The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-30
by l.. ID. SALE.

By l.. ID. SALE.
Spring is rapidly approaching, and
every man interested in light harness
sport wishes it would hump its back
and arrive.
Owners Of speed throughout the Dis
trict Of Columbia have been Furnishing
themselves for many weary weeks in
order to give their charges the neces-
sary exercise and they are weary Of
the job. The winter, now drawing to a
close has, fer the most part, been about
the worst brand that has been handed
out 20 mortals in this latitude for many
years. Jogging horses under such con-
ditions is no joke.
Be the weather good or bad, Henry
Copperthite will open his Burke. Va.
track to the public on Tuesday next, and
Louis c. Schuckers, the well-known turf
writer. has been selected as the man who
will have charge of the grounds and act
as secretary Of the course during the
coming racing season. Mr.. Shuckers is
not new 10 his job. He has held the
position in previous years. knows every
trainer and horse owner within 200 miles
of Washington, and knows how TO treat
them.
Just who will train over the Burke
course, during the season Of 1910, is not
fully settled at this writing. There have
been some bitches over the negotiations
for the use of the old ST. Asaph track,
and if the differences developed are not
quickly smoothed away Alonzo Corbin
viii take his string 10 Burke, and it IS
expected that J. c. Mott and Napoleon
Belland viii sooner or later point the
heads of their strings IN the same di-
rection. Mr.. Mott has. at present. in his
South Washington stables ten head Of
rOtting bred horses, and leaves for
Southern Maryland points the early part
OF this week 20 gather up a few more
EnOch Abel. of Lconardtown. owner Of
Russell G.. 2I7ls. has ordered Mott TO
sell him, and. also, q two-year-old pacing
FLY that IS showing speed. by Don
Cozine, The dam of Russell g. Should
the pair change hands. Mott hopes 10 be
eA'-N w hFfB AlttllA lil il4e Nt1tltS AlI ltiE
the racing season. AlOnzO Corbin
promises to have the present season the
most formidable stable OF trotters and
PAGERS that il has ever been his fortune
10 train. If he does not go 20 ST. Asaph.
his headquarters will he at Burke until
his horses are in condition TO race.
The seven tracks comprising the Mary
land and Virginia Racing Associations,
have, through their officials who met
Wednesday last at Baltimore, been as
signed dates as follows:
Tasley, Va. August > to .: Pocomoke
cry Nd, August 10 L; Salisbury. Nd.
August Is to -; Easton. Nd. August %
20 %; Rockville, Nd, August % 20 Sep
tembeT .; Timonium. Md. September C
20 10. and Prospect Park, from September
- 10 September j. The Horseman and
Spirit OF the Times Futurity Stake for
toals OF 1907, viii be racing at the De
troit Grand Circuit meeting the first
week in August.
The guaranteed stake will not he less
than $4,000, all the money subscribed
above are guaranteed. being added TO the
guaranteed amount. The race is for
three-year-old trotters and PAGERS, the
conditions providing for three heats.
each heat a race.
As regards the giving Of stakes on the
part o. the officials which met at Balt-
more "Wednesday last nothing has been
made public. Horsemen are hoping that
something viii be done on the part of
track officials 10 increase the earning
capacity Of tTotters and PAGERS. As has
been heretofore stated in these columns.
horsemen are very much dissatisfied
over the small purses offered in the past.
little being left for horse owners after
expenses are paid. Too many track
owners I'm the Virginia and MARYLAND
circuit manifest greedy disposition.
and are Indifferent 20 the prosperity Of
horse owners. The way to bring these
greedy track managers TO reasonable
terms. is for horse owners to combine
against them.
Rivaling the greedy track manager in
natural meanness. is the man who knows
the pedigree Of horse and who is so
Indifferent about tho matter that no
never answers an inquiry IN regard TO
tie same. In the same class is the man
who refuses TO give I'D a pedigree. with
out being paid a certain sum for the
same. Then there is the man in posses
sion Of a pedigree. who, to show his
spite, refuses 10 give the same up Tor
any price. Such has become the evil.
that il has been suggested by an In
dignant hOrseman that a law be passed
the class OF men complained
Of 20 give up pedigree when the same
is called for. Tt is doubtful whether such
q law viii ever pass as there is much
doubt as 20 whether IL would not be an
invasion OF private rights.
The writer, as an Investigator Of peli-
grees, has found less difficulty with the
venai man than with The Indifferent one.
Too many purchasers OF horses are in
different about pedigrees The time 10
get pedigree Of a horse IS when he
changes hands, II such thing Is pos
sible. Men die. or move to some far-off
section OF country, or become Indifferent
Or lose tho pedigree. and. if the animal
be not registered. the chances are that
the pedigree Is lost forever. Had the
man who bred AbdaIlah !. sire Of Ham
betonion 10, secured the pedigree of
Amazonia when he purchased her. the
chances are that her pedigree would be
known. Had the breeder Of Mambrino.
Paymaster, ard OF Mambrino Chief. his
son. been yigilant, the breeding of the
dams Of each might now be known. Had
the purchaser Of the dam Of George
Wilkes written down the blood lines Of
Dolly Spanker when she came into his
hands, we should not now be engaged i'm
a guessing contest ag TO whether she
vas sired by Henry Clay. or some other |
horse