The Washington herald., 1909-08-22

ern and Western tracks the equals OF Is
per cent Of the horses now going over
the circuit tracks
This week the horses that performed at
Fort Erie, near Buffalo, win exhibit their
speed at the Readville track. which Andy
WEIGH has so greatly improved that few
OF the foreign habltues Of the course will
recognize. Orlando Jones. formerly OF
Washington. has parted with his interest
10 Mr.. WEIGH, and the future OF Read
vile, which has passed through so many
vicissitudes. Is secure. The handicap,
which Will be pulled or early In the
week, viii be the piece de resistance OF
the weeks sport, although the usual in
terest viii hover around the American
Horse Breeders Futurities Stakes, which,
for years past, has been striking features
OF the ReadyiIle management
Ion Mcdonald is leading Pop Geers
this season in the matter OF large purses,
he having won up TO date three $4,000
stakes In as many weeks. While stats
tics are not al hand, the impression OF
the writer now is that MCDONALD has
broken all records in this regard. Geers
may have won more purses with one
/ horse during the entire season than Nc
Donald has with Margin up 10 date. Her
winnings are $4,000, the remaining $1,000
coming from the winnings az that good
son OF the dead Todd. 2:i4S-Bod Doug
lass, 2,o6l4. The latter was a great three
year-old. and this year as a hve-year-old
rivals In extreme speed his blood rela-
tive, Uhlan, 2:03A. far and away the
greatest four-year-old gelding out last
season.
Uhlan IS by Bingen. 2:O654. while Doug
lass Is by Todd. and he By Bingen. So.
after all, II Is All in the family, this
greatness. Thus far Peter the Great.
207&. the only close rival to Bingen In
the matter Of string early and extreme
speed has not shone as brightly as a
sire as he did last season and for pre-
vious seasons IL Is quite possible, how
ever, that the futurities which viii be
pulled of at Readville Hartford, SYRIA
ouse Columbus, and Lexington. KY. win
develop something 10 his credit before
the racing season closes. Being in Ken
lucky. and owned by a wealthy gentle
man, the son OF Pilot Medium and santos
enjoys superior advantages 10 those en-
joyed by the great New England sire,
Bingen.
While on the subject Of four-year-olds,
OF which Uhlan and Bob Douglass are
such stellar trotting examples, II is well
70 recall the fact that the field OF great
four-year-old trotters Is a very limited
one. Fantasy. 2:osA among mares, and
Douglas. 2:O6A. Directum, 2.o5k, among
stations. and Uhlan among geldings, are
the great luminaries among trotters in
their r-year-old form. san Francisco.
which Is being pointed for the crown OF
Cresceus. Is a six-year-old. Great three
year-olds are far more numerous, so
much so that it has become a tradition
Of the trotting turf that g horse in his
three-year-old form races, as a rule.
much better than he does a year later.
This condition OF things is made so
largely from the fact that q horse IN
his four-year-oid foTm is shedding his
teeth, his mouth aph body are feverish,
and the bits in his mouth are irritating
10 his gums. and make him peevish and
fretfui These views are corroborated
by the best veterinarians in this country
and Europe
The writer has called attention earlier
in this article 10 the fact that the Grand
Circuit Is not this year bearing off all
the honors in the way Of extreme speed,
and. as we go forward IN the breeding
problem and tracks multiply and horses
increase in number. the time may be
near when quite as good horses will
tour mile and half-mile rings outside OF
the Grand Circuit. as are those who viii
cling 10 f.
As a sensational case in point. take,
for instance. the performance OF Hedge
wood Bey 2.oeil. and his full sister.
Lady Maud c.. 2:O3&. in their astonish-
ing mile 10 pole week ago last Friday
at Grand Rapids, Mich. Hooked together,
they paced a full mile over a mile track
at that point on the date named IN 2:02Z
with the last half in 1:o0iz and the last
quarter OF mile IN o:GeA, The perform
auce is not only a wor DIS record TO pole
for PAGERS. but lowers the record made OF
2:05la by Direct Hal and Prince Direct
driven by Mr. Geers. in 1902 upward OF
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