The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
By l.. ID. SALE.

By L. d. SALE.
To-day. according to the recent promis.
| OF Col. Cosby, the new Speedway. extend
ing from Seventeenth street to Twenty
| third street. comes into the possession o.
the Drivers and Riders Association of tn,
District Of Columbia.
Owing to adverse weather conditions
and which are liable to continue for three
months to come, little can be done Il
test the new course. 1t is a trifie over q
half mile in length, and. taking into con
sideration the nature Of the soil. shoulC
be as fast al the Speedway just aban.
doned. Horsenen who are considered able
to judge Of such matters have frequently
said that the old Speedway was one OF
the fastest pieces Of dirt in this country
So fast was it. in fact, that many people
have held that it was short Of the dis
tance claimed-a half a mile. AS the
ground was surveyed when laid out by a
military engineer. there can be no ques.
tion as to its length.
1t has already been determined by the
men who are at present active in promot-
ing the interests of a local speedway that
the new course shall be put to more
active use during the summer months
than was the course just abandoned. Not
per cent of the present members of the
Drivers and Riders Association intend to
race away from home. This being the
case. We shall have moro horses for pure
ly speedway purposes than ever before
in the history of local speedways.
Some time during tn present month the
president of the association will call a
meeting Of members for the purpose of
discussing matters pertinent to the well
fare OF the association, and il is his
present intention to call members to-
gether at least once a month thereafter
until April
The spring. summer. and fall months Of
1911 should be banner ones. We have
now in the District of Columbia the best
lot of all-around speedway material ever
owned in this bailiwick If we are at all
weak, it is in the frotting end Of horse
ownership. There is hope. however. that
the weak point will be strengthened be-
fore April I. IL Austin LOTUS carries out
his present plans, he will bring back a
trotter capable Of taking part in the Class
4 trot from the midwinter sales at Madi-
son Square Garden.
Barney Dougherty informs us that he
Is at present negotiating for "A trotter that
will be eligible to entry in that class. L.
F. Hall is on the lookout for a Class A
trotter. and is liable any day to land one
No one need be surprised il Andrew GIee-
son should turn one up before the racing
season gets well under way and there
may be others of whom We have not
heard who may flash up with something
that will make the great DIR. Chase
stretch his neck to head them
Javins Brothers expect to use Gallant
Maid almost exclusively on the new
Speedway in 1911. Jennie Blue will prob
ably be raced abroad this year. as her
owners feel that she has never yet had
all that was coming to her in the way Of
nor chance to show the
speed at the pace she possesses. She is
full sister to Manuella, 2:07l.: also full
sister to Gentle John. that at trot is one
Of the most promising green horses owned
at this point. and she is full sister to two
others that have shown well awhen prop
erly fitted. At present John is being win
tered in Montgomery County. as is also
Ed BaIf. 2:11L. John will be brought in
from his winter quarters the latter part
of February and logged on the country
roads and the Speedway. as will also
Balf. who Is now the property of p. J.
O'keefe.
1t is the intention Of Mr.. O'Kecfe to
race Bali in 1911 to as low q record as
ne can take whenever the purse is large
enough to warrant cutting him loose. Up
% date BALI has wintered well. The pres
mt Is the first let-up he has had since he
was taken up as a two-year-old. He is
sound. still in his prime. and II placed in
he hands Of a man who will give him
,areful preparation should be able to pace
n a race around the 2:O6 or 2:07 notch
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DR.. ]. N. Sansbury, of ForestvilIe. an |
that his track at that point will
,e open for training purposes the latter |
,art Of March, and he hopes to have all |
# his stalls filled by April Is at the very |
attest. 1t is the doctors intention to give !
natinees for local horses at regular in ]
all Of 1911. An effort will be made by |
he managers Of the new Laurel track to |
lttract horses to that point, and it is |
understood that the managers Of the |
Rockville track will endeavor to draw 1
lorses to that point.
The successful meeting held at the
.aurel track last fall has placed that |
curse in the limelight. For a new track
t is unusually fast, and the secretary of
manager to have hit the bulls-eye plumb
n the center at his first attempt.
Foxy Grattan, the brown trotter from
whose deeds on the Speed
gay at this point excited SO much COM
nent at the last matinee, has been
hipped back to the Quaker City, where
e recently performed on the local speed
7ay Foxy's advent in Washington ex-
tied suspicion from the beginning as to
as well as to class. That he
ras started here out of his class there
an now be no question:: but at that he
Ias not as fast as some persons thought
e was.
Foxy was brought to Washington to
ell, but biters were not as plenty as the
manager Of Foxy thought was the case.
n the future horses brought to this city
rom abroad will be placed under closer
crut!ny by classification committees.
e. F/Hall journeyed down to Bridge
On, Va, few days since and dipped into
ome Sidney princes. he bringing back to
Washington three of the get Of that son
{ Sidney, 2:19A. It Is also said that at
Mr. Hall purchased a grandson
{ Bingen, 2:061z. that has shown quite
ood deal of speed. Mr. Hall expects to
ace few horses in 1911. but exactly
hat ones he will select to carry his
olors he cannot say until he tries them
ut.
While It is not fully settled upon. 1t is
lore than probable that Alonxo Corbin
I'll again train and drive for Mr.. Hall.
ushan. II notesold In the meantime. will
robably be retired to the stud for good. I
is present and future value II In that [
rection. Had Kushan's former owners
ZEN wise, the game race horse would |
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