The Washington times., 1908-08-09
Kalamazoo SagO Flora Temple
Set NeU Mark for Race Nile
Went Distance With Many Severe Handicaps Forty-nne
Years Ago in PIG 34-Prophet Sale Predicts
Fracture of Harness Records This Season
By L D. SALE.


ponent and may give the Eel, as well
as others, something to do to beat him
before the seasons racing closes.
Tip From Our Own Prophet.
It IS rather early in the season to set
up in the business Of prophet. ut IL all
goes well We shall see before October
next all trotting and pacine- records
broken te smithereens. Here we are at
the beginning Of the month OF August.
There are az least three PAGERS capable
Of pacing a mile in two minutes or
better. and not less than six trotte.z
equal 10 mile very close to the two-
minute mark. So much early and ex-
IRENE speed was never before witnessed.
By the time the topnotchers reach The
| lightning fast Columbus track. they
ought to be at their very best. some
OF them at lssst. win be cut loose
fof- record and the trick will be ac-
co apIished.
me event OF ire week at Kalamazoo,
as far as the size Of the purse is cor
oerned, was the ZIG trot-worth to the
winner 5000. the undivided purse be-
ing $4,000 Measured by the time made
by the winner. Spanish Queen. q daugh-
ter OF the expatriatsd Onward Silver
and Eifn Dance. by Wilkes Boy. It was
the cheapest race Of the grand circuit
season.
After Macy presented 10 Geers, behind
Alceste. the f1rst heat in the rather
slow time OF 2:1Oss. he went out with
the Queen and stepped the second heat
In 2s07zs and the remaining two heats
in 2:1lh and 2:l21k respectively. Nc
Carthy, with Vendette. caught the flag
in the second heat. The latter must
have had the edge Of his speed dulled
the previous week az Detroit.
Among Washington Horses.
Our local horses. which are follow
/ ing the Virginia and Maryland circuits.
are stin unfortunate Black Patchin,
owned by Austin Lotus and driven by
Alonzo Corbin. only saved his entrance
money Saturday week at Norfolk, but
improved his position on Wednesday
last al Tasley, where he stood IN the
summary 2. 4. 2 in the PA pace. thereby
getting second money. The fastest heat,
the first, was in 2:2O. the second IN 2:21.
and the third and last IN 2:22A. 1t now
looks as II the black gelding were i'm
proving as he goes along and gets ex-
pe;tsnce, and that by the time he reach
es Rockville. the latter part Of the
month, It Will take a good horse in his
class TO head him.
z. F. Hall. thus far this season,
seems to have been shorn OF his usual
racing luck. He struck the winning
streak two years ago with the good race
horse Kushan, and kept # up for two
seasons, when he brought out the phe-
nomenai pacing illy ManuelIa and won
with her whenever he chose TO cut her
loose. Racing the three-year-old against
aged horses did her no good. as he was
duly advised would be the case, and
now she is in the hospital undergoing
repairs.
The best horse Hall has out this sea-
son is the bay stallion Red Princeps,
but up TO this hour OF writing he has
not been in the money.
Frank Thomas win begin his cam
paign this season at Leonardtown. On
Saturday last he shipped there the
slick little sorrel PAGER Mysotis. 2:122
Sir Electroid. 2:21A; Elenora. no record.
but good for a mile around 2:25: Belle
T, good for a mile around 2:Z7; and
the green pacing stallion Happy slye,
no mark. but can pace miles close TO
2:90. Bob r. should be included IN the
string
W. P Miller. owner OF Kushan. ship
ped from Colonial Beach. where he is
summering, TO the same point. Kushan
pacing gelding that has shown halls in
his work in 1;O7, and which Mr.. Miller
thinks is the fastest youngster ever
brought to Washington-not barring
Manuella.
J. c. Mott. also a resident of Wash
ington, has had HIS string at Leonard
town for several days. He hopes to re-
coup his Norfolk losses with Happy G.
and Russell G.
Thomas. before leaving home. unload
ed one horse-Bord RusseIl-the pur-
chaser being Mr.. Steelman, OF st.
Asaph, Va.
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by the events OF last Saturday week.
will give the second matinee Of the
series on Saturday afternoon OF the
present week.
The Southern Maryland Fair Associa-
ton will open its gates to tee public on
August IL, at Upper Marlboro and viii
close them on August % The events
will comprise trOtting, pacing, and
running races. and Secretary Brooke
/ announces that the entry lists are fill
J ing rapidly.
TIP FOR THE MAJOR.
Toledo has eleven police officers
mounted on motorcycles, and the fire.
ouency with which they figure in the
daily police news is very good evidence
OF the manner In which this number
OF officers can cover city of go. 900
population Last season ony six motor
cops were employed. but they proved so
satisfactory that five more machines
we're placed in commission this spring.