The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Eastern Power Boat Club Il 6 Bg Regatta August Tenth
TER And PAGER
Berka Propesfo bethe Chocolate Drops at filming:
ton, Winning IN Straight Heats Difference
Between Sportsman and Horse Trader.
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Berkas an i-zz IS.
1t Is now;
Winner IN straight heats. ~
Time In each mile. In IA. IN 1-2. and
2.2a lrs. Another one to Bingara's credit.
II Is the gladdest piece of local horse
! news that has fioated into this neck Of
timber for some time past. Berka for
1.-TWO years past has been 4 source Of
much speculation on the part Of local
horsemen: and public opinion as to her
speed and racing merits has been much
divided. Those. however. who know the
mare best. believed that when she at
last found herself she would mako good.
Her race on Tuesday last at Whining
ton. Del. does not stcil the fun story OF
| her speed. The fastest time made in
her race. 2:2i IT, is not within seven sec
| onds the fullest measure OF her speed
fright now. corbin rated her along no
faster than he was compelled to go 10
win. The mare has numerous engage
ments before her, and 1t would have
been poor judgment on coroins part
! had he done otherwise than he did Ber-
kas good race at. Wilmington Is well
come news in Washington. not SO much
because OF admiration for the mare or
/ because she is owned at this point, as
for the other fact that she is the prop
erty of one of the truest and best types
| OF sportsmen that claims this city his
home-John Morris.
There Is a wide difference between a
sportsman and horse trader OF the
Inn~
| ly termed horsemen: few men who own
horses can be properly termed sports
men. The true sportsman is never DOM
mated by sordid greed He scorns the
deceit and petty tricks Of the horse
sharp. He does not lay awake nights
soheming how he can get the better Of
his fellow-man: nor how he can best un-
load on him a useless piece Of horse
| Junk He does not sally forth each day
of his life with short piece Of lead pipe
in his hairy fist. seeking to do some
body before somebody does him. He be-
longs to higher type OF humanity.
|
The true sportsman Is never a Cheap
man." nor a small one In his transac-
tions. He does not live for to-day only.
nor for tomorrow. nor for the next day,
nor for the day after. He is too wise.
too generous, too far-seeing TO commit
such a crime. He knows there is a
hereafter that the time must come when
his sins would find him out, and that
henceforth ne would be a pariah among
men-shunned and despised. except
among those as lost TO common decency
| as himself. The true sportsman Is a
good loser because he Is not devoured
by selfish greed. II he races horses. II
is not the money end Of the game that
appeals to him most.
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The true sportsman loves TO win; bu,
he likes to do so in an honorable way
He never allows a dollar to overbalancs
his manhood and self-respect. To win
a good, fair. square race gives him more
genuine pleasure than the money lister.
est involved. The true sportsman race,
horses because he loves to see an hon
est contest between them. Such c type
OF sportsman is John Norris, owner oi
Berka, 2:21 1-2 A patient man and a
truly game one is John Morris. He has
waited long to see his mare finish In
front. and. in the meantime, has uttered
no complaint. Berka has drawn on his
\ financial resources. but no one has heard
him murmur. He RAY have been afflicted
many times with doubts as to the out
come: but he has never been as one al
i together without hope.
4 Inc TRANSPORTATION OF beTkd ITuUl tre
unsatisfactory race mare of one year age
to a reliable racing tool is due to the
skill. patience, and genius Of Alonzo Cor
bin.-the same who has performed won
ders with the good pacing mare Aicyne
He made both mares, and ne should have
\ full credit for his handiwork. Berka
time Richmond. Va, is reached she
should be extra good and she will need:
be. Such horses as are not shipped
Westward from Detroit and Cleveland
from the Grand Circuit. and are owned
East. are liable to have a fling at our
half-miIe rings with the hope of picking
up a little easy money-so called-at tbs
fairs Miller will be swinging into line
now soon with strong stable, and. with
Corbin pretty well fortified also. the
daily dispatches from racing points here
Iabouts will be fraught with unusual in.
terest. Higher class horses than thost
now In the stables of Corbin and Miller
have never gone forth from the Nationa
Capital to compete for purses.
Grand Circuit racing opeaed at Detroit
on Monday last with characteristic bril-
liancy. Geers sprung a genuine surprist
on the public in the 2:1s trot with the bay
gelding Peewee, and annexed the big enc
of the purse In the 2:07 tro. with tn,
black mare Dude Archdale. although
Dude had to step her two miles in 2.o6 l.
and 2:o5 IA to stall OF the rushes o
Maeey's chestnut gelding Gold Dollar
that was supposed to be nursing sor,
tendon. -Knapsack' Mccarthy, behint
the veteran Allerton mare Nancy Royce
beat Brown May out of third money TIL,
bay son of Baron Rogers, however, &
good this year, and will figure NOR,
prominently in the summaries as tn,
season grows apace.
4 The one feature of Mondays racing a
, Detroit was the new departure in start
ing horses. wide tape. similar to tn,
barrier used In starting running horses
was stretched across the track. beyont
which the horses were not permitted t,
I go when preparing to score down. TIL,
method, in a large measure. is an aid t
the starter in getting the horses OF OF
! even terms, and should prevent muci
useless scoring, as was usually the cas-
under the~old system OF starting; again
it saves time, a most desirable thing
II the new device works as well as 4
\ hoped. the card for single day may b,
enlarged. Detroit horsemen are alway
abreast of the times 1t was at Detroi
that the bike sulky was first tried out
1T proved an immediate success; createt
a revolution in su1ky manufacturing, an,
cut upward OF four seconds from the tim,
made by horses at the old way of hitch
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The bay maIe Lily woodford. driven b,
Jamison In the 2:l5 pace at Detroit OF
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