The New York herald., 1922-08-13
MEDIA AND MANNING
TO RACE WITH TIME
Two 200 TrOtters Will Start
This Week at Philadel-
phia Meeting.
ny GURNEY c. CUE.

ny GURNEY c., CUE. ~
Al Saunders, the man who PIT Phila-
delphia back on the harness racing map
decade ago and has Kept her there in
spite of many obs.acles and handicaps.
acted promptly when Media trotted her
wonderful mile In 1914 without wind
shield or even pacemaker at Toledo.
Both The mare and Peter Manning.
:57&, are to start against time at the
Grand Circuit meeting which opens on
Tuesday at Belmont Driving Park. The
exhibitions will take place on differ
ent days. but horsemen will compare
the time made by the rival trotters with
almost the same interest as when Maud
S. and ST. Julien started on the same
day at Rochester forty odd years ago to
beat the worlds record. That memora-
BILE occasion, on August II, 1880, called
forth the present writer's first news
paper article about trotting horses, writ
ten for the Iowa Homestead, then, as
now. one of the leading agricultural
papers of the country. st. Julien had
| set the worlds record at :12A in 1873.
| and still held it, though Maud 5. was
| threatening his supremacy. In his first
/ trial at Rochester Orrin Hickok drove
the gelding mile in 2:13a. While
he was cooling out for another Will
liam Blair brought out the mare
! and sent her a mile in 2:l1 "a. which
| OF course was a new record. All
| eyes were then on the deposed champion
| when he came out for an attempt to
| regain his lost laurels. Hickok, usually
as cold as a stone. shouted excitedly at
the old horse-St. Julien was then in his
| twelfth year---as he sent him away at
his utmost speed. The clip proved to
be too fast. After trotting the first half
| in :04, a full second faster than Bair
had driven Maud s., the scion OF the
stout, game Volunteer family could not
| finish faster than :07A. and his time
| for the mile was precisely the same as
| that OF Maud S. The $4,000 spectators
cheered both trotters heartily as they
came out on the stretch for the floral
| blankets. but horsemen saw clearly that
in the fresh, young daughter of Harold
a faster one than St. Julien had come
upon the turf.
Philadelphia has no rich futurity race
for three-year-olds, but some of the best
colts of the season are billed to start on
Wednesday in the Nawbeek Purse of
$4,000 The Toledo-Cleveland winner.
Hope Frisco, :0S, is one OF them. This
is the filly that Thomas w. Murphy
purchased at auction for III. w. Hanan
Of Brooklyn for $13,500 when she was
not yet IL months old. She was by
San Francisco, :O7N. out of Harvest
| Hope, 81 n, a full sister of The Har-
vester. 2:01, but her pedigree and her
unprecedented rrice appeared to be
pretty much all there was to her. for
a long time after the sale. She did moth
ing of note in public or private last sea-
son as a two-year-old. and Mr.. Hanan
was so disappointed in her that he con-
signed her to the auctions. Murphy,
however. never lost faith that she would
do something worth while. Just before
she was due to come under the hammer
he persuaded Mr.. Hanan to let him keep
her another year and she has made
good" by twice taking the Grand Circuit
three-year-olds into camp and trottlng
her heats at Cleveland in 10 and 2:0S.
This may not be Futurity form. but It
is not far short OF II.
Ed Geers recently called Jane Revere
"the best two-year-old trotter l ever
4 saw" This was after seeing her work
ir. 2:12h, with the last half in ! :02 "a.
and then within half an hour step the
Il last quarter of a slow mile In 2915 Sec
onds Circuit followers say that she can
trot in 9 .07 and some of them are pre-
dieting that she will repeat the achieve
ment OF her dam. Volga, 2:04ia. at the
same age by going through the season
without losing race. In the light or
Lee Worthy's last two races IL would
be interesting TO have Geers's opinion
| OF Jane Revere's thrce-year-old stable
companion. What is the name of the
other three-year-old that had won eight
races and a record OF 2 :05 before the
middle Of August?
Sir Etawah, the colt that finally took
the measure OF Charles weiland's pre-
viously unbeaten two-year-old trotter
Trumpet, :16L, at Goshen last week,
gaining a record of 2:161s in the third
heat on the half mile track, was bred
by the veteran New York road rider,
Albert c. Hail. Mr.. Hall sold him at
auction last fall In the same sale in
which Trumpet changed hands for s335.
Sir Etawah was struck of for s445 to
John r.. Sloan OF Newburgh, who now
owns him. Both OF these baby trotters
are sons OF David NJ. Looks great
young sire, Etaw1h, 2:03. Sir Etawah
Is out OF Baby Axworthy, 2:25%. by
Axworthy 2:15M and she out OF Ham
Bird, 2:26A full sister TO the old
time trotter Hawthorne, :o6h. by Jay
Bird.
When Lee Worthy won the Champions
ship Stallion Stakes for three -year-olds
at Cleveland on Wednesday the colt
that forced him out In 2 .05 in the first
heat was Bunter. 2:07M, a full brother
to Guardian Trust. 2;03M, winner of
trottsrs were bred BY w, Harvey Of