Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-13

week was a good-sized gray gelding by
Medo Wilkes. He was teamed by Trainer
Dorsey, who declares that the gelding has
been handled only sixty days for speed.
He, too, is a trotter and pure gated one
at that. Mr. Dorsey says there are a num-
Der of Medo Wilkes get in Montgomery
that have good way of going. This par
ticular colts dam is by Robert McGregor
2.17k, and if he is not spoiled in the making
will be trotter that will be heard from
in the near future.
William Holmes, whose patronage of the
speedway excels that of any other road
driver at the national capital, also showed
up behind new one-a son of Lord Leland
He is a bay gelding, five years old and
good-gaited. He is to take the place tenn
porarily Of Trlby, jr., which Mr. Holmes
has honed to such a fine edge that he needs
rest Harry Duley gave his Medo Wilkes
mare. Mabel Wilkes also an airing over
the speedway during the week, and she
looked big and handsome enough for any
show ring. She is gaining in speed as well
as good looks. Robert BROMLEY gave Rex
Leader some very. sharp brushes through
the stretches, and the little stud fairly
burned the earth with his rapid way of
going. Mr.. Bromley also had out Finch,
2.15h. and Rex Leader to pole, and they
made showing that pleased the specta-
tors. When it was all over the stallion
demonstrated to the satisfaction of all on
lockers that Finch had nothing on him in
the way of speed. AS matter of fact he
made Finch curl up in one trial which
causes some people to suspect that he Is
either not so fast as his former owner
thinks he is or else Rex Leader is a faster
horse. than some people have credited him
with being. Mr.. McDermott has for some
time been searching for a pole team to his
liking, and it now looks Of he likes pacers)
as If he had met with success.
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The new driveway recently opened by the
government to the westward of the lake is
being almost well patronized by horse
men during good weather as the new CEN
fury speedway. The roadbed is still soft
but not soft enough to make the footing
bad. The driveway extends southwark for
upward of a mile, and the prospective
beauty Of the park and the improvements
Westinghouse. The road ends abruptly
at a bend of the Potomac, but it will be
extended as soon as new appropriation Is
available. Eventually the drive will con-
meet with the new century speedway and
when all is completed no city in the United
States will possess such beautiful drives as
those in Potomac Park. Trees have al
ready been planted on each side of the new
driveway and sidewalks and crosswalks
laid 1t is already becoming the favorite
walk of pedestrians, and scores of both
sexes may oaly De seen Saunterlng along
the water 'front.' ladies being especially in
evidence. The government Is rapidly bring
ing the infield of the new speedway to
uniform level. This completed. ornamental
ton Will begin and the shrubbery that OBJ
structs the view along the lower Potomac
and the canal will be cut away.
Westinghouse afflicted with the horse
bug will be interested TO know that an
oil,
Madison Square Garden. New York. begin
ming January IS and lasting three days.
The Montgomery county bred mare Kin
stress, 1904 Ed Custer (3), 212A; The
Friend, 2.0oA; Owaissa, 206A, and other
fast record horses are already listed for
the sale. Comanche Boy, 2.28A, which was
also entered for the sale by Harry Schlesel
has been purchased by l.. 8. Dorsey of
Rockville, who will train and race him the
coming season. The McDermott consign-
ment will be shipped next week, and Trainer
BROMLEY has them in the pink of condition
to show. The last New York sale, which
took place in December, furnished sufficient
evidence that, although the boom days were
gone, perhaps never to return, the horse
breeding business was on a sound basis at
last In the boom days, which were prior
to the panic of 93, buyers fell over one
another in getting in their bids at figures
that ran up into the thousands. Five ten
and even twenty thousand were familiar
cries in the sales ring In one instance an
unframed two-year-old colt sold for S24, 600
Two years later he brought $1,000; year
later $780,
The short-lved boom set in about the
year 1886. and was marked by the closing
out of the Glenview (KyD stud which took
place near Louisville. At that sale Pan
coast, now one of the greatest of progen-
itors of speed, brought $4,000, and Nut
wood, 2:1Sa4, the greatest of brood mare
sires, $23 600 The brood mare Reina Vic
tora brought $1,000. At Lexington, Feb
ruary. 1889. the Palo Alto bred Bell Boy,
with a three-vear-old mark of 2:19A, was
knocked down for $4,000 cash. In the
same month Brasfield & Co. disposed of
$4,000 worth of trotters in one week
The week following the firm of w. T.
Woodland sod sixty-seven head of stand
ard-bred trotterS for a total of $155073, an
average of $2.314 per head. This, however.
was only on the opening day. During the
week 263 head were disposed Of for a grand
total of 266.630. an average per head of
81, 010. During the two weeks the hammer
was swung 1000 head were sold for the
large sum of S50O,OO0 Men of cool nerve
in other affairs. and who by use of brains
and energy had built up vast fortunes in
other lines of business. seemed to have
lost possession Of all their mental facul-
ties when the horses were brought into
the ring.
When Bell Boy was led in he faced an
audience of millionaire breeders, owners
noted trainers and horse fanciers gathered
from every section of the Union. He was
greeted with loud and prolonged cheers
The band struck I'D the Star Spangled
Banner" which was followed by Down
on the Suwanee River and MY Old
Kentucky Home" while the young son Of
Electioneer and Beautiful Bells proudly
pranced around the ring with stalwart
negro on each side hanging to his bit to
keep him from leaping the barricade. Then
the bidding began.
Thirty thousand! shouted J. X. Rider
of Pennsylvania Five thousand better!'
responded w. T. Wodard of Kentucky,
and then came five thousand better still
from Mr.. Rider. At this point John
Thompson Of the Hermitage Stud Ten
nessee, entered the game and shouted in
a hoarse voice, "Forty-flve thousand!'
Then came one thousand advance from
Judson H. Clark of Elmira. All the bid
dare pow refired aYcent Thnunnsop aud