The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

teresting. ana the fairgrounds are easy
I Of access.
The curtain has fallen at Lexington,
and the horses that have been making
turf history for the season Of 1903 are
already headed for their winter quarters.
/ II Is already settled that Thomas Muir
ply, the Eastern trainer and teamster.
retires as the. largest money winner OF
the season, mainly through the heavy
! winnings OF his good roam mare Margin.
The grand old man OF the Grand Cir
cult. Geers. not SO fortunate as IN pre-
vious years, when he led all corners,
ranks third as a money winner II IS
not because old age has withered or time
stalled the cunning OF his arm. the pre-
cision OF his eye. and the machinery OF
his brain (for he drives with all the skill
that was ever his). but because the other
/ fellows had the best horses IN the
/ classes in which he found himself cast.
/ good driver may be able 10 help ar
/ Outclassed horse. but he cannot make
! him win against men who understand
their trade ike Murphy and Mcdonald.
Geers' meal ticket, the present season,
was The Harvester, which seems 10 have
a mortgage, If ne keeps sound. on the
worlds stallion trotting record. The
! four-year-Old recently worked for Mr.
! Geers a mile in 2:03 81 a third quarter IN
o:2s94. and last half in 1914 No other
stallion I'm sight, OF the same age, seems
20 be able 70 take his measure. and were
Mr.. Geers to turn him loose the crown
would undoubtedly drop from the head
Of Drectum, who years ago set the four
year-old record at 2:05A.
The little Iowa mare, Penisa Maid. in
the last hours OF the campaign, which
began al Detroit the latter part Of July
and ended in Lexington few days since,
raced into submission McDonaId's $50
Margin, and retires 10 her win. r GUAR
tiers with upward Of $4,000 20 her credit.
Few owners and trainers are lucky
enough TO draw such a meal ticket as
the Maid All she wears is a twO-minute
harness a pair Of heel boots forward
and she can be placed In a field Of horses
wherever her driver wills. II is claimed
that when she is turned for the score
she can strike a two-minute gait IN two
strides. which is not so very remarkable
for PAGER. but a feat that no other
trotter has been able 70 accomplish. Just
how fast she is no one seems 10 know
but she was timed IN the first heat OF
the Pennsylvania IN Z03 4-5, and seemed
70 have reserved speed as she came IN
der the wire. There are some who think
she is a coming two-minute trotter.
It IS the consensus Of opinion that
Charles AIcDermott, formerly OF Wash
ington, has in Capt George a three
year-old. by Admiral Dewey, a prize
package at last. Within the past two
: weeks Trainer Brawley has driven the
Captain q mile in 20Si4, he trotting a hair
IN l.0S Captain George was third IN the
recent three-y ear-old FutVr.ty az Column
, bus, and was only prevented from max
7 ing a brilliant showing In the Lexington
FutUrity because OF a collision with
members Of his field in scoring. and i'm
which Brawley was thrown from his
; sulky and narrowly escaped injury As
} IL was he was dragged across the track
= by the reins, the Captain kicking the
shattered 5ulky into kndling wood
Brawley was for many years connected
with local horse interests and is the only
, local trainer who has Won the NJ & NJ
II has been estimated that McDermott
in order 10 own race winners. has burned
up very nearly $4,000 within the past
1--WE years. AS, however. the money was
, his own, no rank outsider has q right
TO complain.
, Turf papers are stiu ringing with the
! wonderful feat Of the two-year-old nlly
- Native Belle, which, on October 3, at
E Lexington. trotted 70 a record in a race
$ in 2:V7 81 Arion's record Of 2:I0S-4 had
been standing since November 10. 1881.
when Native Belle accomplished her
, wonderful mile. Arion. at the time he
, trotted to a worlds record. was two
,r.7
= than q flly or the same age, but in going
, his mile was handicapped by being hitch
ed to a high-wheel sulky. On October
10. 1881, the worlds aged trotting record
I stood at 2;0S IA - Sunors, also a Palo
Alto product. and also by Arion's sire,
Electoneer. It viii be seen, in compar-
ing records that ATiOn's record was only
7 two and a half seconds slower than the
worlds all-aged record. This, taken
with the fact that the yOungSter drew a
high-Wheel sulky. with Marvin seated
in it. and overweight. makes the per
, Torrance so marvellous an example OF
modern horse breeding and early ex-
treme speed: and it Is still unbeaten at
= the same way OF hitch
The difference In speed between a
S bicycle wheel sulky and one OF high
: wheels IS estimated as being all the way
= from three TO four seconds. The diGer-
= ence OF time between AriOn's 2.l02s and
5 Native Bellies 2:07% is Just three seconds.
which would seem TO ID equal 10 Arion's
' two-year-old record, but not a greater
r effort, unless the sex Of the FLY be
counted as a factor, and the other fac
e tor. that Native Bellies record mile was
! in race. while Arions was against
! time on this point hOrsemen are liable
TO disagree.
AS showing how slowly the record for
: two-year-olds has been lowered. 1t may
7 be Of interest to state that DOble. a
black colt by Erickson. was driven BY
Barney Treacey, at Lexington, KY, in
p 1872. in 2:{0Z The record stood until
, Crit Davis drove the bay hlly So
So. By George Wilkes, dam Little
, Ida Fourth dam OF A. d. Sales Sweet
Bells). over the same track in 2.SS Ia. Oc-
tober u. EST. George Brasheld drove the
chestnut FLY, Orient. by Cuyler. at Lex
! ington. IN 2.3S. On October u. 1877. Davis
drove SO So in 2:3l. This record stood
until the Sultan Ally, Sweetheart al
Sacramento. Cal, September 25 1850 re-
, duced II 20 2,25la. Next came Fred
Croker. a PalO Alto bred gelding, which,
driven by Charles Marvin Al san Fran
I cisco, Novetnber p, 1850, trotted a mile
in 2:2jia. WildfOwer, by ElectiOneer
! driven By Henry McGregor. at the same
. place, October % 1851. cut the record 70
, pa There the record stood unfit 1855
! seven years when SunOl cut II at san
Francisco, October 70. and lowered Il 10
, 2.201A October p. SunOl. driven by Mar
= Win, Reduced her record 20 2;lS. and there