Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-26
HARNESS HORSE SPORT
LOCAL NOTES OF THE TRoTTERs
AND PAGERS.

John O. Gheen Of Mt. Pleasant is gradu-
ally getting together a stable of flyers for
speedway purposes. His latest purchase is
a practically green pacing mare, Virginia
bred. and bears the hall marks of fast
mare when malured and trained. 1t is
claimed the mare pace close to 30
and her record only 2:31.
Great interest is being manifested by the
citizens of Charles county, Md, in the light
harness speed horses. A track is about to
be built at La Plata of a half mile circum-
ference. and it is expected that 1t will be
ready TO race over some time during the
month of May, 1905
A Promising Filly.
doc" Garges has placed his handsome and
rangy three ear-oId bay filly, by Onycha
Wilkes, 221A dam Miss Alice, %, by
Cuyler Clay, the son of Cuyler and Bridget,
by George NJ. Patchen, 2.23, in the hands of
Alonzo Corbin for development. The FLY
is a square trotter, and Mr.. Corbln has
great hopes for her future. Miss Alice was
bred by George p. Zurhorst of Capitol Hili,
and owned by him during her entire racing
career. He only parted with her when he
became convinced that she was sterile.
Onycha Wilkes, the sire of Mr.. Garges'
fiHy. is an ebony black. Cuyler, her great
grandsire on her maternal side, was a bay
with white hairs literally sprinkled through
his coat. Cuyler Clay, her maternal grand
sire, carried the same peculiar markings as
did also Miss Alice, the flilys dam. The
fillyS coat is also literally Sprinkled with
gray hairs. All this can be explained by
persons versed in light harness horse lore.
Way back in the fiftjes Bishops HANDLE
tonan, son of Messenger, sired a gray filly,
which came to distinction as a brood mare
and was called Gray Rose. Those of her
descendants that were not grays Were bays
or chestnuts, and the two last named car
ried the gray markings as above observed
gray color is as hard to exterminate as
black in sheep.
Virginia Breeding Farms.
The Locust Grove stock farm, Bealton,
Va, has within the year risen to promi-
hence through its premier sire, Henry Shep-
herd, son of Clay, 2.25, dam a daughter Of
Aberdeen, one of the very greatest race
horse sires The breeding interests of Lo-
Gust Grove are vested in F. c. Hall of this
city and his father, c. E. Hall, the latter
acting as manager. Investor, 2.21l4. mark
gained during the past season; Bill Bailey,
PIG, a yearlng that has trotted a third Of
mile track in 2.56 and two other young
sters that have beaten go, would indicate
that Shepherd will soon rank as a coming
Virginia sire. Quite a number of breeding
plants are scattered along the line of the
Southern railway between Manassas and
Culpeper.
The most wonderful mile ever paced was
that paced by Dan Patch at Memphis,
Tenn, November II. Accompanied by two
runners to urge him to do his best, he
paced the first quarter in 0.30, the second
quarter in 029, and the half in 0.59. Up
to that point Patch had gone on his cour-
age. Jersey then began to pick him up,
and the three-quarter pole was reached in
12SA. At the head of the homestretch
Hersey drew his whip for the first time in
the wonderful flight of speed, and brought
the son of Joe Patchen and Zelda home
-nI how ~, I Aa+ tl,N,, +l,a+
the spectators proclaimed the great stallion
king of light harness horses.
The 40 Trotters of 1905.
The thirty-four new 30 trotters for 1905
is the greatest number yet produced in any
year The total consists of eight stations,
sixteen mares and ten geldings. The per-
centage of stations is slightly less than in
previous years. Grouped into families the
new 2.10 performers trace their ancestry
as follows and therein lies much meat for
breeders to digest: George Wilkes, -; Alex
anders Abdallah, Z; Electioneer, 4; Dicta-
tor, 8; Artillery, >; Happy Medium, 2;
baltimore, .; Edwin Forrest, 1; Edwin
Everett. 1, and miscellaneous, l. With the
single exception of Edwin Forrest, all of
the above-named sires trace in the paternal
line to Hambletonian 10 Another feature
for breeders to ponder over is that 253 per
cent of the 30 trotters are from dams with
records.
Recent Important Purchases.
William j. Hill, Glendale Stock Farm,
Marion, Eastern Shore, Md, purchased
Wednesday of w. II. Richardson, Baltimore
the four-year-old chestnut sorrel stallion
General Mack, 2.17l2, at the pace. For two
weeks this highly bred and fast son of Ash
land Wilkes, which ties Grahbetta Wilkes
as the leading race sire Of the
year, was paraded for sale before
GF1 bDr a fbn Ma
speedway and elsewhere, and while they
were backing and filling TO the matter of
price. Mr.. Hil stepped in and quickly snap
ped him up for the sum of 81, 800. Mack 3
dam is by the great race horse sire, Robert
McGregor, 2.1T1a. sire of Chescius 2.02A,
and is a race horse in his own right, not
having made break during last seasons
racing, wears no hopples, and must, if he
lives and IS raced take a very low mark.
Mr.. Hill has secured a bargain, and It is to
be lamented that some District horseman
could not have been found with nerve
enough to keep the stallion at this point.
General Macks kind are scarce here.
Among latest speed importations to Wash
ington are Casselton b. g., 10 years, record
2,16A, by Chimes, 2311a; dam by the half
bred AlmonarCh, and Bessie A. b. m,
2.l4E. pacing, by Bellrnan, dam by Smiths
Abe Lincoln. A Washington dealer pur-
chased the horses named under the hammer
in Philadelphia, paying $175 for Cesselton
and $500 for Bessie A. Much speed for lit
tie money.
John Z. Reyburn of Washington, D. c.,
and Philadelphia has purchased the sensa-
tional trotting gelding, Ed. Bryan. by Little
Corporal which recently set new marks
over Belmont course, Philadelphia, for two
and three miles to wagon. Mr.. Reyburn
paid $3.50 for Bryan under the hammer,
and it is reported that he may ship the
great geIding TO Europe.
The high prices which prevail for light
harness horses of the right kind have de-
cided Commissioner j. D, Yeomans of this
city to revive his breeding plant at Onaqua,
Ia, which he allowed TO lapse a few years
since on account of being engaged in public
duties at this point. Judge Yeomans bred
such top nochers as Frank Yoakum, 2.04%
Guy Cation, 2.09A, Ainsworth, 40, and nu-
merous other fast ones.