The Washington herald., 1912-10-27

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race week. hotels did q more nourishing
business. and the town was overrun with
young people OF both sexes. hound on
having . good time after the labors Of
the year. Again. the closing Of the track
has been q severe blow to the breeding
interests Of St. Mary, just as they were
beginning to be Of considerable impor-
tance.
Race week at Lexington brings out pic
!turesque mountaineers and plainsmen. as
well as people from all parts of the
United States and parts Of Europe The
natives bring with them their horse and
| mule kind and expose them to the high
est bidder. The auctioneer Is usually ~
quaint In speech and dress as his Audi
tors. We present q specimen Of native
eloquence that equals anything spoken
or written by Auctioneer McGrath. OF
our own city,. Gentlemen. you have
heard his statement. This is valuable
mare. She can be ridden, driven or
worked. as II suits you. She 10 a. sound
as new milled dollar. excepting the eye
! that IL blind and q slight Disagreement
Of the left hook.
| You can see>these things for your
selves. And 80. / repeat. she 10 sound.
How much am offered for her? Forty
1t fifty. No? Then make 1t forty-five-
What? Well. then. call II forty-two and
a half No? Then she Is sold at forty.
Now. boy. bring out that great-grandson
Of Old Lexington" A gray mule Of un-
certain age Is paraded. He is totally
| blind. spawned in both hind legs. and.
after much persuasion. an offer Of . 10
elected and an old colored man from the
foothills leads him away
Corbin's stable. consisting of Berka.
2:14A; Alcyne. 2:11h. and Russell Cozine.
2:Isk. arrived at Laurel yesterday fresh
from Emporia, Va. where Alcyne won
two good races during the week and
Berka one. her only start. The last
named has thus far won ten races out of
thirteen starts: cut her record from
2:27h as a two-year-old to 2:1fh a. q
| six-year-old on a half-mile ring: 10 one
Of the best Grand Circuit trotting pros
poets owned in the East, and the great
est race mare At the trot ever owned In
the District Of Columbia.
Alcyne, 2:l1h, Is a marvel Of apeed At
the pace In all of her races the present
season she has never lost her stride.
No one but her owner and trainer know
exactly how fast she il. She started
the season with a record of 2:lIh. met all
oomers. has only been twice defeated,
and has never been worse than second
the present year. She can be placed In
any position in a field Of horses. and
when asked can come home like run
away horse Her family are Grand Cir
cult performers Of high class. and not
one Of them is better than Alcyne- As
for Russell Cozine, no one doubts that
he il q sure 2:l0 PAGER. II he remains
sound He belongs TO a racing family
that wears well and lasts long. The Eel
and George Cans have pever been sur
passed as genuine race horses. and Rus
orrta Shafr =
Gambetta Wilkes. who has to his credit
80 In the 2:30 or better standard list.
4 Alonzo Corbin. who has developed and
driven Berka and Alcyne in all their
| races the present season. has enjoyed
the most successful season Of his long
turf career. He has had good tools.
and has made the best possible use OF
his opportunities. He Is daring. and yet
careful He Is sagacious. He knows
the capacity Of his mounts; the capac-
ity Of the mounts opposed to him. and
the capacity OF the men who pilot them.
He Is skiilful enough in the sulky to
drive against the best artists on the
Grand Circuit, and that y paying him
the highest possible compliment.
DR.. ]. A. Sansbury. owner and man
ager Of Forestville Driving Park. has
concluded to postpone his coming meet
ms until the second week IN November.
The feature Of the meet. and one which
should cause thousands to hock to see.
will be the match race between Alice NJ.
2:l3 3D. and Alcyne. Eli IL, two of the
greatest pacing mares ever owned In
this section. W. e. Miller. owner Of the
! remarkable race mare. Alice NJ. has en-
gagements which prevent him from rae
ing at Forestville the 1rst wsek n No
| vember. as was first proposed. The race
will be for $500 aside. and forfeit money
Of 500 will be posted some time during
the present week.
In addition to the above. there will
be on the same day a match race for
SIS a side between Thomas Linney's
The Clerk. apd Bernard Dougherty's
fast sorrei PAGER Frank T. Frank
Thomas, the peerless local reinsman. will
be behind The Clerk and Mr.. Dough-
erty will team his own mount II his
lungs are in good working order. Pa
trolls will be scattered along the course
to see that Frank Is not thrown over
the fence, and stretchers for the in
jured Qn case Of an accident, which
heaven forbid will be provided for
The colt race between two and three
year-olds will be another interesting
feature or the day. Two slow races will
all the card for the day. consisting of
rs trot and a 2:2S pace, and a 2:40
trot and pace. The exact day Of the
meet will be announced in next Sum-
days Herald.
STINE B BEST SHOT.