The Washington herald., 1912-05-12
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distinguished medical friend, Or. J. A..
sansbury. is maturing plans for . cork
Ing Decoration Day meet
And. n an the match races that are be-
ing framed up By local horsemen really
materiaIIze the doctor wiz be compelled to
lease an adjoining field 70 Accommodate
the crowd A visit TO Forestville yes
terday disclosed the very important fact
that the track at that point has been
greatly improved In many important par
ticnlars. The dreaded first turn has been
nIied up and made solid 50 that horses
can negotiate It at e high rate OF speed;
the depressions IN the track have been
| hlied the elevations reduced. and the
entire circle planed down 70 smooth
ness that VIII make the naturally fast
| track faster than ever before.
For every match race pulled on Dec
oration Day the doctor VIII donate SIS
to the losers. This proposition Is 80 un-
usual on the part OF track managers that
II ought TO stimuIate the match makers
10 renewed efforts. Should the match
races vanish IN smoke, instead OF ae-
ton, the doctor VIII pres9nt a new
schedule OF events One event quite likely
to 70 through. and which ought TO draw
and please a crowd. is a free-tor-an.
with such sand filters In It as Black
Patchin, Bonnie Lassie. Red Rock, Jubl-
ianto. Miss Arcola, and Baron Dillon. a
trotter. that. II is said, can trot halfs
over a half-miIe ring better than i;ea
In addition to the above. a slow trot
and a pace win very likely grace the
card. II Bernard Dausherty's plans go
through old Bob r. will be back in town
again in a few days. Gold Pebble Is
still on earth and. very likely, other
relics OF bygone days win be found suf-
ieient 10 M the class. All the heats
Decoration Day at Forestville win be
the single exception Of a match race
between the two-year-old stations Har-
vest Hall and Hal Hardin. owned. re-
spectively. by DR.. Sansbury and T.. F.
Tippstt Possibly Michael Morris could
be induced to give Koroni a tryout on
ths same day II fit class can be ar
ranged for him.
There has been some talk OF a match
race between T. W. Dunworth's Gentle
John and Mr.. Clegetfs carricita as
Decoration Day event. Each gentleman
Is anxious 10 race, and as the heats are
half-miIe ones, and as John could not
possibly get a record under such con-
ditions 1t is quite possible the match
will materialize. Gentle John Is at pres
ent at Hagerstown. in the hands Of Cor
bin; but that win not deter Mr.. Dun
worth II the gelding Is ft to race. Many
things are likely to happen within the
next three weeks, and there is no ques-
ton but what there will be plenty of
good sport at ForestviIle May 30 The
feature OF the forenoon will be an ex-
citing game OF baseball between some
amateur clubs OF Prince George The
game VIII begin at II a m.
Mr.. H p. christy, Of Detroit. Mich.
was in the city during the week. the
guest Of Thomas Finney, the well-known
horse owner, trainer and contractor. Mr..
ChrIsty was en- route to his home from
Pinehurst, N c., where he has been
spending the winter months. He is one
OF the leading lumbermen OF Michigan.
and twenty-five years ago was one of
the most prominent light harness horse
men OF the State. He Is q member OF
the firm Of Christy, Nye & Foster. He
was part owner of the celebrated trot- ]
ting stallion. Mambrino Gift the first |
stallion TO trot TO record OF 2:2O. For
many years Mr.. Christy was the owner |
OF the fastest pole team in Michigan,
Bertha and Girl. both being daughters Of
Mambrino Gift
Charles Wright. for over twenty-five
years prominently connected with light
harness interests in the District and in
Kentucky, has been appointed to re-
sponsible position in the occoQuau prison. |
II one has not taken an inventory OF /
horse breeding farms In parts contiguous
to the District Of Columbia. one would
be inclined 10 believe that the breeding |
OF standard trotters hereabouts was on
q decline. As matter Of fact four
times as many farms exist where stand
ard trotters are bred than were in ex-
istence twenty-five years ago. And. In
this connection, II may be safely stated
that while one sees in our streets and
public parks fifty machines where one
sees ten horses at least 80 trotting bred
horses are annually produced within a
radius Of twenty-five miles OF the Ma
tional Capital where fifty were not an
nually produced fifteen years ago.
Montgomery County. which bounds the
District line on the north. leads South
western Maryland in the horse breeding
Industry. Twenty-Five years ago Prince
George County was In the lead in I'm
portance. represented as II was by the
Ash Hill Stock Farm. It's founder, the
late Gen. Edward r. Beale. was the
pioneer breeder OF light harness 6orsest
on large scale in this section.
Gen. Beale began in the early seven
ties, which were temporarily interrupted
when he became United States Minister
to the Austrian court. II was Just pre-
vious to this even that he journeyed to
Stony Ford, Orange County, N. J., then
the leading nursery OF trotters in the
East, and purchased Prince Orion, 1425,
son Of Messenger Duroc and Glen Mary, I
the last named being a daughter OF
10, and Fancy Star, by
American Star IA: while Messenger Du-
roc was son OF Hambletonlan. and out
Of Satinet, a daughter OF Roe's Abdallah
Chief. by Abdallah !, sire Of Hambie-
tonian 10
On Gen. Beale's return he renewed.
with energy Characteristic Of the man,
his breeding operations and Ash Hin
for some time was the mecca Of local
horsemen, OF members Of Congress. menu
oers OF the Cabinet. foreign ministers.
and OF visitors TO the National Capital
In breeding. It was as Presi-
lent and prisate citizen that Gen II. s.
Grant. Gen. Beales former comrade in
arms in the Mexican War. became fre-
luent visitor TO Asa HLll and Il was
It Ash HiIl the illnstrious warrior found
1 home for his two Arabian stations,
Leopard and Linden Tree. which were
presented TO him while on his world s :
.our by the present Sultan OF Turkey.