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time starts and when it does he will be e. fit candidate for ad-. mission to the Trotting Horse Hall or Fame at Goshen. NY.
Tiie old saw which says that mgh-priced horses never do any good at the race is being disproved this year in harness racing. Ameri- can way and Butch Hanover, the mo highest priced yearlinge of 1953 31-3 doing alright on the Grand Circuit this season. Amer- ican way, who topped the list at 535,000 last October. is the fastest 2-year-old pacer of the year with at record of 2.0191: for the mile. Butch Hanover. the number two yearling at 825.000-and the tops among ti-otters-is the joint hold- er of the seeso 'a record for juven- ile trotters with a mark of 2.03ti. Actually. Butch Hanover has done a little better than American Way since Butch already has won two major stakes while American Way has been blanked in the stake! column although three times a heat winner.
James "Roach" spending a few days visiting his home after a strenous season at Quebec Raceway where he is train- mg and driving the horses owned by Andrew Perry. Summerside. Roach looks'well and says he is pleased with the results so far. Up to date he has made 20 starts and won 11 of them and he was photoed out with Bay State Pat in the fast- est mile stepped over the Quebec Raceway during hi visit there--2.- 3529.. The horse that headed him to the wire was H. C. Chief l.biHii. that cost owner Joe. Caiuchon of Quebec. the reputed price of S20.- ooo. Quebec has been experien- cing the same bed weather con- ditions as the Maritimes and in two or three of the starts with Bay State Pat the track was so muddy that Pat. a lightgolng pacer, found it difficult to race well over it. "I am in with te bearcats the end of the week." said Roach, "and I am hoping that the weather will be g00d and the track fast." Yuta is 5 great favorite with the fans up there. Last Saturday night in the Junior Free For All she headed some real pacers such as Jessie Chief 2055i. Katrinks Chief 2.0'li5i. Showman. Augusta Tryax 2.099i. and others. The track was a sea of mud which accouts for the slow timcn-2.17. 2.10. Winnifred G. was also a. winner there in 2.18, driven by Arthur Burbine. and she looks like a coming trotter next year. She and Yuta are by that grand old sire who has passed on. Kalmuck 8.15.
Lovers of trotters all over A- nerica, in fact we can go further ind say: all over the world, will oe discussing the performance of scott Frost in the 39.605 (limer- ron ranch Trot for 2-year-olds, which was raced at Lexington, Ky. October 5th. Scott Frost was one of three 2-year-olds that had trotted in 2.03 95 this season. one of the others being Butch Han- :IVf!l', and both these precocious youngsters are owned. by sol Camp of Shatter, Calif. and were :lriv'en in their races by Joe O'- Brien. we have had quite a bit of comment on Butch Hanover! performances but not so much no- Iice has been taken of Scott Frost. whom the horsemen and public lid not believe was in the same class as his steblemate. But he surprised them last Tuesday with his mile in 2.00 flat The previous record was 2.01 NI set last year by Newport Dream that was the win- her of this year's 1-Iambletonlan Futurity for 8-year-olds and which carried a purse of almost 3100.000.
A little history of Scott Frost -my be interesting to our readers. His sire, Hoot Mon was by the (amous Walnut Hail stud Scot- land 1.59 85. Hoot Mon toot a record as e.2-yeer-old of 2.03 lo. and was sold to Cestleton Farm for 350,000. He was a. star as a 3-year-old. winning the Humble- tcnian and four other big stakes and was sold In 1948 to Hanover Shoe Farms for 850.000 and has proved and will continue to prove, one of the greatest investments '-hat farm has ever made.
The breeding of Scott Frost is He was foaled at Frost Hill Farm. Edinburgh. Indiana. His sire as nentioned before, was Hoot Mon Ind his dam Nora 2, 2.09 Vi. by Ipcncer 1.59 V4. He was sold in tin yearling form to W. N. Ray- Ioids. the famous tobacco magn-
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Scott Frost was sold with other horse holdings and purchased by Sol Camp for 38.200. We had a conversation with Claude O'Brien and he told us that early in the spring Scott.- Proet did not xceptional speed but he was a. nice gaited horse, nice
That it has paid off can be seen from the winnings they are mak-
Just what this new world's re- cord means will be noted from the fact that in 1952 the world's re- cord for 2-year-old trotters in a race was 2.02 V4, and it was low- ered to 2.01 !'r by Newport Dream calculated distance that a horse trot-
in Newport Dream's time would have been back of Scott Frost and it would roughly be sixty feet at the finish wire. Mr. Camp was so -tickled with the win and so anxious to share his joy with Claude that he called him on the long distance phone from Lexington and told him all also told him that he had bought I yearling named Nora. Frost, by Titan Hanover 3. 1.58 and out of Nora 2, 2.09 the dam of Scott
the purchase was made prior to the world-breaking effort of the or it would have
Mr. Camp was also the high bid- der on the most talked of yearl-
by King's Counsel 1.58, dam Jami ful sister to his trotter Scotch Vic- tor. that took a record of 2.00 this season and is the second fastest trotting performer in the United States this year. the fastest being
We acknowledge with thanks a of Town Journal, published in Washington, D.C., which has a circulation of over a million and a half and is a beautifully designed and il- lustrated magazine. It carries the Shoe Farms which is entitled, "And the Crowd Yelled Come On Hanoverl” Therey is a very realistic picture of mares and foals romping through Hen- 2000 acres of rolling pastureland. Hanover is the world's largest breeder of harness racers. From the middle of Feb- ruary through the end of June. foals are born at a rate of bet- ter than one a day. Experts trace much of the speed and stamina of farm's grass. That gran was the result of years of experiment by scientists and the expenditure of R great amount of money but it has paid off as any- one who is famillar with races held' Bright Spot Club. saint John. was anywhere in America will realize.
There is an excellent reproduc- action It the Strandardbred Horse Salge. t e
tures. Control of the farm is in the hands of Lawrence 8. Shep- pard. The 'fI.rm's astonishing growth from a casual hobby to a multi-million-dollar enterprise is due almost wholly to the energy and breeding theories of its pres- ent owner. A ufelong lover of
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received a lot of their training from Claude. When he left Yon- kers for home Claude remembers that in one of the lest workouts Scott Frost showed a. lot of whiz and was well liked by Joe and others. The plan of training pur- sued by Joe and Claude was to In!- bring these yeurlings along slow- ly and not endeavor to have them
acquired his first trotter in 1911 when he was '14. He has been breeding horses, and driving in races ever since. In 1960 he became president of the United States Trotting Association, the govern- ing body of American harness rac-
Mr. Sheppard's face lights up . when talk turns to his favorite topic - the lore of horses. who was the greatest trotter he has ever seen? "Dean Hanover." comes the prompt answer. "He was the holder of is world records when he quit racing.' 0: course." Shep- pard. grins, "I could be a little prejudiced since I drove him to several of them." Dean Hanover. now I. venerable 20 years old, is in stud at Hanover Shoe Farms. He is generally recogniud es the leading eire in the sport. Last year alone his progeny won 509 races and copped 0630.007 in prize money. other outstanding stallions at the term are Nibble Hanover and Hoot Mon, each with a service fee of 32.000. This November about 123 Hanover yesrlings will be packed off to the Harrisburg sale - the sport's most important auction. The sales spell financial success or failure for the farm. Last year's crop of 134 Hanover yearling: t fetched an average price or 53,120. Highest. bid. 325.000. went for e frisky colt named Butch Hanover. The record price for a Standard- bred yearling was the 872,000 paid for Imperial Hanover several years ago. E The racing card at Saint John Tuesday night was a good one and the average time one of the best this season. The fastest dash was 2.143i and the slowest 2.1853. In the lat and .4th dashes Bye For Now (Govsng). owned by Eye For Now Club. Saint John. was 1-1. Viola McKinney, owned and dri- ven by Blair Andrew, New Glas- gow. P.E.I., 26, Royal Scott Jr. (0'Meara). owned by Gregory and MacLean, Charlottetown, 5-2. Time 2.1736. 2.1856. In the 2nd and 6th dashes -Morris Direct (0. Wood). owned by Lloyd McKinney. Gage- town. was 1-1, Miss Donna Mae (Kirkpatrick) 2-2, Little Scout. (Lawson) 3-4. Sister Verna Hoo (O'Meara) 4-3. Time. 2.18. 2.1143. In the 3rd and 7th dashes the 4- year-old pacer Lady Smart. owned by D. Pellerin, Shedlac and driven
by H. MICAIEHUT, was 1-1. Guy Song (3. Andrew) 2-2. Winnie's Last (Renaud) 3-8. Timoshanko
(Bernard) 8-3. Time. 2.17, 2.i5lA. Lady smart is by Curley Smart by Volomite. and she raced in Quebec last year and took a record of 2.17. Her performance Wednesday night stamps her as a pacer of class. In the 5th and 8th dashes. practically a Junior Free For All, Ramona Chips (M. Lawson). owned by the
1-3. Chasing her. to the wire in the 5th dash was Oliver Chief (Davidson) who was also second in the 8th dash won by Princess Tina (B. Campbell). owned by
Mrs. Al Langille, St. Stephen. The
time. 2.1486. considered a good performance over the slow course.
And here's news received by wire yesterday from Kentucky... Harlan won 010.000 Kentucky Fu- turity for three-yesr-old trotters. Pronto Boy. .driven by Joe O'Brien was second. 'Btep-Lively. driven by Joe O'Brien won. 010,000 two-yeer- old Henover rilly Stake. best time 2.02. Joe also won with Butch Hanover in 2.04 and 2.02. Mr. Camp bought Solicitor General. 325,600; Waymaid. Ii'1.0lXl; Scotch Mercury, Oi3.100; Lady Beth, 34.000: Nora Prost, M, , and Leonard Huck paid 825,000 for Adios Filly.
Referring to the above. most of t.he,experte -believed that Dani Safe. I-yeer-old trotting gelding owned by Hayes Fair Stables of DuQI1oin. Ill., would win the above fururlty. A week ago he was con- sidered by goed authorities to be the king of the juveniles as at Indianapolis he set a new two- heet record for 3-year-old trotting gelding: and a week ego.et Dela- ware, Ohio. he set another record for two miles trotted over a half- mile oval. It is a great ,tribute to Joe O'Brien that having been giv- en the mount by Hayes Fair Acres Stables of the little - regarded Pronto "Boy. that he could win second money -tor that stable in the futurlty. He was also catch driver up behind Step Lively in the Two Year Old Hanover Filly Stake and won in" the remarkable time of 2.02. just two seconds off the world's record for 2-year-olds set 'by him with Scott Frost some days previously. Step Lively is owned by the very prominent horseman, Kenneth D. Owen of Houston. Texas. Refering to the purchase made by Mr. Camp we have already mentioned solicitor General and Nora Frost. Waymaid is a filly by Adios, dam, Kimberly
Maid; Scotch Mercury is by Scot- land. dam. Med: Guy. and Lady Beth is by Scotland. dam. Victory Mite.
Following are the winners at Saint John Raceway Wednesday night: Race 1 - June symbol (B. Hayes), owned by H. Hayes. saint John. Bobby Senamr, owned and driven by CI. R. Armstrong. 2; time. unit. Races 2 and 6-Billy Direct Heir (C. Kirkpatrick), own- ed by W. H. Kirkpatrick, Saint John. 1-1. Colonel Oherbrooke (C. Wood), 2-2, time,. 2.14m. 2.1'm. Dashes 3 and '1 - Dannie Dale Boy (Davidson) owned by L. Cook, Saint John. I-1. Merrywood Hec-
tor. Coughlan .
Saint John, 1. Shirley chaud) 2. time. 2.20Sii..
Wednesday night's races at Moncton Raceway - Dash 1 - Stewart's Tiine. owned and driven by M. G. Wilbur. Moncton. 1. Henry Day (Downey) 2, time. 2.19.
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owned and driven by as. Saint John, 2-2, time, 2.18, 2.18;s. Dashes 4 and I. Free For All - Peter Lee Brewer. own- ed and driven by M, Coughlsn, 1-1. Abbeland (Janiine) 2-3. Panama Chief (Langiile. Sr.) 8-2, time, 2.11 98. 2.1195. Dash 6 - Merlon 3.. owned and driven by Scribner.
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