The Washington herald., 1911-02-19


quarter as fast as 0:59 seconds. II this
be true. and we have no right to go be-
mind the returns, the wonder is not that
II was leg that gave way. but how IL
happend that her entire anatomy was
not shattered into fragments.
Neither Uhlan, Dan Patch Minor Heir.
nor even any of the topnotchers in the
string of Mr.. Geers', had been permitted
| to trot or pace such phenomenal halfs
and quarters as are credited to Miss Hob
son at the same season of the year, or
| for many weeks afterward.
| Il IS rumored that the McHenry broth
ers. of Hagerstown, of which there are
at least ten ito say nothing of those VINO
escaped from confinement at a more ten
der age). are after Miss Hobson with the
belief that they can get her to the races
and make a killing with her. What Mr.
| Crovo. the owner of Miss Hobson. thinks
upon the subject is not really known at
| the present time
| Then there was, or is in fact, that phea
| nomenA! four-year-old trotting stallion
Won March. What was he doing. also,
| about the same period? His owner
! thought so well Of him that for a SO
| in 2:21 Ii About this time Colorado e
had not hoen a mile in three minutes.
and. as fur Joan. the phenomenal four
year-old of 1910, she was still in the jog
ginS period nf her existence: and not even
Mr.. David Shaw. her owner. suspected
that he owned the greatest mare, for 4
year. that ever faced starter.
Won March is now a five-year-old and
we are told that he is one of the best
trotting prospects ever owned in the Dis
trict of Columbia. if not the very best
Unquestionably the mistakes of 1910 will
not be repeated with him. We under
stand Mr.. Corbin is to have him in train
ing again. and il is to be hoped that the
black stallion in his performances will
reflect credit on the city where ne is
owned.
To Criticise a mans horse. or to crit
iciSe the trainer of one. is like walking
over a pathway strewn with bombs load
ed with dynamite Nev ertheless. We feel
inclined to indulge in a few mild re-
marks. And this leads us to speak Of
Ed. BALI, better known as Finch. He
never knew in 1910 whether he got to
the races or not-so much was taken out
of him at the Sanbury track. The geld
ing throughout the entire racing season
was like the boy whose mother patched
his pants in front and rear so artis-
tiCally that he did not know whether he
was going TO or coming from school. But
these little mistakes sometimes occur in
the best of training families. and they
may be viewed simply as guideposts of
danger in the future. In the meantime,
however. the fond and proud owner has
ha FNle Of Aa
Yes, IN the racing game the fond and
proud owner has the pleasure of footing
the oils. and too frequently that is all
the pleasure he gets out of owning a
horse threatened with speed that is in
the hands of a trainer and driver. Some
of the bills that Trainer Soakem hands
to Mr.. Easymarll at the end Of a racing
season would make an elephant drop
with heart failure And the most re-
markable thing about some of these
trainers is not their chilled steel nerve,
but their memory of the smallest items
of expense. No trainer that is on to his
job ever forgets to charge up the most
item of expense. Here is
specimen for a single month:
Ezekiel Easkrnark Dr.
To John SoakeTn trainer:
To nail in shoe SO
TranspGrtatipn Of traps from depot to track. $50
Freight charges Of horse. sulky, &c...-....... 500
Extra toe weights and 500
For help to I50cJ
For slIlky tires 900
Physc ball for Pker Wilkes $40
And all this and even more for a single
month perhaps, when a horse is out cam
No wonder owners of race
horses anxiously inquire at the end of a
racing season where they get on espe-
cially when all that the trainer hands
tn am is his bill. Too frequently the train
er's memory IS too acute as to charges
and too incapacitated for action in re-
gard to receipts. There are green horse
owners. right in this town, too, who will
solemnly raise their right hands and
swear that from the date they sent their
first horse to the races they never re-
,eived one penny. but. on the contrary.
we're thousands of dollars to the bad at
ne close of the season. Results like
hese have driven many a man out OF
he racing business. all OF which has Civ
m rise to the well-SorD saying that rae
ng is rich mans game
The piker, the man who owns a single
lorse, unless it be of the caliber Of O.
or something in his class.
las small chance to lay up a fortune in
acing his steed. Ii he owns a fairly
rood horse and drives him himself and
S economical, he may be able to pull
through with small loss. or he may
reak even. Not over one man out OF
90, 900 ever started out in a career of
acing without having big hank ad-
cunt to brace him up) ever died IN the
lass Of Andrew Carnegie. John G. Rock
Il
Hartman.