Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27
BR|GHTWOOD MEET
OPENS TUESDAY
Harness Horses Will Furnish
Sport for -Four Days at the
Local Trotting Track.
BY l.. D. SALE.

Brightwood will be open to the public
Tuesday for a four-days meeting. Men
with hammer, saw and nails have been at
work all the week preparing extra quarters
for the horses that are to arrive from the
Norfolk meet, and every preparation is be-
ing made to give the public the worth of
their money. Some of the fastest horses
that have been trained and raced at the
city-on- the sea will, be here and try con-
illusions with our own cracks. and by the
time the curtain rings down local owners
will know whether 1t will pay them to fol-
low the passing show to Baltimore where
other good ones will be on hand to COM
pete for the money. John o. Gheen's Belle
Hazel will make her debut on one of the
four days. will also Mr.. Rileys green
pacing gelding. Riley A. which has shown a
mile over Brightwood in 2.19k. The crowd
at Brightwood today to view the new arri-
walls will doubtless be record-breaking
one. b. F. McCaully will offciate as starter
during the coming meeting, and IL Is to be
hoped that tie will give the public prompt
starts Nothing wearies the spectator so
much as long waits between heats and
useless scoring. A starter who knows his
business and has the courage TO perform
his plain duty will not tolerate either.
Boil have been the curse of Brigmwood
in the past.
The entries for the meet at Brishtwooo
are:
Tuesday, go trot-Little Ned. Colibre,
Howard O., Caricta. The Cavalier. May
Linkwood. Cadette, jr., Jim Russell. Brooks
and Wharton.
Ingersoll. Girty CuI. Belle Hazel. Texas
Bell, Florence Wilkes. Elvena Wilkes. Riley
A, Coupon Maud l.. l. P. and Princess
Hal
Wednesday, 2.10 pace-Pat s., Corvette.
Maid Marion. Heiress Queen. Belle Brown
and F1eety, Jr
Free-for-all-Bad News. Greenline. Nudge
craft, Redworth, Jr, Riley B., Bedford Boy
and MysotIs
Thursday, PA pace-Ben Isle. Maid
Marion. Ed Bedford. Belle Hazel, Elvena
Prince. Mary Tracy. Texas Belle, Riley A,
1. P. Coupon. Florence Wilkes and Prin-
cess Hal.
21s trot-Sir Electroid Estuary, w. J.
White. Estrella and Petronei.
Friday. 2.2S trot-Colfbre. Girardia. Lady
Hartford, Howard O., May lakewood. Ca
dette Jr., caricita, W. j. White and
Wharton.
214 pace-Ida c. Paulding Boy, Golden
Rod, Bedford Boy. Hudgecraft. Heiress
Queen, Conroy, Ada D., Minnie Thompson
and Mysotis
There will be a running race each day OF
the four days, the entries being: Content
ment. Sentry. Ethelbrytha. Twister, Mary
Lassey, Little Cita, Fire Escape. Black
Kentucky Rose, Adana, Monadnock, Sea
Gate. Earldom. Wild Beauty Marion Bid
Gle. Mary Worth. Alack, Congress and
Istria
The week at Brightwood has been one of
fast quarters and dust-dust so thick that
trainers could not see their horses ears.
1t is not the fault of Secretary G. s. Had
field that such conditions prevail, but OF
the association which controls the track,
and whose particular business 1t is to see
that the course is fit to work valuable
horses over All the trainers at Bright
wood are indignant that the owners of the
track are so neglectful of their interests
by not having the track sprinkled each
day as IL IL their duty to do. Every we'll
regulated track association owns sprink-
Ter and uses IL literally and the Bright
wood Driving Club cannot make a better
investment at this tuncture than the pur-
chase of a sprinkling machine.
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]. ]. O'Keefe is rapidly getting his horses
on edge B. w Whitehead of Memphis.
Tenn. who is to drive and train his horses
In the future arrived on Tuesday and on
tile day following trialed out the bay geld
lng, Flireh; 2-17A. and Paulding Boy. Each
was given miles around 2.15 and last quar-
tiers in OBI. Pauldiug Boy Will race at the
coming meeting at Brightwood. Finch is
reserved for larger purses and the horse
that beats him in his class will knox that
he has been 10 the races. Mr.. Whitehead
blought with him from Tennessee the black
gelding Coupon. 223i4, at the trot. and
Lady Cuson. 2.17l4. at the pace Clay Ce-
ell, In the same string. was stepped last
week over Brightwood mile in 2.19A, last
quarter in 033- at the trot.
James Morrow gave Bedford Boy mile
in 2.13St. just a second slower than his
record. which clearly indicates that the
roam geldiug IS almost ripe enough to pick.
BedWorth jr-. in the same stable, was sent
an easy mile in 215A. Alonzo Corbin has
21h. and will endeavor 70 get him in con-
dition for the fail meets. Last season Jack
was introduced into select equine society
at Windsor Ontario, and the week follow
ing appeared at Detroit The pace set at
both meetings baked him and he was off
the entire summer and fall. w. II. Rabbit
of Montgomery county writes The Star
that he has very promising three year
old stallion by Brown Hal, 2.12, and out
OF mare by Red Pilot, which he bought
last fall from Campbell Brown of Column
bia, Tenn The youngster. like all the
Halls. is a PAGER.
When stallion. eighteen years of age.
reduces in a race his record nearly two
seconds In his first start of the season.
he is worthy of special mention. This
Timothy & Shugrue's Harry c. did at
Norfolk Wednesday. when he won the . 20
pace at that point in 219h and 2 2ol1
Harry C.s previous record was 2 2lA which
he gained at Brightwood last fall Prior
TO that period his mark was 224A. The
performance stamps the gray stallion one
OF the most remarkable horses of the CEN
fury, when one takes into consideration the
fact that he was for years used for draw
ing garden produce to the George
town market and In blowing the fields of
his previous well as present owner. Gold
smith Maid reduced her record at the trot
from 10 to IA at twenty years of age,
and the celebrated stallion and sire Wood
ford Mambrino reduced his record from
90 to 2.21A at about the same age but
these are rare instances in turf history.
Harry g. was bred by the father of Alonzo
Corbin the Brightwood trainer. and his
sire was Dundee, son of Jay Gould. 22fH
His dam wes by son Of Harold. the lat