The Washington herald., 1912-01-21

NAA1 AANAAN IA ANONAOAh. l4tLQy NOZtuG, Dy
Don cozine. died on his hands some
weeks ago. Her son, by Palm Cozine; will
be sold, as will also Nan Patterson, who
is believed TO be safely In foal to Kushan.
Mr., Gleeson may, possibly, drop back
into the game later on when he gets his
bearings in the Virginia town. Where
ever Mr.. Gleeson goes he will be the
center Of interest. for he loves to mix IL
up with his fellow-men and prefers to
lead rather than follow
The decline in light harness interest in
West washington during the pest five
years has proved a misfortune to trot-
ting sport In the District When Bright
woodN was in its glory. the Georgetown
contingent's approval was considered nee
essary to success in the planning of
meetings and in carrying them out
Races were always made with the view
of engaging the interest OF the West
Washington people, and they generally
came with the goods and returned home
with their full share OF the spoils. Tim
othy Shugrue and John Dugan, long ago
quit the game, and they were among the
reliables when ever a race was TO be
pulled on. The teaming OF the sorrei
trotting stallion Joe d. by Dugan al
ways brought the spectators to their feet
Dugan had in Princess Orion, 2:25 IA,
one of the best and fastest mares owned
in Washington. She was much faster
than her mark and held all the hall
marks Of a genuine bear cat" as the
saying goes.
The recent cold snap in this bailiwick
has deferred John Preston from any at
tempt to pick out location for the pro-
posed new track. The flow of conversa-
ton, however, on the subject. has not by
any means been diminished; but Il is not
now probable that anything VIII be done
of definite nature until spring opens.
If a location is found suitable for a track,
and there is no good reason to be ad-
vanced why one cannot be found, every
thing may be in readiness for racing
over IL on Decoration Day. It is not now
considered probable that the Laurel Of
hcials will give a spring meeting for
trotters, which is to be very much re-
GREETED. The fall meeting of 1911 was
not success in point of attendance,
1t is the public that supports racing.
as many track managers have learned
to their cost, and. nowadays, the track
association that does not present a card
that can appeal TO the masses does
business at a loss. The Laurel card last
fall looked good on its face, but the
performances were OF a mediocre char
acter, as the fields were poorly filed and
the competition between horses engaged
not keen enough to rouse the blood Of the
average race-goer. The race-goer Of to-
day demands a thrill every minute of the
time the horses are on the track: nothing
else will satisfy him. High-class horses
have a certain drawing capacity, but
they are not the whole thing unless the
fields are well balanced in point of speed
and numbers and the finishes close.
One of the greatest evils Of trotting
racing is the suppression OF time, and al
though the practice has been inveighed
against by every one who has the best
of the trotting turf at heart,
the practice continues and promises to
continue until judges summon up more
moral courage than they have shown in
the past. 1t is the many who suffer,
instead of the few, whenever time Is sup
pressed. 1t is a rank injustice to the
many, when a horse earns a record and
passes out of his class, for the judges to
agree to suppress the time of the heat
The act cheats horse owners out of their
Just dues. sacrifices their interests for
The benefit of a single individual, and is
a gross violation of the law of the turf.
Time on running tracks is not considered
Of as much consequence as on trotting
tracks. Can the horse win his race? II
80, everything else Is subsidiary to that
one subject.
On the running tracks, when a ho1se
shows his superiority over his field, he is
On trotting tracks when a
horse shows mis- superiority over his 1
field he is handicapped df the judges do
heir whole duty by being placed where
ne has shown he belongs. A horse is
never pulled on a running track TO save
him from getting a better record On
rotting tracks he, too. frequently is pull
ID, to save him from getting a lower rec
'rd, or, II II should happen that the
lriver is not strong enough in his arms
10 prevent his horse from being mark
I'd, he frequently appeals the Judges
With success. Too frequently on trotting
racks, the driver has an understanding
with the judges before the race begins
that his horse shall not be put out OF
The class in which he is entered. Either
way the matter is considered. a crime
e committed against every other man
who owns a race horse. and the Judges
Tho participate in the crime should, in
be made to know that when
,ver the law is violated in this manner,
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And speaking Of EIectioneer, reminds
Is Of a quite romantic story connected |
With his granddam, the now somewhA |
amous Shanghai Mary. When the late /
,harIes Baclm3n bought this mare, she /
vas said to be by Lexington. The late /
Tohn Wallace, who had Just founded |
he Trotting Register, became suspicious /
# the pedigree given and started an in
-estigation, as her famous daughter,
;reen Mountain Maid, was fast becoming /
he greatest mother of trotters on this
ointment And this is what Mr. Wal
ace found: In the summer or fall of
$50, Horton and Smith .Livonia, in West
IN New York, took a flock of merino
heep to Ohio and either sold or traded /
hem to farmers. In one of their traces
hey exchanged two or three refuse ewes
or a blind mare. Near Canton, Ohio,
hey met a boy riding a chestnut ffIly
With four whiSe legs and a white face
nd they traded the blind mare for the
lily. The latter, the boy claimed, was
wo years old. Her back was sore with
he saddle and the lad said he had ridden
er 500 miles. Beyond this the wilcox
rothers never knew anything about the
lily and never inquired. nor does any
ne know up to this date what became
( the boy. The next spring, after the
lily had been brought to Western New