The Washington herald., 1911-05-21

bin. The last named had the colt for g
brief season last summer. and was pleas
ed at the way he performed. Koroni hal
grown to be a powerful animal, of the
kremin-kavilli type-the last namet
being his sire and the former his grand
sfre-and, individually, he is as hand.
some a creature as one would care to see
His gait is as smooth as glass and Of the
stealing kind which deceives the onlooker
If he does not make a very fast horse
the fact will discourage good many
men who are practicing the system thai
produced him.
Peter LOTUS has also sent Miss Arcola
to Corbin to key up for her summer and
fall engagements. The Speedway cham.
pion is in great shape in the matter OF
flesh, and when Corbin gets to work or
her his master hand should be able to
, make her march the miles of her life
p. ]. O'Keefe, owner of Ed BALI, has
entered the bay gelding in the Prospect
Park races. to be pulled off in a few days,
and it is rumored that Miss Arcola will be
Balf'S stable mate
1t is now settled that Laurel will be
in the Emelight again on June q, and
that the meeting will be run four days
The purses offered are quite liberal, sum-
ming up in the aggregate $500. The
Gentlemen's Driving Park will follow
Prospect Park with a four-day meeting,
when Electric Park will step forward and
give a four-day meeting also. This ex-
tended programme will give race-goers
in this section their fill of light-harness
sport, for a time, at least, and local
horse-ownerS a chance TO recoup from the
heavy expenses of the past winter and
spring. Norfolk. Va, will give a race
meeting Decoration Day. and J. c. Mott,
who is training at Leonardtown. will
ship four head from his stable to that
point the early part of this week. Mr..
Mott was in the city last Monday, and,
in the course of conversation, remarked
that he already had in hand four head of
trotters and PAGERS that can step in $50.
The ST. Marys Racing Association will
give a matinee over the home track July
4. Training operations in st. Marys
County are going forward with a vim
this year. ToNarge regular meetings are
planned for October, when the tobacco
crop will have been gathered.
Charley Weaver has laid aside his
mourning for the dead Green Boy, and is
beginning again to take notice. Several
good prospects have been paraded be-
fore him of late, but nothing seemed to
linser long in his practiced eye
Louis Hodges and ]. A. Jones Joined
teams last week and shipped in the same
car to Philadelphia Flexina and Miss
Kushan. Bob Brawley, who will train
them, was on hand to receive them. The
mares are in able hands, and, barring.
accidents. may be expected to give good
accounts Of themselves.
Probably no trotter on the new Speed
way attracts moro adnairatinn- than T
w. Dunworth's Gentle John on account
of his manners and his inclination to stick
to the trot. It Is to be regretted that
something has not been entered in his
class to drive him out in the matinees.
Gentle John will race at Forestville Dec
Grafton Day.
The Drivers and Riders Association
will hold its usual weekly meeting We'd
nesday evening next at the st. James
Hotel. Important business matters will
occupy the attention of members.
E. G. Bucklin, Of Hyattsville. has dis
posed of Oratorion 4l0i9, by Oratorio.
dam Patsy Gatewood, by Patchin Wilkes.
has also sold his Jay Time mare. Miss
Margaret Jay, to a Baltimore party.
Mr.. Weitzel. OF South Washington, is
driving about town a very handsome Don
Cozine filly, black in color. Its dam is
by Conway, a son of Johnny Morgan.
Mr.. WeitZers mare is a trotter, whereas
most of the get of Don Cozine are
PAGERS.
John Morgan, OF West Washington.
owns a very promising three-year-old filly
by DR.. Bell. dam Little Pearl, a grand
daughter of Onward.
G. T. McElroy, Of this city, is driving
about in his business a dead ringer for
the veteran Charley T, 2:17A.
Bob R. goes to gentleman in Penn
sylvania, who intends using him on the
surprise some person who thinks he owns
some speed. If Bob's full history was
put in type it would doubtless make in
reading for those who indulge
in turf literature.
If any one thinks he owns a crack green
trotter. let him tackle P. V. Graws Lady
McDermott on the Speedway.
Notwithstanding Col. Spencer Cosby has
done his level best to rid the Speedway
of cinders, nails. and glass, the offending
parties continue to pop up at unexpected
when a matinee is on, and
send TO the repair shop more fiattened
rubber tires than the owners thereof care
to pay for. 1t will probably take weeks
to get rid of glass, nails, and sharp Gin
der. Three spread wagons were put
out Of commission at the last matinee.
And, speaking of the Speedway, it
would not be a bad thing if the gallant
colonel or his assistant engineer. Maj.
Gillian, would sprinkle some water over
the road bed just previous to each matt
nee, and then run a roller over it. All
horsemen agree that the course, In time,
will be very fast one.
N. S. Plunkett, the well-known thor
oughbred owner, is dividing his time be-
tween his runners and a neat shop on the
banks of, the lake where Seventeenth
street Joins the drive to the band stand.
Mat. Myers still sticks to that old mule
which he has been driving to carriage
ever since Columbus discovered America
When voting was in vogue in the District,
Mat. drove the mule to the polls one day.
The officials In charge challenged Mat.
and let the mule vote. This Is the story
going the rounds, and II Is suspected that
It was started by Napoleon Plunkett, his
old chum.
Will Weaver. B. F. McCurdy, and
George Goodacre have given It out that