The Washington herald., 1910-10-02


All the way from Kalamazoo TO the
capital Of Ohio the march OF the light
harness breed has been one of triumph
and OF unrivaled deeds. No breed OF
horse-not even the English thoroughbred
has developed as rapidly into a distinct
type as the American trotter No other
distinct breed has been developed so
rapidly In the matter OF speed as the
American trotter. The English thorough
bred had his beginning in the time OF
Charles I, who lost his head, and received
stu greater impetus In the matter OF
development during the reign of his son,
Charles III. who had very little in his
head worth mentioning. except lewd
women and horses
The development of the American trot-
ting breed began trifie over three-quar-
ters of a century ago. but the scientific
breeding OF him began only trihe over
quarter OF century ago. He has been
brought to his present maturity by leaps
and bounds, counting time as II flies, and
HIS future promises 10 be as glorious as
bis past
AS an Illustration of this. take a leaf
from the performances of Thursday last
at Columbus, when Native Belle. the
champion tWO-year-old OF 1909, trotted
the first quarter of her heat in 2s4 sec
onds-less than a two-minute gait-and
finished the mile in 2;0724, her record as
a tWO-year-Old Neither Uhlan. Ham
burg Belle. The Harvester, Lou Dillon.
Highball, and all the other crack trotters
and PAGERS has been able to shade that
first quarter OF Native Belle in a race
over second and quarter. In fore
casting the future OF the breed, II Is not
what aged horses are able TO accomplish,
but, rather. what the two and three-year-
olds are already accomplishing. on the
same day. Thursday last. the champion
yearling, Miss Stokes, now a two-year-
old, trotted the second heat of her race
in 2:09% and came back in 2Illa in the
third heat The fastest heat In the three
yeaT-old pace. which followed, was no
faster than 2;lS%. All along the line the
present racing season the trotters have
been putting it on the PAGERS who have
been carrying of the greater share OF
the honors for a decade past
This week the trotters and PAGERS are
at Lexington, where they are slated for
two-weeks' sport. The features of thu
Lexington meet are the futuriues and
the youngsters race for high stakes. The
very best in training will be there, and
some Of them will doubtless change hands |
during or after the meeting. This is |
the season OF the year when the breed /
ers Of Kentucky aim 10 even up their /
expense accounts OF the year by selling |
for large sums some phenomenal young /
sters In the one or two yeaE~0ld class
Nowhere else I'm the wide world are |
breeders so perfectly organized as in |
the Blue Grass region. and nowhere else
in the wide world are breeders so keen
after the prospective purchaser; they do |
not allow a few dollars TO stand in their |
way if there is any prospect Of landing
one. Many a buyer has fallen & victim |
OF Blue Grass hospitality. for they know
how TO serve up the viands in that sec
ton, with a cold bottle on the side. and
if you wish. something stronger.
Cur own Manuella made a big Jump |
last week and landed at Carlisle, Pa,
where she won right of the reel, as it /
were. the 2:l0 mixed race, pacing her
heats in PIP. 2:131k and 2:13 II is quite |
possible that she will soon be seen nearer
home. as Mr.. Hall is thinking OF show |
ing her up at Laurel along with the other |
horses in his stable. Kushan will per-
form this week at Richmond and the /
story goes that he is extra good just |
about now. If this be true, Mr.. Hall |
owes IL 10 the patrons OF Kushan and to |
those who own his get to mark him as |
low as he can be driven, The response
bility OF the owner of a good sire does /
not end when he receives his fees for |
service.
The glory OF the sire is always reflected |
upon his get and the greater the glory |
the more valuable are his descendants. |
Many a good stallion has been robbed of |
what was due him by a greedy owner |
And, oftentimes, the owner has fallen |
by the wayside by negleeting TO mark his |
stallion when he was ready TO do the |
trick. That which relates to stations |
will apply largely to mares.
Speedy and well-bred mares must event |
ually find their way to the breeding ranks, !
and. as the fashion is nowadays 10 breed |
mares with records, the time TO give them |
low record is when they. too. are ready |
to receive il. Opportunity knocks but |
once at the door of man or beast.
Very few persons in this community |
know how well-bred mare Manuena is. |
She is locally known as the $40 mare. as /
this is what she cost f. +. Hall in her |
two-year-old form. She was bred az ia
nous Stony Ford, Orange County, N. Y.
and her breeder is ]. Howard Ford. a
wealthy stock broker. Her sire is Aus
tral, S26ls. fun brother OF Boreal. Pisa.
and Austral's sire is Bowbells, 2:l9A. a
son of Electioneer, 125. Rosy Morn. Aus
trails dam. was a daughter of Alcantara,
2;2S. Alcantara was a son of George
Wilkes. 2:22. The dam OF Manuella is
Peppina, 2;lSl4. by Voter, he son OF
Young Jim, sire of the dam of Bingen
2;O6A.
The second dam OF Manuella was Sugar
by Jumps, 2:2l. Through Voter. the sire
OF her dam, she also carries the blood of
Lexington, Long Island Black Hawk Jaw
Gould (2:2D. seely's American Star. and
Engineer I'd. the sire Of Lady Suffolk, the
nrst horse TO trot as fast as 2:29H. AS
has already been remarked. she should
make valuable brood more. Peppina is
the property Of Mr. Hall.
Country Boy and Miss Nina have been
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