The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-24


be shown, and he was. The mare
had a smooth, oily way of getting
over the ground, and, with it all
was what is known on the turf
as level-headed. She was abso-
lutely sound, and is the same to-
day in spite of her numerous fast
miles and in spite of the fact that
in some cases she was, in 1912,
raced twice a week.
Everything in this world is the result
of something that happened previously
And when the reader of this column lets
that immortal fact soak deep into his
mentality, he will better understand why
it is that this bay mare of unfashion-
able breeding has accomplished so much;
why she means SO well and why 1t Is
that she is able to go any reasonable
distance in her races and still remain
sound and cheerful Cooper's Hannis,
her sire, is the son of Garrison, 2:26 Ia,
out of u daughter of Hannis, 2:l1 81.
Garrison, in his day, was noted race
horse. he having achieved his record in
a ten-heat race at Belmont Park, Phila-
delphia.
The sire of Garrison was Orange Bios
sam. 2:26 IL, by Middletown. son of
Hambletonian 10 The dam of Orange
Blossom was a daughter of the famous
Seely's American Star. Every link in
this chain of breeding has long been
noted for its wearing qualities. The fam
lily is also noted for its longevity. Orange
Blossom lived to be thirty-five years of
age Garrison died at twenty-siNs years.
Hannis, IL our memory be correct, died
at twenty-three years. Hannis, a son
Of Mambrino Pilot; was one OF the best
and gamest race horse of hlgh-wheel
days; the same Hannis that the late
John Turner cut the $4,000 watermelon
with at Chicago over twenty-five years
ago. The dam of Alice NJ. was a daugh-
ter Of Bedworth, a very remarkable sire
of speedy and game horses, as the year
book demonstrates. Bedworth is a son
of Woodruff, who was a son of the
world-renowned Nutwood, 2:1S "a. son of
Belmont and the world-renowned Miss
Russell. Back Of this is the blood OF
Marshal Ney, a sire of determined race
horses ard enduring roadsters and, far
Their back still. is the blood of Mohawk,
a horse of Hambletonian and Morgan
blood.
, Alice NJ. flashed on the public eye dur
ing the racing season, of 1911, her first
start in this section being at the Laurel
spring meet in which she showed that
she was a PAGER far above the ordinary.
She raced the Eastern Shore circuit, win
ming every race which her owner wished
her to win, and captured the Norfolk
Va) $1,000 stake about as she pleased,
getting a record at that point of 2:17 IA.
The next week she won the big end of
the $500 purse at Richmond, and after
some minor starts, in which she was a
winner, retired the largest purse winner
of either sex ever owned in this section.
Her owner, trainer, and driver has never
pretended to be a Murphy, a Geers, or a
Cox. He is one of the successful young
business men of the National Capital, a
young man who is the architect of his
own comfortable fortune, a man who has
taste for fine horse flesh and who
during the summer months races for
recreation, and, if possible, for profit.
For two seasons Mr. Miller has raced
the largest stable Of any individual horse
owner whose residence is the Capital of
the nation with signal success. He buys
his horses on his individual Judgment.
If he gets the worst of a deal or pur-
chase he is as mum as an oyster No
matter how hard hit he is, he never re-
Veals his scars to the public He has
taken discards and worked marvels with
them. He has bought crfppIes, patched
them up. and wrought wonders with
them. What he knows about condition
ing horses for a; hard campaign he has
learned from keen observation and ex-
peTience- The highest tribute that can
be paid to his training system is that
ne mas never made cripple. His horses
are W1ntered far from washington. In
the Northern Neck of Virginia, and there