Evening star., 1943-08-08
One Of VoIomite Trio
lis Seen as Winner 81
OF $4,000 Trot !
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Aug. THE largest
field In the 18 years of the Hamble-
tonian is in prospect for next We'd
nesday when the cream of the
sports 3-year-old trotters line
up for the Buggy Whip Derby at
Empire City-the fourth stop for the
turf classic since 1t was inaugurated
at Syracuse in 1926. at&
Transferred from Goshen. It's
home since 1880. to the Westminster
County track because of wartime
transportation problems, the $4,000
stake is expected to attract Is trot-
ters headed by three speedy sons of
Volomite-Bill Strang's Volo Song.
Joseph F. Burke's Phonograph and;
Mrs. James B. johnson, jr.'s Worthy
Boy. -
Bill Cane. genial sponsor of the
race, wouldn't be surprised If 10000,
or more fans taxed the capacity OF
the track, built originally for trotters,
and PAGERS. If that many are on
hand. the crowd will surpass those
who saw the stake over his Goshen
track in past years when It's renewal
was signal for New Yorkers to 20.
q. Ava oi'o o"S' 10
Austin Hanover Has Chance.
AS for the race itself. it's difficult
to vision any horse except an off,
spring of Volomite taking down the
winners share, with the possible
exception of Austin Hanover, for,
which the late C. H. Wilkinson of,
Logansville, Ind, paid $4,000 last
spring. Horsemen, however, are not
looking for any record times since
the track at Empire has not proved
fast for harness horses. Austin
hanover Is the son of Mr. McElwyn,
II Volo Song wins, it'll be two
straight for the Brooklyn warehouse,
owner and No. 4 for 70-year- -old
Ben White, trainer and driver.
White won with Strang's The AM
bassador last year, in 1896 with Ros-
alind, owned by his son, Gibson,
and In 1888 with w. N. Reynolds
Mary Reynolds. Incidentally, Glib,
son will seek to beat his dad this
year, as he is listed to drive Rey-
nolds' Gordon Gray.
Volo Song is almost certain to
rule the favorite, since he was the
top 2-year-old of 1912 and has a.
slight edge this season over Phono-
graph and Worthy Boy in everything.
except time. Phonograph won the
championship stallion stakes at
North Randall in 2:o2s4. Worthy
Boy was second in both heats, while.
Strang's Musical Colt didn't start.
Volo Song Is Unbeaten.
White has had Volo Song out
three times this year, and he's won
all three. He took the Matron stakes
in straight heats at North Randall
and won the American in four, in
one of which he hung up his mark
OF 2:o3la. Worthy Boy and Phono-
graph split the other two heats.
Photograph also bowed to Volo
Song in the ,Hambletonian test stake
at Old orchard Thursday, a race
shortened to five and one-half fur
longs because of track conditions.
Worthy Boy made his best time of
2:o4a4 in beating Phonograph in
two heats of the National at North
Randall after taking the Peninsu-
lar Farm stakes earlier in the meet
ing.
Austin Hanover belongs In the
| picture because of a recent 2:0412
workout following illness that kept
him on the sidelines for the early
season stakes.
Others Likely to Start.
Other probable starters are Frank
A. Augsbury's Chucklyn, Thomas A.
Dunn's Echo Hanover, Elbridge T.
Gerrys Hester Hanover, r. H. john
ston's The Nutcracker, Mrs. James
E. Miller's Camay, William E. Mil
ler's Scarlet Hanover, Mrs. H. w.
Nichols, jr,'s Mighty Margaret, w.
N. Reynolds Barbara Babcock, Law
renee B. Sheppard, jr.'s Brian Ham
over and Aaron Williams Darnley.