Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-06
By L. D. Sale.

The matinee held over the speedway
Wednesday last was uninterestins III the
matter OF close finishes, except in the tmro
heat of the rree-for-all pace, In which Rex
Leader and Mysotis went under the wire in
a head to head whipping finish. and in
which also the son of Rex Americus, 21l4'
got the decision by an eyelash- In another
stride however, Mysots would have won
the heat as she closed on the bay stud rap
Idly under the persuader When one takes
into consideration the condition of the
track the season of the year and the other
fact that both horses We're practically cold
before starting in the heat, the time made
1O7. was phenomenal. In the next heat My
sOtis showed her superiority over her neld
by winning almost as she pleased Rex
Leader being a rather poor second.
II now looks as if the wagon would go to
Mysotis when the tie is raced off; certainly
If she is as good when the final test comes
as she was on Wednesday. If Forney, how
ever, is at his best in that event, he should
be able to make the mare step very close
TO her limit as he is credited with half
around 100 When the affair is well over
1t may occur to the gentlemen comprising
the speed committee, that Redistribution
of horses is the first thing that should oc-
cupy their attention if future contests are
TO be scheduled during the present season.
They now have a pretty fair line on the
speed of the horses likely to engage in such
contests. and they should be CLASSIFIED
cording TO the speed they have shown. By
so doing there will be an increase in the
number of classes and closer contests. Hot
finishes are what the public want to see.
and not finishes where horses race a city
block ahead of each other.
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Charles MacDermott is good to his
friends. Last week he presented Pat S.,
21914, to a gentleman in Philadelphia,
which makes the sixth horse he has given
away within the past twelve months. Mr..
McDermott has finally decided to send
Edith Royal half sister to Frank Yoakum,
10 the sales ring with the horses noted in
these columns last week and 1t Is possible
that one or two others may be added before
the shipment is made. Mr. McDermott is
going to do some racing this year. and
every one who knows him in this neck of
the woods will wish him success.
Early last week he bought the PAGER
Finch 2.15A. from ]. ]. O'Keefe, at a long
price, and the bay gelding is already in the
hands of Trainer BROMLEY, who handled him
season before last and drove him a mile in
211l4. Mr.. BROMLEY thinks Finch a sure
candidate for the 2.l0 pace, when he is
properly conditioned. Harry Schlege has
decided to consign Comanche Boy, 9 Tx, TO
the New York sales ring this month, and
there may be few others owned at this
high dollar. The dam of Frank Yoakum and
Edith Royal Is also TO go under the hammer
this month, and there is likely to be hot
bidding for the daughter of Mohican. The
brood mares are few which have produced
2o4 half-mile track PAGER.
Lou was a brown mare about sixteen
hands tail. and weighed upward of 100
pounds. She was practically a cast-off
from the breeding farm of II. l.. Stout of
Dubuque, Iowa She was three-year-old
when bred to William L. and the latter
was of the same age at the time of mating
Each was without a record. Lou never
was trained Williams selected William L,
because OF his low fee. and again because
he was n son of Guy Wilkes 2154 a game
race horse and a sire of game race horses
of extreme speed. March IL 1856 Axtell
first saw the light of day. About Septem-
Der ]. in his yearling form, he was taken
from the pasture and broken to harness
He was a hard colt to break: kicked and
threw himself. He was driven three months
TO cart, was then shod and the watch
held on him
The best eighth he could show was in
32i2 secund%-a 42S gait While mis- action
was perfect and his gait pure he showed
not Il particle Of speed. In December
1887. he was turned out. in March 1883 he
was taken zap and josged from six to eight
miles daily. He was stubborn. would not
try, and, in fact. seemed To lack speed
One day Williams lost all patience with
the colt and struck him sharp blow with