The Washington herald., 1910-08-14

These are Jays Of great expectations
for harness folk
Every man who owns a horse that can
go some down 10 the man who owns a
horse that can go a little bit. is hoping
that to-day VIII be better than yesterday
and that tomorrow VIII be better than
to-day; and it is this delightful kind OF
optimism that keeps the horse raising in
dustry and the horse owning industry
, and the racing game as fresh as daisy,
as inspiring as a hedge Of June roses,
and as mellow and as ripe as day in
October. when the scent Of the woods is
in the air and the earth is yielding up
her fruits Of the season.
There are lots of good horses racing
to-day, and viii race throughout the en-
tire racing season without being inside
the money. and there are lots OF other
good horses that are racing in the money,
and Will continue TO race in the money
the entire season that will reach no high
er than second or third place in the sum
mary and which viii not earn enough u
pay their feed bills and other exepnses:
but that does not, seemingly, discourage
their owners.
Next year they will again be found in
line, and their owners will still be wear
ing the same old cheerful SMILE their
spirit viii still be mdaunted; their ex-
pectations viii rise just as high. II not a
trifie higher than they reached the year
previous. and they will tramp forward In
quest Of honor and glory. and incidental
~, for the coin. without which no man
can long maintain racing stable
If men in other lines Of industry were
10 meet with the misfortunes. annoy
ances and discouragements that are the
lot OF light harness and running horse
man. they would soon go out Of business.
and, perhaps into the insane asylum.
The staying qualities of men engaged in
the business OF racing excel those OF men
in other lines Of Industrial activity. What
merchant or banker or manufacturer
would conduct his business year after
year on losing basis. as many horse
owners do? Mighty few. II any; and
this leads us TO remark that a business
that will hold men as If enthralled season
after season. while they are continually
losing money must possess a peculiar fas-
cination that other lines OF activity can
not claim. 1t has been said-and truly
said-that racing is rich mans game;
and IN large sense this is true: but.
nevertheless men Of small means con-
unue 70 dip into H. and were they to
withdraw 1t Is doubtful whether as many
race tracks would be in commission as
Nday.
Very naturally. public interest during
the week has been focused on the doings
at Cleveland. the town near which Maud
S. broke all trotting records by pulling
high wheel sullsy a mile IN 2:OSat; which
witnessed the famous duel between Snug
gler and Goldsmith Maid. when the for
mer vanQuished her I'm one Of the most
bitter struggles in light harness his
tory, and where. on Thursday last. the
black mare Dude Archdale trotted two
heats in 2:O61k and 2:O7. respectively. after
dropping the third to Billy Burke in
2:o6at.
The fact that Burke stands sixth in
the summary in the first heat was prob
ably due to bad behavior. a trait he was
afflicted with in his three-year-old form.
In the second he got off well and made
the mare step in 2:O7 to beat him; IN the
third he beat her home in the fast time
OF 2:O62z.
II Burke keeps good and is on his good
behavior the balance Of the season. some
where between Cleveland and Columbus
j. Howard Fords brown colt is liable to
= score one or more Victories over the
mare. With the single exception of the
Harvester he is the fastest stallion out
this year, up 20 this writing. and is near
", II not quite. as fast as that son Of
Walnut Hall was in his four-year-old
form. While the miles of the ArchdaIe
mare and Burke were Of the sensational
order, all things taken into consideration.
they were not as remarkable as those OF
the ancient gelding Bervaldo. who. like
good wine. grows better and better as
the years go by. He stands in the sum-
mary of the race two. three, two, while
the Bingara mare Bisa. dam Komura. by
kremlin. stands in the summary four.
four. three. Hailworthy, owned in this
section. and which did such sensational
work in the Hut and Grand Rapids.
was entirely outside OF the money. and
has either shot his bolt or is growing
stale. Good a trotter as Dude Archdale
is. We cannot refrain from being i'm
pressed that before the season ends either
Burke, Bisa, or Bervaldo will get the
goat Of the Nebraska-bred wonder.
In the PIP trot Captain George was not
quite good enough to beat Gemar. which
won in straight heats at Detroit. and
again at Cleveland. in the fast time Of
2OSh. 2;0Slz. and 2:OSIt, demonstrating
beyond all cavil that he is a race horse
of high quality His two last heats at
Detroit were quarter Of a second slow
er than the heats he trotted at Cleveland.
At the last-named place Margate beat
the Captain the first heat for place but
after that Murphy got him Strengthened
out and won second money with him.
That he was beaten by Gamar is no
disgrace. The time was fast. and the
result shows that the son OF Admiral
Dewey. 2:0i&, Is an Improving horse and
among the best OF the four year-olds out
this year, although as yet a trife out
class Cd.
The bay gelding Gregory that won the
ZIG trot (''Tavern SteakJ. is a trotter
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