The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-23
HARNESS HORSE GOSSIP


Rupert. Of this city, at the recent Old
Glory sale, at Madison Square Garden,
New York. made her first appearance in
a matinee here last Tuesday, and though
] she lost her race, impressed every one
I who saw her by her bursts of speed
when on the pace She made dead
+ heat with Charles McDermotts fast
/ young stallion. Rex Leader, in the fast
/ est heat of the brush, and win surely
make better showings after her new own
/ or becomes better acquainted with her
/ Fair Nancy is a handsome bay mare.
eleven years old She was bred by
/ George H. Ketchum, Of Toledo, Ohio
/ the owner. trainer, and driver OF the
mighty Cresceus. 2:O214. Fair Nancy is by
Robert McGregor. and is "A half-sister to
/ Cresceus, .her dam being Lucy b. zISl4'
/ by Legacy. She has a race record Of 2:24%4
and "a matinee wagon record Of 2-16l4- 1t
/ is claimed that she has been a mile in
z.1SI.: q half in 1864, and that she can
step a quarter in thirty seconds any time
I She is In good condition. Fair Nancy
does not know what hopples are Her
only parapherualia other than harness,
are light quarter boots. She is gentle
and fearless.
If appearance counts for anything
Mars Cassidy. of this city, the famous
starter OF running horses, is about TO go
/ into the harness horse game on no small
scale. MI Cassidy has always had al
lection for speedy trotters and PAGERS
About five years ago he bought the bay
trotting mare Gretchen, 2:l354, and a
Af~44rr
this combination he got a colt that Is
now three years old. that. il is said has
trotted mile in 2.lT and half in l'03,
and that has brushed quarters as fast as
thirty-0ne seconds. A few weeks ago
Mr. Cassidy sent Agnes Schuyler, with
a trOtting record of 215l4, by Schuyler.
60 the Ideal Stock Farm. where she Was
the first mare 90 be mated with the great
-year-oId. The Able. 2:1015. and now
words comes from Memphis that he has
bought in that city three highly bred
youngsters Of the tr0tting family. that he
viii have trained and raced next year.
Besides these. Mr. Cassidy has several
other speedy horses. and when he gets
in form TO enter the harness horse arena
he should start with formidable stable.
Henry Copperthite has determined TO
lay Eddie B. away from further brush
ing on the Speedway and put him in
shape for racing on the regular tracks
next year. Eddie B. is a handsome bay
EeldinE. FIVE years old. He is as green
as a pumpkin in the racing game, yet
with inCOmpaTatively no preparation has
been started twice recently IN matinees
once at Brightwood and once on the
Speedway-and each time has showed so
much speed and such excellent manners
that he impressed all who saw him with
the belief that he Will make a very fast
and game horse with education and
proper condition. Mr.. Copperthite bought
Brother. pisa. His dam is Henrietta,
by Anteras, PIX. sire OF thirty-nine per
formers in the honorable list including
Ed. s, 2.eSi4, and Antidote 2:10l4. Ed
die 3. was bred and foaled in Indiana
AIr. Coppeprthite viii also have trained
and raced next year a Pilot Medium FLY,
out of ida c.. 2:I3ls, that Is believed to
possess a lot of speed.
Every visitor TO the Potomac Speed
way who realizes the danger there is in
permitting dogs on the grounds has had
many a nerve shock during every matt
nee that has been held there. Last Tues
day there was an unusually large num-
Der of CANNES on hand. and several Of
them persisted in pranCing around on
the track. Serious things have in the
past been brought about by dogs get
ting in the way of horses during races
and it will be big streak of luck should
one not happen on the Speedway If dogs
are not kept away from it, Dogs are
not allowed on other we'll regulated
tracks. and they ought not to be allowed
on this one.
Leonard Acker will train Carstairs
along with Peter Taylor's other horses.
Montana Guard. Jubilanta. and Direct
Mack, next spring. Carstairs is a hand
some sorrel gelding Mr.. Taylor bought
when he got Irish Jack He is a tTOt-
ter, highly bred, and though unmarked. /
is claimed to have been a mile in 2:15.
Mr.. Acker believes Carstairs viii show
well if properly handled.
Larry Gray. who. with the pacing
mare. Gypsy Red, 2:0S24, was suspended
at Marlboro last September, is again in
good standing. Application for release !
OF himself and Gypsy Red was granted
by the National Trotting Association
board of review, at its recent meeting
Larry Gray is a Baltimore driver we'll
known to all Washington horsemen.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who witnessed
the racing on the Potomac Speedway last
Tuesday. will go TO Boston this week.
where he win see racing on the snow.
Gen. Miles is lover of harness horses.
and owns a half dozen or more good
ones. He win bring some Of them TO
Washington later on, and very likely
show them on the Potomac Speedway.
Tive Killed Bearing Christmas Gifts.
Youngstown. Ohio. Dec. 22.-Goine home
with a buggy full Of Christmas presents
for the children at home, Mr.. and Mrs. /
Reese Lrcrrards and their darnl,to. .-,-.l...