The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

would have given him a good beating
and made him like It. Aleyne's next
start was at Wilmington. Del. where she
met DR.. wilkes who won the race In
/ straight heats IN which the best time
was 2:lSK Alcyne won second money
and was shipped 10 Cory Pa. where she
arrived in rather bad shape on account
of cold. Here she surrendered to Mar
gerry Theadocious, the last-ramed win
ming in straight heats, The purse was
500. Alcype again got second money.
best time 2:1sN. Rockpor6 Ohio. was TIE
next station at which Aleyne got OF. The
purse was a 500 one. the class 2:ie
pace, and Rosemond took the best part
of II, Alcyne second. But let Il be re-
membered that by the time Aleyne fin-
ished toying with the fair Rosemond she
had record OF 2:1lH attached 70 her
name.
The next week, at Rittaining, Pa. in
the 2:17 pace, Alcyne made the ac-
duaintance Of N'tle Boy. After the hrst
heat. in which the Boy was compelled
to take record Of 2:15A TO head Alcyns
at the wire and a record Of e14k in
| the second heat to stall her on n the
finish. the Washington mare won out
with record Of PIX. got in the third
heat OF the race. II was at Easton. Nd,
Alcyne first met that other good WASH
ington mare. Alice NJ, 2:l5k. BY this
time fierce rivalry had arisen between
| the relative owners Of the two, great
pacing mares, as well as among their
respective admirers There was at times
an atmosphere Of hot air on both camps. /
dense enough to smother an elephant.
II was a 2;1s pace purse 500 went three
| heats. and Alcyne was the winner. To
do this she was compelled to lower her
record TO 2:l5k.
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At Rockville, Nd. the next week. Alice
NJ. took her revenge for her beating In
the 2:I7 pace. purse 500. The daughter
of cooper's Hanius caught Alcyne lame
/ from kick and polished her OF in
straight heats, best time 2:1Tk. Alcyne
getting second money. In spite OF her
disability, Alcyne made a game effort to
/ win. II took two weeks OF rest after
| this race for Aleyne to round TO. II
took Kenworthy all the summer, and he
| Is stiil rounding" so to speak. as is his
owner, who has been throwing seventeen
varieties Of ffts over the expense In
volved. But such is life on the Potomac.
Having been entered at Hanover, Pa.
! in the 2:12 pace, purse $500 thither Al
cyne was shipped. where she met Asa
/ Danferth. She was not real good yet
on account of having been laid up, and
Danforth took first mosey and Aicyne
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I lentown, which followed. the brown mare
was cherry ripe II was 2:4 pace,s the
| purse was s. .0oQ and Corbin had Alcyne
keyed up to high. C-and her notes
sounded true and clear. Barnetta B. was
the one she. had to beat. and she did 1t
in straight heats winning a net sum OF
500, the largest amount she had ever
won In single race. best time 2:1fSt-
This race demonstrated that Aicyne was
now approaching the apogee of her 1872
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Norman Corbin, her proud owner, was
now engaged In seeing visions Of wealth,
and. perchance, was also seeing in his
dreams a French chateau, all his own,
perched on one of the loftiest peaks IN
the Blue Ridge range. with serfs and
vassais at his beck and nod. But at
Lancaster. Pa, there was a little horse
called Ashline, and he could pace good
lick. To make long story brief, Ash
line took Alcyne into camp for first
money in a 500 purse, and Alcyne only
got second money best time of the three
"on, TO Richmond" At that point was
mile track and 1900 purse, and the
clan of Corbin. of which j. W. corbln.
OF Hamilton, Va, is the hereditary chief.
needed that money. Aicyne was 50 good
on that eventful day that IL seemed a
shame to take the money-as much a
crime as taking candy from a baby. She
paced rings lround everything IN her
field. Corbin would give them lengths.
toyed with them for three straight heats.
and, n necessary, could. have driven Al
cyne three heats that day over even
that slow track for PAGERS in 2:lo.,. AS 1t
was. she lowered her record OF 2:lfiz to
2iiA, and there It stands.
At,s,,,,, -. II, -, -. -s,, :.
Richmond-she was peaches and cream
and bisque glace on the side. OF the
900 purse she drew 80 per cent as her
share, winning inside of fourteen days
Sl,50o As she originally only cost her
present owner $3.50 and had not been
worse than second IN any Of her races.
she had proved a pretty nifty invest
ment, an Of the other Req Mediums
brought 10 Washington with Alcyne COM
bined had not been able to win one-third
as much in their entire racing careers as
Alcyne won in two weeks OF the present
year. The rejected stone proved 10 be
the cornerstone Of the temple At Pc
teissburg Acyne met the fast PAGER Foote
Prince for purse Of $500,
To have beaten him would have CONF
PEELED Alcyne TO lower her record again
20 an undesirable point. She made Foote
Prince pace one heat in 2a1k and 10
have beaten him for the insignificant
sum Of $50 and at the same time at
the close OF the season gain aflower
record. would have not been good busi-
money. Euporia, Va. was her next OBJ
5ective point, where she got drst money
IN a 800 purse IN the 2:14 pace. beating
Rosealind Mckinney In 4 four-heat race,
best time 2;1Hk At Laurel Nd, the fol-
lowing week. she met that good and
game PAGER Russell Cozine, who won the
first heat In the fast tine Qor the track
Ct 2:i4k There was nothing 10 Il but
the brown mare IN the three heats that
followed. she pacing one heat II PIX.
Alcyns won in -1s12 from the cay she
started. reeordiess. at WiImlnfton. Del.
In the $50 pace. SIX frst moneys and
nine second moneys. Her first money
winnings tneD amount to sz.soo: her sec
ond money winning tneO amount 10 /
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