The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-08-04

TROTTER AND PAGER
Hon Washington Horsenien Descended on Cory.
Pa. Doings Of Tyotters and PAGERS on
the Grand Circuit

an accident when young. He was .
gray-an unfashionabie color for q sire.
His dam, Tachy. was a gray, as was
also her sire. Pilot. jr., and yet. strange
to say. when the last named was bred
to Miss Russell. also gray, the produce
Of the union. Maud s.. was q sorrel.
Pilot Medium was just beginning to grow
into fame as a sire Of trottsrs at the time
Of our visit. Two years later, however.
his ssn, Jack. 2:i2. also a gray, and
one OF the greatest trotters seen up to
that date. hoisted Pilot Mediums banner
70 the breeze, and II has noated In honor
ever since.
II has been our good fortune to see a
great many famous sires during our sew
enty-year pilgrimage on this earth; and
we must confess that, some Of the most
successful as sires Of speed we have seen
We're far from being impressive indiyid-
uais. The writer Is probably among the
very few persons living who ever saw
the famous Henry Clay, g. a black In
color. and compact and weIi-turned
horse of medium size.
rector, founder Of a game and fast
family OF trotters and PAGERS, was a
very plain-looking animal and not much
over hfteen hands. Those who have seen
director Hannis. owned in this city. have
seen typical Director. Director was in
color black. and most OF his get are
piack Director was the longest little
horse we ever saw. His legs were short
and his body of unusual length under the
belly.
Hed Wilkes was great big slob. coarse
enough in appearance to sire cart horses.
onward, another great sire, was also
very coarse, Red Wilkes as a rule did
not transmit his coarseness. Onward did
~ fhAa 1I~k
wilkes transmitted rare race qualities
Onward ranks next to AlIerton as a go
sire.
Robert McGregor. sire Of Cresceus, was
much more highly finished horse than
his distinguished son. the once worlds
champion trotting stallion. and many of
MIS- get that We have seen. McGregor
was q rich sorrel chestnut. stoutly made
At every point, and weighed In racing
condition. We should judge. about 1.05o
pounds His neck was rather heavy and
snort. and thick under the throatiatch-
very much in these respects ike Cres-
ceus. His temper was not OF the best in
or out Of the stable. In fact. he had
the reputation OF being a man-eater He
inherited his temper from his American
Star dam. Nancy Whitman. None of the
stars were very amiable McGregor was
strong finisher, and few horses In his
day could live with him from the head of
the stretch to tho wire. The above are
a few only Of the noted sires We have
seen. and lack of space prevents US from
following. the interesting subject at fur
Their length
During the week there has been some
interesting racing at the Parkway On.
". track. One event. the 2:l7 trot, on
Thursday, will interest persons in this
locality. the Alto Dewey. formerly owned
at this point. got third money in a 500
purse. He was seventh the first heat in
~ 10. second in 20 IA. the second heat;
and third, the third heat in 2:o1-4 The
New England trainer and reinsmai, Car
michael. was up behind him. A humber
OF Alto Dewey foals are around In and
about the District. Peter LOTUS, Ryan
brothers. and d. J. Mccarthy each own
one. and, as far as We can learn, all of
his get owned here are FLIES. While
Alto Dewey is highly bred horse and
his bloodlines popular. he was not popu-
lar while around here, for reasons that
need not be entered into in detail.
They are well understood by breeders
A popular stallion owner Will do good
business with an inferior stallion while
an unpopular owner is a serious hand!-
cap to the best sire that ever breathed
II Is quite possible that under a changed
environment We shall hear good tidings
Of the Son of Admiral Dewey, EOS L. and
Ayena. 2:27
Grand Circuit racing at the North
Randall track. Cleveland. on Thursday
last, was brilliant. and 1900 spectators
saw the erratic, but fast trotter. Billie
Burke, 2:os 3D. clip a full second from the
seasons record at the trot. he negotiating
his second mile in the fast time of 2:e4 Il
In the S,0oO Ohio Stake. Baden, who won
the $1,000 Furniture Purse at Grand
Rapids. came to life again and led his
fast field to the wire In straight heats
lowering his record of EOS IA to a:o7 IA
IN the second heat. Baden's last quarter
In this, the fastest heat in the race, was
in 81 seconds, demonstrating that this
son OF Bingara. when good. has a great
trotting lick Chatty Direct gave the bay
stud a stiff argument. but to no pur-
pose. Dictator Todd. Murphys mount,
was simply rotten In the 2.o7 pace the
black Director General colt. wydrad had
things his own way, pacing the second
heat Of his race in 2:05 81 wydrad seems
to be Of the quality from which cham
pions are made.