Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-05
LIGHT HARNESS
HORSE GOSSIP

Nouio SHdHStS IN local ownership have
taken place during the past week Charles
s. Early. who has become of late quite al
much a resident OF the District as he Is OF
his native county. Prince George. has dis
posed OF his fast Electioneer gelding. Sir
Electroid. 2.2lk. 10 T. p. Conner of Winches-
Ter. Va. at good price. and z. F. Hall
has let Mr.. Kelly Of Radford. Va, have
back the good Electioneer mare Carac!ta
for an advance of $3.50. thus adding another
cog to Mr.. Halls good luck Hall Is now
IN the market for another trotter as cheap
and as good as Caracita
Local horsemen are having a good deal
OF fun at the expense Of the genial owner
OF the fast PAGER J. L. K, j. j. OKeefe
The latter started the son Of Sidney Prince
In class A at Brightwood Wednesday. but
the geldng showed up so dead lame In
the first heat that OKeefe asked to draw
him in the second. O'keefe's excuse to his
friends. anent the condition of his horse.
was that while being unloaded at this
point on his recent return from Wilmington
the groom permitted the horse to bruiss his
shoulder. DIR. J. D. Robinson, who watched
the movements Of the gelding on Wednss-
day. ventured to suggest that II q critical
examination was made OF the animals foot
the trouble would be quickly located.
O'keefe hooted at this proposition but
when the veterinary on Thursday probed
d
revealed. J. L. X. had already been sold
to local horseman for a good round sum
and the money paid. but when the gelding
landed lame his new owner refused to re-
ceive him At present Okeefe has the
horse and the money and must soon decide
as to which he will keep. J. L. X. has
proved to be q good horse this season.
Starting with record OF 2:19M he clipped
three seconds off that time at Point Breeze
week before last and now has mark
against his name Of 2161a. OKeefe claims
that he showed a mile over Belmont OF
209M.
w. E. Miller and ]. H. Mott who Jour-
neyed to I-eonardtown week before last
with Kushan and Rara Avis, are home and
have not yet finished telling OF the many
things they saw and heard while in that
territory. where the natives eat oysters the
year round and lunch on soft-shel crabs
whenever they are in season and think II
nothing out Of the ordinary. The manner
in which DR.. Fairfax's stallion King Red
| wood took them into camp has left them
in rather da1ed condition. but 1t Is
| thought they will. In time. recover their
mental faculties
Kustan was Ia fine form "Wednesday last.
as was Rara Avis. the latter being bet
ter horse than some people think. He IL
game and consistent trotter and can beat
more horses right now In this bsiliwack
than can beat him. in spite OF his fifteen
years. After Kushan became fairly warm
form Split heats suit the son OF Kemftn
best. He never shows himself SO much
trotter as when he 10 turned for the sew
enth heat It 70 then that the old four-mile
blood in h&s veins begins to sizzle and he
looks and acts the race horse.
At Cleveland, where tho grand circuit
has bssn in progress during the past week.
betting has also been prohibited by the
local authorities. and the management
must pocket q loss Of several thousand
dollars. as they did last year. Last sea-
son the managers of Chenille were COM
SIS 900 to meet a deficit Probably no less
a sum Will be demanded this season. The
Cleveland horsemen are the gamest In the
grand circuit. They are willing to pay for
their sport and hope for the time when
Tom Johnson will retire to private life. The
grand old man." as Geers is called. seems
than at Detroit, where he did not win one
race. Out Of the dozen horses. trotters and
PAGERS. that he started out with from
Memphis six weeks ago. rs per cent Of
which had shown sensational speed In
their work. only Ardelle. the veteran Bar
on Grattan and William O.. have thus
tored for blind splint and curb. and
1t will be some time before he can be raced.
Sonoma Girl has also been treated for a
blind split. and as she no longer goes
lame 1t has probably been killed.
Jack Crabtree Is playing In even harder
luck than Geers. Only two horses in his
string. Lady Thistle and Gentry star nave
thus far shown grand circuit form. Nut
boy, the greatest trotter OF last season
and the largest money-winntng trotter. has
not yet rounded to, and II Is question
whether he will until very late In the sea-
son. II at all.
Gentrys Star. in the Crabtree stable. got
third money in the 10 pace at Cleveland
Thursday last. the fastest time being In
209a which indicates that she Is greatly
improved In form over what she was when
at this point The pacing mare Senorita
th1 a,4, ufo "a
yet been heard from. This week the cry
will be put me OF at Bufra'o. where
two $4,000 purses will be contested TOT
by trotters and PAGERS. The horses that
are really good are getting better. ana II
the Bison track is in shape some sensational
time is sure to result