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Titan Hanover: the Little Giant 1945 Good Time Park, Goshen, NY • August 8, 1945 • Purse $51,046.96 Titan Hanover: The Little Giant Short in stature but long on power and speed, Arden Homestead In his Lexington race he set a two-heat standard of 2:02¾, 2:02¾, Stables’ Titan Hanover stood out as champion two- and three-year-old timed better than 2:02 one trip. Then came an assault on the clock, trotter. His mile in 2:00 at Lexington as a two-year-old slashed two full the quarter in :29¼, the half cyclonic in :58¾, three-quarters in 1:29½, seconds off the juvenile standard, marking a milestone in harness horse the mile achieved in 2:00. Again at three he was unbeaten, winning history. Trainer Harry Pownall deserved full credit for the career of the the Stallion Stake and the Matron Stake with ease. The $51,046.96 “Fightin’ Titan” as he was a handful to break and train. Hambletonian was next and Titan Hanover delivered easily according Titan Hanover worked a mile at Roosevelt Raceway in 2:07¼ before to expectations, though Axomite made it interesting for a few strides going to the races. At Old Orchard, he split heats in his debut, tying for nearing home the first trip. first with the fastest mile in 2:08½. Next he took the National Stake, the Titan Hanover was an outstanding performer again at four and Tompkins Memorial at Goshen, the Harriman Challenge Trophy and five, and retired to stud at Hanover Shoe Farm. the Horseman Stake and the Reading Futurity in the mud at Trenton. • Hometown favorite Titan Hanover was the only horse ever barred in • The respect was well deserved as “Mighty Titan”, by the end of the the Hambletonian wagering pools, in spite of the fact that he started year, held both the two-year-old and the three-year-old mile as well as number 12, the fifth horse in the second tier, in the first heat. A as half-mile track world records. There were no five-eighths mile total of 19 horses started the first heat, in three tiers scoring seven tracks in the North America at the time. across. Despite the fact that Titan Hanover prevailed by only half a length in the initial heat, he was still barred in the final. MIGHTY NED, by Volomite—Nedda Guy, by Guy Axworthy TITAN HANOVER, b c, by Calumet Chuck—Tisma Hanover, by Peter Driver: Tom Berry the Brewer Owner: Joseph F. Burke . 3 3 Driver & Trainer: Harry Pownall Owner: Arden Homestead Stable, Goshen, NY DR. SPENCER, by Spencer Breeder: Hanover Shoe Farms, Hanover, PA Driver: Henry Thomas Groom: Mickey Jackman Owner: E. J. Baker . 4 4* Sale History: $3,000 yearling purchase at Standardbred Horse Sale, Harrisburg, PA . 1 1 VOLTITE, by Volomite—Ruth’s Baby, by Mr. McElwyn Driver: Sep Palin KIMBERLY HANOVER, by Mr. McElwyn—Irene Hanover, by Dillon Owner: Mrs. J. B. Johnson, Jr. 5 4* Axworthy *Dead Heat Driver: Harry Whitney Owner: Dunbar Bostwick . 6 2 TIME BY QUARTERS: 1/4 1/2 3/4 MILE ¾ ¾ AXOMITE, by Spencer—Rilda Axworthy, by Guy Axworthy :31 1:03 1:34 2:04 :31½ 1:03¼ 1:34½ 2:04 Driver: Fenner Hawkins Owner: Newport Stock Farm . 2 6 Also competed: Scottish Girl 7-11, Reyland 14-7, Jenifer Hanover 9-8, Lester Hanover 8-10, Tompkins Hanover 19-9, Earl’s Spencer Jane 10- 17, Sky Raider 11-12, Agatha Hanover 12-14, Projectile 16-13, Seaforth Lad 13-16, Precision 18-15, Coral Sea 15-18, Karina 17-dr. 185 1944 Good Time Park, Goshen, NY • August 9, 1944 • Purse $33,577.12 Yankee Maid: Another for Elizabeth As a broodmare, Elizabeth, by Peter The Great, was already im- Kansas, for a modest sum, Yankee Maid was lightly-raced at two. But mortalized by her great gelded son, Greyhound (1:55¼) and in Yankee she set a world record for two-year-old trotting fillies on a half-mile track Maid she had a second Hambletonian winner, sharing that feat with of 2:06 3/4 and clinched juvenile honors with a race-off win at Lexington. Margaret Arion. Triumphs in the Matron, Stallion Stakes at North Randall and the Purchased from Almahurst Farm by owner A. L. Derby of Wichita, National Stake, preceded her two-heat win in the Hambletonian, the third for driver-trainer Henry Thomas. • Yankee Maid was a half-sister to Greyhound (1935). • Yankee Maid’s caretaker, “Jimtown” Burbage, enjoyed a career • Elizabeth, the dam of Yankee Maid and Greyhound, was by Peter association with champions. He also reportedly groomed Dark Rex, The Great who is the leading broodmare sire of Hambletonian a three and five-gaited American Saddlebred champion, and 1933 winners. By Volomite, Yankee Maid was the 12th of Elizabeth’s 16 Kentucky Derby winner Broker’s Tip. foals. • Hollywood star Jimmy Cagney presented the Hambletonian trophy • Fillies were 1-2 in the first heat and in the summary. Emily Scot, as he had done in 1942. Thomas’ son Dick, a respected horsemen in the second filly, was the dam of 1958 winner Emily’s Pride and the his own right, recalled that his dad trained some horses for Cagney granddam of Noble Victory, the favorite in 1965. in California, and that Cagney and Broderick Crawford, who were great friends, would come out to the track and join the family in their box at Santa Anita. RUTH’S DAY, by Guy Day - Ruth M. Chenault, by Peter Chenault YANKEE MAID, b f, by Volomite—Elizabeth, by Peter the Great Driver: Paul Vineyard Driver & Trainer: Henry Thomas Owner: A. F. Williams . 5 3 Owner: A. L. Derby, Wichita, KS Breeder: Almahurst Farm (Henry H. Knight), KY RAPID HANOVER, by Dean Hanover - Lady Zombelle, by Peter Volo Groom: “Jimtown” Burbage Driver: Sep Palin Sale History: $1,500 yearling purchase at Tattersalls Sale . 1 1 Owner: Mrs. J. B. Johnson, Jr. 3 7 EMILY SCOTT, by Scotland - May Spencer, by Spencer FIGHTING SCOT, by Scotland - Alena Guy, by Guy Axworthy Driver: Fred Egan Driver: Tom Berry Owner: C. W. Phellis . 2 4 Owner: Joseph F. Burke . 4 5 ENAC, by Scotland - Hollyrood Phyllis, by Hollyrood Prince Driver: Harry Whitney TIME BY QUARTERS: Owner: W. H. Cane . 11 2 1/4 1/2 3/4 MILE :32 1:03½ 1:34½ 2:05 Also competed: Foster Hanover 6-8, Rose Dean 9-6, Betsy Babcock :31¾ 1:02½ 1:34 2:04 7-11, Princess Juliana 8-10, Eva’s Boy 10-9. 186 1943 Empire City Track, Yonkers, NY • August 11, 1943 • Purse $42,298.03 Volo Song: 1-2-3 Finish for the Volomites Volo Song, the champion at two, was favored in the classics at in the first heat of the Hambletonian and finished third, with Worthy three. Boy winning the race. But Volo Song rebounded to win the next two, The big, brown colt by Volomite out of the mare, Evensong (who giving Ben White his fourth Hambletonian victory. had six 2:00 offspring), was a $5,000 yearling purchase by William H. When Worthy Boy and Phonograph were second and third, Strang and was turned over to Ben White to drive and train. respectively, in the summaries, and Gordon Gray was fifth, sons of The 1943 Hambletonian was contested at the slow Empire City Volomite finished 1-2-3 and had four of the six purse awards. running track because of wartime travel restrictions. Volo Song, who Sold to E. J. Baker the next season, and campaigned by Harry had won the Matron, American Stake and Hambletonian Test, broke Fitzpatrick, Volo Song had his career and life cut short when he suf- fered a broken leg in a race at Elkhorn, WI. • The Hambletonian was moved to the Empire City Track (then a • The second consecutive year the saletopper at the Walnut Hall Farm Thoroughbred track, now Yonkers Raceway) because of wartime won the Hambletonian. gas rationing in World War II. The Kentucky Futurity was canceled • The opening heat, won by Worthy Boy in track record time of 2:02 from 1942 to 1945. 1/2, saw Volo Song trot what many witnesses at the time called the • W. H. Strang Jr. was the second owner (along with his trainer/driver greatest heat ever by a 3-year-old. Volo Song made a break at the Ben White) to win back-to-back Hambletonians. start, then rallied to finish a close third, timed around 2:00. Worthy • Ben White, 70, won his fourth Hambletonian as a driver with a horse Boy was the first Standardbred acquired by Frances Dodge Johnson considered by many as one of the best of all time. It was also a (later Frances Dodge Van Lennep) who purchased Castleton Farm record fifth training win for the White Stable. in July of 1945. • Volomite sired the first three money winners (as well as the fifth money winner). VOLO SONG, br c, by Volomite—Evensong, by Nelson Dillon DARNLEY, by Scotland - Fionne, by High Noon Driver & Trainer: Ben White Driver: Harry Whitney Owner: W. H. Strang, Jr, Brooklyn, NY Owner: A. F. Williams . 2 10 4 Breeder: Walnut Hall Farm (Mr. & Mrs. Ogden Edwards), KY Groom: Bill Roland GORDON GRAY, by Volomite - Nathalie Gray, by Mr. McEloyn Sale History: $5,000 yearling purchase at Walnut Hall Sale. 3 1 1 Driver: Gib White Owner: W. N. Reynolds . 6 5 3 WORTHY BOY, by Volomite—Warwell Worthy, by Peter the Brewer Driver: Sep Palin HESTER HANOVER, by Mr. McElwyn - Patricia Hanover, by Bunter Owner: Mrs.
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