The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

PAGERS are homeWard DOunu.
ManueIa. Alma, Sweetheart, and Miss
Hobson have done all the racing they
Will De called upon to do the present
season. The two last named have had
their shoes pulled OF for some weeks
past. and are now going sound. The
quartet OF mares will be carefully win
tered. and some time in February viii
again be taken up and carefully pre-
pared FOR the racing season of 1910. Man
uella is credited with q last half over the
SLOW Richmond track, IN her race against
the good Sidney Prince mare Mary Anne,
in just one minute fat. which demon
strates her class, and which justifes
Z. F. Hall, her owner, in the belief that
in the daughter OF Austral he has a PAGER
OF Grand Circuit caliber.
AS for Alma, one OF the local surprises
of the racing season OF 1909, Mr.. Hall is
confident that ne has in her a sure 2:l0
PAGER next year. If Miss Hobson's legs
viii stand the prep" and subsequent
racing, there can be no question about
her entering the 2:lO list Sweetheart
has as much right as her sister ManueHa-
10 extreme speed. The present is her
first season out. Had she remained sound.
there IS every reason 10 believe that she
would have retired for the year with
record Of 2:l5 or better.
As a trotteT EnOch Abelfs Russell G.
has broken all local records. Week be-
fore last. at Richmond, he reduced his
record a quarter OF a second, his mark
now being 2:17A. Mr.. Z. F. Hall. who
witnessed his race over the Richmond
track. says that If pushed to his limit
the brown gelding should to a certainty
have gone one heat al least In 2.l3, and,
perhaps, have put in three heats around
that mark. As It was. lie trotted one
heat in the race. which he won. in 2:16is.
but was given 2:17lt IN order TO keep him
in the 2:lS class. Although strictly
against the rules, at the end Of the
racing season such things are often done
Before Russell @. finally retires 20 win
ter quarters he and Russian are 10 be
brought together in match race over
the Forestyille track. Mott has MAIN
laAAtu al QAlAuS the present year lldA
Russell G. was the faster horse, and DR..
]. II. Sansbury. who has charge OF
KushGn, Is now going 10 make him
prove Il.
The doctor must have great confidence
in the game son OF Kremlln, 2.07Si TO
enter into a match at this time There is
not the slightest indication that Rus
sell G. has gone back since his race al
Richmond lie is as hard as flint and
able to carry his speed the distance,
while Kushan has not had a race for
some weeks past, and cannot be near
as fit as his doughty antagonist The
betting, before the first heat, should
make Russell G. top-heavy. favorite.
The bloodlines OF the two horses are
somewhat similar. Kremlin is a son OF
Lord Russell. the latter being fun
brother OF Maud 5. 2:0S&. Russell C. is
a son OF Happy Russell he by Mambrino
Russell. a son Of Woodford Mambrino
and the famous Miss Russell. grand-
daughter OF the four-mIler Boston, sire
OF Lexington. The blood or the game
Woodford Mambrino and the equally
game Boston are combined IN each
horse, for Kremlin's Cam was the cele-
brated Eventide dam Of six, by Wood
ford Mambrino
On the material side Russell G's
blood lines are REINFORCED by what
comes 10 him through the sire of his
dam. Garrison. who was son OF
Orange Blossom. The last named was
by Middletown, a son Of HambletOnian
X; Orange Blossoni's dam being a daugh-
ter OF American Star. l.. It was the
HambletOnian-Star cross that gave US
Dexter and Dictator Robert McGFegOr.
and score or more Of other great sires
and track performers. Although the
bones OF Seeley's American Star have
rested under the green turf OF Orange
County FOR upward Of forty years, and
other great brood mare sires have sue
ceeded him. such as Pilot jr. Mambrino
Patchin. and NutwOOd, the Star cross.
wherever found, IS stu considered by
discriminative horsemen as good as the
best refined gold or the finest gem ever
wrested from the bosom Of GOlconda-
A number Of local horses afflicted with
speed are. listed for the sales ring. Prom
inent among the lot are Ed. BALI
(Flinch) Harry Madden. Happy Steve,
Myron c.. Happy G.. Tuscoras, Jubiante,
and upward OF a dozen others whose
names are not now recalled. The IN
loading Of the horses named Is no re-
lection upon their respective merits.
Every horse named Is good in his
class, but their owners desire something
new and novel The sales rings in New
York and elsewhere viii be visited dur
ing the winter by local buyers, and It is
highly probable that next season Wash
ington viii have almost an entirely new
installment OF horses possessing more OF
less speed.
Thousands OF speed horses will change
hands within the next four months. and
II Is the hope OF those who have local
horse interests at heart that Washing
ton win secure its share. The sale OF
local horses will take place in this city,
a well-known local horse firm having
the matter in hand and is busiiy engaged
IN preparing a catalogue OF the horses
listed.
Tomorrow the Gentlemen's Driving
Park, Baltimore. viii again throw open
its gates TO the public for a four-days'
meeting. during which it will distribute
sl1,OOO in prizes. The entry list exceeds
In number and in class anything hereto
fore offered by the association in control
Il win be probably the last great meeting
Of the year in this section. and horse
owners are hustling after the coin. Z.
+. Hall has entered in the 2:25 pace on
Monday bis promising -year-old
stallion Axis. and in the 2:0 pace. on
Tuesday Mott has Russell G. entered in
the 2:i7 trot on Tuesday, and, although
he will meet some pretty good horses, II
he is as fast as claimed. he has a good
chance 10 win. As Axis has never before
made his bow IN high-class society (or
any other he IS at the present writing
an unknown quantity. He Is said 20 be
fast. and is a full brother Of Manueila.
2:iGit. II that viii help any. Immediately
after the close OF the mee1uer the bar-