The Washington herald., 1912-05-05
TROTTER AND PACER
Racing at Sansbury Track at ForesfpilEe May 30
Takes Eyes of All Local Horsemen.
Other Interesting Comment
~ L. q. SALE


4 sansbury track
ForestviIie.
Don't forget
Day and date
/ support home industries.
Horsemen. stand BY the man who
Several match races vii be pulled on
lat ForesfVilie. Decoration Day.
And "Doe win be there With hts smile
and the purses.
\. w. Dunvorth was N Hamilton. Va.
Monday, taking q mental photograph n
his new fnturity winner. by bale Ax~er-
thy.
1 Il i a bay or brown ally, with 4 star,
and one white stocking behind.
Rel Hazel. 2:i7 Ia, has lost her foai
l by Montana Guard. 2.z1 IL
/ Augustus Morgan, OF West Washing
ton, has pitched his training tent at the
4 Rockville track.
his two handsome ana fast Kpshan
nnies are expected 70 set 10 the races
this year.
4 Mr. Morean's stable comprises in ali
some i've head OF promising youngsters.
AIonzO Corbln. now At the Hagers-
town track has Increased his string 70
ten IN number.
Prominent IN the lot is r. w. Dun
worth's Gentle John. that Corbin says
Is one Of the most promising rotters he
hes held the relns over for many years.
Walter De Atlsy has taken Miss Nina,
l2.25 Ia, 10 his home in Colonial Beach.
Bernard Dougherty spent the week In
West Virginia, In quest OF horses. He
may bring back some speed prospects.
Lowis Collins sold his promising sorrel
trotting geldins. by Harry e. 2;d Ia
to VIII McHenry. Of Hagerstown. Nom
day last. He will be trained by Thomas
Cannon
And speaking OF Cannon. reminds us
that recent letter received from him Is
TO the effect that he Is in the employ OF
the Hagerstown Driving Club the present
season. and has in hand several good
prospects among the fifteen head In his
string. One that he thinks well OF Is a
lthree-year-old trotter by Gambolier. a
OF the string Is by Bob Douglas. 2,o4 -.
Cannon also likes a two-year-old in his
stable by Peter the Great. and one OF the
same age by Molto, the great futurity
sire. by Baron Wilkes. 2:1s
Cannon believes he has a sure-enough
\ trotter in one he has recently purchased
with a record Of 2:2l Ia In seven starts
he won six times. He will open his cam
paisn with him at Baltimore.
In Rex B.. 2:ls1-l. Cannon thinks he
has a formidable candidate for the 2sI7
pace this year.
The HsgerstoNn Driving Club. in
whose employ Cannon is. Is one OF the
strongest organizations OF it's kind IN
Maryland. 1t will open the seasons
sport on Decoration Day. with series Of
trotting and pacing events
Few residents OF the District of Co
lumbia are aware that less than twenty
miles from the District line there Is
springing into prominence a breeding
plant where light harness horses are be-
ing produced In approved lines
II Is owned By the Field brothers, Will
lam and Albert. and credit Is due the
lKasiningtou Sunday Herald for rescutng
1.-THE farm oIhNeomparative obscurity.
This IS not the first time the Sunday
Herald has performed q friendly act for
infant industries, and probably II Is not
its last act OF benevoience.
Were an Individual 10 engage in any
other line Of business, except that Of
breeding blood horses. and not advertise
his wares in order that the public might
know what he had IN stock, he would
pass for an unprogressiye.
Very likely. sooner or later, probably
sooner than he would like, the red flag
4 OF the auctioneer would be seen float
ing over his stock in hand. and the in
evitable small boy would be seen walk
\ ing TO and fro in front OF the premises
rending the aid with discordant sounds
| from his bell
II man has a message to give to the
public worth printing, he should imme-
diRtely seek the printer. II he has any,
thing worth having, he should print a
description Of IT. Competition Is too
fierce these days for any man. whether
he breeds horses. mules, or hogs. 10 hope
to succeed financially unless he gets in
to the limelight and stays there. Amy
| cfher policy Is waste, instead OF economy.
Derwood stock farm Is located near
Norwood. Montgomery County. about
| four miles north Of Rockville, the coun-
| Is seat During the past three years
william and Albert Fields, owners, have
been carefully selecting broodmares and
stations bred in fashionable lines. In
breeding parlance. fashion in bloodiines
means purse-winning blood. Strains that
do not win are carefully avoided by the
wise breeder. By blending winning
strains with winning strains, the thor
oughbred has reached his present high
state OF development & and usefulness.
I'Breed to the winner" is an axiom as
old as the turf itself.
Following this axiom. 4hs owners Of
Derwood informs US by Istter that they
that last season paced to a record Of
20o1-4 irst dam Queens Daughter by
Chimes. Thia united the blood OF Brown
Hal. 2:12, ana Direct. 2:05 IA, with that
OF Electioneer II Mckinney, the lead
ling 2:10 sire. Is represented IN crystine
Mckinney, Norval, 2:14. by Novlar, dam
| by Onward; Precursor, 2s201-A son OF
ProdigaI zs16 By the mare Precursive.
Even Oward Silver, 2so6 IL has a rep
resentatlve 81 The farm in Silver Maid.
Gilbert Red, son OF Red Wilkes, Is repre-
senttd by Mamie F.. Sophy Mac, and
Miss Gilbert Red The sire selected TO
head the breeding plant Is the young
horse Merdard 542ls. a bay colt foaled in
1909. BY Moko: Krem Marie, BY Kreuniin
%. 3so7 - S. H. Bouck, for some years
at Palo Alto. CAL, Pleasant Fields, ana
Combs Stock Farms. in Maryland, Is su-
perintendent and trainer at Derwood
Some OF the Fields horses are now at
the Rockville track. IN charge Of Mr..
Bouck
The parade Of light harness horsemen
az the opening day Of the horse show.
While interesting as an exemplifcation
that light harness interest Is not as dead
IS some persons feign to believe, was
not all that It should have been in point
Of numbers present IN line. Men were
unrepresented who had no reasonable ex-
c,ise for being absent It Is such exhlbl-
tons OF lassitude, indifference, and lack
OF interest as was manifested by the
light harness horsemen OF the District
Of Columbia on Wednesday last that has
made the National Capital the laughing
stock Of hcrsemen In other cities OF far
less importance.
why should benehcent government