Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-03-01
Rockville Fair Grounds To Be Har-
ness Horse Mecca.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
The Montgomery Fair Association track
at Rockville, Nd. promises to be the mecca
for horsemen of this section this spring
From present indications about 40 trotting
and pacing horses, three-fourths of them
owned in Washington, will be prepared
there.
The Washington trainers and drivers
who have already announced their intention
to locate there are Alonzo Corbin, W. E.
Miller, Harry Bowlin and Charley Widmey-
er, and Tom Cannon and Clayton Fahrney
may join the bunch at any time, while
later the Pleasant Fields Stock Farm, Ger
mantown. Nd and John Crawford, now
| jogging at the track on the Javins farm,
near Colesville, will in all probability put
the finishing touches on number of horses
there.
Among the Washington-owned horses
that will be worked at Rockville are Alice
M. PAGER. 2I61-4 Boski, trotter, 2:25 "a.
and 2-year-old and 4-year-old colt
bought at the recent Madison Square Gar
den auction. The 2-year-old, Hal Harden.
is by MokO, and the 4-year-old Mordecai.
is by Cochato This quartet is owned by
W. f. Miller, the local merchant. who will
do his own training and driving
Harry Bowlin will have string of four
or five. Among the bunch will be Palm
Cozine. 2I8 Ia Bedworth, 2:2l Ia Har-
vester. 2:23 Ia and Wolverine, 2:29 Ia,
trotters, and Russell Cozine, PAGER. 2:l8 IA,
all owned at Leonardtown. and probably
two or three owned here in Washington. 1t
is said Russell Cozine has entirely recov-
cred from his Prospect Park mishap and
that he promises to be faster this year
than ever.
Charley Widmeyer has not given out the
names of the horses he expects to have
nor the names of the owners he expects
to represent. but it is said he will have
several good ones in hand, all Washington
property.
In addition to the above, Thomas Keys,
Tuck Rabbit. John Veiet, the Fawsett
brothers, and other Montgomery county
owners and trainers are sure to have some
thing doing at the Rockville track.
Trainer Corbin will have long string
this year. as heretofore. Among his lot
will be Jack Morris daughter of Bingara,
Berka: George Martins half sister to Miss
Hobson; Norman COrbins Alcyne j. M.
m Ahnb
DunwOrth's black eelding, Gentle John.
Berka is regarded as the flower of this
flock. This mare was bred on the William
Russell Allen farm, the home of Kremlin,
2:07 "a. Pittsfeld, Mass. and had a
2-year-old mark of 2:26 IA when Mr.. Nor
ris bought her. Berka did little racing until
last year. During the last campaign Train
er Corbin started her eight times She got
a slice of the money in every race but one.
Her best race, perhaps was at Richmond.
where she finished 8. 3, and 2, in heats
gone in 210 Ia, 216 Ia and 2I8 Id.
Alcyne is another promising one in the
Corbin bunch. 1t is well known fact that
this mare reeled off quarter after quarter
at St. Asaph's while she was in training
there in 80 and 81 seconds, and looked
like sure 2:l0 PAGER, when she went
wrong and was laid up. Alcyne is appar-
emily all to the good now, and COrbin has
high hopes for her. Alcyne is daughter
of the famous young sire, Red Medium.
Her dam is by Alcymont, sire of William
Mack. POS.
FOxworthy is a 2-year-old. son of the
promising young sire. Bale Worthy. He is
said to possess phenomenal natural speed,
and his development will be watched with
marked interest Foxworthy's dam is by
Axtelloide.
The Martin mare. by Hobson. is a big,
strong. seal-brown. Corbin worked her
about three weeks at Laurel last fall and
drove her a mile in 2:2O Later. when she
looked ripe for good race she went lame.
The Dunworth eeldine. Gentle John, is
by Austral, and his dam is Peppina, 2I9.
He is therefore full brother to Manuella,
2:O7 1-2. Gentle John is good headed,
good GATED, and has. with little training,
demonstrated on more than one occasion
his ability to trOt right around 2:20. He
| is unmarked,
J. r. Jones has nominated his mare,
| Nora Bell. in the Horse Review $17,500
futurity for foals of 1912. which will be
raced in 1914 and 1916 Mr.. Jones is
credited with being the first Washington
horseman to make such venture. Nora
Bell is daughter of Dundee. She is in
foal by Bale Axworthy.
The well-kn0wn bay trOtting mare Miss
Kushan. catalogued by f. F. Hall. of this
city, to be sold at the Madison Square Gar
den midwinter sale. did not reach the auc-
ton. The Javin brothers made deal with
Mr.. Hall for her. and she is now their prop
erty and is in the hands Of John Crawford,
on the Javins farm. near COlesville. Md.
Miss Kushan started racing last year, with
a mark of 1922 ID. and wound up the
season with record of 216 Ia, the fastest
mark ever taken by a strictly Washington
bred trOtter or PAGER She will be raced
| this season along with other horses owned
| by the Javins firm Miss Kushan started
in ten races last year, and did not finish
outside the money.