The Washington herald., 1908-08-02

A hat Win green uOESeS racing away
from our notions Of what they could 90.
and other horses trotting and pacing
themselves out Of their old classes. the
{ horse world has had little time 70 give
thought 10 the doing Of the youngsters
which are soon TO occupy the trotting and
pacing stage. Occasionally one hears Of.
a fast mile by this or that colt or alley
StlI. there Is a paucity OF news from the
E youngsters Much good that they are
doing goes unnoJiced while small atten-
rion IS given 10 that which they are re-
|Iably reported 20 be doing
/ Not much attention can be devoted 70
the Futurity candidates while being sur-
p-lsed from day 70 day with the brilliant
I Performances Of the mature horses From
various training tracks where the two
and three year o.ds are now being pre-
pared for their FUtUrity engagements,
there comes sufficient Information 70 var
rant the belief that there are a greater
number Of youngsters of great speed
1 than ever before AZ this season. although
there Is little evidence upon which 20
7 rest an expectation That this year viii
/ see the extreme early speed which the
horses Of last season furnished. How
ever. the extreme speed the youngsters
[ show in the middle and end OF the sea
Z son IS not Indicated this early It q aft
ar they get fairly under way that they
begin TO show promise Of their worth
at the seasons end There are quite a
number Of owners and trainers who be
fLleve they have rwo-year-olds which VIII
more than average UP with last years
Z lot Robert c. by Peter the Great
2-J- IL IS said 10 be able 10 step in 2-l5
now. At this time of the season last
wear. Trampfast. 2-12 II. was not up 20
anything like such speed Yet he lowered
CIe worlds rWO-yeaT-Old record in the
. fall. Echo Todd AID Springer Todd are
! showing trials IN 2-o7. This Is fast work
for twO-year-OIGs at this time OF the
I yea High Admiral and Gracious Peter
I are stepping miles well within the 20
mark So is Tommy Lawson. by TreEaa-
/ tie and NcKenna by Todd In fact. there
are at least ter IwO-year-olds which ars
now able 10 trot ali the way from 2-15 20
3 2;2l. Besides these there are a number
F Of weII-bred ones which are not quite so
I far advanced in their training. but show
I promise OF getting vel within the 2-30
mark before they viii be called upon 10
T race.
/ The three-year-old field Of extra good
ones IS large-that is, If an attempt IS
made 10 measure their probable quality
4 this year by their performance Of last
I season No one viii hazard the opinion
{ that the record made by General Watts.
T 300 81 last fall. VIII be eqUaled by any
Z three-year-Old this season Stin II would
q be C. better guess this season 10 predict
{ lt would be done that it would to have
I anticipated such thing last season. Gen
3 eral Watts was not an exceptional two
Z y1ar-old. In fact. there are more than a
dozen twO-year-0Ids now that can beat
II
I form. TTaUpfasr Thistle Daune. Dor
I Cthy Axw7rthy. Helen Hale. TIE Leading
I Lady. and several others form a good
I field III which TO look for exceptional
/ tlree-year-Gld speed. Neither Of these
nor one Of the dark division may take
{ away from General Watts his three-year-
I old crown, but there Is a great probabI-
Z ity Thar before the season ends there viii
I be more tEree-year-0ld tr0tters beating
/ 2I0 than ever before As the luster
wears or the recent brilliant perform
/ ances Of the mature stars We may expect
I to see better what the youngsters are
{ doing One thing IS certain. there will be
{ a big list Of good ones 10 be shown at the
! end OF the season even II last years rec
/ ords are not disturbed
The list of new 2:1O performers for 1s0s
I Is q most remarkable one Indeed. no
other year has ever seen one Of similar
( proportions a week preceding the open
ling Of the Grand Circuit TIE list to date
( is as follows:
T ANY Fr5oEas tv fezau dam Little Anne 2r5s.
Z Fleming Box hy Csmsra. dam Ls0ttis DAY 2sJ-sZ
Carlozin by 1lcEliuneT. dam Ca-l0ttl Wilkes 2sS55
AIreste. b Jay Bird, dam East 1Iorn--..--..- sss
Minor Heir bv Hsir-at-Iau dan Kitty Clover 2sl
Tie FL h- C7rrlesser dam Belle E5-7rer g-7E--
Red Boy be- Eelreld dam Capir0-s. z-15-a
John Ward by B-Gen. dam A1nbrette--.------ 2-7s
Bob MANAGE Dr. 1iauareT dam Bird------.- Z.35ss
EIa1 I.arer. Hy Ha, B. dana Rareu-.--.--.- 25l-ls
Ni11lh D. Lo-i Klley. dam May Sign. z.0s7s
{ Woolfcrd P. By Walnut Boz. dam Kathleen
BHey Clssis.nan- bg Harry Riley. dam not
-LTe1. 2512
Tvs e. r.. ty T-Iste-. dam Gipsy BELLE 2.'e1s
Charley Hal I- Sfa- HaI dam no, gwen. ZGgst
John s.. by Ira Band dam lacy Wiikes---.--. 90
I The man Of a few words usually gets
/ the best service from his horse. and it
VIII generally be found that silent men
are the best horsemen- A prominent
turf1nan claims that without saying a
word or making a move he can get more
/ speed from his horse than those who ven
Z and make al sorts Of demonstrations IN
order 70 coax the animal alone The
/ average horse understands only 4 few
I things thoroughly which consists Of com
uands impaired by word of mouth OF By
means or the reins- The excited driver
who yeiis and jerks often viii serve 10
I get the beast nervous. ard there IS per
! hGps no animal on earth more fuclfre5
Z 10 nervousness than the horse It may be
readily seen that keeping cool when driv-
] ing is always best and BY creating this