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On the Trot I -By MORRIE KURLANSKY Young Johnston Welcome Newcomer Master of Jubilmar with Two Sisters Gayleway Adds to Impressive Record SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., June 13. — An interesting newcomer to harness racing is 19-year-old college student Bill jonnston, jr., irom Jacksonville, Pla. He is the son of National Jockey Club president Bill Johnston who last year bought a couple of yearlings for Bill, Jr., and his two daughters, Julie - Ann and Mary-Ann. The three youngsters decided on the stable name of Jubilmar, un- two-year-old trotter, Scotch Treat, will make his debut Tuesday in the Northern Illinois Colt Stake, a ,500 event at a mile. Scotch Treat is a son of Scotch Pal, out of Abbeys Girl, an unraced mare owned by the Jordan Bros., of Rockford. The juvenile has been prepared by Pete Langley and is showing great improvement of late, with a mile workout in 2:14. The. other Jubilmar horse is Fable Queen, who is known to thousands of fans, as she was in a special stall between clubhouse and grandstand during last years Chicago Downs meeting. She is currently trained by Art Shaw in Elkhorn, Wis., and will race mainly on the fair circuit, but the great goal for both two-year-olds, of course, is the Illinois State Fair Colt Stake. Bombers Delight, fleetpacing filly that showed so well at Maywood Park, retained her good form after being shipped to her home grounds, the Louisville Speedway. With Tom Beasley in the sulky, she won both heats of the featured International Harvester Purse last week, timed in 2:05% and 2:06%, respectively. . . . California trotting marvel,. Gayleway, added further laurels to his already firmly established reputation as one o -the worlds best trotters when he defeated an excellent field consisting of Scotch Valley, Maximilian, Lord Pick, Earls Pied Piper and Rhythmic Song in the track record time of 2:01% at Hazel Park last week end. Rated not too far off the early pace, Gayleway, drivenby his owner-trainer Clyde Tisher, entered the homestretch third behind Scotch Valley and Lord Pick to win going away by one and three-quarter lengths, paying S4, S3 and across the board. Two Californians came all the way to Chicago to finally agree on a deal. Jake Rodman, trainer-driver for movie star Charles Coburn, who had leased the actors good trotter Ohiistedt, a special favorite of the Hollywood contingent at Santa Anita this spring where he won several races, ! . sold to Jacques Grenier of Long Beach, Calif., for an undisclosed sum. Grenier, a former West Coast football official turned harness horseman, racing for the first time in Chicago, was one of the leading drivers at the Fox Valley Trotting Club meeting and last week scored a double victory here. Lou Mcggitt, breeder, owner and trainer-driver from Clyde, Ohio, whose stock raced with such remarkable success at Maywood, is giving credit to his excellent-broodmare Sara Lew, dam of Linett and Jake Rodney. Bred by fellow Ohioan, Buck Minniear, well remembered in Chicago for his victory with the good trotting mare Silver Faith in the $.10,-000 Chicago Trotting Derby three years ago, Sara Lew, a daughter of the fast Lew Hanover, never got to the races, but turned out to-be a rare gem in the breeding ranks. And all her foals of racing age are winners; each of the five acquired a record of better than 2:10, while Jake Rodney 2:03% and Linett . are registered in the 2:05 list. The most astonishing fact, however, is that Sara Lew produced a record performer with four different stallions, Steward, Willard, Rodney and True Volo. Her 1954 foal is a brown colt by Moore Volo, the veteran pacer currently racing here in Meggitts colors. Speaking of breeding accomplishments, it is hard to find a parallel to the achievement of former world champion pacer. Adios, 1:57 Vs. a son of Hal Dale — Adioo . Volo. At the end of the 1954 season, Adios was credited with nine members of the 2 -minute list, while 29 of his get raced in better than 2:05. The true value of this unique progenitor can be seen from the earnings his get amassed-during 1954. A total of 73 starters sired by Adios won 38,123.39 for an average of ,371.55, which is almost six times as much as the average earnings of all standardbreds in 1954K Dean Hanover, who leads the sire list for money earnings with a total of 52,409.63, sent 160 performers to the races to accumulate that sum.
