The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
BY L. ID. SALE.

The week has been one OF increased ac-
tivity in light harness horse circles.
Corbin may be seen every working day
jogging his rapidly increasing string of
trotters and PAGERS through the park
Dunworth is devoting two hours of his
valuable time each day in conditioning
Gentle John before turning him over to
Corbin. and W. E. Miller has already be-
gun work on Boski, third, 2:2s Ia; Red
Princeps. second, 2:2s 1-2 the pair having
been shipped to Heathville, Va, where
Mr.. Miller's fast mare, Alice NJ, 2:i7 Il,
has been interned during the long win
ter months
Out at Javins Bros. farm, Colesville,
Montgomery County. where ]. R. Craw-
ford is on the job from early morn
TO dewey eve, there is unsual activity all
along the line. Some twelve head Of
trotters and PAGERS are undergoing the
hardening up process. and. II something
unusual does not happen, Brightwood
farm horses will figure often in the rae
ing summaries In 1912. Trainer Crawford
is one of the most diligent men in his
line Of business. He has brought to this
section a most excellent reputation for
faithfulness to his employers, and, as to
his skill as a developer of speed, reins-
manship, and the possession of all that
goes TO the making of race driver OF
high rank, his short and brilliant CAM
paign of last year has settled all doubts
as to his capacity TO produce results,
when given the proper tools.
The most notable sale of trotting bred
horses during the week was accomplish
ed by the astute Mount Pleasant horse
man, DR.. NJ. w. Hefiin when he sold
TO a Gaithersburg gentleman the very
handsome show mare Kinsmore, which
he purchased last fall from Joe Wright,
of Winchester. The doctor has had sew
eral fiattering offers during the week for
the gray four-year-old trotting mare by
Eedworth, jr., 2.05 L. and II is quite
probable that she, too, has changed
hands, and will be seen on the half
mile rings in this section during the
racing season Of 1872
With this mare in other hands. the
doctors stable in Irving street will only
contain the phenominally fast six-year-
old pacing gelding, Sleeping Ander, by
Andrew M, a speed-producing son OF the
mighty Allerton. 2s09 IA, and for which
e W. Williams, of Galesburg, Ill, once
refused $4,000. II credence can be
placed in the reports received Of the
speed and racing qualities OF Sleeping An
der, DR.. Hefin will soon be IN the mar
ket seeking for more speed. Sieping An
ders dam is by Bolton, son of Belmont.
81, sire of Nutwood, 2:1S 81, out OF
mare by Happy Russell, 2:2l IL. With
such bloodlines in his pedigree, Sleeping
Ander should be able to carry his phe-
nominal speed the required distance.
Driven by S. L. Bradley, of Clayton.
Del, to pole in 1911, the pair went a mile |
in 2:e0. Later. Mr.. Bradley says he drove |
him 10 harness a mile in a race in, 2:17, |
timed separately. He could have won, |
he states, but did not want a mark for ]
him. In still another race. Bradley says
he was timed mile separately in 2:l3. |
Later still. he affirTns, he drove the geld |
ing a mile over a half-mile ring in 2:01 !
and an eighth in Is seconds, better than !
a 1:55 gait. Sleeping AHder is brown, 1873
hands, stoutly made, and sound. Such |
speed marvel would be a greater ad- for |
Washington If he be made to repeat his |
past achievements. |
J. NJ Corbin, Of Hamilton, Va, of Bale |
Axworthy fame, and who is doing more |
for the Improvement of the trotting |
breed than any other man in LOudoun |
County, writes that he has leased the |
Allerton stallion Solograph, two years !
old, 2:l9IG, to Thomas Settle, Of Paducah, |
Ky, for the season of 1912, and would |
lease or sell DR.. Bell, 2:17Lt. Mr.. Corbin !
says he received letter from Senator |
Bailey a few days since, in which the |
Senator remarks that he bred DIR. Ball. |
and that he is good enough to head any !
stock farm IN the land. Mr.. Corbin is
working very handsome and promising |
three -year-old stallion, by DR.. Bell, and |
says that he expects he will make a
great sire and a race winner.
It will interest horse notes readers of
The Washington Sunday Herald when
they are informed that Bale Axworthy
will remain at Corbin farm during the /
season of 1872. al least. Purchasers have
been numerous, bur sums offered did
not quite reach. One Washingtonian,
who combines horseflesh and sundry arti-
cles of merchandise in his line of trade,
wants him for a friend" The identity |
Of the friend does not require a shrewd
guess. II is wholly within the truth TO
state that Bale Axworthy is the best
sire of early and extreme speed owned
in this section. Kenworthy, three years,
2:22I4, said to have been equal at the
same age to mile in 2:1514 on a half
mile track. is the first of his get to be |
trained. Early and extreme speed is what
every skilled horseman is searching for.
1t means, when secured, rich and imme-
diate returns The power TO sire early L
and extreme speed comes to Bale AK
worthy by inheritance His sire. AK
worth, three years, 2:l51k. was a colt trot-
ter. Axtell, three years, 2:l2, his sire
was a colt Totter and worlds champion
for age.
Laurel B., Bale Axworthy's dam, was
a. producer Of extreme speed. She is
the mother of Laureatta, 2:0eh; Laurels,
2:1S; Bertha Bennett, 2:I4S, and of two
others with records better than 2:SO.
Laurel R.'s sire. Sable Wilkes, 2:IS, was
a sire OF early speed. Orc Wilkes m.
2:1l, is one OF his sons. Navidad, PIN, Z
is another and he has three other sons !
with records around 2:15 and two around !
2:l7 Guy Wilkes, 2:I5iI, was one of /
George Wilkes, 2:222, greatest producing l
sons Of speed and OF all the qualities !
that go to the making of high class race
horses. Every collateral line in Bale Ak
worthy's extended pedigree teens with
speed-gtting ancestors and very few
PAGERS are to be found in the lot.
The AXworthys are fast and fashion
able. They bring top prices where the
hammer rises and falIs-the best and
highest test of popularity They rank in
public esteem with the Peter the Greats
and the Bingens, and promise to retain
their hold on public favor for many
years to come. AS an Individual Bale
Axworthy answers every demand.
dark chestnut. 1873 hands. and weighing
upward OF 1.15o pounds. his kingiy pres
Always the Same