The Washington herald., 1912-12-29

merely because he was the son of
bine; nor was there any justihca.
ton for the payment of $125, 00C
for Arion, great two-year-old as he
was, with a mile in 2:1015 to his
credit to high wheels.
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The high price list for stations young
and aged, could be extended to columns
The major part of them afterward sold
for few hundreds of dollars. While the
boom was on IL was common sight 70
see weanIings by Electioneer sell under
the hammer all the way from H,OOe to
5000, and Allertons of the same age
from $500 to $500. Stud fees ranged all
the way from $500 to 1900. The stud
fees of Axtell, AIlerton. Director great
great-grandsire of Norman Corbin's Main
GallanD, and those of Arion were 81, 900.
and this only fifteen and twenty years
ago.
Well. thank heaven. the boom days are
gone and We are back to earth once
more. Owners of foals no longer are
compelled TO sell them at maturity for
less than their service fee. We have gone
on improving the breed of light harness
point where we can discern the thorough
bred trotter Five generations of I'M
contaminated blood produce the thor
oughbred, according to accepted rules.
Our two and three-year-olds are as fast
as our aged horses were fifteen and
twenty years ago, and We can number
them by the scores. The yearling record
is now 2:15 "a. made the present season
by the bay colt Airdale. In 1911 it stood
at - nd baIl h.
Wilbur Lou. The yearling filly record
of 2:1s IL. made in 1909. has stood for
three years; but the coming year may
see the record lowered. The two-year-
old flly record of Native Bell. 2.07 81
made in 1903, also stands, as does the
200 1-2 two-year-old record of Justice
Brooke
The three-year-old colt record is 2cO4 "a,
and is held by Colorado E, who made it
in lSle, while the three-year-old filly rec
ord. 2:06 l-2, made by Native Belle in
1916 still stands The three-year-old
gelding record. 300 l-2, made by Peter
Thompson in 1911 also stands, but who
can safely predict that within the next
six or eight months every record mem
toned will not be smashed into smith
Greens. When It comes to the perform
ances of aged trotters. we see progress
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wagon in SO IA seconds, made in 1911,
still stands as the best on record, but
Lou Dillon's mile to sulky of I:5S L.
made nine years ago to windshield, has
been replaced by Uhlan's mile of 1:5S in
the open. made in 1872 over the Glen
vale track, near Cleveland. And it will
very likely stand for some years to come,
as horses capable Of sustaining speed for
mile better than two minutes are
fapv vet Erfr aa1
possess. There is a score of horses on
the American turf who possess better
than two minutes speed, but they are,
Unable to carry that speed for the dis
lance OF a mile at the trot.
Had Hamburg Belle lived two years
longer, it is not improbable that. she
would have at least equaled the rec
ord Of Lou Dillon, 1:5S 1-2. made in 1895,
when that mare was in her fye-year-old
form. The Belle was stronger mare
than the daugster of Sidney Dillon and
capable of carrying her marvellous speed
greater number of heats. as was demon
stratsd in her race with UhIan Her
two miles in this race. which she trotted
the first mile in 2:0l IA, and the second
mile in 2:m "a demonstrates how strong
she was physically, and how wonderful
her speed. And her feat in this race
that unlike Lou Dillon. Hamburg Belle
was a confirmed knee knocker and had
10 be booted to her elbows to keep her
from pounding her knees 10 a pulp And
as an evidence Of our faith in the en-
durance, speed. physical strength, and
absolute gameness OF the. American trot-
ter. we expect to live to see the records
of Uhlan, Lou Dillon, and Hamburg
Belle lowered. in spite Of the fact that
a.. Il
mitted to exist beyond the scriptural !
three score and ten allotted to man
Before another week shall have been
in we shall have hidden adieu |
TO 1872 with its joys and sorrows, It's |
triumphs and its adversities.s Thus go |
the ceaseless round of years. As We I
stand on the threshold OF the new year |
and watch the old one depart, new tasks |
will be ready for our hands and new
problems viii confront US TO solve In |
some important respects. we horsemen In |
the District of Columbia are behind our
fellows in cities not one-half the size |
OF washington. To men who take pride /
In our beautiful city, conditions here are
CALLING. even humiliating. Here We are,
with not even a half mile track within
ten miles Of the city limits We have no
longer even a speedway. When we pick Il
dp = luEL paper dlo Tedos We learn what Il
the horsemen of other cities are doing |
In the way OF fostering local sport We |
look around US and find Washington
borsemen standing complacently with
heir arms folded. seemingly content that /
they are alive. This spirit did not ami
mate the men who have passed away.
They were willing to sacrifice something
of their personal fortunes for their own
good and that of the public.
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II DR.. ]. E. Sansbury of Forestville, i
AN build and maintain half-mile track.
Why cannot the horsemen Of the DiSrict
II Columbian Suppose, as a distinct bust
7ess proposition. track cannot be made
o pay dividends in hard, cold cash. win /
( not pay IN other ways7 Is it wise to
oil and slave and save, and die as the