The New York herald., 1922-08-06
Westchester County Mare Is
Second 300 Filler Reared
in New York State.
BY G. CHAPLIN.

Neddas splendid performance at To-
ledo on Friday was alone of it's kind in
more ways than one. Only three other
trotters ever legitimately equaled her
record and none of the trio dropped
from 2:03A to 1914 in a day. To lop
off four seconds in landing in the 2 100
list is a tremendous achievement, sug-
gestive OF faster record yet to come.
And to beat 2 100 without a prompter
to spur her on at any part of the mile Is
something unexampled. When another
horse accompanies the record maker
there Is always a possibility that at
some part-perhaps a large part--of
the mile the prompter or pacemaker
may serve the purpose of a wind shield
to break the natural resistance of the
atmosphere and so help the trotter to
make record he could not equal under
normal conditions. But no such advan-
tage aided Media.
An unusual feature of the Grand Cir
cult harness racing this year is that
no trotter or PAGER who won at the
opening meeting in Cleveland a month
ago and raced at The subsequent meet
ings in Toledo, Kalamazoo and Column
bus VIII go back unbeaten to Cleveland
Tor the second meeting there this week.
Lee Worthy, 2.05 la the crack three
year-old of the season, has won four
races. but he lost the first one in which
he started. Jane Revere, 2:l0A, his
two-year-old stable companion, is as yet
unbeaten in single heat. but her first
start was at Toledo. there having been
no race for two-year-olds at Cleveland's
first meeting. The consistent per-
formances of these juvenile trotters is
an object lesson in the success of the
breeders art. Many horsemen can re-
member when colt race was looked
upon as farce. and usually proved to
be one, owing to the uncertain and
erratic character of the contestants. Yet
here we have a two-year-old and a
three-year-old distinguished as the most
consistent trotters of the Grand Circuit
racing with speed and courage worthy
OF old horses right from the outset of
their careers, and at a gait that was
deemed to be artificial" in the younger
days OF men now living.
Bill Sharon finally won heat and
lowered his record from 2:11H to :052
at Toledo. but his performance seemed
to confirm the growing belief that
Thomas w. Murphy bought flat
catcher when he paid $4,000 for the
Canadian trotter two years ago There
has never been a doubt about hts ex-
treme speed. His antics have, however,
raised the question whether Murphy
will ever be able to make him a sue
cessful race horse. He is in the hands
OF a patient, persistent and capable
horsernan, and IL is yet too early to
classify the chestnut gelding as a fail
ure. Still. on his Grand Circuit form
up TO date he looks more like $500
than like $4,000. Bill Sharen is now
seven years old He was bred by S. J.
Boyle of Fredericton. New Brunswick,
and was got by Captain Aubrey, 2.07ti
one OF the fast and well bred sons OF
Peter the Great, 2:07A. His dam, Nor
roway W., 2:lsH. was by Lookaway,
2:22i9 n grandson of Nutwood. 2:1SA.
Medic, his grandam, was by sir Walter,
Jr.. 2:1Si5, the horse that got the dam
of Uhlan, :5S. Before Murphy bought
Bill Sharen he had never lost a race
and he had won lot of them on half
mile tracks.
Baron Worthy, winner OF the 2:1s race
at Toledo last week in 2:0594, 2:O6ta and
2:07i4. is one OF the fastest OF the sea-
sons twenty-six new 2:l0 trotters. lie
opened the season with record OF
2:16ih and after a successful campaign
on Michigan half mile tracks broke into
the Grand Circuit at Toledo, where he
tlDiSnGu Inlfu 10 LOUISE ue Lopez III
2.07i1 At Kalamazoo he was third In a
race won by Peter Pluto and the next
week at Columbus he gave the hackers
OF Princess Etawah q hard fall by out
trotting her in 2:0sM and 2:f0 after she
had won the first heat In :07I Baron
Worthy Is trained and driven by Eben
Lewis, one OF the recruits from the
bushes" who are getting SO much OF
the money hung up in the Grand Circuit
this season. The bay geldng was got
BY Worthy Mckinney. 2:30, son Of Me-
Kinney. 2.1fh. and Isworthy. by Ak
worthy. 2.15ih. His dam. Baroness
sybn. 2:25%. produced Ruth McGregor.
. .07 n Sybil Jay, :0sih. Thistle Doune.
2.09M. and tho dam Of McGregor the
Great, 2 :03A. She was by Baron Wilkes.
2:ts, out of the dam Of Nathan Strauss
old Speedway trotter. Malacca, 2lSM.
John r. Graham Of Bangor. Me-. bred
Baron Worthy. lie was foaled In 1917.
Starters In 2:0s race for trotters
a~nx.>a e. thrao MORGAN af rTofcdo IN