 :06 u, at Philadel-
phia last week made 1t look as IL Thomas
w. Murphy at last had got the upper
hand. or the hang Of this bull of the
woods from lower Canada. William III.
strang OF Brooklyn proclaimed him a
prospective 2 100 trotter more than a
year ago, and II has been generally con-
ceded that few horses In his class would
have any business with him IL he stayed
on his feet and tried, but his Philadel-
phia race was the first one in which he
has done so for three heats. He has a
lot OF important engagements ahead Of
him as well as behind him. and stranger
things have happened than that his re-
sourceful trainer and driver will yet land
him among the leading winners Of the
season.
One OF, the flubdub writers who re-
ported Philadelphias Grand Circuit
meeting for the Public Ledger last week
got off this good thing on the freak sys-
tenn Of harness racing at Belmont Driv-
ing Park: You can search me. do
not know for certain who won You
have to have an adding machine and n
secretary and card index to keep
cases on trotting race"
Thompson Dillon's new record OF 2:i0
gives his dam. Miss Pierette. 2:09a,
four representatives In the fast list, all
OF whom got these before they were fotr
years old But the most remarkable
fact about the family is that every foa
OF Miss Pierette older than yearling
now has a record Of 2:10 or better
And three Of them are futurity winners.
(2), 2:oSA Madam Dillon (3). 2;09.