Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-05

ing has brought his Garrison flly in from
Prince George county and is giving her
slow jogging over the speedway.
Albert G. Brooke made a hurried trip
70 Baltimore Tuesday to look over some
speedy horse flesh. but returned without
seeing anything that struck his fancy for
the price asked. The horse that one wants
Is getting scarcer and scarcer and higher
and higher in price. There has not for
many years been such a famine IN genteel
horsefiesh. In spite OF the invasion OF the
automobile. News comes from Prospect
Park. near Baltimore, where the Peter
Iaylor, Jr.. string is quartered. that the
green sorrel geldng Carstairs is stepping
great guns and now looks to be a fine pros
pect for the slow trotting classes. The re-
mainder of the string taking kindly
to their work and II now looks as II Mr.
Taylor would enjoy life this summer.
Charles McDermotts large and expensive
string located at DIR. McCoy's kite-shaped
track. near Wilmington. is doing all that
is expected of H. No fast miles have
been gone by any member or the string:
In fact the weather has been against such
a proposition. Mr.. McDermott has decided
to breed Marion Wilkes. 2O71s to Admiral
Dewey, 2.Oil4, owned by DIR. Mccoy. Ad-
miral Dewey is by Bingen. 206l., his dam
being the famous Nancy Hanks, 2.04. the
first mare to trot to that record.
There is a rumor afoat that the Javins
brothers would gladly retire from the
trotting horse business and count their
experience against the expense their sew
eral ventures have cost them up to date.
1t is rumored at Brightwood that their
entire string of four horses is for salr
and that they will be disposed of as soon
| as some man appears who wants the lot
worse than they do.
James Bean. former owner of Tosca 22i
and John r. Gentry. jr.. 21S. has forsaken
| the trotters and has gone over to the run
ners.
Charles McDermott still owns the fast
brown pacing gelding Capt. Marion and
| Is now driving him in his business.
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The onl: Tommy Johnson of Hanover,
| Pa. Goldsmith Maid Tommy, spent last
| Sunday in Washington and when he re-
turned home Monday took with him Larry
McCormick's Mysotis, 2.12%. which he will
condition and race during the season OF
| 1907. BY the way, speaking of Mr.. Nc
| Cormick, II will be remembered by local
people that Mr.. Mccormick won, with
| Mysotis, half interest In the speed wagon
which the Drivers and Riders Club hung
up January last a prize for the owner
| of the horse that won in competition the
| greatest number of heats over the speed
| way. 1t seems according to Mr.. McCor-
/ mick statement TO the wrlterD tnat wnen
he entered the contest IL was his personal
understanding that IL he won, the entire
| wagon without any string attachment was
| his. When, subsequently, he refused to
| accept the wagon under the conditions put
| forward by the club. 1t was suggested. at
| called meeting, by certain members of
| the association that, as Mr.. Mccormick
| had fairly won the prize, the club donate
| the sum of S125 due the manufacturer and
Epresent the other half OF the wagon to him.
| No action has been taken up to date on
| this proposition. In the meantime Mr.. Nc
Cormick has recalled the letter in which
| he donated his one-half share in the wagon
| to the club, which leaves the much mixed
| controversy where it began some weeks
| ago. 1t is claimed that it would be a grace
| full act on the part of the speedway people
| II they would now assess themselves the
| amount needed to obtain clear title to
! the wagon and present 1t to Mr.. McCor-
| mick. 1t is asserted that it would restore
| much needed harmony and good feeling
| among members and would be the easiest
| way out of an unhappy controversy that
| never should have been begun.
| "a
Gen. Miles, the first president of the
! Drivers and Riders Club, is in town again
| and with his son, Sherman Miles, made a
visit to Brightwood last week. The gem
| eral has quite a string of fast horses To-
Gated at the Readville, Mass. track, but
| the one he likes best of the lot is son
| of Bmgen. 2.O6A, which he is having train
| ed and which he hopes 70 race later on.
Now that Baron Wilkes has gone to Mis-
| souri,. Gen. Miles says that Bingen is far
! and away the most popular sire in all
New England, his son Todd ranking
| very close second. The general will re-
main in the United States until the latter
| part of June. when he may go to London
| for a brief season and spend the remainder
| of the summer on the continent
|
Three men, whose names are at present
| withheld for obvious reasons. have declared
| their Willingness to put up sufficient money
| to build new track for light harness
purposes in the vicinity of Washington.
| They express themselves in favor of fair
| attachment, as recommended by The Star
some weeks ago, and are ready to take
hold of the matter just as soon as Bright
wood goes out of commission.
| Theodore j. Coleman, the new secretary
! of the Virginia State Fair Association, Is
| taking hold of matters like the veteran he
| is and is booming Richmond on the
| Jeems" as it was never doomed before in
| it's long existence. Every man in wash
| ington who has horses eligible for the fair
| events is going to Richmond to try for
some of the large purses hung up by the
State Fair Association.