The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
campaigns without training off and going


We see no sense in the methods of some
trainers. who work their horses three or
four months before Citing them to the
point where they can earn some money
for their owners. The average trainer
takes almost as much, if not quite, out
of his charges by this vicious system as
would be taken out of them in actual
racing. Some District owned horses were
trained nearly all summer before they
got to the point where they had a chance
to earn anything for their owners Had
the same horses been placed in the hands
of their trainers in December they could
have been made fit to take part in the
spring meetings. 1t is up to horse owners
to change their system. and their ideas
about what should be done with horses
that they intend TO race. Local horse
owners. think 1t over.
1t was about year ago that the world
was startled by the announcement that
a yearlng colt called Wilbur Lou had
reduced the worlds record for his age
and sex from 2:23 to PIG 1-2, only a quar-
ter of a second slower than the record
of Miss Stokes PIG IA. In September last
the yearling colt Belwin Mckinley at
Lexington, trOtted a mile in 2:27 II. Two
weeks ago. at Lexington, this same colt
trOtted a fun mile over the same track
In 2:2l Ia This yearling prodigy trOtted
the first quarter of his mile in SO Ii sec
onds, and the first half in los IL The
fast clip to the half took so much out of
him that he only trotted the last half in
IL 81. the last quarter in 81 seconds. 1t
Is believed by those who witnessed the
feat that II the yOungSter had been more
evenly rated that he would have finished
his mile in 2:20. The breeding of such a
good colt naturally interests the public.
He is a son of Mckinney. 2:n Il, and
Belle Winnie ca, 2:25. Belle Winnie is
the daughter of Adbell O). 2:23, a worlds
record when made. and held for six years. |
and Gertrude Russell, 2:23 I-2. Adbeu is |
a son OF Advertiser, 2:15 IL. and Beauti- !
ful Bells, 2:29 l-2. by The Moor Gertrude |
Russell. grand dam OF Belwin Mckinney, !
is by Electioneer and Dame Winnie. by !
Planet, thoroughbred. Paternally speak |
ing Belwin Mckinney is a Wilkes: ma
ternally he is an inbred Electioneer It |
is a combination of blood that wins nine |
times out of ten. The great brOodmares |
in his pedigree are Alma Mater with |
eight, Beautiful Bells with eleven, Bene /
Winnie with three, Gertrude Russell with |
two and Dame Winnie with five.
1t Will please the owners of Red Me- |
dium blood in this vicinity to know that
S'S''h SOii9 ana uduSnLtiS or Red Medium =
the Standard list in 1911 Those
owning Red Medium blood at this point
are. P. F. TIppett in Red Princess C2),
2:29 IA; Austin LOTUS in Won March.
IN II; Norman Corbin in Winnifred that !
has shown a capacity to pace around
2:l5; y. B. Turner IN his grand stallion
by Red Medium, and whose dam is full !
sister to the celebrated Fantasy, and
Mr.. Drury, who is now the owner of the
once promising race mare Miss Nina. The
Red Mediums are well liked because OF
their disposition, rich color, and speed.
The celebrated trainer and driver.
Thomas Murphy. found. when he ar
rived at home, that he was suffering from
] dislocated hip, and two broken ribs.
After they had been put in place and
Murphy began to think life was worth
living, horse kicked him an on arm
and fractured 1t. II this list of hard
ships were not enough, he is now charged
with having purchased n ringer" in
Professor Sphinx, eli IL, the PAGER he
purchased short time ago down in New
England. The matter Is now being in
vestigated by Secretary Gocher, of the
National Trotting Association. Tough
luck.