Evening star., 1909-05-23
LIGHT HARNESS NOTES.
By L. D. Sale.

BY L. d. Sale.
The past week was busy one at Burke,
although weather conditions were far
from ideal for fast work. Horses in con-
dition work best when the weather is
piping hot.
Nevertheless, Corbin turned Charley
Hal, 2O651. loose for some fast last halfs,
the bay gelding negotiating them easily
at a clio gait. Miles around 2.16 are his
limit at present, as Corbin is keying him
up slowly. Were he to cut him loose for
a mile, Clio would not feaze him right
now. The Hal family are a peculiar lot
to train. Notwithstanding the fact that
they are the only purely pacing family in
existence, they have to be hung up with
as much nicely of detail as trotter.
Most of them have to be balanced with
weight and 3S per cent of them have to
undergo lot of work to make them fit.
As an illustration, it took Geers two
years or more to make race horse Of
the unbeaten Direct Hal, 2O4A, and he
spent quite as much time on Star Pointer.
l.o91f, before he got him to going to suit
him. The Halls mature slowly, and the
fact that so much time has to be taken
to get them ready to race. and so much
work given them to make them fit are two
reasons why SO many of them go wrong
before they become aged horses. Charley
Hal is one of the few of that great racing
family that has withstood rigid training
and hard racing and is still sound. Star
Pointer was cripple when Hamlin part
ed with him, but he was subsequently
patched up and became the first two-min-
ute PAGER.
During the week Corbin worked out at
Burke two trotters that promise to make
regulations. One is the property Of Harry
Duly of this city, and is by Gov. STAN
ford. He is small bay gelding. always
goes on the trot and can trot two miles
right now close to 2.25. He was trained
some by Corbin last season and then
turned out. He was taken up last spring
set to work and promises to be very fast
The other is also a bay gelding,
his sire being Mars, a son Of Prince Or
loft. and his dam Minnie Truxtun. which
promises to be soon in the great brood
Country Cake. 2.c9k. and which has
trialed In 219A. He is the gelding re-
Gently sold by Robert Brown of this city
to E. F. Hall. The first time Corbin
asked him to step any was last week,
when he trotted with ease a mile in 2 40.
Corbin thinks that within thirty days he
will be able to trot a mile in $50 or
better, and would not be surprised If he
was destined for the 2:15 list if he keeps
sound.
Mr.. Hall is long on PAGERS and short on
trotters. Not that he is particularly
welded to the side-wheelers. but because
PAGERS are easier to get and. as a rule,
easier to train. A trainer who is not
prescriptions in his methods can make
three PAGERS while he is making one trot-
ter. II the PAGER shows an inclination to
break in going around the turns he can
slap the pants on him. crock him down
the back few times, and before he
reaches the end of the mile he has made
a PAGER
With his legs tied so that he can do
nothing else but pace, the poor beast has
to submit and must also go into the dis
card list when his racing days are over.
The hOpples evil has become such a seri-
Gus menace to racing and the future Of
the race horse, that the day Is not far
distant when racing associations will be
compelled to combine against them. AL
ready the question is being discussed as
to whether horses wearing hopples should
be PERMITTED to compete with those which
go free legged
Miss Hobson, over which there is SO
much contention, is still in Mr. Halls
possession, and is liable to remain there
until P. j. O'Keefe sues out writ Of re-
plevin. which he may yet do. The case
of Miss Clean, 2:15k, over which there
has been SO much legal wrangling for a
year past, is an Illustration Of how costly
courts are when appealed to. Up to the
end of last month she had cost those in
terested upward of 81. 600, while her actual
Value Tor racing purposes is not equal to
one-tenth that sum. The recent death of
horace Swartz. who claimed ownership
OF the little mare, may possibly halt fur
ther legal proceedings. Miss Clean was
sold under the hammer at Richmond last
month, and the money Is still held up
awaiting the action of the Virginia court.
Red Princeps first foal, a filly, arrived
last week. 1t is the property of Harry
Duly, and its dam is Mr. Dulys handsome
trotting mare, which he has been driving
Tor two years past on the road News
comes from Prince George county that
DR.. Sansbury of Forestvile has construct
will open it to the public May 81. There
Will be trotting and pacing races at the
track on the date named, and Frank
Thomas or Thomas P. Baldwin of this
city may be engaged to act as starter
The entry lists for the Burke. Va, meet
on the same date are filling rapidly, and
the names of the horses entered will ap-
pear In The Evening Star early in the
week.
Jacob Hilerary has decided to enter Miss
Nina. 2.27A. In the 227 trot. which will
be the first appearance of the daughter
Of Red Medium at this point in a race
George Goodacre has entered May Queen
in the 22o pace, and E. F. Hall is ex-
pected to make liberal entries in the sew
eral trotting and pacing events. L. ]. K,
2. 16k, p. ]. O'Keefe's fast PAGER is barred
from showing how good he really is, as
there will be no class for him.
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