The Washington herald., 1912-08-18
The Land Where EASY Money" Hangs on the
Bushes and tie Bushes Are Low an Iridescent
Dream-A Week of Sensational Racing.


and Mary Mack were sent on on a break
with the result that the fast daughter Of
Director Moore's second, Esther W.. got
the decision, she trotting the heat in the
fast time Of POS Ia Then II was that
Baden took command and showed his
eameness and class. oskdaie. who beat
him at Pittsburg. took the fourth heat
away from him. but Baden came back
seain in the NTH, and we rather i'm
agine that 1t was the bulldog blood Ba-
den Inherited from his Kremlin dam
that enabled him to outgame and outrun
the good field Of trotters that was pltted
against him. When horse can stand
sixteen score downs at fast clip and
then trot a second heat In 2:o6 IL. third
In 2:G Ia. and q fifth mile in 2:Os he Is
some race horse. II has been more or
less fashionable among certain set OF
horsemen to attribute to the Bingen
tribe a streak of yellow. 1t has also
been habit on the part of scme people
to belittle the Kremlins: nevertheless
they seem to be holding their own quite
well. Baden has already won upward of
$4,000 in stakes
What We predicted would happen TO
Joe Patchen II in last Sundays issue of
The Washington Herald happened TO him
on Wednesday last at the Erie track.
near Buffalo. His race at Pittsburg.
wen bctoic ldSI. IndI his last
miles were beginning TO tell on his vi
tality and strength. powerful as he un-
questionably Is. Instead of the bay stall
Hon Grand Opera, in Shows stable, II
was the bay stallion knight Onwardo, in
Rays string, who had the honor of
showing the son of Joe Patchen, POI II.
the way home Patchen, however, paced
the first heat in the fast time of 2.O4 II,
driven out by Grand Opera, who made
him go to the three-quarters pole in the
lightning fast time OF l:3O "a. This was
probably the cause of his defeat. as
Ray sent knight Onward after him
the second heat, so that Patchen could
do no better than seventh in the third
heat. In the 2:1s trot Wednesday, Geers
scored again with the black Red Me-
dium mare. Dorsh Medium, in a six heat
battle. beating the fast mare Annie
Kohl. that showed Murphys mare Queen
worthy the way home at Pittsburg
oueenworthy took the first heat in this
was drawn on account OF lameness
Murphy just saved his entrance money
with Jack London In the a:lO trot.
Not all the honors were on the Grand
Circuit Wednesday or at Salisbury
There were doings also at Monroe. And,
by the way. IL any horse owner believes
Tor even the tenth portion of a minute
that there Is any easy money" any
where on the face Of the globe, that per-
son is a badly deluded mortal. Improve
nent In the harness breed has become so
great that easy money is an iridescent
dream. Corbin pulled up his tent pegs
ct Wilmington and hIked first to Cory
and then to Rockport, anxiously looking
Tor that easy money" and. as far as
can be learned, he is still looking. When
he unloaded at each of the above points.
he soon found there were Others" He
next shipped 10 Kittanning. Pa, still
looking for that easy money" phantom.
but has not been able to catch up with
It. and he is not liable to do so any time
IL the sweet hereafter
This week Corbin will be back on his
Old camping ground, where the birds
sing more sweetly in the good old sum-
I1er time than in any other part Of
GODS country; where the women are
sweeter and truSr and prettier than else |
where; where horses can be found fast
TO give any other mans horse
all the racing he pines for; where the
purses are as big, on the average, as |
they are on other half mile rings In the |
far North and West. and the cost Of |
less than in long ship
ments. W. z. Miller showed his wisdom |
and business acumen when he Selected |
the good old reliable Eastern Shore for
his. and kept himself near base: so that |
II he ran out of money he could walk
home and get under friendly shelter. |
Wherever a horseman gees nowadays, |
whether on the Grand Circuit or the two |
laps, some one Is sure to be there with |
the goods and make you put UP a stif |
Gcht for your little percentage of the |
winnings At the Monroe two lap they
we're going all the week like great guns |
Crawford would now be money ahead |
had he taken a fling at the Eastern |
Shore circuit, albeit he would have picked |
up no easy money" He, too. will be |
back on his old stamping ground this
week.
The free-for-all race at Monroe We'd
lesday was of the Grand Circuit class.
Three of the heats paced were the fast
st ever paced over a half-mile track; In
act. the six paced are voted as being
he fastest ever paced on a half-mile
ing. With such horses in 1t as the Ca
ladian PAGER. Hal B.. Jr.: Babe. just
Irrived from the Pittsburg meeting. and
he veteran Maj. Mallow. 1t was a con-
est worth travelling a distance to wit
less. Hal b. proved to be the victor.
tut Babe and Mallow made him earn
lis victory All of the six heats were
n better than 2:l0, and three OF them
we're in 2:07 IA. In the three-year-oldl l
olt race. Doc c. who held the two
'ear-old race record for the State of
Maryland until Tillie TIpton dethroned
i'm on Tuesday at Salisbury, met his
master In Junior Watts, a son OF Gen.
Watts (0, 2.06 3-4. The best time made
vas In the second heat. which was trot-
ed in 2:16 3--only two seconds and n
raction faster than the mile made by
he Virginia filly. When Armstrong, ii
wner and breeder of Doc c., deserted
he Eastern Shore and shipped to Mon
oe, he too, was looking for easy
Money When Jamison turned his back
n the Grand Circuit crowd at Pittsburg
nd shipped the good brown gelding
sabe and the fast mare Lily Woodford
o Monroe he, too, was looking for
easy money" but the best he could
ct after all was second in each case
The Grand Circuit closed at the Erie
rack. Buffalo. with a brilliant pyro-
echnical display when the Ohio mare,
evelyn W., driven by Shank. paced two
{ the fastest miles ever paced In
ace. The first mile was paced in e:oS
nd the second in 200 IL. And 1t was
he best field of PAGERS Evelyn w. raced
nto submission ever before seen, for
ot a horse in Il but what can pace a
nile close to two minutes. In the bunch
'ere Independence Boy. Vernon McKin-
ey. Sir r., Branham Baughman. and
ION Densmore. The present has been a
ear Of phenomenal PAGERS. They be-
an early In the season to show their
orm and they have kept up their lick.
he wonder Is that horses going at the