The Washington herald., 1912-09-29

TROTTER AND PAGER

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Wednesday. by the way. was grea
DAY Tor the Red Mediums, and as a goo,
deal of Red Medium blood Is owne,
here and hereabouts the performance o
Dorsh Medium in the Hoster Columbus
Stake of $4,000. won by Dave Halle. vii
excite local attention. In the Capita
| City Stake. for 2:l0 trotters, worth 1900
the bay mare Cheeny won In straigh
heats. Cheeny is by Medium Line. ;
son of Red Medium. 2:23k. which latte
Is also the sire of N. B. Turner's mag
nificent young stallion Guyman. Bergen
brother In blood to Baden and Berka
owned here, got second money, in tn,
Capital City Stake, and seems to b.
rounding to from the lameness that ha.
afflicted him during the past two months
Bergen ID as fast as Baden. but OWNS
to his lameness has not been able e
race as consistently. Ckeeny, the win.
ner OF the Capital City Stake. Is a small
bay mare. and is owned in Texas. She
has great speed. has raced very con-
sistently the entire season on the Grand
Circuit, and has repeatedly been tried
out against the best trotters of the year
And while on the subject of Red Me-
diums. 1t should be stated that Red Me-
diums son. Guyman. whose first dam is
the second dam of Dorsh Medium, 2:06L,
has been doing a few things since his
study season closed, and. from common
report. has been doing them well. For
a time he was retired to the Rockville
track and worked some, and then was
removed to the Gentlemen's Driving
Park, Baltimore. where his work was
continued. Mr.. n. B. Turner. his owner.
drove him a mile over the Baltimore
track in 2:27 after only two weeks train
ing. and Trainer Barnes, after three
weeks work, drove him a mile in 30.
1t Is said. II a young and hitherto un-
tried horse, as Guyman was. can make
speed that fast in three weeks training,
what would have happened to him II he
had been placed in the hands of a COM
petent man earlier in the year and con-
ditioned for fast miles? The trouble
trainers have encountered with Guyman
is that no sulky he has yet been hitched
to had shafts long enough for his ire
mendous stride. AS he increased his
speed his heels hit the sulky and in
jured his gait He is inclined to be
mixed gated. and the collision with the
sulky set him TO pacing. MIR. turner
will make a great mistake if he does not
place Guymsn in the hands Of a compe-
tent trainer IN the spring and mark him
as low as he is able TO take a record.
Owners OF stations who intend them for
public service should never be afraid nf
low records. The lower the record. the
more valuable the stallion is for stock
purposes. provided his vitality has not
been Slapped. Many stallion owners have
recognized the truth Of this statement
when too late.
Lexington logically follows Columbus
annually. Nearly every one who takes
the pains to visit Columbus during race
week Journeys on to the Lexington meet.
and the crowd gathered at Columbus is
usually augmented at Lexington by visi-
tors from every quarter of the United
States. The Kentuckians are the shrewd-
est light-harness promoters in all the
world. They have reduced the showing
and selling of the blood horse TO almost
an exact science Every visitor to Lex
.Sgton. whether II be race week or any
other old week. Is sized up Immediately
he arrives in town. He has hardly had
time to dust himself of. battle, and get
a drink and a clean shave before cards
are thrust under his nose by suave
gentleman. who, without much clrcum-
details the good things that are
nibbling blue grass and munching oats
AZ his breeding plant. Automobiles are
IN waiting. and before the visitor has
time to light his cigar or explain him
self he is whIsked into II and is off at
4 sixty mile per hour gait. The best
part of the story is that these Kentucky
promoters generally have
IN hand the goods the buyer wants The
harness horse industry in Kentucky is a
i've industry. and everybody works at It
wen father. man in search of any
dnd of horse can find him in Ken
lucky. whether IL be a trotter, PAGER, a
lorse who hits his chin and who can
rot for hours on a silver dollar or a
,addler that can go any gait and not
'pill a drop of water from q silver COB
ct And then the mixture known to the
avants of high-class drinks as mint
ulep-a connection so eNhilarating, so
nerve soothing, so care-destroying that
he visitor would fain remain in "old
iaintuck" forever.
The chestnut mare Grace, a daughter
4 Peter the Great. came TO life Thurs
lay at Columbus and trimmed the fast |
ST field of trotters on the Grand Cir
uit. which included Dude Archdale, |
OK; Billy Burke, 2:0SS4, and Grace |
iirdIe. 2:0Sl4. Grace was the fastest |
trotter of 1911. If we re-
member rightly, but this year she has 1
OF shone brilliantly previous to her per
ormance of Thursday. Her second mile, |
n 2:e4&. reduced her record and her
fth heat, in 2:o62s, is a worlds record |
Or fifth heat. Johnny Dickerson |
chieved a great victory with the bay |
.xworthy colt Adlon. by winning the
Iorse Review Futurity. for three-year-
Id trotters, and. incidentally, annexed
he big end OF the $500 purse. Last fall
'ickerson won the Review Futurity on
ne same track with the good colt At
mite Express. Adlon, since he won the
lturity purse at Cleveland, early In the
resent season. seemed to be going back,
hen Dickerson very wisely began to
i've him easy miles until he rounded to. !,
'ot all colt trainers are as wise as Is
'ickerson. They seem to forget that
esh and blood, especially young flesh
nd blood. have their limitations. and
eep on drilling their charges with fast
lilies until something snaps and the colt
ruined.
The Director General stallion Don
ronto also distinguished himself at Co
INDUS on Thursday in the 2:o5 pace. he
lcing the first heat of his race In 2:0S&.
his took so much out OF him that Bran
am Baughman had no difficulty in win
ng the race in straight heats Mar
aret Parrish, one of the best three
,ar-old FLIES of 1911, in an effort against
ather Time. trotted a mile in 2:oSi4, and
i'll now probably be put to breeding by
e Madden brothers, her owners. The
ins of the week have at this writing /:
emingly put out of commission races
which local horses were entered. A
eek's let UP. however, will do them
,od rather than harm. II they take
, a little extra fat and flesh, the rest,
ter a hard campaign. will more than
Iualze the loss of work.