The Washington herald., 1912-08-11
TROTTER AND PAGER
The Pumpkin Shops Hold the Boards for the Next
Six Weeks and Farmers viii Have Their
Outings-Pertirent Comment on
Doings of the Grand Circuit
By L. D. SALE.

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By L. D. SALE.
Now
For the
County fairs.
The country folk are about to have
their annual outing in every, part Of the
United States. August and September
have. by common consent. been set aside
by rural communities as the months in
which they may exhibit the best products
of the soil and the skill Of the frugal
housewife. The very last word In asri-
cultural and household implements will
pass In review. Farmers Jones and
Smith win trot out their bulls. and cows,
and hogs. and sheep. and hens, and tur-
keys: and all these and many other i'm
portant adjJmcts of farm life will be a
fruitful theme OF discussion far into the
fall and winter months
The heavy work of the year on the
farm Ia about over. The wheat and oats
and barley and hay have been garner.
ed, and the yield exceeds that OF any
previous year. AS the wealth Of a ma
ton Is vested in what is produced from
the earth, this should be a prosperous
year for the farmer: and, incidentally,
every man. woman. and child will share
in his prosperity OF all the sons of
men who toll. none enjoys his annual
outing more than the farmer. He. and
the members OF his household. prepare
for It weeks In advance, and all fervent-
ly pray for a week OF good weather. In
spite OF all the many things that inter-
est and appeal to the farmer at the
county fair, none grips him more than
the annual ''hoss trots." Without these
trials of speed, no county fair In this
Persons opposed TO them have attempt
ed TO substitute something in their
stead and have failed.
For the next three weeks the Eastern
Shore people win indulge in their annual
fairs. Pocomoke was the curtain raiser
Of the series Tuesday last, and Salisbury
and Easton will follow in regular order.
The Pocomoke fair Il one OF the fixed
Institutions of the Eastern Shore, and
all classes and conditions of men and
women give IL a cordial support They
raise good horses In the Pocomoke sec
ton of Maryland. and they get to the
races. The feature Of Tuesdays events
was the three-year-oId trot and pace.
and the same duel took place between
the get OF Gen. Mack and Dock that has
been going on since these good slres
pitched their respective camps on the
Eastern Shore. A son OF Dock won the
race in straight heats, Judge Mack get
ting no better than third place in the
summary. The time in each heat. 2:2l IA.
2:2l IA, and 2:lsl- speaks in high terms
for the winner. Dock C.
The Grand Circuit opened at Pittsburg
M Monday arhadtsia Gov
got first money with Aroma Mckinney In
the 2:22 trot. in a fve-heat battle, in
which Eva Cord, in Geers' stable, and
Near Sell. in Lassell's stable, were the
principal contenders. In the 2:I5 trot.
preliminary No /, Geers scored a victory
with the Red Medium mare, Dorsn Me-
dium, she trotting the first heat In the
fast time of 200. and came back in the
third in 2:l0. adding one more to the
2:l0 llst OF the good son OF Red Wilkes
The race is of especial interest 10 Wash
ingtonlans. on account Of the fact that
so many sons and daughters OF Red Me-
dium are owned at this point One is
Guyman. not yet raced: another is Won
March, 2:2l Ia. trotting. and now con-
verted to the pace; the third one Of spe-
cial note is the good mare Alcyne.
9:lS IA. at the pace, and which. II is
said, can pace three miles in 2:l0 or bet
ter. The second dam of Dorsh Medium.
Fantasque, Is the first dam OF Guyrnan.
Murphy, In tho second preliminary, on
the same day. had his usual good luck
with the chestnut mare Queenworthy.
she trotting the first heat in 2:11 IA. and
in 2.G i-2. lowering her record
some four seconds and adding another
one to the 2:lO list Of Axworthy. 2:l5 l-2.
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worthy blood in Washington, for he Is
the sire of that good sire Bale Axworthy,
owned by ]. w. Corbln. Of Hamilton,
Va. Those most interested in Washing
ton are T. w. Dunworth. Mr.. Forest.
and Norman Corbin, who each own foals
by Bale Axworthy. The Matron Stake
an interesting event Of the meet, was
won by John E. Madden's Sons Baldy
McGregor in straight heats, thus vindi-
eating Mr.. Madden's Judgment when he
purchased the colt at Cleveland, week
before last, for $500. AS an illustration
OF how good a three-year-old Baldy Nc
Gregor Is. he trotted the second heat Of
his race in 2:0s. He Is a son of Jay Nc
Gregor. 2:G7 IA. and his dam is by Bon
nile McGregor, 2:l31-2. sire and dam be-
ing sons Of Robert McGregor, 2:17 1-2.
Junior Watts, by General Watts, 2No S-4
was the chaser out in the two heats
Adlon. who won over his field at Cleve-
land the previous week, was out OF sorts
end was third.
The feature of Tuesdays racing at
Brunot Island, Pittsburg, was the re-
markable performance OF the phenomenal
yearling, Lord Allen, purchased IN the
fall Of 1911 by J. Howard Ford. of his
toric Stony Ford, n. Y. at long ig-
ure In Kentucky. He is bay colt, now
two, by the sire OF extreme speed, Tre-
gantle, and his dam is by Bow Bells
2:ls Il. son of Electioneer 10, and the
celebrated Beautiful Bells, 2:2s IL, by
The Moor Lord Aliens best time.
2:i3 1-2, In the first heat, is the fastest
heat of the year for a two-year-oid colt
Lord Allen trotted the first half OF his
first mile In LOG, and. II Mcdonald had
cared to do so, he could have shut out
the field As It was, he pulled up 10
let them in. and came near losing the
heat to Nowaday Girl. Mr.. Ford, owner
of Lord Allen. 2:l3l- is also the own
er of the fast but erratic Billy Burke,
2:oo 81 Second and third moneys In
this race were shared by the Walnut
Hall filly. Sweet Alice. and Nowaday
Girl, a daughter of McDougan and
Nowaday. both New England sires OF
merit. McDougall is son OF Robert
McGresor.
. In the BIB pace Tuesday. Joe Patchen
II acted as II he was getting quite
enough OF fast work in the first heat,
and while he rounded TO and proved his
class when challenged by Grand Opera