The Washington herald., 1911-11-26
TROTTERe AND PAGER.
Present Week Notable One in Light Harness
Crcles-Many Thoroughbred Horses to
Be SoLd-GoSSip of the Track

were led into the auction ring. The sarna
blood Isl still in USE II is true but n
has been immeasureably strengthened by
being mixed with other approved strains
There is not living descendant of Elec-
tioneer who would now bring under the
hammer $4,000, and in saying this We
are mindful that Uhlan, the king Of
trotters, is Electioneers great grandson
Five stlllions. either of which has A
higher reputation as a sire than either
Bell Bo! or Anteo. had at the time of
their sale for fabulous sums will be
led into the sales ring at New York
within tle next three days
One is Maihsheet, son of the Director
General. and sire of the las1ke little
Mainleaf that trotted to aErecord the
present year of POS IA in his three
year-Old form. Second in the list is Ed
Custer, !:10. At eight years Of age he
Is the sire OF twenty record youngsters
In the standard list. Third is Silent
Brook 2l6 l-2, sire of Billy Burke, 2:03 81
Fourth T. the list IS Kinney Lou. sir, OF
the phenomenal yearling trotter Wilbur
Lou, 2:l9- Last. but not least of stall
lion offerings is Direct Hal, the unbeaten.
with mark of 2:O4 II. and a coming
great sire What either of the lot will
bring is a matter of conjecture; but 1t
IS safe TO lay that the highest priced one
or the lot will not bring one-tenth of
what Antel or Bell Boy brought at the
Lexington Fale n the days we speak Of
But this act should not fact as a dis
couragemet to breeders Of high-cIass
horses. lose who breed what no one
cares for 'ery much must suffer the
penalty.
The comm, of the machine as a motor
power is uquestionabIy affecting the
price OF the lOrse for light work, such
as on the rod and for runabout pur-
poses general. 1t Is really a serious
question as tC whether or not the sim
OF the old-fasioned road horse is not
already slowly iettling below the West
ern horizon. Ech year the number Of
| machines for transportation purposes in
creases, and eac year one see less and
less OF the Amecan road horse on the
streets or our cltls, and on the highwaysi
of the country. he trend of fashion Is
toward the autOmGile, and there is noth-i
| ing in sight that romises to change I.
In novels and moNg picture the horse
is being gradually Eliminated, except in
| those Western sccn,, where local color
ing demands that te horse shall play
his part. In some cies of the country
a crusade against tn horse has already
begun He Is declare to be insanitary,
| in that he creates fill and breeds Aias
ulSedS6.
! few years We shall prCably see societies
organized for the SUPPRESSION Of the
horse in cities. Such ishe age in which
| We now live.
Locally speaking, ligh harness horse
! interests seem 10 be as >ad as Pontius
PLATE and his contempory Judas Is
CARROT. Speedway interests equally az
moribund. The men who IRE once fore
most in keeping the Speedy before the
public are now mum as Offers and az
inactive as CLAIMS. Indiffere,e has taken
the place of enthusiasm, al not a few
have forgotten that We reay ever had
a speedway. Last Novembe the Sneed-
way was a scene of action; o-day II Is
the roosting place for crap shters Even
interest in a new Speedway ,low Long
Bridge has subsidized. Men who own
horses that might be used r Spead-
way purposes have turned the ont for
the winter. a community that in such
a hopeless condition as this sfrnnIy,
breathes. it does not live. 1t res not,
speak well for a nations capital,,ut the
truth must be told.