Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-09
FILLING THE STALLS
At BR|GHTWOOO
Every Trainer and Driver at the
Track Apparently Will Have
His Hands Full.
By L. D. SALE.

| things going at Brightwood. The birds
are singing and nesting in the primeval
| oaks the swipes are chanting their semi
| barbarous roundelays the hearts of the
| trainers are growing lighter as the stalls
| become daily filled with new charges at so
| much per. the whitewash artist is doing his
| little stunts to stables, fences and what
| not, the rhythmic footbeats of the trotter
and PAGER are heard hourly over the track.
now in excellent shape for work, and even
| the little black bear in his huge cage has
| taken fresh Interest in life and does fan
| tastic tricks II he too, welcomed the
coming of springlike weather. The club
| house and grounds undergoing the most
| complete renovation In their history. The
| painter with his paint pot and brush is also
| busy, so that by the time the bell rings for
| the horses to score down next month pat
rons of the track will enjoy a complete
| metamorphosis.
Thirty days ago trainers were wondering
| how they were going to pull through the
summer without breaking further into their
| already depleted bank rolls. Few horses
were In sight up to ten days ago. but since
that time they have come out of the bushes
and from other hidden places. until !iow 1t
| looks as II every trainer and driver at the
track will have all the horses that he can
! do Justice to. Notwithstanding the fact
that never In the history of the national
capital were as many fast horses owned
here. owners with money to spare are con-
stantly on the lookout for speed. Henry
N. Reaves of Athens. Ga, acting for J. ].
O'Keefe. departed last week for Indian
apolis for the purpose Of going as high as
81, 500 for the fast mare Alfalfa, 211A, and
capable of showing miles around 205. Be-
fore Mr.. Reaves reached his destination the
mare was sold for $500 to another gentle
| man. Extreme speed, with racing qualities
combined. Is SO scarce that who
wants 1t cannot afford to tarry by the way
IL he wants to very much. Still, there are
others, and by the time the grand circuit
| opens at Detroit in July there Is no ques-
| ton that there Will be on exhibition during
racing week plenty of speed and some to
burn. Out in the wild and woolly west
there are a number of youngsters that have
never faced the starter, some of when
when they do start will doubtless carry
some of the old-timers to the wire SO fast
that they will grow homesick. Among the
tried ones that will come down the line is
the Illinois bred young mare. Electric
Maiden. This mare in her first start in
2.13k, pulled up, and could have trotted
miles that day better than 2.10 If there had
been anything in her field to have driven
her out. Electric Maiden is one of the get
of Electric Bell when he was doing service
in Kentucky.
Robert Brawley. who has in charge the
large and extremely fast string of Charles
McDermott of this city, writes to The Star
from Norfolk that the last few days have
done wonders for the track at that point
and that over 100 horses working over
it daily. None has been stepped fast yet,
but in two weeks hence, and from that
period on they will be moved along faster
until they begin to show condition. Mr..
Erau his string c0nnrisRS
ten head, viz: Greeline, 2,071&, PAGER, by
Online; Marion Wilkes 2.0s1a trotter by
Hawthorne Wilkes. that was second 70
Wentworth in the $4,000 match race at
Belmone Park. Philadelphia, in 1905; Mon
tauk. 2.16A, trotter, by Brown Hal. u:
John r. Gentry. jr., 21SA, PAGER, by John
by Baronmore: Heiress Queen, 2.10A, PAGER,
by Clay King; Tusco. 2.2S1h, trotte-. by
Bernadotte; Mabel Queen. trotter. by King
Albert; Walter Walter n; PAGER s, M by shiio Boy
When this string moves down the line
there certainly ought to be something doing
in the way of extreme speed But the MEM
bers of 1t will not get to the wire first with
out desperate struggle.
Javin Brothers. also Of this city. have al
ready got together a strong field of trot-
tiers and PAGERS and hope to strengthen 1t
still more as the season advances and OPP
portunity offers. They have frst-class
trainer and conditioner. and they will have
the satisfaction OF knowing that when their
horses turn for the word they Will be 1T.
~
The O'Keefe- Reaves string has few weak
spots In its armor. and such exist are
being rapidly mended. The firm are deter
mined to have the best that money can buy.
and are always on the lookout for capital
prizes Never In local light harness lis
tory will SO many good Washington owned
horses contest for first money as during the
racing season of 1006. Alonzo Corbin does
not expect to carry around with him this
season a large stable, but his horses will
all be good in their class. and he possesses
the rare quality of knowing how to wait
before he races his horses ana also pos
sesses that other extremely valuable quail
fly Of knowing how to sit still In the sulky
when he ought to be quiet. and 10 drive
like q demon when the finish is hot Thomas
Cannon Is banking this year on two pacing
mares with record of 215A. and upon
pacing mare with a record of 213E. The
trio have been tried out on moro than q
score of hotly contested fields, and as Mr..
Cannon IL master reinsman and most
skillful trainer when the secretary OF
track disburses the money he Is pretty sure
OF getting piece OF it. The horses that he
has a right to depend on up to date to bring
him home frat In their several classes are
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