When tlir I9ic season got under way f
it appeared to those who follow* the
harn?>ti:: migs that Murphy was due
to !;?!??? .1 seat in ilic real-. Somehow
hi.-* horses couldn't sneak under the
wlri! first. and with such performers
..s Mabel Trask titid St. Frisco divid
ing Jlmi ami second money hi a ma
Jorii;. <?r the early events in which
the) were entered, it was about all
Murpli) ?oiilit do t<> drive home third.
v ii'l then Murphy came into his own.
lie d< vulopvil .> winner out of little .lay
<-11 .*tin i)j I -1. ,i nag he had pur
? iia-.?.l till ^ ?;i|( iii hts string, and
wlicu Ji> . Kll hit Ins stride Murphv
? t.'irted .mi i<> the fore. When the
season ot II '? ? ante to a < lose Mur
fh> wa.t foultd .it the tup o' the col
iiiiiii of w Inner.*, w tth JS:j.??53.5'? to
Ills credit
it would 'rtlvf several columns to
attempt a i?-vt?M< of what Murphy 1ms
done on the trad;. Sufll'.e it to say
that ho ha* won all of the classics on
all i?iv; tint ks so mail) limes that the
winning of an) 0tie of them I:- a small
matter in {?(? ''young life."
Il> has driven many horses to ref
?iii- and 1 \i ? present records of note
?' 11* follow s:
1/ire' tiim < , l jfij-t world's cham
pliin iiiii ej in t he open.
I rank llogash, .11 . i ? 1-4. world's
pace record for geldings.
Anna lltadford. -:Ut> 3-1. world s
lianVpion tjiree-year-old pacing filly.
I'etei Vulo world's champion
two. three ami four-year-old 'rottei
The Heal laid). t-|, world's fast
est two-year-old trotter of any sex.
