Evening star., 1907-06-30
HEAT FRIES OFF THE FAT
HARNESS HORSES BEING MADE
FIT FOR CAMPAIGNING.
Making Preparations for the Coming
Meet at Brightwood-M Mixed Races
Locally Popular.
By L. d. Sale.

The warm weather of the past two
weeks has done more to bring horses
into condition for campaigning purposes
than trainers were able to accomplish
with their charges in all the period prior
to its coming. Hot weather fries the fat
from horses that are being worked; they
sweat more freely, cool out more slowly.
and in every way feel better after their
labors. Nearly every one in the District
who owns a horse that can go some is
now getting him ready for the meet at
BriGhtwood July 4. The program decided
on consists of three mixed events the
first being for 2.27 trotters and $50 pac-
ers, the second for 2.21 trotters and
"a PAGERS, and the third event for
2l6 trotters or PAGERS. These will be
followed by a running race of half-mfle
meats, and one of three-quartcr- mile
heats
Mixed races seem to be extremely pop
ular with the Brightwood managers ow
ing, no doubt. to the fact that there are
SO rev trotters in the District And
when one takes into consideration the
important fact that one can make PAGER
In few days, while it takes weeks and
sometimes months to make a trotter fit to
go to the races it is not strange that
the PAGER is increasing at the ratio of
three to one over the trotter. All any
one has to do nowadays to make a PAGER
is to put the straps on anything that
shows an inclination to amble hit the
animal few times up and down the
pack and the finished article appears
Almost any man can tie a horses legs
together with straps and make him go
the gait desired, and thus it is that there
are SO many cheap drivers and SO many
cneap and no-account PAGERS. Where it
VIII all end and what it will end in the
W1sest man Is driven to the tall timber
Tor an explanation.
The calm at Brightwood since the Can
non and Corbin strings left for Newport
News Sunday last has been oppressive
only three trainers are now at the
track-James H. Morrow, John Seely and
w. C. Mott of Colibre fame The latter
Is young man, practically new to the
business but who has produced remark
able results with the horses he has ham
dled up to date. He seems to have
learned some of the mysteries of con-
oltlonlng, is careful not to overwork his
charges and drives with considerable
Skill and judgment
Mr.. Mott took a brief run down to New
port News early last week to look over the
races at that point, and incidentally. If
possible, pick up something to race July A.,
and later in the season. He found the
horses he wanted scarce and the price way
up in G. John Seely has been doing things
with Washington Majors Red Rock during
the past week Tuesday last he drove him
| second heat in PIG, and the little red
horse paced as II he had few seconds
more wrapped up somewhere in his hide.
Miss CLEAN, which Cannon took to Virginia
with him last week, drew a cart a mile in
ZIG and pulled up sound. Morrow drove
The Brewer during the week miles between
2.20 and 2.25. The bay gelding Is steadily
improving and promises to prove one of
the fastest trotters ever owned at this
point.
1t remains for The Star to make public
for the first time, at least in this locality,
the blood lines of The Brewer. He is by
Manipulation, 2.29A (son of Nutwood, 2.1Sa4),
and his dam Claudia Mitchell, by Alcazar,
2.20h. He was foaled in 1899 the property
of Uihein Bros, Truesdale, Wis. The daily
prints have credited The Brewer to Robert
McGregor, and some persons have claimed
that he is by Domineer. a son Of Red
Wilkes. The pedigree as given in these
columns is additional evidence that one
cannot get something from nothing A
horse to possess speed must have inherited
speed from some one of his ancestors.
If any one in Washington or elsewhere
has had an inclination in the past to be-
lieve that ]. r. Byrne's Jurash had out
lived his usefulness he need only read the
summaries of the 218 trot at Baltimore and
the 2.12 pace at Wilkesbarre. In the first
named town in a good field Of horses he got
second money and was well up in each
heat. At Wilkesbarre he was out Of his
class and went against the good PAGER Pa
latka In the 2.22 pace over the same track
Dorsey of Rockville got third money with
the dun mare, G. She was seventh the first
heat in 217A, second in the second heat in
2.19A second in the third heat in 2.2O, and
time the daughter of Almedo Wilkes strikes
the pike in this region of country again 1t
will take a pretty good PAGER in her class
to beat her down the stretch. Dorsey must
in spite of the bad track at Rockville. When
it was mooted at the Bightwood meeting
that he expected to beat the much-touted
and richly staked Crabtree mare, Princine,