Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-02

skill with the reins and fine judge or
horseflesh.
Buck" Waters OF Leonardtown, Md,
writes to The Sunday Star that he hopes to
be able this year to race some of the get
of his stallion Pat McGregor. 2.19ls. He also
writes that the Leonardtown track is being
put in order for jogging purposes. and it
Is expected that a spring meeting will be
pulled off as soon as horses and track arc
in condition. 1t is possible that circuit
will be formed consisting of Leonardtown,
LaPlata, Annapolis and, possibly. Lower
Marlboro. Mr.. Waters says the light har-
ness horse Is growing in popularity In his
bailiwick and that a summer of clean sport
is promised Pat McGregor is now doing
service in the vicinity of Winchester, Va
He may be brought back to Leonardtown
in the near future his get are much
appreciated.
Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey of Texas,
it is rumored. has purchased 160 acres of
the estate of the late James B. Clay of
Lexington, Ky. the price being $4,000
The estate named is known as the Iroquois
stock farm, and part of the holdings of
Henry Clay, James B. Clay being the lat
ters grandson. 1t is also rumored that
Senator Bailey will breed thoroughbreds on
his new purchase. The latter is located
only one and half miles from his trotung
horse plant, at the head of which Is Prodi-
gal 2 Is and the new addition Will give
the senator a holding of 500 acres of the
finest blue grass land. Senator Scott of
West Virginia has gone entirely out OF the
breeding business, only retaining Few
driving horses. Representative Tom Davis
of the same state in discussing his breed
ing ventures a few days since with a rep
resentative of The Sunday Star remarked
that he bred for diversion as well as profit
breeding was such a lottery that it might
well be called diversion because ii always
kept man guessing as TO how his young
sters were going to turn out
The breeder lay awake nights ponder4ng
over the color and sex of the forthcoming
youngster. When he arrived he could en-
gage his mind upon the subject as TO
whether ne would pace or trot. and whether
he would ever be worth a cent at either gait
There was in fact, much TO speculate
upon that man who was deep In the game
could never complain of being lonesome
Then the cost of the plan every month was
another interesting item, and he said that
problem kept a man so busy digging down
in his pants for his pocketbook that he
must needs have an extensive wardrobe 10
be presentable among his friends
Representative Joseph Sibley of Pennsyl-
vania, who happened to pass by at the
time of conversation. corroborated all that
Mr.. Davis said and more. He said that
although he had gone out of the breeding
business for good he still loved the trotter
In spite Of the thousands his fondness for
him had cost. 1t was one thing to train a
fast youngster, but to get him TO the races
was something that taxed the wisdom of
Solomon of the patience of Job and the
wealth of a Standard Oil prince. He said
he would not care TO recount the number of
record breakers he thought he possessed
from time to time, but ii would not tax
his memory to name the number that made
good at the wire. AT one time he had
$75, 900 in hard cash invested in the get Of
Electiopeer alone. He had driven every
horse of prominence bred at Palo Alto ex-
cept Sunol, 2oSA, and she, he said, he would
not have driven had Senator Stanford Of