The Washington times., 1922-01-08
FEW TROTTING
/, RECORDS MADE
IN LAST YEAR
Peter Manning, Gar Worthy.
and orayworthy Are Among
Best Performers Of Season.

VTYHILE 1921 goes down into
w turf history as one Of the
" best racing seasons on both
the mile and half-mile tracks, there
were comparatively few new
worlds records as result. In
all, about 1900 meetings were held
in the States and Canada, and up
ward Of 100000 was paid out
to winners.
In addition to Peter Manning's mark
Of 1:57%, which is a new trotting rec
ord, most notable among other feats OF
speed are these: Gar Worthy's mile
in 2:03&, which Is q new record for
three-year-old geldings; Arion Guys
dash In 1:59h, establishing new four.
year-old record for all sexes; Gray.
gelding In. 2:02A and the fastest two
heats: the lace won by Great Britton
in 2:03A, IN which The fodder and
Eliza Dillon also won heats. was the
fastest four heats for trotters; Herbel-
wyn. 2;05%, trotted the fastest first.
second and third heats on a haf-mile
track.
The year has been strong for 2:05
trotters, adding fifteen to the list,
which now mounts to lis. The total
OF seventy-three heats In 2:05 or bet.
ter is new high water mark for ex.
IRENE speed, and the horses which con.
tributed mainly are Grayworthy. that
trotted fourteen heats in this divi.
sion: Jeanette Rankin, 2:03h, nine
heats; Peter Manning, 1:57&, and Per-
iscope, 2:03h, eight each, and e. Col
orado 2:04h, seven Of these heats.
Grayworthy Near Record.
Grayworthy has a chance to equal
the record as 2:06 trotter. which now
is held by Lu Princeton 2:01, that
stallion having trotted twenty-fiy
heats in 2:o5 or better. but not In one
season. In view OF the manner In
which Grayworthy raced after Cox got
him hung up just right. it is likely
the gelding will keep 1t up and reduce
kin also has a splendid chance to do
the same. thing.
Peter the Great. aptly named, for he
is the king of trotting stations Of all
time, In spite Of some mythical pedi.
grees on his dams side. leads the sires
with forty-eight new standard trotters.
Four stations are tied for second hosl.
ors with twenty-four, Bingen Silk, Bel.
win, San Francisco and The Harvester.
This is the first year that Bingen Slx
has been mentioned, and Belwin IL a
young sire, just starting on a career
which promises to put him among the
great horses.
Another season will put Peter the
7 Great over the 400 mark. his total
standard performers now being 1872, In.
a
stations whose direct descendants are
now racing, Bingen comes. second 10
Peter, with 191, Axworthy third with
1T. Mckinney, TIA; Moko. 166, and
Walnut Hall, 131.
An interesting feature of this list
Is the showing of Axworthy, only
eight of his get having become
standard by pacing. His percentage
Of trotters exceeds that Of any later
day stallion and his sons appear to be
carrying on, for an Axworthy 'pncer
Is a rarity and seldom Of much &C
count.
Progress q Promising Colt.
w. L. Snow has new and mighty
good prospect for next season. His
patron, George w. johnson. OF Enid
colt, N. Y, recently paid $4,000 for
the three-year-old colt Progress. by
Justice Brooke and out Of Miss
Stokes. In Lexington they hold this
colt in esteem and II Is possible he
may turn out for Snow as good az
Peter Peter, with which that reins
man won so many stakes during the
year. Progress is an own brother to
Peter Brooke, 2:06%. the PAGER cam
paigned by Ri Shively, and much
faster that his record indicates.
Canada's best trotter this year Is
Sonoma Harvester. by The Harves
ter out of Sonoma Girl, two Of the
greatest race horses in history
Sonoma Harvester took a mark OF
l211A, but he worked in 2:07h and
stepped a quarter in 20 seconds. He