The Washington herald., 1912-06-23
TROTTER And PACERI
Opening of LigEt-hdrness Season in Baltimore.
AIcyeae Some PAGER What P. V. DeGraw
Sap West Grand Circnit Gossip Breed
ing of Great Brood Mare, Alma Mater.

when IN racing condition. has been. up
frequently IN a race where the heats
were around 2;l4 and 2:i5. and be got
his present record IN = ssven-heat
contest. He Is Stin in the prime OF use
fulness, Is stoutly made. standard bred.
and his sire, Rex Americua, 2:l1k. BY On
ward 2:2Sh, is one Of the leading West
ern sirea. HIS present owner can Be seen
az s0 + Street NorthWest and VIII show
70 intending PURCHASES his pedigree and
q summary Of bis races.
nHiners Geers. Andrews, Mcdonald,
Murphy. Cox. and other leading trainers
OF Grand Circuit performers are begin
ming to let down the horses m their
charge. The latter part Of next month
the Grand Circuit opens at Grand Rap
Ids. and master trainers are anxious 20
knew where they are at before they
begin 70 arrive. For the fast classes,
GeerT best bets are Dude Avendale.
20f5<. and the fast colt Of 1911. Anvil
zosh. II Anvil continues to go sound,
Geers claims that the trotter who beats
him TO the wire win have to trot as
fast as 2Os, at least one heat In the
colt classes, Geers has the Bengara
youngster. Bergen. 22At, that Is said 70
be phenomenal trotter for age. He Is
owned by the president OF the New York
Central Railroad. Brown. Geers IS now
In Grand Rapids with his large stable.
Murphy pins his faith in the fast classes
on the one-time ringer, Jack London.
and believes he will be as invincfble this
year as was the phenomenal trotter, r.
T. C, last year.
Andrews and Mcdonald win be out
With several practically untried Gin pub
lie) prospects that have been showing
wen up 70 date. Naturally, before the
bell finally rings for the horses to score
down for the word, there win be some
eliminatlons- Cox has for months past
been engaged in reinforcing his lines,
and Il Is whispered that the lanlly New
Engiander has a few surprises in store
In both pacing and trotting ranks for
those who follow the movements Of
Grand Circuit horses. Next to Memphis
as a training center Is Detroit, notWfth-
standing the fact that its harsh climate
and variable winds and weather do not
make the City OF the Straits an IDEAL
training camp in the spring months.
Snow, Of HorneI, N. Y, has been in
Detroit for some time, and reports are
that he has a strong stable Of trotters
and PAGERS. The fastest PAGER at the
Detroit track Is the white mare Zom-
brewer, that went wrong early in the
racing season Of 1911. She ls by Zom-
bro, 2:ll Il, a fast son OF Mckinney.
2:n Il, and II nothing serious inter-
venes she is expected 70 reach the two
minute mark this year. ...
Local horsemsn win be pleased to
know that James z ChamberIin. super
intendent OF the stables Of the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing, IL now a
full iedged veterinary. and may be
! called doctor, or doc" Just as one
pleases. He matriculated at the U. s.
I College OF Veterinary Surgeons June Is
with honor. and has been kept busy
shaking hands with his many friends in
the District ever since his sheepskin was
handed him DR.. Chamberlin entered
the government service six years ago,
and has earned the respect and con-
hdence Of large number Of persons in
and outside OF the bureau. The doctor
Is a member OF a well-known family Of
that name in Worcester. Mass, and long
before he came TO Washington was
known as an all-around athlete He is
fine physical specimen. being over six
feet in his stockings, and admirably
proportioned. His love for the horse be-
gan to take root at an early period: in
fact his father owned many good
horses, and the doctor Is noted for his
horsemAnship. He both drives and rides
well. DR.. chamberlin's professional serv-
Ices viii be confined. for the present
at LedSb' 70 lhe government service.
A number OF foals around in these
parts carry the blood OF the celebrated
brood mare, Alma Mater, and, as we
have been frequently asked Of late in
regard to her bloodlines, we here pre-
sent them Alma Mater CnourishinS
mother) was a chestnut mare, foaIed in
1s72. and bred by o. P. Beard, Of Lex
ington, KY. Her sire was Mambrino
Pstchin. S. a son Of Mambrino Chief,
II, and the Rodes Mare, she by Gano,
thoroughbred son OF American
Eclipse. ...
Alma Matters dam was EsteIla, q reg
istered thoroughbred daughter Of i'm
ported Australian: second dam, Fanny
@. (the second dam OF the noted brood
mare Dame Winnie, dam of Palo Alto,
2:0S40, by imported MargraYe; third dam
Lancers, by Lance, a son Of American
Eclipse; fourth dam by Ayatus, a son
Of Director, by Sir Avery; ffth dam by
Imported BuZzard. and so on to the
nineteenth dam. the Layton Barb Mare.
Alma Matters standard record descen-
dants In the first and second generations
number S2 trotters and IS PAGERS, a
sum total Of soS In the number Of her
descendants in the first and second gen
erations that have made records In
standard time she ranks second only 70
Beautiful Bellies, 2:2SA The fastest
trotter that inheritea her blood was
Major Delmar. L59E. and the fastest pa
IAN~ MaE