Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

bright the prospects of the local gun clubs.
minds of the new managers of Brightwood
the facr that small horse owners have
rights that should be protected. single
stable under the provision complained of
might win every race in the light harness
classes. Should it happen, Mr.. Copperthite
and his genial secretary would find more
trouble on their hands than they would be
able to get away with this year, or next
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There has been quite number of changes
in the ownership of horses in the past week
Thomas Bond has parted with the fast bay
trotting gelding Tuscan to William Riley;
w. E. Miller has sold the promising three
year-old pacing flly Mabel Squirrel to a
gentleman in South Washington; Mr.. Gray
of Brightwood has parted with the sorrel
four-year-old f1lly, by Cooper's Hannis, to
Charles Weaver, who expects to race her
as soon as she can be got ready. Several
people are after Charles Chicks Nan Pat
terson. and it Is quite probable that she
will change hands, if she Is not by this
time sold. AS the season advances there
promises to be an increased movement in
blOoded horseflesh Horses that one wants
are scarce and consequently high in price.
Joseph c. Mott and w. E. Miller of South
Washington left the city the middle of last
week for Gettysburg. Pa. for the purpose
of inspecting the promising young things
at the Buttonwood Stock Farm near that
town. Albert Brooke; the well-known light
harness connoisseur, also leaves for Get
tysburg IN few days on the same mission,
and may possibly be accompanied by Thos.
Bond.
Thomas Cannon is getting to be one of
the busiest trainers at Brightwood. He
makes a speciality of getting to going prom
ising young horses-a trade in which he
has always had great success. An expert
in the art of balancing-an art very little
understood among trainers-and possessed
of an eye quick to perceive what faulty
gated horse needs. his services are nat
urally in great demand at this season OF
the year. Mr.. Cannon has recently taken
in hand the five-year-old Electioneer- Krem-
lin filly Sweet Bells. He solved her trou-
bles after two trials, and now has her work.
ing like piece of machinery. On Wednes-
day last, with Cannon up, she surprised the
crowd present with her way of going and
with the speed she was able to show when
in the hands of a master mechanic.
Mr.. Cannon is particularly sweet on q
two-year-old f1lly by Kinster, 2:14A, dam
the Well-known mare Halloween, which
has recently been placed In his hands. The
little miss is the property of George Brown
of Brghtwood, who has also placed in
Cannons hands a large brown three-year-
old filly by Ford and Graham's Alto Bell,
and in addition black gelding, four years
old by Onycha Wilkes. The dam of the
two last named is also Halloween. A four
year-old by George r. Peck, 2:134, he a
looks pretty good to Cannon and is the
property of Charles LOTUS. Ed Duckett 8
Clara Winks, 2:34, is. the latest that has
arrived at the Cannon stables
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Henry Copperthite, who owns a breeding
ranch of several hundred acres near
Burke's station. Va, is extending his in
terests there this season. 1t is quite likely
that his highly bred Electioneer matron,
which now has foal at her side by
Beausant. 2.05A. will be bred to either
Mckinney or Todd, which will be doubling
UP on the Electioneer blood In the last
case, and in the other will secure the
Wilkes outcross, which blends SO we'll with
the blood Of Electioneer The Wilkes and
Electioneers are the two leading light
harness horse families. In the matter Of
worlds champions the Electioneers lead
the Wilkes. The blood combined is the
best that is going in these days. Albert
E. Brooke bred his handsome three-quar-
ters-bred running mare last week to Ku-
shan. 2.1Sa. c. 3. Dessez also bred the
fast sorrel mare Elinora, by Elyria, to the
same horse. E. F. Hall parted last week
with the sorrel pacing gelding which he
recently purchased in Tennessee to gen.
tleman residing in Washington. Mr.. Hall
is now driving the big handsome pacing
a good deal of attention.
Alonzo Corbin reports that DR.. Bell,
alta, has rounded to from his last sea-
sons sickness, but does not think he will
be raced until late in the fall. If he is
raced at all this year. James Morrow has
about recovered his normal health and the
veteran will now be seen daily in the
Jogging cart or sulky. He Is getting his
horses ready for the spring meet. Everett
Taylor Is Jogging Forney, 219A, and Ever
EFT T. on the speedway and hopes to have
them ready when the bell. rings for the
matinee to be held over the course three
weeks hence. John o. Gheen is for the
first time In many years without an atom
of speed In his stables and is as uneasy
. as a sea fish in fresh water. The elder
Gheen is still looking around for something
to fill the vacancy made by the sale Of
Barrongale. now owned by Robert Lee
O'Brien. Mary Tracy, 221A. flashed up
on the speedway last week, hitched to a
brand new pneumatic-tire wagon, and had
one or two goes with Samuel Gassen-
heimer's Judge H. The Judge had his
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