The Washington herald., 1912-10-13

marc has paced IN two minutes or bet-
ter. On the other hand. three stations
have paced In two minutes or better
Dan Patch. 1:sS: Audubon Boy. 1914.
and Star Pointer, 1:se1-2. The two nryt
named sre hneal male descendants q
~ No lineal male descsndant OF George
Wilkes has thus far trotted IN two min
utes or better. Two iineal male descend
ants Of Eiectioneer have trotted In two
minutes or better-Uhian and MAI. DEB
mar. The Hal family. the only purely
pacing family In the United States. has
only one representative in the two-min-
ute or better iist-Stsr Pointer.
1ssSs
Tho records show that extreme speed
In the wilkes family II confined to the
pace. and in the family Of EIectioneer
to the trot.- Senator stanford used 20
boast that Eiectioneer never sired Q
PAGER and never himself paced II 10
well known to an older generation that
George Wilkes paced and could pace fast
for his day. PAGERS then were not popu-
lar. and be was not encouraged. Bingen
was Inclined to be double GATED and
few Of his get are double gated. Bin
gems dam was Young Miss. by Young
Jim. and he son Of George wilkes
Doubtless the inclination to pace in
Dingen. and in some Of his descendants
was inherited from Young MisA Bin
gems two best speed producing sons are
Bingara and Todd. the last named be.
ing dead. The philosophy of breeding,
viz: the scientific blending of bloodlines
IL attractive cnly to the intelligent and
thoughtful. Every man who owns q
mare which he intends to breed is inter-
estea financially in the subject. II. In
our dissertations from time to time, We
shall have planted seed that will grow
and bring fruitage to the horse-owner,
We shall feel amply rewarded for the
time and labor. spent.
Berka. after winning eight STRAIGHT
| races at Richmond. on Wednesday. in the
III trot for a stake Of s2,ooo failed to do
| what her ardent admirers At this end Of
| the line hoped she would accomplish. In
the first two heats she stepped il OF in
2:l7 IA and 2:15 - when. for some rea-
| son. she became unsteady and proceeded
to hand the big end Of the purse. 81, 900.
to the little mare Moelle from Old
Pennsy. Berka, however. made her take
| q new record OF 2:l2 IA In the third heat
| before she gave up the battle The
| fourth heat was in the slow time of IA.
In which Berka was third. after break
| In the nnal. Berka again went after
Moelle and drove her out in Els L.. Dago
whom Corbin. II IL said. feared most and
| whose head is a hive of bees that begin
! to buzz the instant he gets in fast COM
pany. got no better than third. The lit
| tie black stallion Harry J. s., in Her
| man Tyson's stable. made short work
of his field In the 1900 2:15 trot He
| Deeled on two heats in 2:13 Ia. and won
the third heat in 2:1i 81 The time of
the three heats was fast for so slow Q
track.
At York. Pa. W z. MiIler's Alice NJ,
who cut her record to IA at Lam
caster. Pa. a week ago yesterday. pulled
a coriing race out of the cinders We'd
nesday and Thursday last in the 2:17
pace. four heats having been paced on
Wednesday. She won the second heat In
2:H 1-e on the first day. and finished up
| the race the day following in e:13 "a and
f2:A. The horse she had TO beat was
Mai. Hunter. who won the first and
/ fourth heats. There was eight contest
ants in the race. and the Pleasant Fields
/ stallion, DIR. Patchen. in c. G. Waters
string. fell dead at the close of the
| third heat. This was the second horse
in Mr.. Waters racing string that has
died on the race track. A valuable pac-
ing mare died at the Brghtwood track
some few years ago. owned by Mr..
Waters.
Norman Corbin's brown mare. Alcyne.
| met the expectations Of her thousands
of admirers Thursday In the 30 pace,
for a stake Of $2o0o. and. incidentally,
enriched number Of fNWashingtonians
| who placed their money on her to win.
With her head pulled sideways. she play
ed three heats with her field of nine good
PAGERS, and on a six seconds slow track
paced her first mile IN 2121s. her second
in 2:12 IA. and her third In 2:l1h Had
this extra good daughter Of Red Me-
| dium been asked she could have stepped
the Richmond track three heats in 2:lO
or better. 1t takes a genuine race mare
to lower her record three times in a
single afternoon. especially when the
heats are around 2:11 and 2:12 There Is
an excellent prospect for Washington
| ians to see Alcyne, 2:11k. and Alice NJ.
2:13 II. In q match race over the Forest
| Vile track the first week in November
for 500 a side. Dr. Sansbury has de-
| cided to give q race meeting the week
| following the close of racing at Laurel
DR.. Sansbury has been playing TO Q
losing business the present season. and
Washingtonians are inclined to give him
rousing benefit. Norman Corbin in
formed the writer yesterday that he 10
| willing to match Alcyne against Alice
NJ. and he said he had understood that W.
E. Miller. Alice MS owner. was anxious
| to try conclusions with him before the
two mares are retired to winter quarters.
DR.. Sansbury' hopes to be able to an
nounce his card In The Herald Of next
Sunday. Alcyne performs In the free
for-an trot or pace at Petersburg this
| week. and the following week Will be at
Emporia. Va. From thence she will be
shipped to Laurel. Alcyne has won in
stakes alone. within the past three
weeks. 2.0oo. Her net winnings for the
entire season win be not far from "a 900.
Berka's next start will be At Hagers-
town. where she II entered In the big
rotting stake. In Alcyne. FL IL. Alice
NJ, 2:i3 II. and Berka, 2:141-4. Washing
| ton has three mares Of Grand Circuit
caliber. All three are likely to perform
in 2:lo' or better in 1919 even on half
mile rings. A lot Of good young mate
rial owned In the District is already be-
ing held In reserve for the season to
follow. Our good old towns no longer
punk. our horses are no longer junk.
We are hot stun, not on the blink. what
ever otheEs choose to think.
No proposition heretofore advocated in
this particular column Of The Washing
ton Herald, has met With greater favor
than the two-year-oid stake proposition
to BE- ptlle1 OF In the fall Of 1919 over
the track offering the best Inducements.
| And We may add that. inasmuch ~ there
m q number Of good three-yeaiD bids
owned In and around Washington. .
| three-year-oA stake u not an impossible