The Washington herald., 1911-11-05
TROTTER> AND PAGER
Standardized Horses at Pleasant Fields to Go
Under Hammer-Bale Axworthy Showing
Great Speed-Other Gossip.

Of horses has come to them through ad-
versity most bitter. No lovers of the
trotting-bred horse hereabouts have been
more frequently imposed upon by de-
signing men, who, taking advantage OF
their ignorance and ineNperience, have un-
loaded on them quantity Of useless equine
Junk" For some time a weeding-out
process has been going forward on the
farm at Colesville, and the plant is now
being CONDUCTED on a more sane and
solid fOundat ton. The recent engagement
OF Mr.. Crawford, as superintendent and
trainer. is one more move in the right
direction.
Local horsemen are expressing their
qualification that Bale Axworthy, son OF
AKworthy C3), 2:1514. and Laurel B., is
to be retained at Hamilton, where his
services can be easily had. He Is one Of
the grandest representatives OF the trot-
ting breed ever brought to this section,
and those vino saw his get at the recent
Corbin dispersal sale at Hamilton unani-
mously declared that ne Is one OF the
coming great sires. The best one Of the
lot at the sale fell to the bid Of Norman
COrbin, of this city, and since ne has
been brought TO Washington and exlib-
tied he has excited more attention than
has fallen to he lot Of any youngster in
a generation. He Is a beautiful golden
chestnut of faultless conformation, and
when he extends himself every foot is in
the right place. In his veins flows the
blood of champions. and the family from
which he desCends paternally and ma
ternally is noted for early speed. II
properly developed and raced some in
1912. he should make himself and his sire
and dam famous.
Much talk is heard where local horse
men congregate about the number Of
who are going to patron
ize the auction sales now close at hand
1t is to be hoped that this talk is not
all hot air. While we have some good
racing prospects in the District OF Co
lumbia, there IS ample room for more
There will be m the immediate future a
lot of classy youngsters sold at different
points Of the compass, some Of them
very close at home, and II would be we'll
for would-be buyers to look them over.
II has been too much the habit Of Wash
ingtonians in the past to attend auction
sales in New York or Chicago and buy
horses with holes in them, simply be-
cause they looked cheap and because
they thought they would take a chance
on them. In nearly every such case the
DuyST mas ulSCONeESu lIlthl II was lLllA4SCAl'
and not the horse that was sold. II is
about time the system was changed.
Every good, sound horse is worth his
price and when a horse Is offered for
less than he IS worth the danger signal
Is attached somewhere 10 his anatomy.
A number Of horses that have made turf
history, or expected to make II soon
n this community. were brought here at
L tender age and developed.
Look over the list say. for the past
i've years. ManueIIa, 2:o7 1-2; Keen
worthy C3), 2:22 IA; Miss Kusnan. 2:16 IL;
3erka (0, 3:27 Ia; Bosl5i. Koloni. Lady
'ozine. Palm Cozine. 2:ls IA; Russell Co.
ine. 21s IA, and Wolverine 80. 2:2s IA.
IL gained fame as youngsters IN one way
II another. Koloni has not been raced,
o be sure. He belongs, however, to a
amily noted for extreme speed. and. by
eason of his royal breeding. will un-
Iuestionably develop into a fast trotter.
The men who do not care to wait on
have but one duty to perform.
nd that is to go to the auction rings,
II elsewhere and pay the price asked for
he horse that can show. Murphy paid
800 for r. T. c. Subsequent events
roved that the gelding was cheap at the
rice; but on the day of sale he was
rorth just what Murphy decided he was
sorth. The same may be said of other
orses that have proved to be big money
Winners.
And in mentioning r. T. C.. the biggest
honey winner of the season just closed,
Is proper to call attention to the fact
hat not all of the turf sensation are bred
y men of national repute as breeders.
he breeder Of r. T. c. is an obscure
in Delaware. The breeder OF
harley Mitchell. 2:O4 IA. his stable cam
anion. is a breeder on a small scale. and
not known outside of his own bailiwick;
nd there are plenty OF other examples Of
,hich the same might be said Breed
rs who breed In speed-producing lines,
re just as liable to produce sensational
-otters as the man who owns a much
lrger plant. and eXpends thousands
here the other man only spends hun
reds to produce results. Breeding IS
OF an exact science, II II was, trOtters
nd PAGERS would not be worth Chinese
urrency. AS it is. the field Is open to
Il who care TO indulge in the business.
There will be prizes. and there will be
lanks. all Of which adds to the zest Of
reeding. The men who patronIzed the
ale at Hamilton, Va. a few days since
re as liable to draw prizes as the men
-hO will. a few weeks hence. go to New
ork or Chicago with the hope OF bring
lg home a world beater. The men who
atronize the sale at the Pleasant Fields
took farm, November 2S are as liable to
ring home something as sensational as
mistress was In her palmy days. The
anne blood that produced her is there
till; who can penetrate the future far
nOugh to say that her like, or better, is
OF to be found there now?
Mr.. ]. r. Jones, who Is breeding on a
mall scale on his LoudOun County farm,
receiving pleasant news from Ally
y Bale Axworthy, which he is having
eveloped. The youngster Is showing
henOmenal speed at the trOt, and Mr..
ones now regrets that he did not name
er in some of the big stakes that are
be trOtted in 1872 II the fair man
gers in this vicinity were on to their
lbs, as they should be. there would be
n earning capacity for meE who own
arly speed like Mr.. Jones. There Is
It OF promising youngsters owned in the
district, and parts adjacent thereto, and
is a pity they have not the opportunity
show their worth.