The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-14

ton over the track a few weeks since
Country Jake, Linkwood May, TriXey,
CArricita. and Red Rock. The country
race VIII Include a number Of excellent
horses which. although they do not pos
sess extreme speed, are closely matched
aud will put up an exciting race. The
country dinner which will be served on
the grounds viii put all present in good
humor.
Philip Steubener. OF Bladensburg pur-
chased on Monday last the fast pacing
mare Cora Virgins Of Richardson *
Williams, Of Norfolk, and the mare has
been delivered. She is a brcedy-lookins
I steel gray mare Of upward OF 1873 III
/ height and IS ~ Letcher. sire Of the fest
three-year-old Sir Thomas Upton, dam
/ by Virgins, 2Is1A. he by Aberdeen It IS
Mr.. Steubener's intention to use his new
purchase on the Speedway, and u is ru-
mOred that she is PAGER to be reckoned
with on the straightaway. Edward Dam
iels has purchased from the same firm
the great speedway mare Tr.by. She is
breedy-loolling chestnut mare by Beam
S. dam a fast road mare with a record
Of ZIG ID Beam S Is by Stranger. and
Stranger Is a son of Gen. Washington
/ and Goldsmith Maid. PA. Gen. Wash
/ ington's dam was the celebrated Lady
I Thorn, PISA Washingtons sire was
Gen. Knox. go for which the late
Henry y. Smith. OF Fashion Farm. New
! Jersey. gave $4,000 upward OF thirty-fve
years ago. Trilby IS also a PAGER, and il
is said that in her long career on the
/ speedway she has never been headed but
once.
After the Madison Square Garden sale,
which begins November p, II IS highly
probable that additional speed will be
brought 20 the city The three Morris
brothers, John, Michael. and William,
have decided to visit the sales ring on the
date mentioned. as has also George w.
| GOodacre and other lovers Of fast horse
/ flesh residing I'm Washington. All horses
/ purchased Will be used on the Speedway.
I Peter LOTUS IS also looking for a little
speed. a. L. Brooke is inclined 70 dip
I into speed again and viii also visit the
Garden.
Gen. Charles Hayward, Of the Marine
Corps retired. was on the new Speedway
a few days since and went away so thor
oughly enthused over the looks Of things
/ that he announced that he. too. thought
he would return TO the game by making
visit to the Garden.
/ The sadcest news horsemen everywhere
have received for many months is the IN
! telllgence that Hamburg Bell 2.0lA. IS
| dead. Whether the dead daughter OF
/ Axworthy. 2l51z. and sally Simmons had
/ reached the fun limit Of her speed or not
/ is now a question that must be consigned
I to the realm OF speculation. That she
was the greatest race mare that has thus
! FAR appeared must be conceded. Her two
miles in a race in 2:GllS and 2.03&, the
/ second heat being only q quarter OF a
/ second slower than the first one. demon
\ strates what a wonderful trotter she was
/ She spent the spring seasons OF 1905 90 in
/ Washington. preparatory 10 her trips
/ Eastward, and IL there was a horseman
! In this bailiwick who predicted that she
would rise 20 such extreme TURF eminence
/ and become the trotting queen Of the
world the writer OF these lines has never
/ heard OF bin. She was a plainly made
\ brown mare OF about 1872 in height Her
/ action even al extreme speed was not
/ particularly impressive, as her stride was
\ low and sweeping and she carried her
/ head low.
/ She was a line trotter, as are nearly all
I the fastest latter-day trotters, and as she
I glided from quarter 20 quarter with her
/ stealing gait she deceived every one who
/ did not hold clock IN hand. But one other
mare, Lady Thorn. 2:lSil matched her
/ exactly In gait, and that splendid daugh-
/ ter Of Mambrino Chief II was never her
/ equal except in the matter Of gameness.
In the matter Of blood lines Hamburg
/ Belle was an inbred Wilkes Her sire,
/ Axworthy, IS a son Of Axteu O.. PIP. the
/ first three-year-old stallion TO gain such
/ low record and which sold for the sum
| Of $4,000 the day he accomplished his
/ hitherto unparalleled feat over the Terre
| Haute track in the early eos. Axtel was
a son OF William /, en- untried sire, and
\ he a son Of George Wilkes, 2;22. By Ham
/ bletOnian Y and Dolly SQankeT. believed
\ 10 be by Henry clay VIII Sally Sim
mons. dam OF Hamburg Belle. was a
! daughter OF Simmons. 2:2S by George
/ Wilkes. 2:22. For some unknown reason
/ no other strain OF blood has succeeded as
/ has the Wilkes blood in the matter OF IN
/ tense inbreeding. Ordinarily inbreeding
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face more defects than virtues, iuasmuch
| as the American light harness horse is
not as yet a fixed type and he still suf-
/ fers from the defects Of his d-blooded
/ ancestors.
! Just how much longer the Wilkes strain
I can stand such intense inbreeding-some
I Of il decidedly incestuOus-is a grave
/ question Certainly there are but few in
| stances in breeding annals that parallel
! the history OF the Wilkes strain up 10
/ date. Count Orloff. OF Russia. founder Of
\ the family or that name. did actually in
/ breed for three generations in order 70
/ found a family OF trotters. But his ex-
/ cUse IN so doing was to fCsnd a family
\ that would go on the trot. in this he
| succeeded. IN the case Of the Wilkes
/ family the blood has been used so freely
/ because the Wilkes blood is a race-win-
\ ming strain, and breeders believe-at least
I some breeders beIieve-that one cannot
/ get too much OF it. While breeders Of
I the thoroughbred have in times past in
/ bred to certain strains OF blood. they
I have been very careful 10 breed out at
| intervals In order not TO intensity defects.
While the death OF Hamburg Belle IS
! severe financial loss 10 her owner and
loss to the turf, it does not follow that
| her Ike, and even a greater than she,
will not arise. and IN the near future.
Somewhere to-day on some farm IN the
East. West, or South there may be nib
/ bling her oats and hay some FLY that
will surpass her achievements. Il is the
! hope of every breeder-and il Is the very
( thing that keeps him in the business Of
| breeding-that he VIII breed a champion.
/ II is as liable 20 be the good luck OF some