The Washington herald., 1913-10-12
TrOtter and PAGER

avoided. Next to the final selection of a
track, the meeting held next Tuesday
evening will have devolyed upon IL the
important and delicate duty of selecting
Judges for the several events. Haphaz-
ard suggestions should be carefully
avoided. Personal friendship should have
no part in their selection, and personal
| friendship should have no part in their
decisions, after they are selected. They
should know the rules, and they should
possess the courage to apply them i'm
partially. The good order of the meeting
largely depends upon whether the judges
are fit or unfit for the duties imposed
upon them. II we were called upon to
voice our Individual sentiments, We would
advise that no bookmaking be permitted
and no gambling devices be permitted on
the grounds. BY so doing the sport Of
the day will be elevated to a high plane
and made clean.
Quite as much care must be exercised
next Tuesday evening in the selection of
committees as must be exercised in the
other matters mentioned. Upon the prop
er selection of committees depends the
financial success OF the meeting. In ad-
dition TO the stake events, il is designed
that two races shall be carded-a free-for-
all trot and pace and a slower class to
fit the speed OF such horses as may be
entered. ,AIonzo Corbin announces that
some OF the horses in his stable will be
entered in one or both events, and il is
not improbable that the McHenry
brothers, W. E. Miller. and f. F. Hall
will also contribute from their large
stables OF trotters and PAGERS.
There is every indication that the stake
races will be the most bitterly fought
out contests ever witnessed in this sec
ton. The rivalry between colt owners
has ALREADY reached a high temperature,
and it is hourly climbing higher and high
er as the day of battle approaches. Every
colt owner is honing his colt to a razoT's
edge. Robert Brown in the two-year-old
stake has his flly, Betty Brown, at Rock
vile. D. J. Mccarthy has Kathleen
Dewey at the same track Ryan broth
ers are training their promising two
year-old, Alto McGregor. over the For
estville track. Jayins brothers are hav-
ing their highly bred Kushsn. jr.. two
year-old prepared for the ordeal over
one of the Baltimore tracks The sensa-
tional and speedy Bingo is in the hands
of his longtime tutor, William Andrews,
of Forestville.
Four newspapers, two morning and two
afternoon papers, are published in the
National Capital: but only one, The
Washington Herald. gives light harness
news any recognition worth mentioning
Upward of a dozen local race meetings
are annually held close to Washington,
but only The Washington Herald is ever
represented at these meetings Such a
condition OF things exists in no other
city in the United States. 1t is pitiable
to contemplate. Whose fault is il? Ger
tainly the fault does not all lie with the
newspapers, nor with their sporting
editors, who are all enterprising, wide
awake. and sagacious young men. Light
harness racing has fallen into disrepute
in the District of Columbia. Public in
terest has been diverted into other chan
nels of sport. We who are devoted TO
light harness sport have not proved our
selves worthy of popular support We
are decsdent; we are in a stage Of de-
cay: We are in a condition of dry rot.
Baseball has its devotees in the other
large cities of the country; so has light
harness horse.
Even the world series could not be sue
cessfully pulled of at Detroit. Grand
Rapids, Kalamazoo, Cleveland. Columbus,
Lexington, SYRACUSE. OF QuTlnk
race week. Its managers would not at
tempt it.. Peter Volo, Uhlan, Frank
Bogash, jr., Bradel Direct, and Directum
II might all appear in Washington under
one tent, and they would not draw
enough money to buy a ham sandwich. |
We are bowling like starved wolves for a
speedway at government expense. What
are We doing to show ourselves worthy |
Of so great a boon? We have valuable
stations within easy distance Of the
city. How many persons who could |
breed to them are doing so. From a
regiment Of enterprising, enthusiastic |
horsemen We have dwindled to a company |
with a few corporais and sergeants. |
Those who remain true to light harness |
sport may be likened to the Old Guard |
at Waterloo, where battle cry was, The !
guard dies. but never surrenders."
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Washington horses during the last week |
have been busy. Koroni won a fine heat |
race early in the week at Richmond !
and was second to Peter Sims I'm the |
2 900 stakes on Thursday. Herbert !
Cozins won at race at York, Pa, early |
in the week, and got second money in a |
race on Wednesday. W. Z. Miller did |
oRly fairly well at Richmond with Alice |
NJ, Mary Ellen. and Virginia Augusta.
Either the track at Richmond did not |
suit Alice NJ and Mary Ellen, or else
The edge OF their speed has been dulled /
oy hard and continuous racing. The
triumph I'm the world of horse
ION during the week was Uhlan's mile
IN Thursday. when he trotted a mile
over the Lexington track, hitched with \
l running mate, in 1:54 IL. For twenty
5ears the mile of Jasper Ayres, 2:0S 1-2,
had stood as a worlds record. But, as
compared with the feats of McGraw's
Giants and Mack's sluggers in the worlds
series, Uhlan's wonderful mile in the
oublic mind is as a tallow dip COM