The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-06

during the past week.
At the Garden, in New York. during |
,he first three days of the week quite a
good deal was doing by people wllo do
not claim Washington as their home |
Just one lone citizen of this town made a
plunge in hOrsefiesh, and that gentle one. |
Peter Lotus, and when he landed at the
Union station Thursday evening he was
welcomed home by his numerous friends,
headed by the Tipperary Band. Later
they all adjourned 10 Tom Dunworth's
and opened a bottle Of ink. Joking aside,
Peter believes that he has got a high
class mare for the Speedway. Miss Al
cola is her name, and she has a matinee
record of 2:l6A, which demonstrates that
she has extreme speed, and let us all
hope that Peter will have lots of fun
with her. Miss Arcola has gone a half
on a half-mile track in 1903 and mile in
10
In looking over the list OF sales held at
the Garden during the week ii would
SEEN that the horses sold at reasonable
prices. The Walnut Hall horses and the
Youngsters consigned by senator Bailey
especially sold we'll They were a high
class lot possessing speed. good looks
good manners, and high breeding. Sena-
TOY Bailey has changed his policy. He
will not race his Youngsters this year,
and may never race again. Walnut Hall
does not race at al. leaving TO other per
OIL
the usufruCt thereof
Tn spite Of the moderate prices received
for the Garden consignment there IS moth
ing to indicate that the breeding Of light
harness horses is not on a healthy basis.
The strongest demand is for horses with
racing qualities and which promise to
win money on the big and little rings.
They are few In number and consequent
T. bring top prices. Not every horse that
possesses extreme speed is q race horse.
other qualities are necessary. Emboy
was as fast as the traditional ghost, but
as a racing tool be was worthless. He
could not be rated because he was speed
crazy. The speed-crazy horse, however,
is no worse than the one that when
he is collared viii not try and fades
away. The true race horse must have
speed and manners and courage. His
driver must be able 20 place him in any
field. however large. and turn on his
speed at will.
Highball. 2:033l, could trot a quarter in
thirty seconds or better and half in
nfty-nine seconds. but he was far from
being model race horse. Sonoma Girl,
his greatest antagonist during his racing
career. could trot quarters and halves
equally as fast but in spite of that fact
her racing career was married from the
fact thae she grew as speed crazy as the
EcldiUg. Hamburg Belle and Uhlan were
horses of a different pattern, as was
Cresceus, Nancy Hanks, and others that
might be mentioned. y race horse that
can be governed and placed at will can
win more money in a long campaign, al
though he be ten seconds slower, than
either a HighbaH or a Sonoma Girl
II d man in business owns a fast horse,
does the fact effect his financial standing
at the bank? Unfortunately In most
cases it does. If a man in business owns
an automobile. does the same result fol-
low? AS far as can be ascertained il
does not. If so, why2 The average fast
horse does not cost as much as the ma
chine. The cost Of keep is less than that
of the machine. and very few horse own
ers ever mortgage their property for the
purpose Of buying a horse which is said
90 be the case with some men who buy
machines. Why should financial institu-
tons make such gross determinations
Time out OF mind the writer OF this col
umn has been warned by men not print
the fact that they had pJ chased a fast
horse. because il would hurt them with
the bank with which they do business
Strange as IL may seem 20 the uuinitiated
men have increased their business by the
very fact that they paid sensational
prices Tor certain extremely fast horses
The late Robert Bonner is AN example
The high prices he paid for horseheSf
made himself and his paper know
throughout the United States. He con
sidered the prices he paid the best in
vestment he could make IN the way Of a.
advertisement. Hersey, Of Mime,
sofa, owes his phenomenal business
success TO the fact that he pait
sensational prices for Dan Patch
Cresceus, ArIon, and Directum. and tC
the other fact, that he owned NOR,
worlds champions than any other living
man. a. L. Goldberg, a noted Detroi
business man and horse fancier. in 4
recent interview. says he and his brother
owe their success in life largely to tn,
fact that they began early in their bust
ness career to buy fast horses, In tn,
course OF the interview he said.
II have heard that the ownership o
harness horses interferred with a man
business. but just the opposite is true il
my case. Ny brother and I came t,
Detroit many years ago, with a capita
OF $50. We always liked horses, and i
was our ambition to own some, il we eve
got hold of enough money TO indulge II
our fancy. We struggled along until VI
eot little store, and, after this was pay
ing. we invested IN a horse and buggy
The animal was an Old broken down
trotter. but he still had enough spec,
and ambition left to want to race, and
after finding this out, We took a. goo
deal of pleasure in brushing with ever,
willing party we met on suburban roads
when the business prospered we bOugh
several better horses. and this led Z
matinee racing in summer. and sleig
racing i'm the winter. Previous to get
ting our horses, very few people in DE