The Washington herald., 1909-07-18
By /. D. SALE

By L. d. SALE.
Burke. for some weeks TO come. VIII be
a lonesome town.
The hegira OF horsemea and horses
70 pastures new and green began last
Friday Wilmington. Del. being the first
stopping place and al which point there
WI be four days racing. salem. n. J.
VIII be the next objective point OF local
horsemen, when they al wheel about
and pike for Tssiey, Va, which Is the
starting point Of the present seasOn. OF
Maryland and Virginia Fairs and Racing
Circuit. the most important circuit In
this neck Of the woods. Racing al TasIey
begins August 8 and the meeting lasts
four days
Poeomoke City is next IN llne with a
three days meeting Salisbury follows
In regular order. and then comes Easton.
Rockville. TimoniUm. and Prospect PARK.
Baltimore The Rockville fair open August
81. and lasts four days. The dates are
50 arranged that local horsemen VIII en-
Joy upward of six weeks Of racing. After
Rockville, the better part Of the local
horses VIII return 70 Burke for the sport
outlined for Labor Day, which Manager
Coppertnite IS laboring day and night u
make a grand success
The horses comprising the Burke cor
signment are taose belonging u E F.
Hail. Frank Grove. George ?. G0odacre
Henry Copperthi5e. and J. c. Mott. Tae
most important horse in the HaI-Crove
string is s-ehabIy Charley Hal. 2-osls.
which formerly bei6ared 70 SHOWS string.
and purchased al Madison Square Gar
den last winter BY Mr.. Grove for a long
price Later Mr. Han bought a half H.
terest in the fast wrtgglcr and he is
a candidate for all the 1asL events IN this
section Ranking next IN Importance in
the Hall stable proper IS the bay mare
Miss HObson. also a PAGER. which has
trialed over Burke a nile in 2-I6. and Q
ha1 IN 1-o51s. The bay pacing mare
Venus. 2:lS IS Included il the string. as
is also the promising Aus-raI mare.
Sweetheart and the fast Kaluella 81.
e.1s5t
II Is also doubtful Il any single horse
owner has ever shipped from this local.
ity, for racing purposes. as strong q
stable o. PAGERS as that which was ship
ped from Burke on Friday by Mr Hail
and every one wishes him good luck
Alr. Hall has been q liberal buyer during
the past two years, a3d the consensus
OF opinion IS thar he has bought with
judgment
George P Goodacre. having tried oct
the bay pacing mare. Nay Queen. has
decided that she VIII not do az present
IN her class. and has had her shipped
home. His sole reliance is therefore. -
I'd. Balfe. 2-II1s formerly Finch. 10
bring back the money. ID 10 the date
Of leaving Burke. Balfe had not been
given miles much faster than 2-20. he
being stopped al his finishes about 2-l0
short This demonstrated thar no had an
or his oId-time speed. Trainer Widmeye-
has him wen legged up. and K Is fair 20
presume that he can pace four Or fve
heats around his mark right now Hen
~ Copperthite VIII place his reliance Tor
getting the money on Ada D. 2-l51t
She was never better fitted 70 20 e hard
race than she IS az present and Mr.. Cop
perthite hopes 10 be in the money when
she Is turned around for H. Dennis Cop-
perthite VIII drive her and Alonz0 Cor
bin VIII team the Hall-C1ove horses
II VII interest local horsemen 70 learn
that the Southern Maryland Fair VIII DO
business AT the old stand at Upper MarI-
bOro. beginning August 20. The purses
are as liberal doubtless. as the members
OF the association think they can AFFORD.
with 50 many other counter attractions
on the card The peculiar featzre OF
the Marlboro programme each year IS the
encouragement given 70 Prince George
County horses. II any criticism IS 10
be INDUCED in at all as regards the pro-
gramme Of its managers. IL Les in the
fact that the purses for the fast classes
o. trotters and PAGERS are not quite IS
liberal as they ought 70 be
Good purses usually secure good horses
Very few men care 10 race for 8 Sl51
purse. when the event calls for 2-ls
trOtters and 2-20 PAGERS In a purse OF the
size named. the winning horse gets 90 per
cent OF the purse-s1Z5. On this amount.
be IS assessed 10 per cent for winning.
which leaves too small q SUN OF net
Gains for the owner, when training bifs.
feed, and shipping expenses. &c. ars
taken into account The criticism is ten
dered in the most friendly manner. for
the Southern Maryland Fair IS an event
always looked forward 20 by the writer
with pleasant anticipstions- The hospital
ity Of its managers is State wide. aid the
card is always fun Of interest
.sss
Everybody in Prince George Couaty.
and a large Eumber OF people IN the
District OF Columbia. know SIR Edward
Daniels. founder Of the beautiful suburb
OF AutoviIle. located in the neighborhood
OF the Maryland Agricultural College.
For many years past 8Ir. Daniels has
0een one OF the nlaia props of racing
in Prince George County. and has owned
and raced some very noted horses IN
order to encourage The sport Of raclng
and breeding in his section. he has 5uss
constructed on a meadow bottom on his
esLtJe, 4 hRlf mile ring. which ne pro
poses 70 devote 70 Saturday afternoon
matinees- The soil OF the track is elas-
tic and safe. either for racing OF train
ing purposes. and il is claimed that when
the earth settles properly, z VII be
one Of the fastest tracks in Maryland.
The first event over the track VIII be
pulled OF Saturday afternoon OF this
week, and preparations are being made 10
entertain a large crowd of farmers ard
people from the District The track is
easy Of access by trolley and steam cars.
and IS reached IN a few minutes from this
point In addition 70 the fast double
gated sorrel gelding. Emers10ne. 1Ir.
Daniels has recently purchased a very
promising son OF Don Cozine. 2:l8 Train
er Bel. OF Berwyn. has the youngster and
thinks he Is bound 70 be q very fast
trotter when properly schOoled-
Clayton Farhney IS Fl town from Burke.
where he has for some months past been
first assistant to AIonzo Corbin- Mr.
Farhney IS busy et present in getting
together q stable Of his own. the mem
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