Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16
LOCAL HORSES At
PROSPECT PARK
Carried Off Their Share of
Purses and Honors in Rae
ing of the Past Week.

This is the season OF fairs In the vicinity
OF the neighborlng city of Baltimore AS
general proposition one fair Is very much
like another In the matter of exhibits, but
the fair held last week at Prospect Park, on
the eastern outskirts of Baltimore differed
from the one held the week previous at
Timontum. northwest of the Monumental
city. III that king horse at the Prospect
Park fair did NOT figure to such large ex-
tent as at the former. Agriculture. pure and
simple. held the center of the stage at
Prospect, while the show of cattle of the
poied Angus breed was one OF the finest to
TO seen anywhere. The poultry and hog
exhibit was also first class, and the midway
attractions were far superior to those usual
~ presented at county fairs.
The racing was first ciass, and again
Washington horses and horses bred close
to the capital of the nation carried off their
share of purses and honors. On Tuesday
the opening day of the fair. Charles C. Wa
tiers OF Germantown. Montgomery county,
scored again with his great five-year-old
stallion kinslee in straight heats, after
GreenwayS fast stallion Wiltondale took
the first heat in record time. 2.2IA. On
rounding the first turn in the first heat
ktnslee broke and Mortified gave him an
easy mile. After that Kinsee kept his
stride, never even lifting his nose, and won
his heats as he pleased-simply in a Jog
for him, for he could have trotted the slow
track three heats very close to 2.16. and If
there had been anything in his field to have
driven him out might have negotiated
mile second faster. Mr. Waters purposes
cutting this magnificent young trotter loose
al Hagerstown, II horse. track and day are
propitious. and then we shaa see what we
shall see. and whether human judgment has
gone glimmering. AT Prospect kinslee cut
his record from 2:26A to 2:22A in the third
heat. the second heat being 2:23A and the
fourth, which he also won. being in 2:24a..
The 2:l2 pace was specially inter esting to
the large number of Neutrality-suspicious. pres
ent, from the fact that l.. A. Mccormick 9
sweet little sorrel mare Mysetis was a con-
tending factor. The little mare is as pretty
as a ripe peach on the toprnost bough. and
showed her quality by pacing the second
heat in 2:12&, her former record being
.:13i.. This was after the gray geldng
Captain Sampson had Won the first heat in
2:l4.. It was at this point in the game that
Allie Merritield cut loose the bay geldng
Kidd. a son of Clonmore. After he had won
two heats with him the sun went Gown and
the race was carried over until Wednesday.
The pace in the first heat was too not for
Peter Tdylors Irish Jack. another Wash
iugton owned horse and he got the red
banner I'm the first heat
-Four horses accepted the issue on We'd
nesday. Dorsey of Rockville got busy with
Mystis at the word In the concluding heat
and she was rapidly cutting down the lead
ers on the backStretch first time around
when his mare jumped into the air and be-
fore he, could pull her to her stride
again she was absolutely last. When he
finally dh9 get her going she paced very
East, but the pursuit was hopeless and Kidd
lied TO the wire, winning the heat and race