Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-16
HARNESS HORSES TO
co TO LEESBURG
Races Will Begin Wednesday.
Winchester's Fair Follows.
Indictment Weather In
the Past Time.
Bv L, ID. Sale,

Light harness horsemen have again been
compelled to reckon with the weather dur
ing the past week. At Syracuse, where the
grand circuit horsemen have been trying to
capture some of the rich purses and stakes
hung up by the State Fair Association, and
at Prospect Park. Baltimore. and Hanover.
Pa, the downpour was SO great as to carry
over the events for one day. thereby con-
costing the card for the remainder of the
week AS sure indication that light-har-
ness racing is growing in popularity 1t Is
nece ssary only to refer to the record break
ing crowds that have gathered during the
present season to witness harness events.
The observer of light-harness events for
the season of 1907 cannot fail to be i'm
pressed with the manner in which previous
records have gone glmmering. 1t has been
a season in which the American trotter, a
purely national product, the like of which
Is not seen or bred elsewhere on the globe,
has most empha tically come into his own.
For the past three seasons 1t looked as If the
PAGER was going to drive him from a field
he had pre-empted as his own, all of which
was made the more possible by the lnVen-
ton and use of hoppies. Whatever fear
may have been felt in that direction has
by the brilliant achievements of the trotter
everywhere-east and west north and south
on a thousand race tracks. This Is the
middle of September and yet only three
weeks ago a field of three-year-old trotters
turned for the word at Readville-the great
est field that ever faced starter UP to
that time-and one of the three, General
Watts, trotted two heats In the phenomenal
and record breaking time of 2.O9A. A re-
markable feature of the event Is that all
of the other youngsters in the race except
one were we'll up in that fast time. and
after the race was over TINS particular one
was timed a special mile IN 211A, demon
strating that If he had got on well he
would not have been disgraced in such
fast company.
Fast as was the mile OF General Watts at
Readville, a still greater three-year-old stall
lion than he rose above the horizon Thurs
day at Indianapolis when the three-year-
old Kentucky Todd established new
worlds record Of 200 at the trot, lowering
Watts record a quarter Of second. AS
compared with Columbus, Cleveland and
Terre Haute the Indianapolis track is con-
sidered some seconds slow. What the son
of Todd, 2.14A would have done over either
of the fast tracks mentioned is left to con-
lecture. Probably mile close to 2:osh
speed The latest champion three-year-old
belongs to the illustrious house founded by
Leland otanford's Elecuoneer-the most
wonderful progenitor of early extreme speed
the world has ever known. his descendants
having held worlds records from one to five
years. Kentucky Todd's sire, Todd, was
champion two-year old. Todd's sire, Bin
gen, 2.O6A, was also champion trotter.
May King, Bingen's sire, has O mark Of
22O and 10 a of Electioneer He was
purchased! when a youngster by Represent
alive Joseph Sibley of Pennsylvania, and
whsa mature passed to a Massachusetts gen.
:let.aan, who had more faith in his ability
as sire than Mr.. Sibley. At about the
lime Mr.. Sibley let go 81 May King he also
parted With Electric Bell. and later Cscll-
lian. ali Of which rvovs1 to lie sires of ex-
Tot Exactly failure ln The stud, was man