Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

Trainers Everywhere Putting
Finishing Touches on L;ynt
Harness Horses.
BY L. D. SALE.

Trainers are now putting the finishing
touches on their horses every where. espe
cially those intended for racing on big
tracks Bonnie Russell, 2105k, this year in
the hands of Geers, has already stepped
quarters at two-minute shot and miles
around his record. The real goods, how
ever. seems to be last years great trotter,
Snyder McGregor, 2051.. which has already
trotted around 2.10 in a cakew ak, as 1t
were. and can almost any day step around
eos when his driver loses his strength of
arm When a horse fights for his head at
that pace, and will race. the other fellows
begin TO talk business behind the grand
stand.
The pacing mare Miss Adbell 81, 2,14a4,
Is also looking good to railbirds, as she has
marched a mile within the past few days
IN 2i24 while Alexander, 2.091z, which
record Geers gave him last season. has gone
a mile IN 2t5 In his work Al. Thomas,
however. has done much better with Main
sheet. 20Sl2. having worked him over the
Wheaton QuJ track last week in 2o91z, the
last quarter being In O.301a. Mercy Me.
also in the Thomas string. has stepped
mile in POS three and a half seconds bet
ter than her record.
The stallion Sidney Prince, owned at a
crossroads place on the lower Virginia pen
insula is fast gaining an enviable reputa-
ton as a sire of speed He is not only the
leading sire UP TO date for the season OF
1906 of 30 performers, but IN the mare
Pr{nceen. recently at this point, has one
OF the most consistent trotters of the sea
son thus far Some stations, like some In
dividuals, rise above environment This
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ness The region in which this son of Sid
nev. 2Ig94. stands is not prolific of brood
mare material Of the fashionable KIND.
Nevertheless. for the past three years Sid
ney Prince has each season contributed to
the turf four or five good performers. 1t
seems pity that a sire Of so much merit
should not have enlarged opportunities
Were his habitat changed TO Kentucky,
nothing but sudden death could prevent him
from being in time one of the greatest of
sires Sidney Prince traces in the paternal
line TO the family founded by Strathmore,
he being q son of Hambletonian 10 and his
dam a daughter Of North American, that
carried close up the blood Of the desert
For three generations the Strathmores
have not only been noted for extreme speed,
but for sturdy racing qualities. The racing
stallion Santa Claus. which. under the tute-
lage OF John Turner, flashed upon the horl-
zOu twenty-five years ago, was the senSa-
ton Of his year. Old horsemen will readily
recall the luscious watermeons cut with
MIN the year IuINtF turned MN loOee'
Steinway was fast, as was also Sidney, at
both Eaits, and every one knows what
Strathm0re's female descendant, Lou Dill
lon. l.5Sla, has accomplished. Il now seems
more than likely that the family will be
perpetusted through Sidney Prince and Sid
ney Dillon. the last named being the sire OF
Mr.. Billings fast mare.
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The man who engages in the purchase of
etc lG pprrnaIIa1 m
great chances. He is as likely to draw a
blank as a prize. Take Representative Joe
SlbIey as a case In point. He discarded May
King and kept St. Bel. Eventually May
King became the sire of Bingen, 206l4. who
IN time became the sire of the wonderful
Todd, l4A, at two years, and others that
have shown extreme speed St Bel has
not one direct representative in the 10
list, while Bingen has several that have
shown that they could beat 2. 10 by several
seconds. IN the matter Of producing ex-
IRENE speed Bingen exceeds all living stres,
even Baron Wilkes and Mckinney. But
when the racing qualities of his get are
compared with the sons of George Wilkes,
he fails. Nor does he measure up with
Allerton. Wilkes Boy and Gambetta Wilkes
IN producing the qualities that bring home
the money in actual contests. And this,
after all. is the test OF a stallion. A dress
parade is an inspiring sight but the true
test of a soldier is his ability to stand cold
rtcrls 1 nc II uc kSSt Vi ~ tCS lOISS N MS
ability TO look another horse In the eye, to
take the gaf without CULVER or swerve, to
never cease trying to beat his opponent
although his heart and lungs are bursting
with the effort The Bingeus may yet come
on and show their worth in actual contests
and for the sake of the men east and west
NORTH and south, who have invested thou
sands IN them within the past few months
It IL to be hoped that they Will not disap-
point expecta tons.
There IS a little town on the map up in
Illinois called Libertyville that seems to be
afflicted with more fast horses and fasS
horse interest than some cities ten times
Its size Every year. for the past three
years 1t has furnished one or more speed
Sensations. Last year 1t was Eclectic Maid
en-. This year IT is the black stallion Black