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Show 1 SOME' OF THE 1918 HARNESS STARS LADY S NAPOLEON DIQECT l &Mc , . i .TBSk ' 77 'X i ' ) JtaAcWOTIHY H--J EARNINGS. L. t o4ie.-2- r1 wJ ib Thos. W. Murphy , 583,557 i i i ii 1 1 wf -gssr Walter R. Cox 73.330 Alonzo McDonald 30,560 Lee Axworthy and Mabel Trask Most Sensational Performers. WITH stich a galaxy of equine stars as Lee Axworthy, the New Jersey bred but Cleveland owned champion trotting stallion; stal-lion; Mabel Trask, champion race trotter trot-ter of the year; The B-eal Lady, the most sensational tw'o-year-old of all time; tie great three-year-old trotter, Volga, the clever Mary Putney, as well I as such fleet pacers as Napoleon Direct, Miss Harris M., Ben Earl, Peter Look, Poorman and Young Todd, the light harness har-ness season of 1916 was the most remarkable re-markable campaign in history bo far as the number of great horses developed is concerned. Eighty-six horses trotted to records of 2:10 or better, a new record for 2:10 performers. In addition twenty-six trotters reduced their records. Purses in excess of a half million dollars were raced for on the Grand circuit, while upwards of 1300 moeting-s were held in the country. Manv notable feats occurred to brighten the campaign of last year. The Grand circuit enjoyed its longest tour, opening at North "Randall July 17 and winding up at Atlanta, Ga., October 21, after a continuous string of meetings, each one proving a success from a racing rac-ing standpoint and many of them bring- CHAMPIONS. TKOTTEKS. Stallion lee Axworthy, l:58Vi. Mabel Trask, 2:03y4. Gelding M. L. G., 2:0511. Yearlings Dr. Elmore, 2:2i'2; Anna Davidson, 2:27Vi. Two-year-olds The Real Lady, 2:04V4; Buck Watts, 2:09y2. Three-year-olds - Mary Putney, 2:03; The Exposer, 2:06. PACERS. Stallion Napoleon Direct, 1:5934. Mare Miss Harris M., 2:01Vi. Gelding Ben Earl, 2:0014. Yearling The Completion, 2:18. Two-year-olds Poorman, 2:06V2 Mauricobel, 2:17. Three-year-olds Peter Look, 2:03; Sis Bingen, 2:0614. Four-year-olds Gus Todd, 2:04; Miss Harris M., 2:01 V4; Young Todd, 2:02i,4. ing in large returns from revenue derived de-rived from the gate and pool box. Racing prospered on the half-mile tracks and with the splendid patronage came the best racing ever seen on two-lap two-lap courses. More good horses were raced over the twice arounds than in any other season and, if anything, it was harder to win on the half-mile tracks than on the Grand circuit. The star trotter of the twice arounds was the Youngstown mare W"ilkes Brewer, Brew-er, the property of Dr. W. H. Buechner, and a member of Pred Jamison's stable. "Wilkes Brewer was undefeated. She established es-tablished a number of track records and in a sensational race at Lima established three world's marks in a five-heat vic- i tory over Iraa Jay, TV. J. Ley burn and others. Wilkes Brewer was driven this race by Guy Lee, as Jamison was laid up as a result of a serious accident at Marion. Wilkes Brewer trotted the fastest fast-est fifth heat and the fastest five-mile race ever negotiated on a half-mile track. Lee Axworthy's Performance. Lee Axworthy's performance was the crowning feat of the Grand circuit season, sea-son, lie trotted seven miles below the former world's stallion record of 2:01, held by The Harvester, four of which were below 2:00. He broke the record at the August meeting at North Randall when he trotted in 2:00 1-4. At Syracuse Syra-cuse he trotted his first mile iu 2:00, each quarter being iu thirty seconds, while at Lexington he trotted' in 1:59 3-1 and then in 1 :oS 1-4. He greatly assisted in making the Atlanta, Ga., meeting a success by trotting trot-ting in 1:50 3-4, thus establishing'a new state record for Georgia and placing the record for the new Atlanta track so low-it low-it probably will not be touched right away. Mabel Trask Fast. ilabel Trask won a majority of her contests with St. Frisco, the champion race stallion of the vear, and $.'!3,M20. The duels between tnese fleet trotters rwere the hardest fought and most interesting inter-esting battles w-aged on the Grand circuit cir-cuit m years and brought back memories memo-ries of many of the heated turf duels of the golden past. The Cleveland trotter Volga, who, with Lee Axworthy is owned bv the Pastime stable, trotted in 2:04 1-5 and by so doing low-ered the race record for three-year-old fillies. The Real Lady, owned by A. H. Cos-den, Cos-den, New York, aud Kentucky bred, lost only one race, that being to the EARNINGS. DRIVER 3. Thos. W. Murphy 583,557 Waiter R. Cox 73.330 Alonzo McDonald 30,560 Ed. F. Geers 28,341 C. A. Valentine 27,965 Ben F. White 25,721 W. G. Durfee 14,203 J. Engleman 11,284 R. McMahon 9,765 J. S. Murray 5,355 TROTTERS. Mabel Trask $33,320 : St. Frisco 23,175 Velga (3) 17,045 Real Lady (2) 13,662 Expressive Lou (3) 12,784 Harrods Creek (S) 11,284 Azora Axworthy 7,437 Donna Clay 6,385 Brisad 6,223 Bingen Silk (3) 4,982 PACERS. Miss Harris M $ 9,527 Jay Ell Mack 7,537 Ben Earl '. 7,040 Napoleon Direct 7,915 Roan Hal . ; 6,865 Diameter ' . . , 6,852 Single G 5,894 Young Todd 5,780 Spring Maid 3,722 Peter Look (3) 3.696 Cleveland filly Mary Cobnra. She had defeated al) the other star two-year-olds, including Mary, aud had trotted a mile in 2:04 1-4 at Lexington a week before. When she got to Atlanta, however, how-ever, something frightened her and The Real Ladv lot for the first time. It will be noticed that The Real Lady's record is faster than the record "for three-year-olds. Tom Murphy once more led the drivers, driv-ers, winning $83,557, but in contrast to his success of past seasons, Murphy gathered in the big monev in 1916 with colts rather than aged "horses. |