The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-09-10
PETER MANNING'S
DRIVER CONFIDENT
Thomas w. Murphy Expects
Champion Trotter to Beat
All Harness Records.

That Peter Manning. 1:57&. will
within the next few weeks eclipse all
legitimate harnesses records and perhaps
all windshield performances as well is
the confident belief of Thomas w. MUIR
ply, who drives him. He is a much
better horse than anybody ever dreams
he is Murphy said the other day to
w. II. Gccher, secretary of the National
Trotting Association. This week. for the
first time in 1929, the champion trotter
will start against time on a fast track.
1t was at Syracuse that he first equaled
the worlds record last year. and he will
not surprise the knowing ones II he
beats his own best record there.
w w. Shut, superintendent OF the
Hudson River Driving Park for many
years, says the old track at Poughke, -
is practically closed nothing having
been done to keep ii in order since the
Grand Circuit meeting there in August
Unless something unexpected occurs the
trotters will know It no more. Horse
men are indebted to George Z. RUPERT
II open since the death of their father
about six years ago. The valuable prop
erty has brought in little or no return.
yet they have made ii available for
training and racing year after year until
the time has come to develop it for resi-
dental purposes.
Seldom has breeder scored such a
triumph as fell to A. b. Coke of Phila
delphia. on the opening day of Boston's
Grand Circuit meeting. From little
stud which embraces scarcely a dozen
brood mares he produced three harness
horses. all by the same sire. that were
good enough to win In open competition
with the best In their respective classes
at one of the leading meetings of the
year. In the American Horse Breeders
F'uturity for two-ycar-old trotters
1t was Thompson Dillon. 2:10 that won
in straight heats. In the race for three
year-olds Pilot Dillon trotted in 2.09A
in defeating the previously unbeaten filly
Hope Frisco. 2:0SA. and in the free
for-all pacing race Margaret Dillon. 2 100
was the winner. Pilot Dillon is new
conner in the 2 10 list. He finished third
to Hope Frisco in his first race at Phila-
delphia and fourth to her at Pough-
keepsie the following week. He Is the
fifteenth 2:1O trotter credited to his
sire Dillon Axworthy. 2:1oA. at
twelve years of age. and nearly all OF
them were bred by Mr.. Coke. Three
of them were out of the futurity trotter
Czarevna, 2:07A, the dam of Peter
Dillon. This mare was by Peter the
Great. 2:07A. and was bred by w. e.
d. Stokes.
Little Rivers, the yearling sister to
Al. all Ia
Revere, 2:0SA persisted in the fire
which recently destroyed one of the big
barns at Walnut Hall Farm. Donerail,
Ky. She was probably the most valu-
able trottcr of her age in the country.
Frank H. Ellis of Philadelphia owned
her.
Ed Geers, who has been campaigning
beyond the Mississippi, recently uncov-
cred a promising three-year-old trotter
at Davenport. Iowa. She is called Miladi
Guy, and is by Guy Aworthy, 2:08A out
OF Gloria Quayle. 2:14A. by Reelection.
2:27A. In winning her maiden race she
trotted In 2:121s with seeming ease on
the half-miIe track w. F. Garth Of
Huntsville. Ala, owns her She is In
the Kentucky Futurity. Geers drove
his first hoppled PAGER at this meeting,
winning In 2 :o5 with the bay gelding
Hal Malone in special race with
Johnnie Quirk. Twenty-Five thousand
people saw the contest. At Aurora, H..
week later. Geers drove the PAGER
sanardo in 2:o2A over the half mile
track.
Arson. the first of the get of Chest
nut Peter. 2io5A, recently won sen
sational race for two-year-olds at
Springfield. Ohio. trotting his heats jn
o:14L and 2:13ai over the half-mile
track He is in the stable of Harry
Stokes His dam is Emma Smith. = :15.
the dam of Lee Worthy. :05.
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