The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
News Interest Local Harness Racing Gossip
TROTTER AND PAGER
One-mile Speedway Planned for Potomac Park.
Justice Brown of Supreme Court Devotee
of Saddle Householder News

tOSether, Is Stil undecided as 10 what no
will plsce IN the hands of a trainer the
present season. In fact, in a recent con-
versation with him on that subject he
stated that he had not yet decided
whether he would place any horses in
training the present ye1f. AT the same
time Trainer Widm-ir, who has handled
George w. Goodacre's horses for the past
five years. is going to try his luck in 1911
at the Rockville track, If every man who
has offered him a horse to train keeps
his word. One has reason to believe that
as good and reliable developer OF horses.
as Mr.. Widmeir has shown himself to be,
would not starve to death at Rockville.
Montgomery County is forging to tho
front rapidly in the matter Of breeding
light harness horses. the most prominent
breeder being Mr. Charles c. Waters. OF
Pleasant Fields Stock Farm. German
town; the Javins brothers. at Colesville.
ranking a good second in prominence and
interest. The Javins brothers have
very classy and highly bred lot to pick
from that are all ready to be put TO
work for the man who wants speed.
Miss Mary ~ is very handsome and
speedy pacing mare by the celebrated sire
Dreamer. She is glossy black in color.
and, although indifferently trained. has
shown miles very close to IS. Those
that have not yet been tried out are a
bay three ear-old trotting filly. by Aus
trail, sir Of ManuelIa 2:07l.. a black
three year-old flly by the same sire. that
goes on the trot- and a bay GeldinE three.
also u trotter. by Nouchcliff son Of Nut
wood
Placed in the hands Of a competent
man. these youngsters ought to trOt or
pace their way to fame in short order.
as they are bred right and come from
speedy ancestry. The drive to the Javins
stock farm is one OF the most beautiful
in this section: the latch string is always
outside the door to visitors and some
thing to cheer the inner man after you
pull the string.
Paraphrasing a popular song. has any
body seen Austin LOTUS? He has been
heard from. hut not seen; that IS by the
men who share his condolences. IL Mich
ael Morris is to he relied upon, he was
over in West Washington few evenings
since: for as Mr. Morris was passing a
certain mansion on street he heard IL
voice that he thought he recognized as
Austin's singing. oh. Perfect Love-
Morris was about to reply 'Oh. rats"
broken with emotion. seemed to be re-
spending to the ardent passion expressed.
in the chorus that followed. All this may
or may not be literally true. as Mr. Nor
ris and Austin have long been bitter
rivals, mainly because Austin is the hand
sOmer of the two, and, because. again,
Austin has a voice that makes the spar
rows tumble from their perChes. Mr. LOf-
tus would be splendid in songs of a senti-
mental nature were il not for his rich
hrogue. He is best, however. in the song
specially written for him by John Morris,
When I Can't Eat Chicken. I'm Sick
Timothy W. DUnxorth is receiving calls
these days from gentlemen who are in
tereSted in Gentle John. who is still
munchinG his oats and hay at George
Bradley's farm in the vicinity OF Great
Falls. According TO George. John *
round and fat and was never feeling
better in his life. He will be brought
into town some timc next month and
hardened up for tn" forthcoming tilts on
the Speedway. Peter LOTUS is only Civ
ing Miss Arcola walking exercise at pres
ent but she will soon get all that is COM
ing to her. il the weather will only bo
good for a stated period
1t is rumored J. c. Mott has changed mis-
mind about going to Southern Virginia tr
train. and that either Rockville or Laurel
will be the scene Of his efforts. In COM
pany with Harry Bowling. MI. Mott will
sail for Leonardtown during the present
week, wher" he hopes to get few horses
to train. All that John Morris is doing
with T'"rlza is giving her walking and Jog
Eing exercise. Berka is expected 10 10
one of Corbn's reliable ones. when the
money is hung NJ this year. as she has
shown much faster than many people
have seen her go in this haliwick.
That The Washington Herald pink sheet
is pretty generally read by horscmcu here
and elsewhere. is pretty we'll established
by the way the comments of last Sunday
are being discussed by trainers and
owners of horses. OF course, there arc
trainers, and then there are trainers.
There arc some conscientious trainers
who do their best by their clients. Tho
fault of trainers. however. is
that they are prone to take more horses
than they can do justice to. The result
is that some horse is sure to be neglected,
if it proves that it is not 50
forward or so promising as some other
horse. II is natural for a trainer who Is
picking out a string 10 race, TO give tho
best of his efforts to the most promising.
In the meantime the owner Of the horss
least promising is paying just as much
for training and keep as his more FORUM
ate brother. These facts often cause hard
feelings between horse owner and trainer
and result in split ups. The general crit
icism made upon the statements in Ques-
tiOn. was not that they misrepreserted.
but, on the other hand. that they were
too true.
William H. Chambers. the weIl-known
every large city in the East and South,
Is a connoisseur of weIl-bred horsehesh.
also as an auctioneer, sold yesterday to
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Nagsl, a pair of solid seal brown geldings,
sixteen hands high, full brothers, drive
Is one horse, perfectly hammered, and
one of the handsomest carriage teams
ever brought to the National Capital
Mr.. Chambers, in the course of his
arge business as auctioneer has thou
sands of horses pass before, his eyes, and.
litter long search finally found this team
n the William Penn Stable, West Phila-
lelphia. owned by Mr.. John NJ Burroughs
SIr. Chambers carried in his pockets for
hree months the order of the Secretary
" Commerce and Labor be fore being able
% fill IL to his satisfaction, which de- =
the scarcity of carriage teams
II the type sold.
Cubs Get Boston Player.
Chicago. Feb. 3.-Frank Pfener.
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