The Washington herald., 1911-05-21
TROTTER AND PAGER
Busy Days on Potomac Speedway Corbm's Horses
Getting Into Shape on Laurel Farm-Other
Gossip of Interest .-
By L. d. SALE.

BY L. d. SALE.
The sizzling weather of the week past
abated not the zeal and activity Of local
horsemen.
Trainers at tracks adjacent to the city
took advantage Of the extreme heat to
fry out the inward fat of their charges.
in order to condition them for future fast
miles, and not complaint was heard
around training quarters. All the day
long the song Of the ''swipe" mingled
with the rat-a-tat of the hoofs Of trotters
and PAGERS as they finished up their miles
with fast eighths.
To a large majority Of persons who
pity the horse when driven to his clip on
such warm and humid days as last
Thursday, 1t is mystery as to how the
animal can show more speed on a really
hot day, and seem to enjoy it, than on
days when the temperature is several de-
grees cooler. The answer is that the
horse sweats out faster, his heart and
lungs work more freely, and the animal
is better keyed up for supreme effort.
p Then, too. in real warm weather the dan
ger of cooling off too quickly is reduced
to the minimum.
was busy during the week putting en-
edge on his numerous charges. He has
let down John Morris's Berka to about
. seventeen seconds for an eighth. and the
big bay mare is doing everything he has
asked of her Good news is also being
received from the Hobson mare. owned
By a gentleman living in the vicinity of
the Soldiers Home, near this city. Equal
ly good tidings reach the city about the
three-year-old stallion Solagraph, son of
Alerton. 2:094, owned by ]. NJ. Corbin,
of Hamilton, Va. Those who have seen
this young horse step miles are confident
that Corbin has in him a race horse that
will credit to his sire.
The elder Corbin is rare good judge
OF horsefiesh. He never owns a poor
horse. In DR.. Bell, 2:17I4. and in Bale
Axworthy. and Solagraph he possesses
three representatives of the two great
trotting families-Electioneer and George
Wilkes. No man in Loudoun County
has done as much as ]. NJ. CorbIn to ad-
vance the breeding interests of his native
county. In dealing with his patrons he
is broad and liberal instead of being mar
row, mean, and sordid. and his stations
do yearly a large business. There are
marked contrasts among men in the horse
business, in other kinds OF commercial
life. As a rule. however. horsemen are
exceedingly liberal in their dealings with
their fellow-Tnen. Occasionally one meets
with the selfish. sordid. always-for-him-
self kind; but this type is quickly found
out and Stunned as soon as found
AS Decoration Day approaches DR.. ].
E. Sansbury, OF the Forestville track, is
humping his bank with get-there stroke
that is truly admirable. The horsemen
of the District of Columbia like and ad-
mire DR.. Sansbury for his invariable
good humor. his obliging disposition, his ,
disregard for -eelf,-sna- hi--tesirc- to TO
everything in his power TO advance the
horse game-not alone in Prince George,
but in the District of Columbia.
On every matinee day at the new
Speedway the doctor. has put aside his |
professional duties and journeyed miles |
with his good mare, Linkwood May. to !
take part in our local events. This is |
in sharp contract with the action of some !
men who live in the District who have !
horses to burn. so to speak. but who are |
so afraid that a measley dollar will slip !
away from them in their absence that /
they remain chained to their business |
counters. It is either that or some other !
ulterior motive, which might be guessed |
without taxing ones brain.
DR.. Sansbury is already assured by local |
of good-sized entry lists. |
To do otherwise than aid him in his |
struggle to keep his track alive at his |
own personal cost would be base ingrati-
tude on the part of the horsemen of the
District of Columbia. The horsemen of |
the District believe, with, perhaps, one
ha trlrr
deserves another. and this is why the
entry lists at ForestviIle will be of good |
size and quality.
The Forestville card is of unusual in
terest for Decoration Day. 1t is sprinkled
with catching novelties so that those so
minded can find all kinds of sports to oc-
cupy their attention. The running event |
will be one of the strongest features of
the days sport. NJ. B. Plunkett and
Mathew Myers. of this city, will be pres
ent with good strings of horses. and
others who own thoroughbreds have ex-
pressed their intention to be represented. |
1t is a short and pleasant trip to Forest
ville which is distant eight miles from
the city limits. The turnpike is in fine |
shape, the scenery on the way is the most |
attractive in this section of the country,
and, when the visitor arrives, the doctor
is there on the job with his smile. which
alone is worth the price of admission.
Bowling was in town last Thursday
nigat from Rockville and reports that |
the goose is hanging at the proper alti-
tude ct the track at that point The
horses in his charge are doing we'll. he
says, and the pure air and water. to say
nothing about the cornbread and other
things, are building UP his h"alth. which,
for some months past has not been of
the best. AS soon Bowling has fully
sampled what he has got in his stables
he will begin the sifting-out process.
and then decide just what horses he will
take to the races.
Trainer Widmeier is plugging along
with his good-sized string, and is MAX
ing speed fast enough to suit him at
present. The Javfns youngsters. which
he has in hand. are doing finely at pres
ent, and within the next two weeks
some of them will be stepped along some.
Ed BALI, 2:11h, is still improving in form;
all he needs is condition to carry his
speed. Possibly BALI will be
seen in an exhibition mile on the new
Speedway next Tuesday, the date Of the
meeting having been changed from
Thursday to accomodaate some of the
Of the District.
Michael Morris has sent2 Koroni to
Laurel to be handled for a while by Cor
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