The Washington herald., 1909-10-24

and Or. J. y. Sansbury. owner OF the
phenomenally fast Forestville track. will
90 more or less business over his course
untn Thanksgiving Day. On wednesday
Of this week he will give a matinee.
The card presented. which comprises a
2.22 trot and pace. a free-for-all. and a
class Tar horses whose records are no
better than 245. ought to draw big
crowd Of horse lovers to the Prince
George County track, which can easily
be reached by a short drive over a fine
road or by trolley.
The remarkable progress made within
the past week by Superintendent Nc
Caully with the new speedway. notwith-
standing the many obstacles ne has been
called upon to meet. will soon bring that
course into commission. At the rate he
is progressing the road bed should be in
fair state of completion by the end OF
the present week An elaborate mo-
gramme for the opening meet Is being
prepared by competent members Of the
club. and the same viii be presented al
the first meeting. which may be called
| curing the week Aside from the poo
posed reorganization and the raising OF
necessary funds for the opening meet
the most important details which VIII
necessarily follow viii be the classilca-
uon or the horses that Will take part IN
The several events TO be given.
In fact. no more important duty VIII
devolye upon club members. Tor upon
their solution OF the task will greatly de-
pend the future success Of the new speed
way and the maintenance OF interest IN n
on TIE part OF the public The time ras
arrived tn the turf history OF this coup-
try when some means must be devised TO
sustain public interest In racing sport as
far as the light harness horse is con-
cerned
The public. who sustain racing and
without whose patronage every gate Of
every race track in the land would le
nailed tight and the course sowed 20
grass seed. are become tired Of being
called upon 10 witness one. two. or three
horses. as the case may be. finish blocks
ahead OF their field What the pubN,
does want 20 see. and for which they
VIII travel q long distance 20 see and
cheeriully give up their money 20 see,
are close races and finishes where every
man behind a horse must drive ike 4
demon 20 get % the wire first.
A nerve thrilling. blood-stirring contest
can never be accomplished by The oil
system OF record classification II must
be done by classifying horses accord ,ag
10 the speed they can actually show. not
oy what they are supposed TO possess. Il
Is up 70 members OF the Drivers and
Riders Club OF the District OF Columbia
10 Introduce the innovation al the earliest
possible moment II is true that az first
the task viii be an arduouS one. II VIII
consume some time 10 get line on the
horses engaged in any particular event.
but one or two races VIII DO much to
solFe the problem. Horsemen are not
angels-although unknown TO their nea~-
est friends. perhaps, there may be some
who are afflicted with sprOutlng wings
and there may possibly be a few OF them
VINO read these lines who VIII object TO
the proposition herein set forth But
none can dispute its fairness 20 Them
selves and the public Il may be a de-
clded pleasure 20 some relnsman 10 ride
block ahead OF his field, occasionally
look back and smile at his struggling
competitors, and pun back to a walk rs
he nearS the wire with a look OF triurnpb
everspreading his features: but there is
nothing in such an exhibition to greatly
interest the public, especially in events
where betting Is tab0oed. Ii win make
for success IL the club in the near fu
ture selects three competent members
whose duty ii shall be IN turn TO select
board Of three on classification. the
same 20 be reported to the club for rati-
hcation There ave plenty Of members
OF the club competent TO do the work.
AS was predicted In these columns. some
time ago, the approaching completion Of
the speedway has excited a brisk local
demand for good-mannered, fearless.
cheerful horses that can brush a merry
clip when called upon and which do not
lug on the road whenever their owners
wish to take a quiet outing. It is quail
ties intelligent morse owners and horse
buyers demand and FOR which thew are
willing 10 pay. and, I'm addition. they will
not object 20 a little speed along with
the qualities named II at any time they
should feel like turning IL on II is this
class OF horses the Bensinger Horse Ba-
zaRr viii offer 20 the public November :.
The company has always been held I'm
high esteem in the horse world and for
nothing that has gone before measures
up in the matter Of class with the con-
signment they will onef to the public on
the date named The sale is not only
the firms most ambitious effort. but the
first purely speed sale ever held at the
National Capital II the experiment
proves a success II will be followed by
others Of an equally classy nature.
George w GOodacre will offer Ed. BALI
2Ilh formerly Finch. believing he is
presenting to the public one Of the best
hammered horses In the world as we'll as
a PAGER that has an earning capacity on
the race track He is in the prime OF his
usefulness, sound as a new milled dolla-
has been up in 2:C65l. and is a son oe
Bona Prince. by Dictator, and a full sis
ter Of Nancy Hanks. 2:G. by Happy Me-
dunn. Tho gelding is just out OF train
ing and it would take little time to kew
him up for fast miles. The chestnut
gelding Harry Madden, 2.9OA. owned hy
Mr. Goodacre. is also consigned. He is
always ready to go. is a cheerful. promDt
roadster, and winner OF the 2.lS class
speedway contest a few years since. He
has also wen a number Of match races
in this city and in Pennsylvania. Owing
TO the fact that ne has decided 10 give up
r; cling, Mr., Goodaere viii offer with his
horses all OF his racing equipment
Henry CoPperthite. after much reIuc-
lance. has decided to part with Ada D..
Pisa. a bay mare by Crawford. jr. She
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