Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
GOOD REPORTS OF
THE LOCAL HORSES
Generally creditabIe Work Per-
formed by the Washington
Trotters and PAGERS.
By L. d. Sale.

WashinRton-owned horses, or those con-
trolled by Washingtonians, with very few
exceptions have done well the past week.
H. C. Copperthite's Ada D.. 2:15k. won the
last heat and the race at Harrisonburg,
Va, Wednesday. in the free for all, and
won her race In the PIG class on Thurs
day. while Javins Brothers Bedford Boy,
2:13K. In Wednesdays field. got second
money and s. D. r.. in the same stable.
won second money in the 2:15 trot or pace.
The veteran trainer and driver. James Nor
row of Washington, Jared worse than did
his mounts, for he was suspended for not
driving out his mounts. Until the suspen-
sion is removed Mr.. Morrow cannot train or
drive on any track In the United states:
The suspension removes, temporarily, at
least. from racing circles one of the most
skillful conditioners and one Of the best
trainers and drivers the local turf has
known.
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DR.. Bell, in Alonzo Corbin's stable of fly.
ers, showed the way again Wednesday at
Pocomoke in the 2:1S pace to good field
Of six horses, after dropping the first heat
to Josh Roughly. he pacing the three last
heats to his record. 2:17A. e. F. Halls
Kushan, 2:19k, again showed the stun OF
which he Is made by winning the 2:20 trot
In hot finishes. dropping the second heat to
game son Of Kemlin, 2:O7A. led at the wire
in straight heats. The bay stallion has not
been defeated in all Of his four starts this
geason and his limit of speed has not yet
been reached by several seconds: Judged
by results, the Corbin string is the best
| and most consistent string of horses the
District of Columbia has ever sent to the
races. In the third heat of his race
Kushan marched his mile in 2:19A. which
Is good as 2:15 on one-lap track In
perfect condition. On Thursday Corbin
place In the special race. The Whitehead
OKeefe string. now racing on the western
Pennsylvania circuit, has not been much
In evidence of late.
1t now looks as II the season of 1906 will
go down in turf annals as the greatest the
PAGER has ever figured in. or since the sor-
rel mare Pocahontas. by Irons Cadmus, as
tonished the world over forty-five years ago
by pacing a mile to straight-axle wagon in
2:17 over rough track. Over a parlor
track like that at Cleveland she would have
probably cut that mark five more sec
onds. The world has never witnessed in
any season since light harness racing was
instituted a quartet of horses like Black
lock, trial 2:011s; The Broncho, 2:O2A; An
gus Pointer, 203A, and Ardelles 2:05A. 1t
is not an exaggeration to state that any
one Of the PAGERS named is equal to q mile
In two minutes, properly keyed up for the
trial, and 1t is quite possible that The
Broncho, Angus Pointer and Blackjack
could shade that mark a few seconds. Ger
tain it is that Dan Patch's mark is in dan
ger, although perhaps not in 1903. The
horse that looks to have the best chance to
equal, and perhaps lower 1t. is the stallion
Blackjack. the six-year-old son of Cuckoo,
2:16 and Jennie Brown by Brown Johnson.
son of Brown Hal. 2:12h. It requires
ina to carry better than two-minute
speed mile. Blackjack is full sixteen
hands and powerfully built. while The
Broncho is hardly more than pony in
size. Ardelles, per contra, Is a mare OF
good size and strongly made and In posses
sion of great lung and heart power. 1t
would not surprise well-informed horse
men If some fine day when horse, man,
track and weather were Mt a razor's edge,
and the moon in the right quarter, the bay
gelding Angus Pointer, son of Sidney
Pointer, would do the trick. In the pater-
nal line he runs back to the Halls the
greatest Of pacing families. as does also
Blackjack on the side of his DAM It was
Hal-Hal Pointer-that set the world
agape as speed racing machine at the
pace. He was one of the greatest of his
day, and 1t was a Hal again that broke all
worlds records-Star Pointer 1:59AsH. Nor
was he dethroned until the black son of
teor-like across the turf horizon with his
marvellous flight Of speed and set a mark
for the whole world.
What wonderful luck PA" Geers plays
in year after year! Three years in success
sion he has won the c. and c. stakes, and
only once by a horse not Of his own breed
ing. There are score of millionaire breed
ers throughout the country who would be
willing to give up quite a few of their
thousands to accomplish as much, for the
honor Of winning the stake is of more sat
isfaction to the true sportsman than the
sum involved Geers' luck however, is
not greater than is his judgment in regard
to the speed capacity of horse, and as
to whether he will race or not. Much of
his practical knowledge of horses and rae
ing was taught him by that master in the
business, the late Cicero Hamlin Of Buffalo,
N. Y. There were no frills or tucks about
the sage Of Buffalo. He could see farther
into grindstone than most mortals; sought
no mans advice as far horses were con-
cerned: trained and raced his horses &C
cording to his own ideas, and died the
most successful light harness turfman that
ever lived.
The sneers Of men he passed by without
the tremor of a nerve, for he ives confident