Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-12-14
Speed Marvels Id 1928.
by W. H. Gocher, Secretary Of National
Trottine Association.l

lby W. h. Gocher Secretary Of National
Trotting Association
This year will 60 on record as one of the
most remarkable in the history Of light
harness racing when the volume Of extreme
speed is considered. Five names were
added to the two.minute list, four OF them
being PAGERS and one a three-year-old
trotter. Twenty trotters also dropped into
the 2:05 list. moving the number in that
select circle up to two hundred and thirty
three,
OF the new 2:05 trotters the Laurel Hall
colt, Walter Dear. is the only 2-year old He
is also the sixth Of that age to appear in
the list, the others being Fireslow 2:04,
MrlMcElwyn 2:04, The Real Lady 2;041-4.
Peter VolO 2:04 l-2 and Spencer 2:05.
OF the new two-minute performers Graf
tan Bars and Winnipeg made their debut
in races. Grattan Bars won in l:59 l-2 at
Toledo and Winnipeg in l:59 IA at SYRIA
cuse. Later in the season. Winnipeg re-
duced the worlds record for pacing geldinss
| to LIST ga and won heat in 2:0l over a
half-mile track.
The other two-minute performers made
their records at Lexington. While the
meeting was in progress at that point, Bert
Able paced in l:59 Ia He was followed
by Louis Direct. his record being reduced
to 1853 l-2. A few days later. at time
record meeting, Spencer the winner Of the
Hambletonian Stake and the Kentucky
Futurity, equalled the three year old record
of Mr.. McElwyn by trottine in l-59 "a.
The performances Of these five horses
raised the number Of representatives in
the two-minute list to twelve trotters and
twenty-three PAGERS Star Pointer started
the list of PAGERS at Readville. Mass. in
1897. Lou Dillon was the first trotter to
cross the line. She made her record at
Memphis. Tenn. in 1908.
Five Of the twenty new 2:05 trotters are
by Peter Volo. His representatives are
Hollywood Colin 2:03, Hollywood Sheila
2:03 IA, both of which are four year olds.
the three-year-Old filly. Eta Vollo 2:04 Ia,
which defeated Spencer in the Horseman
Stake at indianapolis. Cheerful Volo POS,
and Volo Peter 2:05.
The four year-old colt. Benelwyn, by Guy
Axworthy. made the race record for trot-
tiers for the year when he won the $l0.-
900 purse at Syracuse. In that event he
landed the second heat in POI l-2. after
losing the first to FullwOrthy. another son
Of Guy Axworthy, in 200.
Another remarkable flight Of speed was
oCCH at luiCuU WHICH, tlC LNOhth OulOuuu
trotter. Doane. won heat from Hazleton
POP IA, clipping quarter Of a second OIL
the four-year- old record for geldings, which
Peter Manning made in the TIansylvania
in 1920. HaZleton also made a new rec
ord at Lexington where, in trip against
the watch. he trotted in 200 "a.
The above are only few of the leaders
in the fast list. Guy Ozark reduced the
three-heat record for trotters over a half
mile track in one Of his races in the Orange
County Circuit and Luke Bell made a new
third heat record for New England trotters.
when he won the final heat of race at
Lewiston, Maine, in 2;06 Ia
OF the young PAGERS VolOwyn made
two-year-old record Of 206 against time
and Betterwin, the same age, won in 2:O7
at Syracuse. Both Of them are by Belwin.
The 3-year-Old PAGER, Colonel Armstrong.
won in 2-03 and the four-year old Allen
W. in POP IA.
Eighteen twO-year-o trOtteTs made
records Of 2:l0 or better in 1928. OF this
lot the leaders were Walter Dear 2:O5.
Volomite 2:06 and the eeldings. Trusty
Brewer 2:U5 Ia and Contender 2:05 Ia,
each of which was got by a son Of Peter
the Great. Walter Dear is by Laurel Hall,
VolOmite by Peter Volo. Trusty Brewer by
Peter the Brewer and Contender by Nc
GregOr the Great. Trusty Brewer and Con-
tender also made tie for the twO-year-
I'D record for trotting geldings.