Evening star., 1909-04-11
LIGHT HARNESS NOTES.

Col Cosby expects to begin work on
the new speedway some time in August.
Its completion is expected to excite
large inquiry in the District for fast
trotters and PAGERS. According to the
present rules of the Drivers and Riders
Association, hopples will be barred in all
contests.
Philip Stubener is authority for the
statement that the citizens of Bladens-
burg are ambitious to have a half-mile
| track near the town. over which matinees
may be held. 4 meadow bottom near
the Eastern branch has been selected as
the most desirable spot for the track.
A match race for $500 side between
George Goodacre's Ed Balfe, Lila for
merly called F'linch), and Frank Crovo's
Charley Hal. oO6A. has been brewing for
some little time between the principals
i'm the case, and the proposed match is
| exciting a good deal of local interest.
Henry Copperthite hopes TO have the
event, when arranged, come off over his
track at Burke July 4.
John H. Gheen. the Mt. Pleasant horse
man. returned last week from trip TO
Atlantic City, where he sojourned several
days for the benefit of his health
w. j. Andrews, the celebrated Buffalo
trainer. who has charge of John Z. Mad
denis horses at this point. began last
week to give Hamburg Belle. 2.04s4. a
trifle stiffer work Jogging miles around
2.iO did not seem to hurt the knee
which vas injured last season and which
resulted in her retirement. Nancy Nc
kerron I'd, 2.1Ss4. was also hustled along
some. The Madden stable will be re-
moved to Poughkeepsie. \. V, as soon
as the track at that point is fit to work
over.
Jacob Hillery will soon ship Miss Nina.
$50, by Red Medium, and L. L. s., by
E. II. s., to the Copperthite track at
Burke.
j. p. Mott recently had shipped to him
from Leonardtown a full brother of Rus
sell G.. go. which he thinks is as good
a prospect as the last named.
Montana Guard 2.20A, and Bonnie
Lassie. trial 2.15, both we'll known local
horses, have been placed in the hands
of Charles Atkinson to be trained for
the season of 1909.
w. L. Miller has brought in from his
Colonial Beach farm his promising
youngster by Bertini, his dam being a
daughter of kushan, 2.1SE 4 yearling
half brother of the Miller youngster trot-
ted an eighth last fall in the phenomenal
time of IS seconds.
Frank Tippet has purchased from w.
e. Miller the brood mare kumera by
Kushan. and will breed her to Red Prin-
| ceps, by Red Medium.
Gen. l. r. Sherwood. representa-
| tive from Ohio. row owns the famous
trotter Senator Mills. 2.10l4. and may be
seen holding the reins behind him nearly
every pleasant afternoon on the drive
way of the Potomac Park.
r. f. Nolan of this city has purchased
a half interest in the fast pacing stallion
Red Princeps.
Charles McDermott's two very fast trot-
ters. by the Director General. will be
trained the coming season at Belmont
Park. Philadelphia, by Robert Brawley.
All of the standardized horses owned
by A. B. Lewis of the Lewsiani Farm.
near Fredericksburg Va, We're sold under
the hammer Friday and Saturday of
last week at fairly good prices. In the
lot sold was Supremacy. 2.2a. formerly
owned at this point by DIR. Carter. The
son of the $4,000 Bell Boy sold for low
sum.
Robert Brown of this city owns full
brother of the phenomenal trotter of last
| season. Country Jake. that with just
| seventy-three days training stepped the
sidered sure candidate for the 2.1J
list the coming summer. Mr.. Brown $
gelding is a five-Sear-old. by Mars He
is a son of Prince Orloff dam, Minnie
Truxtun. by TruXtun: second dam. Vic
tora Almont. by Almont 33; third dam
Long Island Black Hawk The Brown
gelding has a good way OF going at the
| trot and promises to be as fast as Coun-
| try Jake.
Dennis Mccarthy of the fir.r of Brown
& Mccarthy has placed his handsome
| filly Virginia Lass in the hands of
Howard Ryan Of Forest Glen. to be thor
oughly broken fer road purposes. Later
i'm the season the filly will be placed in
the hands of Alonzo Corbin to be trained.
She is a trotter and is bred to go fast,
as she is a half sister of Mosul. 2.O9l4.