Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-02
LOCAL HORSES ON
THE FAIR CIRCUIT
Trotters and PAGERS Have Had
a Rest This Week
Notes.
By Z. D. Sale,


Washington trotters and PAGERS have been
taking a much-needed rest for the past
week. Some of them will perform this
week at Timonium, near Baltimore. The
opening day at Timonium will be Tuesday.
September f. and the meeting will continue
for four days. Prospect Park. ne0r yBald-
more, follows September IL. with five
day meeting; Easton. Md. will come next
with four-day meeting, and then the
horse brigade will move westward 20 at
tend the Hagerstown fair. which is always
great event. and where horses have 10
step a lively gait to get any part of the
money.
The Frederick county fair will be next
in order after Hagerstown, the opening
event at the last-named town being Octo-
Der 8. the racing continuing for four days.
After the Frederick fair closes the racing
season in this neck of the woods will have
practically ended, although there doubtless
will be sporadic meets in Maryland and
Virginia and perhaps in North Carolina
The Morrisoh-Acker string is In a state
of dissolution, some of the horses having
already been disposed Of. The remainder
will follow just as soon as purchasers can
be found. and Mr.. Morrison, when the last
horse changes hands, will retire. rich In
experience instead Of in wealth and glory.
The fast little pacing mare Miss G!cam.
215H, owned by ]. ]. Fletcher. has had
her bad leg fired and has been turned out
The condition Of this game mare is a great
grief to her owner as well as financial
loss, as she had paced a mile in her work
around 2.1O and looked good in her class
as a legacy from a rich aunt when she
broke down. If she can be propped up
with severe blisters she may yet ger to
the races, or, failing in that. be useful
mare on the speedway and road.
Thomas Cannon, who has had good luck
this season with Henry Copperthite's Ada
D., 2.15H, Is giving the bay mare a let-up
for a few weeks. but will probably uncork
her again at Hagerstown. Timothy E.
Shugrue is getting the good pacing colt I.
E. s., by E. H. s., in shape for the fall
meets, and he now looks to be a good
youngster in the slow PAGES.
Charles McDermott. 1t is alleged. is going
to sell for the high dollar In the near future
about eight of the twelve fast horses he
now owns at Belmont Park. Mr.. McDer-
mott Is not at all discouraged with his ex
perience in the fast horse line. He has
paid like man for the wisdom that is now
his without q grunt, and will make new in
vestments from time to time when the pro-
posed purchase can SHOW him.
1t is quite possible that portion of Mr..
McDermott's stable will be brought back to
Washington later in the season. He is
more interested in speedway contests than
In racing on the several circuits, and his
interest In the new speedway has been of
great value to Washington horsemen
B. F. McCaully is driving to pole for
Mr.. McDermott half sister to Frank
Yoakum, 2.O4. and bay filly by Chimes.
The pair make a fine showing and attract
much attention.
Mr.. John H. Gheen, the Mount Pleasant
horseman and horse owner, and whose
services as judge are In great demand at
horse trots and country fairs, is suffering
at present from bad attack of govt.
Postmaster Charles e. Hartung's twenty
two-year-old tOld Ned is about ready to
turn his toes to the sky. He has been a
great horse for his owner, and no road was
ever too long for him.
Local horsemen who have been watching
the career of E. F. Halls Kushan. 219A.
are wondering how long he will be able to
keep up his present winning lick. Five wins
out of five starts is certainly a remarkable
showing. He has evidently been better
than his fields when he got down to bust
ness, but when he meets a field few sec
onds faster than his present mark will he
march in front or behind? Certain 1t is
that in the future when he meets a horse
to suppress those wild breaks the stallion
makes early in the race. or the summaries
will read differently. Mr.. hall believes,
however, that kushen has at least five sec
onds more speed than he has yet shown.
It is more than probable that when he
strikes the Baltimore circuit next week his
speed capacity will be more thoroughly
tested: failing in this. then when he
marches over the Hagerstown track where
he will be compelled to meet good horses
from PENNSYLVANIA New JERSEY and New
York.
Kushans gameness Is never in question
In any race in which he appears. He Is
bred to go the route. and when the heats
are split he Is the cayenne in hot doses.
Mr.. Hall has shown good judgment in his
horse deals for the past year; in fact he is
the envy of horsemen in that respect. Last
fall he rid himself of horses that have not
distinguished themselves thus far this
season at least, and at profitable figures.
Then packing $3.50 in his wallet he HE'D
himself to Loudoun county and purchased
Kushan. In his Norfolk start Mr.. Hall
won him out, and has been offered almost
three times much for the stallion as he
paid for him originally.
X
About the first thing that horsemen ex-
claim nowadays when meeting those of
the same cult: Great guns. how they are
going this year" And this Is the mortal
fact And the most encouraging thing
about the who.e matter is that extreme
speed is not confined to any particular
section of country. They have been going
going in New York and massachusetts,
Out in Galesburg the other day that Won
derful little pacing mare. The Broncho.
paced a mile with strong wind blowing