Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
GEORGETOWN HORSES
WILL Be MATCHED
BY L. D. Sale.

The horsemsn of Georgetown are
aroused over the prospect OF meeting
10 be held by them over the Brightwood
track August 20. and they have already
begun TO pick the classes, get their horses
in condition and to do everything else
that is necessary except to divide the
money The day promises to be one OF
hot finishes, and a time such as only the
Georgetowners know how to give when
they get wide awake
Just what will happen at BriShtwood
next Wednesday afternoon Is hard to de-
termine The BrightwoOd Driving CIub
seems to be out of il as far as giving an
other racing meet is concerned. There Is
some talk of local horse owners taxing
hold of the track and race for sweep
stakes. There are plenty OF horses In
Washington and adjoining districts TO
afford good sport if their owners choose
to get together. There are at least
score of fast youngsters owned In the
District that have never started IN a
race which need track education. 1t is
suggested that their owners get together
and fix UP something for next Wednesday
and keep the game alive.
The attendance at BTigHtwood Wednes-
day last was not equal to the sport dlshed
ND 10y the BTigHtwood DRIVING Clup.
Every heat was a horse race, and every
driver GROVE as if $1,000 were hung up AT
the wire instead of Il few COINS wrapped
M i'm silver cups. Among the surprises
of the day was the speed shown by the
brown geldiug Manners. driven most
skIllfully by Max Oppenheimer, son OF
the owner of Manners. Few people IN
this neck of the woods are aware 'ha'
Manners is one of the best-bred horses
owned here or elsewhere. In the sum-
marIcS at this point he has always untll
his last race. been listed among Tie I'M
knuwus.' A. a matter of fact ne IS by
70 g.. nf Wilkes Bow, tT1tOrlO,
and his dam the celebrated EtEelwyn of
worldwide fame, by Dictator
Manners is not only half brother to
the worlds champion Estate, 2uu a. ana
to Ethels Pride. 2.uGii, but to numerous
others out of the same mare mat have
shown sensational speed. Manners as
three ear-old. worked miie III ~
but gave way in his legs and was con-
signed to the salesring, and subsequently
drifted to Washington, where Tor up
ward of four years past he has been
drawing a delivery wagon for ms owner,
Herman Oppenheimer. The ease win
which he polished off his field IN We'd
nesday last indicates that delivering
meat agrees with him. and that he has
lost none of his early speed, for Il there
had been anything in his field TO nave IN
tereSted him he could have probably
stepped miles around 30 and thought II
fun.
Brightwood. for the present at least. Officers
were on hand Wednesday last To know
whether bookmaking was to be permitted,
and during the afternoon kept sharp eye
out for side bets. As far as known. book
making at the track will not be attempted
IN Tie future, as the recent raid made by
The Star on the local bookies has scared
them off 1t is highly probable that fall
meet will not take place. as was once out
lined owing TO the fact that betting on re-
suits will not be permitted by the local
authorities.
Local horses are still widely scattered.
Corhin was last week at Bridgeton, n. j.;
Dorsey and Acker at Steubenville. Ohio;
Cannon at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, and
RrawIev the Lord only knows where. This
week a number of locally owned horses Will
mass over the border to Virginia and try
their luck the enticement being the quite
solid purses hung up at stanton and Har-
risonburg. This month and next Virginia
and Maryland will be two of the busiest
states in the Union. far as boss trots
are concerned. The fair fad has taken pos
session of the agricultural communities OF
those states and in looking over the several
cards it would appear that nearly every
town in them of consequence was In FOR a
fair of some kind with boss trots on the
side.