The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27
PROMISING STRINGS
Largest Number of TrOtterS and
PAGERS VIII BE Sent Out by Charles
McDermOtf, Peter Taylor, JaVins
BROTHERS, and Henry COpperthfte.
Gossip Of the Harness Horse.

/ the various circuits, and they may in
/ crease this number before the first bell
rings. Besides these gentlemen. there will
be from one 10 three horses sent out by
more than dozen others owners, among
whom are L. f. Hail. John J. O'Keefc.
Wash NailOr Harry Dooley. John Byrne.
Al Maran, Timothy Shugruc. Frank
! Thomas. Charles Rupert Jacob and
/ Griffith HIleary. and Bruce Cotton. and
| present indications point TO the most in
/ terestiEg campaign the home contingent
I has ever experienced.
At this time the McDermott stable has
The Dean. trotter. 219A; Florence G.,
/ troUer, unmarked, Montauk PAGER. Z16&
/ Walsr y. and Rex Leader, PAGERS, un-
marked. Florence c. is regarded as the
flower Of this bunch She has worked in
2.1F4. and come back in PA fiat. Rex
/ Leader is next in Importance. 1t is
/ claimed to be a sure 2:lj horse, while
/ Walter y. is known TO have a lot of
speed. Robert BROMLEY has charge Of this
! string.
Peter Taylors stable is made up Of
/ Montana Guard, trotter, 2;20A; Carstairs,
/ trotter. unmarked; Jubilauta. PAGER, 2.2ill
/ Direct Mack PAGER 2:l614, and Gaiety,
/ 2:09at. Montana Guard is the star OF Mr.
Taylor's lot This stallion, by Ponce DE
/ Leon, is coming six years old and has
( been raced two years During that time.
| IL something like twenty starts, ne was
/ never behind the money but once, thay
was when he met with an accident and
was thrown down. In all of his other
races he was only once as bad as third.
/ Jubiianta stands next in worth, This
horse has started more than twenty
times in two years, and has never failed
/ TO get a share of the money. At Naza-
reth, Pa, last fall, he was close second
/ in heat paced I'm 21H4. Carstairs is
untried as a racing proposition. but it IS
said he went a mile in 2.l6 when q three
year-old He is now six Direct Mack
and Gaiety are old stageTs at the game.
/ Leonard ACker will train and drive for
Dir. Taylor
The Javius horses, Bedworth, jr, 2:oGl4
Bedford Boy, 2;l3l4; Bell Hazel, 2lsi+,
PAGERS. and : D. r, 2-lTl4. and The
Brewer, unmarked, trOtters. are too well
known 10 need much mention here Bell
Hazel is regarded as the most important
member OF this stable. being eligible 10
the twenty class. and having several
seconds the best of things there. AlonZo
Corbin Will have Bell Hazel in hand. and
James Morrow VIII prepare and race the
remainder Of the string
Henry Copperthite's quartet is com
posed Of Ada D., PAGER, PISA; Eddie b.,
Nyron c., and a FLY by Pilot Medium,
cut Of Ida G., 2.134 The three last named
are green Eddie B. is a big bay pacing
gelding with a slashing gait and plenty
[ ftf T.. 4l
2ISt, and John Seeley, who VIII train
and drive. him. is much impressed with
him. The Pilot Medium FLY and Myron
c.. are both promising.
+. +. Hall viii send out the fast trot-
ting stallion Kushan, PISA. Icy Kremlin.
2t724, and probably another trotter or
two and couple Of PAGERS yet to be
chosen. Alonzo CoTbin viii train and
drive for Mr. Han.
John J. O'Keefe Will have the good
pacing gelding. Finch. 2.154 and L. J.
X, 2,l9is. in the swim again, but has not
yet decided as to who he viii engage TO
handle them
The other gentlemen named above with
one OF two exceptions, will have green
ones 70 start with this year, and when
the train season opens there will be
plenty of entertainment on the Speedway
and AT Brightwood. Horace Schwartz
viii race Miss Clean. 2.15l4. and Tom
Cannon viii drive her Wash Hailor
viii have Red Rock, 2I9I4, out after the
money. John Seeley viii pilot him.
Jane HOyt dam Of the great haIf-mile
ring PAGER. Frank Yoakum. 2.04I is at
the Speedway stables on Fourteenth
street, where she Is attracting much at
tention. Jane HOyt is a light gray mare.
She is twenty-one years old. and is the
dam of al least three other fast horses
besidcsV YOakum-BId Shields 2IGl Bob
Person, 215is, and Isy G., 2.20 This old
mare was sired by Mohican. by HANDLE
tOnian. TO- Her dam was Modjeska. by
Alpine. he by Almont SO. Jane Hoyt was
bred by DR.. Hoyt. of East Aurora. y. Y.
When she was but a few weeks old she
injured one of her hind legs so badly
that all hope of training her was aban-
doned, and it was decided to make a
brood mare Of her Jane HOyt. c0nse-
quenuy, has never felt the weight of
harness. The mare was purchased by the
late j. ID. Yeomans when he operated a
big breeding establishment at Onama.
Iowa. Here she was mated with the stall
non fdfker, ana the now celebrated
Frank Yoakum was the product Judge
Geomans afterward brought Jane Hoyt
10 his farm at AShbuTn. Va. where she
remained until after his death. and then
she was sold to Wash Naylor. of this
city, who now owns her. The old mare
is now in foal to the richly bred stallion
sam Pepper
II is stated that CONGRESSMAN NcAIilIan
Of New York, who bought orc. 2.O5H.
and Norman b. 2O6A, at the last Old
Glory sale, at Madison Square Garden.
paying 5000 for the pair. has determined
to return these geldings to the Grand
Circuit this year. This report VIII be re-
ceived with regret by local horsemen. as
It has been understood that Mr. Nc
Millen intended bring ORC and Norman p.
20 Washington and using them on the
Potomac Speedway. Mr. McMnlen. il is
further stated. however. will bring several
other fast horses to the National Capital
this spring, as he is an enthusiastic road
and matinee driver.
A delegation of a dozen local harness
horsemen viii go to New York tomorrow
to attend the Madison Square Garden
mid winter sale which begins On Tues
das There is a reports afoat that
Rudy Kip, 2:oiH. and The Friend,