A Nifty Trotter Named "Dartmouth"

Dartmouth men who are knowledgeable about trotting horses are excited these days about one of the very best - Castleton Farm's "Dartmouth " who pulled the upset of the year by winning the Dexter Cup at Roosevelt Raceway, defeating top-ranked "Ayres" and setting a world's record of 2:08 4/5 for the mile and a sixteenth for three-year-olds.

"Dartmouth" is named for the College, but he happens to have been bred by a Harvard man and now he is owned by a Princeton man. The handsome, dark son of Victory Song out of Lura Hanover was bred at the Walnut Hall Farm, Donerail, Kentucky, by H. W. Nichols Jr., a Harvard graduate. At naming time, explains Mr. Nichols, his daughters were having a house party and one of the guests, a Dartmouth man, suggested "Dartmouth" for the colt. Because of Dartmouth connections through his paternal grandmother (Marsh), Mr. Nichols liked the idea and adopted it.

"Dartmouth" as a yearling was sold to Castleton Farm of Lexington for $26,000. Trained and driven by Ralph Baldwin, he has returned his price many times over. His winnings through mid-October totaled more than $175,000. As a two-year-old "Dartmouth" won the Tompkins Memorial, Greyhound Stake, and Westbury Futurity. This year as a three-year-old he had seven wins and six seconds. In the Hambletonian he finished fourth behind Ayres, Big John, and Speedy Count, so the Dexter Cup victory was doubly sweet.

This winter "Dartmouth" will train at Pompano Beach, Florida, for more racing next year.