The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-17
By L. D. SALE.

horses at the sansbury track.
Mott and Corbin are putting the finish
ing touches on the horses that they m
tend TO take to the races. In outward
appearance they are ready right now to
answer the call OF the bell Finch 2;llA'
is right on edge: Miss Hobson. 2;lI14,
is in the pink OF racing condition and
while Manuella has not gone through as
much of the seasoning process as the
two mentioned, one OF two races would
make her ft to race around her record
of 2:IOlk. The above named are all that
Corbln expects 10 take away with him
in the near future. Kushan, PISA, and
Alto Dewey are not ready, and may not
be for thirty days 10 come,
Corbin reports Country Boy to be a
greatly improved horse since his race of
July 4, In which he did not distinguish
himself. and it is quite probable that he
will be added to the shipment when it is
made. II is reported that few days
after his last race Corbin worked him
four miles and that he trotted the last
half Of each Of his miles in ILL., and each
of his miles in 20. II ne viii race as
good as he shows IN bis work he is
worth considering.
Up to date Corbin IS short on trotters
and long on PAGERS. If Kushan and
Alto Dewey make good. and II now looks
as If they would. Corbin should have
stable that. with any kind of luck.
should bring home some money for their
owners and trainer. Ed. Bali. formerly
known as Finch. is now the property Of
P. J. O'Keefe. who purchased him early
in the week from George Goodacre. Pot
win Boy, owned by O'Keefe, was turned
In as part payment. Mr.. O'Keefe in
tends that Bali shall race this year, and
no further nonsense is to be permitted
with him. A horse OF great speed at
the pace. he has been trified with so
much by his former owners that no one
can really estimate how fast he is in
a race. That he will race to his limit.
IL permitted TO do so, there can be no
question. He looks the race horse. every
inch OF him. he is bred 10 race, and it
win please every one in this neck of the
woods TO know that at last he is to have
the chance Of his life.
Mott is down to taeks The old and
reliable Russell G, which he has handled
for two seasons. and which he has given
a record OF 2:1714. is again the present
season his standby trotter. He is ready
10 hear the word. but is not carrying as
much flesh as he should at this season
OF the year Whether he will be as good
this year as he was last is question
of the future, and which will be an
sweFed soon. His campaign OF 1903 was
severe; therefore if he should not meas
IRE up the present season 70 the year
previous. the fact should not be detracted
from his greatness as a racing propO-
sition
In the pacing division Mott has An
drew Gleason's Lady Cozine. She is now
d three-year-old and distinguished her
self as a two-year-Old in a I'VE heat
race in which she proved herself 10 be
by seconds the fastest in her held- In
the matter OF speed she outclasses for
age anything owned in this section and
is a prospective 2:10 PAGER. Barring ac-
cidents, she should come pretty near 20 a
2:l5 mark the present year. Palm Co.
zine. also in the Mott stable, will be
entered in the slow trots. Gold Dust a
trotter. win be sent home sometime dur
ing the week, and may be held over for
another year.
There are two two-year-olds owned in
Washington that bear marks of future
greatness. One Is two-year-old by
Kavalli, 2:O7s4 dam a full sister of Nut
wood (and also the dam OF Kushanl,
and the other is Boscy. by Bertini, dam
by Kushan. The Kavalli colt is owned
by Michael Morris. OF this city, and the
Bertini colt is the property of w. z.
Miller also of this city. The writer saw
the KavaIli youngster work four heats
last Thursday. in each OF which he
showed an Improvement in gait and
speed. trotting the last quarter Of a
fourth heat in thirty-eight seconds and
the last eighth of the same heat In
eighteen seconds. After his miles he
showed less distress than some OF the
older and more hardened horses that
were being worked out. If Corbin were
TO remain at the track the entire sum
mer and work this colt as well as he
knows how. he should beat 2:SO way of
and might reach the 2:25 mark
The Bertini colt made his first bow in
a race 10 the public July 4. at Heaths-
vile. Va, where he distanced everything
in his field. he trotting a half in one
heat in 1:24 AS the colt has only been
in training a trifie over three months
and trained by an amateur at that. the
performance was a remarkable one for
a two-year-old. Both colts are chestnut
in color. both are trotters and both were
bred at Allen Farm. Pittsheld, Mass,
and both were bred by the multI-ufi-
honaire William Russell Alien owner
of Kremlin, 2:O7&.
Each Of these youngsters Is an entire
colt as yet. and it is TO be hoped that
each will be permitted 10 remain so.
Their kind is much needed at this point
as We cannot have too many we'll bred
stock horses. Barring accidents. they
should trot TO low records. The sire Of
the Morris colt was the champion four
year-old PAGER Of his year. while the
Morris colts paternal grandsire was the
champion hve-yeaT-old trotter OF his
year. Nutwood, 21ss4. fun brother Of the
dam Of the Morris colt, is the worlds
champion broodmare sire and is con-
sidered one Of the most remarkable sires
they have ever lived.
Bertini, sire Of the Miller colt. is a
son of Bingen. 2:os14. the greatest living
sire of early speed. Uhlan, 2.g%. to
wagon, is the champion trotting geldlng
at that hitch. and he too is a son of
Bingen- BertinFs record is only 2:22lk,
but he showed a trial as a three-year-old
IN 2:ilh and half in 1:02 fat. With
such current OF speed behind him the
Miller colt has right to 60 some.