The Washington herald., 1907-01-13
TALK OF STAKE RACE
Proposition to Match Four
Local 2:16 PAGERS.
THE CONDITIONS SUGGESTED
Deposits by Owners Until
$1,000 Is Up, which Is TO he Di-
the First and Second Horses.
Echoes of the Speedway Matinee.

After the matinee on the Speedway on
Friday last, an interesting proposition for
a race on a regular track was made by a
local harness horse promoter. There are
four PAGERS owned In the District of Co
lumbia each with a record Of 215Il. They
are Miss Clean. Finch Ada D.. and
Harry Madden.
The proposition is (and it does not
come from t2e owner Of Flinch) that
each Of the owners Of these horses 20 into
a stake event; that each post S25 on the
first day OF February, and a Ike amount
on the first day Of each following month
until July l next, and that on that day
500 be posted, making $3.50 In all for each
horse. and that the entire amount, 81 600,
be raced for at time to be mutually
agreed uppn, the stake to be divided into
two parts. 500 and $500.
Such race could not fail to be inter
esting. II is understood that the owners
of two Of the horses have agreed TO
the conditions proposed and the owners
OF the other two will be seen later and
there IS hope that ii will be arranged.
Tom Cannon put the harness on Miss
Clean last Tuesday and gave her the
first jog since her long rest, which began
last June. Cannon says Miss Clean is so
democratic in her ways that he deemed II
proper 90 start her future work on Jack
sons Day, January s. Miss Clean is
round, sleek and strong. She is pro-
nounced sound and capable Of standing
any sort Of training. and her owner and
admirers expect to see her go miles as
good as 2.l0 or better before this years
racing season closes. Miss Clean has "a
race mark Of 2.15E. made two years ago.
and good judges of speed say she could
have gone in 2.lo at that time.
Frank Crovo brought his Anoychan
Wilkes colt, Riley A, in from the Clark
farm yesterday, and viii put him in.o a
trainers hands at once Riley A. IS a
pacing gelding, six years old. that has a
lot Of speed. He has been miles better
than 2.2o over the Brightwood track, but
is yet unmarked.
f. F. Hall, the East Washington mer-
chant. has brought TO town a sorrei
trotting gelding that locks good He is
four years old. and is by Henry Shepherd,
a stallion formerly owned by Mr.. Hall
Harry Dooley has attracted a good deal
Of attention on the Speedway recently
with a three-year-old trotting mare. ex-
cepuCnally we'll gated and that seems TO
have a lot Of speed. Though in training
harness only about three months, this
mare has shown quarters in better than
forty seconds.
The bay stallion Rex Leader, owned by
Charles McDermott, that has been seen
on the Speedway at recent matnees, is
certainly a promising horse. Ten days
ago. Rex Leader in a brush against sew
erdI fast local PAGERS. reeled of a half
mile in 1907, and in a heat with MysOJis
on last Friday covered a half in Los. II
is confidently expected that Rex Leader
VIII have a record OF 2.1O or better before
1865.
The proposed match between the local
horse Finch. 2.I5i. and the Boston geld
ing Rey Del Diaolo, 2l1A, has very
probably fallen through.
Louis Hudson viii handle a string Of
trOttcrs and PAGERS at Brightwood this
year. Hudson mas trained at the historic
old track for several years past, but
dropped out last season.