The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-12
GREYHOUND IS HORSE TO BEAT IN HAllBLETONL4N
E. HANOVER AND TILLY TONKA FOES
 OF $92O HORSE
Famous TrOtting Classic Set for Next Wednesday
 at Goshen, N. Y.
BY MAX RIDDLE NEA Service Sports Writer


 Goshen, N. Y, Aug. 12-Grey- hound, son of Guy Abbey, stands head and shoulders above the field as the horse most likely to win the tenth renewal of the Hambleton- ian Stake here Aug. IA.
 All year owners and trainers of Hambletonian entries have seen a grap ghost in their sleep, and ''The Hound," as the stable boys call him, appears ready to make many 8 nightmare reality.
 Greyhound should be a golden chestnut in color, rather than gray, for, if he should win the $40,000 purse, he literally will have turned horsefesh into gold.
 The horse was bred by Henry D. Knight at Lexington. Sep Palin looked hi mover ata Indianapolis and thought he saw worthwhile prospect. He bought the gelding for B. J. Baker for $920.
 Greyhound was great 2-year- old, though his long campaign was thought to have done him no good. This year he has been little short of sensational. He began by win ming a race at Lexington. prior to the. Grand Circuit inaugural in To- ledo.
 At Toledo he once more landed a victory. Here Lawrence Han- over and lilly Tonka gave him his hardest battle, but he won a heat in the fast time of 2:03 1-4, seemingly impressed. He, did not start ata North Randall, but once more showed his stuff by whipping nine eligibles in the "little Ham, bletonian" at Toronto.
 Usually a good post horse, he got away poorly in the first heat and finished fourth. Lawrence Hanover won the heat, with lilly Tonka second. But in winning the race, Greyhound turned on all his speed and took a heat in the sem sational time of 2.01 1-2, and came from fifth place at the half. This was world record time for 3-year-old gelding.
 Trains and Behaves We'll
 Greyhound is fairly large anil malbut so compactly made he ap- pears to be rather small. He re- quires considerable work to keep in shape, but becauses of perfect disposition, both on and off the track, he Is not difficult horse to manage. Sep Palin considers him the greatest horse he ever has driven, and has been slowly pre- pairing him for a,supreme effort on Ham bletonian day.
 Other strong contenders are Lawrence Hanover. Silver King. and lilly Tonka.
 Lawrence Hanover Is a full brother to those immortal trotting mares, Hanover's Bertha, Bertha c. Hanover, and Charlotte Ham over. He is a joint holder of the worlds record for 2-year-old trot- ters with Hanovera's Bertha, 2:02.
 Lawrence Hanover has world of speed. However, he always has been a hard horse to train and H. M. (Doc) Parshall, the Nrbana, O., veterinarian, has been working with mighth and main to get him ready. Lawrence Hanover was on the shelf more or less all last year with a coughing sickness. wrom which he nearly died. But he came to hand early this spring, and though he still seems to be below form, he already has given Grey hound warning of his worth.
 He was second to Greyhound at and Toledo, and won the first heat at Toronto. He is coming along fine,S as his recent victories over lilly Tonka in two heats at Rockingham Park dem onstrate.
 George May Do It
 Silver King is still more or less of an unknown quality. A heavily dark gray, he was one of the best last year, but has per- formed only occasionally this sea- son. Ben White is known to be high on his chances, and this big little horse, which the stable boys idolize as just plain George" we'll may give great exhibition on Aug. IA.
 Tilly Tonka is probably the pick of the Allies training for the event. owned by .. W. Phellis, she will be driven by Fred Egan. Egan's luck is proverbially bad. He lost an eyelash decision year, and Brown Berry fell in the deciding heat just when 1t ap- peared he might beata Mary Rey- holds in 1888.
 lilly Tonka is full sister to Emily Stokes, beaten favoritet last year. She turned in a great vic- tory at North Randall, winning in straight heats of 2:04 1-2. and beating such other worthy eligi- bles as The Viscount and Pedro Tipton.