The Washington herald., 1912-11-10

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week she compst6d II IL 9:i7 caas6 trof.
purse eto4 ana naptured tie BIZ ena a
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Previous e this shs had d>menst-aasd
In her wssk tAat ne could frot mlIeu
aroond 3:lz ana 10 rsces could nssctfste
lnst quarters Of hsr miles In thirty sec-
onds. which aAe d4 lat Timonium and
Allentown. and could .trot q last 5ha1k N
1se4 nat In race She had been sariy
entered in the a4soe stake at Richmond.
Va. and thithsf she went. where she
again met her CORY friend. NoelIa, q
fast and G1me mare. Berka won the
nru two heats around 2:17. In the third
BsrkA threw . shoe. but when C0rbfn
pulled her vide 1t the head OF the
stretch and Get sail for Aoella she trotted
past her ~ II she WAS tied. Near tina
wire she began to vobbie. went into tine
atr. and Aoella won the heat
In the next heat she showed speed in
spots. but plainly demonstrated that she
was not her former SELF She was UNI
steady. unbalanced. and seemed to be
unwilling to untrack herself, and had to
be contented with second money. It was
. hard race 70 lose. but to have-Won It
II h highly probable that she would have
been compelled to trot one heat very
forced to take . mark Of -2:133S to beat
her In the NTH heat. At Petersburg. VI.
IN the 30 stake. purse S6o0. she won over
Sidney Dayton In . four-heat race, in
which the best time was IA 2:2tk. At
Emporia, Va. the following week she
again met Sidney Dayton. Berka won In
straight heats the best end ~ . 800
p1I6C. 4hA8 Cu0cu tu8 ISu18Ik8Ot0 c8Ik-
patgn OF q mare esteemed Of little &C.
count AZ . racing tool at the beginning
Of the season. Berka II Of the wearing
and improving kind. and n good Q rae.
ing prospect a. there u to-day In the
entire East. Mr.. Norris, her owner. has
been asked to name Q price for which
she can be bought. This he has thus
oner Of 5000 has tentatively been made
for her. but Mr.. Morris declines to dis
cuss the subject for publication.
Berka will be carefully wintered, and
will be raced in 1913. possibly on the
Grand Circuit. Mr.. Norris II undecided
on that point just now. Corbin, who
unlocked her speed. favors the scheme.
The boots she wears are for protection
only and she does not wear much extra
weight She ID in color a rich bay. 10
upward Of sixteen hands high. races on
her courage. and when nattened out 10
a trotting machine. She ID q good feeder
and cheerful Of disposition. Her brush
is Of the two-minute variety. and few
trotters can live with her from the head
Of the stretch home when she Ia ip her
highest estate. The get of Bingara have
won the present season $4,000 in purses. |
and tho major part Of the winners Of
that large sum carry the Kremlin cross
gest money winner Of the year and the |
largest money winning trotter OF any |
winnings amounting to-$36.o 900 |
In purses-is bred in similar lines to |
Berka, and was far from being as great |
q trotter as she 10 at the same age.
. .
A recspitulation of Berka's racer in |
1912 shows that she started fourteen |
times and won nine first moneys. three |
second moneys. one third money, and |
was only outside OF the money once. |
Her gross winnings amounted to 6.l50. |
Her net winnings are $2.5eo-a neat sum |
Tor three months work on haH-mile |
ringA. where the average Of purses was
about $500. On only one occasion did
Berka race over . mile track. and II |
was only during the last three or founJ
weeks Of her racing career that she de-
veloped into her true form. To Alonso 1
Corbin. Of Washington. belongs the credit /
,f Berka's development. He took the L
in the rough and wrought with
masters hand. An unskiIled workman
would have ruined Gods handiwork, and
We gladly weave these laurels for his
brow. Next sunday. Alcyne, 3:llh.
NEW RECORD ESTABLEHED.