The Washington herald., 1909-05-16

The most interesting and important oc-
currence CT the past month 70 harness
horse owners and drivers Of this section
OF the country was The organization. 81
Roanoke, of the VIrginia-Carolinas ard
Georgia racing circuit. The places in-
cluded in The new association are Calax.
Rsdford, Tazeveil. Roanoke. and Lynch
burg Va Winst0n-Salem, Greensboro,
Raleigh, and Charlotte, y. C.; CoIumbIs,
s. C.. and Augusta. Ca There win be
eieTeR weeks OF racing on the circuit, the
purses and stakes offered amounting IN
all TO Ssa594 OF this sum $500 VIII be
given for running events, while tie
stakes for trotters and PAGERS foot up
e. CO. The remaining Sgs.O06 vii be given
for open races Tor trotters and PAGERS.
The stakes are Uniform throughout ths
circuit. being for 215 and 222 PAGERS ard
2ls and 2.24 trotteTSl Each stake viii be
$50. The harness horse open purses wiz
be Sa0e each The purses for runners VIII
be from $50 TO 800 each.
Racing on the ohio, West Virginia.
Pennsylvania. and Maryland circuit vii
begin at the Gentlemea's Driving Park.
Baltimore, June and VIII continue four
days The purses wiz be 500 each and
wiz be given for go %. 22a Zls, Zls.
and 2l3 trotters, and for pa. 2.ls. III,
2I5. 2.13. and 2l8 PAGERS. and for a free
for-al trot CT pace A dozen OF more
horses viii be entered from washington.
Secretary Joseph Els, Of the Driving
Park Association, IS already overrun With
AuDlicatioas Tor stall room These appli-
caJio1i-- e7one from The Pacific Coast.
from New England. and every other sac
ton Of the country There viii be twen-
y consecutive weeks OF racing OF tie
Ohio. West Virginia. Pennsylvania, ana
Maryland circuiG More than si5090o win
be given TO horse owners n stakes and
purses. more money than was ever be-
fore offered by a haif-nliIs ring combins-
ton in the history OF the harness horse
turf.
p F Hail has bought from J. :.
o'Keefe the pacing FLY. Miss Ho5son.
The price paid has not been made public.
Miss Hooson is BY Eohson. . horse that
at ore time looked Ike the making OF a
phenomenal troter. but ne suddenly went
AL wrong and had 70 be taken out OF
training. Miss HObson IS not ret fozr
years old With very little training,
when she was two years old. she von
half-mile race al Brightwood- pacing the
last heat in III She has been at The
| COppe-thite track for the past i've weeks.
AlOnzos sCorbin IS training her there, and
she has sstonished everybody who has
seen her work by the speed she has
shown she has not been let down yet,
but has paced a mile in 20. last half n
( les and last quarter IN & Il IS common
/ opinion that Miss Hobs0n Is q sure ~
proposition. right now.
John F Javins last week sent ths
great brood mare. Virginia Maid. 70 the
I Han farm, at Bealton, Va, where sic
wiz Be mated with Alto Dewey. vir-
gina Maid IS the dam OF Masul, 2G II
She is also dam OF the trotting mare
/ Omeline. 2I3 -. who made her record
over half-mile ring. Harry Dooley also
sent Miss josephine GA - 20 the Han
farm. She VIII be mated with Alto
Dewey, as viii & handsome sorreI daGgh-
ter Of Jay Bird. owned by Peter Lotus.
Of this city
There is q yearling colt IN training al
Parkersburg. Pa that is trotting eighths
IN 80 seconds, a two-rninute gait. He is
a half-brother 10 High Admiral, the most
sensational two-Tesr-old trotter out last
year, and bears the same relationship to
Alto Dewey. two years Old. owned by (.
r Hail. Of this city. his sire being ths
I famous stallion Admiral Dewey.
W J. Andrews left Brightwood last
week with Hamburg Belle 20 ia.
! Brighton. and the other trotting and
/ pacing horses belonging 10 John z. Mad
den. for Detroit Brighton IS the Mad
den candidate for the S100o II and u,
! te be decided st Detroit IN July. He S
/ regarded as a very fast horse. capable
at present Of stepping IN 20. The Il
and II. is for - trotters-
The programme for ma4ines al the
/ copDerthite track at Burke. VI. Nay q.
/ is out There wiH be a 2I5 trct OF pace.
I2g7 pace. ~ Irot. and Two running races
The purses are 500 each
/ Bowcatcher. 2B1-s. owned by Hon.
Samuel McMHlen, Representative fn Con-
gress from New York. viii be cam
pa,gned again this faH. David Bishop. OF
/ this city. VIII condition and drive him.
/ Bowcatcher is t-otter. and made his
mark over sslf-Faile ring last year.
Mr.. MeMiilen believes he Is several sec
/ onds faster than his mara
ThsTe viii be trottng and pacing
matinee at BrightwoOd May 81 The pro
gTsmme is not yet out There VIII also
be q similar entertainment az the Rap
+ ley track, near TdkOma PARK