Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25
HARNESS H0RSEMEN
Recent Break in Winter Has
Woke Up the Local Drivers.
TRAINING THORoUGHBREDS
Fully Twenty Washington Trotters
Will Be in Races This
Season.

The balmy weather OF the past few
days has set local harness horsemen on
edge, and all are ready for early action
The winter has been q cold and dreary
one. which has only whetted owners,
trainers and drivers for the excitement.
pleasure and possibly profit that the near
future promises.
From the present outlook there will be
forty or more Washington-owned trotters
and PAGERS in training this spring. OF
course, this number will be diminished
as the days roll by, but fully twenty Will
prove good enough and will go to the
races.
Among the prospective bunch la w. FL
Millers Alice M. that started green last
year and wound up with a record Of
q 1914. winning first money fourteen times
in seventeen starts; Boski, q trotter that
as q three-year-old won three races out
OF seven starts, and two youngsters
bought at the recent midwinter auction
at Madison Square Garden. Mr.. Miller
will do his own training and driving.
Alonzo Corbin will open his stable with
q lengthy string Of promising ones.
Among the bunch will be the trottine
mare. Berka: the trotting colt, Fox
worthy: the pacing mares Alcyne and
Lady. and probably the trotting gelding
Gentle John.
Harry Bowiin will have Palm Cozine
2.18A: Bedworth. 2.21A: Wolverine. Har-
vester and a number Of other slow rec
| ord or unmarked ones in hand. All. OF
| town. Md; and besides them Trainer
Bowlin il likely to have several Wash
| ington-owned horses in his stable.
| Charley Widmeyer says he will have
i Hn,,p Arya In, hov nd oil n06 in
| city.
These four trainers expect to be 10.
Gated before the middle Of March. The
Montgomery County Fair Association
track at Rockville, Nd. promises to be
| q busy place from that time until the
coming racing season begins at Nor
folk. Miller. Corbin. Bowlin and Wild
meyer have all planned to train there
| and 1t Is not unlikely that they will
be Joined by Tom Cannon. Clayton
Fahrney and other educators. each
with a lot Of prospects.
John Crawford will do early work al
/ the track on the Javins farm, but in al
probability will also give finishing
/ touches to his charges at Rockville. Al
present Crawford has only one or two
horses that are not owned by the Javins
brothers, John and Francis. The flower
of his flock is a three-year-old filly by
| the trotting stud Montana Guard, ann
dam, Bell Hazel. PAGER, IGN. This filly
Is said to have a world Of speed. She
first call OF the bell She will be raced
this year IL misfortune does not over
| take her. Javins brothers own her, az
they DO her sire and dam.
| c. C. Waters, owner OF Pleasant Fields
stock farm, Germantown, Md. will also
give final preparation to his horses al
Rockville. He will have racing stable
Of half q dozen or more. Mr.. Waters
| has some Of the best trotting blood the
country affords at Pleasant Fields. He
regularly each year goes to the races
and rarely fails to- make creditable
| showing.
Besides the above-named trainers. Char.
ley Keyes, Tuck Rabbit, John Veigt and
other Montgomery county owners viii
have horses In training at Rockville
The Faucet brothers Of Potomac will bs
there with Miss Finch and others.
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II. A. Tyson of Wilmington, probably
the most widely known trotting horse
trainer and driver In Delaware. hal
la two-year-oh trotting colt, brother tt
g. F. Halls Keenworthy. that last fal
took q three-year-old t-otting mark OF
i2.2M. The dam Of the Tyson purchase
IL daughter OF Kushau. 2.1S.
| NJ Jester. Washington. D. c.. bough
Phona- a brown two-year-old colt at Mad
and his dam is Tashi. by Walnut Hall
This shows Phona to be q young
ster OF exceptional breeding. and looks q.
though the Washington harness hors,
contifgent Is about to gain recruit tina
lmeafs business.