The Washington herald., 1910-05-08

winning the cup was MS lack OF UtSu.
He lost one point because Of that fact
and the judges selected Palm Cozine in
stead This statement is authoritative
Many persons present also thought Lee
Hechingers Grand Slam should have
been awarded FIRST but the judges
thought otherwise.
The classification committee is bound
to meet with the same difficulties, chat
/ is please everybody, when they an
noUnce their decisions for the Speedway
events II is the duty OF the committee
as far as may be. 10 classify the entries
according 10 the speed the horses have
shown at both gaits within the past few
weeks. Only infinite wisdom could &C
complish the task satisfactorily. II this
{ be true what may be expected Of man
whole judgment is not infauible. Some
/ OF the entries will come from st. Asaph
! There are rumors Of bottled speed OF a
sensational nature floating into this burg
| from across the Potomac. but only
Alonzo Corbin and a few others know
just what they have got Up their
sleeves.
During the week. Il is stated Frank
Tippetts' Won March. a perfectly green
three-year-old trotted a full mile IN
( 2.23,. and there were persons present
/ who believe with a good driver up. Won
! March could have trotted the mile in
/ 20 AZ least This is sensational speed
1 for age considering track, season Of the
year. and the other fact that Tippctt is
about as green as his horse as a driver
Then there Is the pacing mare Miss
Hobson now in training at St Asaph-
She is credited with a half in 5Slz sec
I onds in recent trial. There may be
4 others that have shown fast but whose
actual speed is kept a secret.
/ Manuella. on this side Of the river. has
/ been kept under cover up-to-date. She
always has her speed and as she has been
/ logged every DAY by owner. Hall, she can
probably carry IL a full half against the
fastest horse In the District Take as
another instance that grand geld!ng Or.
/ Chase. 2.10a. He has been shown in
/ company. but even owner Goodacre does
not know within several seconds how
fast he goes. Miss ArCola had the Doc
tor on his toes in one heat Wednesday
last, and in that heat the watch said
he trotted the half in 1.Cl2 If this be
true, and he Is as good on Wednesday
next as he was the previous week. the
time and finish made by both horses
should be a guide for the committee on
/ classification.
II is quite probable that when the COM
mittee makes public its classifcations
that protests will be fled by horse own
ers who will contend that they are get
ting the worst Of il, and who will
thre.ten to draw their horses. Horse
races are peculiar institutions. The horse
that seems 10 be the best before a race
very frequently does not win. Many an
odds on favorite has finished ip the ruck
! through accident (and sometimes by de-
| sign, so that it is well not TO be too
confident as 70 results. On the other
hand many men have won races that
they did not expect to win; so 1t is TO
be hoped that II any entrants next We'd
nesday are attacked with cold feet when
they read the classifcaUons, they should
recall the fact that race is never won
or lost, until the last heat is paced or
trotted.
E. F. Hall has at last got what was
coming TO him. He has sold Alma and
thus deprived himself Of another horse of
stake quality. Having recently also dis
posed Of Miss Hobson, the two sales
would indicate that he does not expect
TO get very far from home the present
racing season, at least with many OF
his own horses. Manuella is to be en-
tered IN the Goshen. y. v. $1,000 stakes
and the new owner Of Alma. who does
not wish his name printed as yet. also
! expects to enter the mare in one of the
Goshen stakes.
And by the way. speaking Of Goshen
II any rank outsider has any idea that
by going to Goshen ne viii win any easy
money thereby. he may as well Danish
the thought. Orange County. the birth
place Of Hambletonian, Dexter and num-
Gus other fast horses. is dotted with
breeding farms OF the first rank and their
owners still grow horses. The Goshen
races draw hither some Of the best
horses in Eastern New York and from,
parts Of Jersey The races at Goshen
are conducted on the Grand Circuit plan
and no monkeying with the starter OF
Judges is permitted
1t does not follow b. this however
that Manuella and Alma will not get
first money in their respective classes
Both are Orange County products and
each saw the light of day at J. Howard
Ford's Stony Ford Farm. where good
horses are produced every year.
II Frank Tippett does not win first