Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-04-09
Light Harness Horse In Demand.

L. D. Sale. a prominent horseman of
Washington city, in an article on the Local
News of the Harness Horse" in the Wash
ineton Star of Sunday last says:
From every quarter of the United States
where training camp is located comes
the intelligence that the season of 1909
will be the banner year in the history of
the trotter The demand for the horse that
can 60 out and do things was never more
insistent, nor were prices for the same ever
higher since the historical panic of the
early nineties AS proof that the light
harness horse industry is now on solid
basis one has only to turn to the reports
of the salesrings during the winter just
past and to the advertising columns of the
numerous turf papers of the country.
1T will be within the limits of the truth
to say that more light harness horses will
be bred during the season of 1903 than in
any previous season, and this in spite of
the fact that anti-betting laws are in force
in numerous States where the breeding in
terests are strongest This is evidence
that breeders and horsemen generally are
becoming reconciled to the laws now on
the statute books, and that in the future
there will be more sentiment and less of
commercialism in racing sport. In the
great chain of mile rings connected with
the grand circuit bookmaking will be per-
mitted only at Detroit and Kalamazoo.
Nevertheless, the purses offered by the as
sociations of cities connected with the
grand circuit will not be cut Readville,
Mass. flashes up with thirty-fve-thous-
and dollar purse (handicap) for trotters
and a -thousand-dolla handicap for
PAGERS, and then, as If to crown its belief
that the bOOkmaker is not the whole peach
to racegoers. offers to hOrsemen a ten
thousand-do purse for free-fO -allers.
LOCAL ACTIVITY.
in the District of Columbia and its en-
virOns there never was greater activity in
horse circles. Javins Brothers. who own
a farm few miles north of Washington.
in Montgomery county. have recently con-
structed very handsome half-mile track
on their land and expect to open it to the
public Decoration Day. They will give
another meeting July A and matinees
every two weeks during the racing season.
Clarence Moore, of this city, who re-
Gently purchased the Ray farm of $50 acres
near Forest Glen. Md. intends to devote
the same to breeding purposes. He has
not exactly decided to what lines he will
turn his attention. He is inclined to favor
at present the breeding of cross-country
animals. and possibly later on he may pur-
chase some brood mares and breed trotters.
Mr.. Moore, with characteristic enterprise.
will build stem from his farm to connect
with the Metropolitan branch of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad in order to facili-
tate the transportation of products to and
from his farm.
THE Brightwood track having been prac-
tically abandoned by local horsemen for
training purposes. the Copperthite track at
Burke. Va. is now the point of interest in
this section. Seventeen horses are already
being logged over the track daily, and ten
more trotters and PAGERS are expected the
early part of the present week. The Burke
plant is the most complete for the purpose
for which it was constructed within fifty
miles of Washington"