The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
BY L. D. SALE.

Don't
Forget
That the two and three-year-old tro..
ting stakes
WIN be raced on at Rockville November
| L. provided the weather permits
The two purse events. in addition. viii
also be worth seeing.
| Alfonso corbin washington's premier
reinman and trainer,
Is back In town FOR the fall and winter
months
And !. located at his old headauarter.
In Bennlng.
T. v; sDuuworth's ysarIlns any. Mary
lAxworthy,
WIN winter at Benton NJ. Rays farm.
Inear COlesville.
Mary's harness career win begin In q
few days,
As she is entered IN the 1914 trottins
stake and a fine prospect.
J. r. Boyd and J. C. Forrest have
sent their two-year-old stake prospects
to Rockville.
Where they viii be bItted, harnessed
and driven some before taken home.
Now, you two-year-old colt owners,
don't drop with an apopletic ft Bingc
trotted a mile over a muddy track In
2:45. Monday, so Harry Ryan says.
Harry corbin, Hamilton, Va, Is home
from the races with solograph and DR..
Bell. jr.
solograph VIII be tried out as a PAGER
in 1914, as he seems to like the lateral
gait.
H. F. Hail recently purchased at Ham.
ilton, Va, Tor Baltimore parties a prom
ising youngster by Bale Axworthy,
Dam. the wen known pacing mare
Flore1ce Wilkes, I'm IA, very promis-
Ing broodmare.
Rumor Is that Laurel viii have next
spring a half-mIle trotting track within
the present running track.
Talk also Is that Bladensburg may have
a half-mfle ring in the spring, located
on the Rupert estate;
Provided a club Of harness horsemen
Is formed that viii rent or buy the
property.
The price asked is 10000, and il is un-
derstood a club license can be obtained.
r. J. oKeefe. Of this city, announces
his readiness to take 500 In stock. and.
perhaps, more.
Who else stands ready to push the
good cause along. and put Washington
where she belongs-on the racing map?
Does colt stake racing pay7 Wei,
some. when one strikes one like the three
year-old EtaHah, 2.07 IL
Think OF a three-year-old being the
leading money winner Of 1873! His earn
lngs amount TO 81, ,49S75
Tenara, 2:0S "a. earned only S2l Ioo. and
no other trotter has exceeded the $40 :
900 mark. A good stake colt Is as good
as the average gold mine.
]. II. Jones, OF Washington, has two
fine fillies by Bale Axworthy. They are
fun sisters In blood, trotters and good
gated ones.
One, a yearling, is entered in the two
year-old 1914 trotting stake. Three of
Bale Axworthy's get are entered In the
stake.
The owners OF the three are J. c. For
rest. Of cherrydale. Va; T. W. Dun
worth. and ]. r. Jones, OF the District
]. X. Boyd has sent his three-year-ol
Notchcliff filly TO the Rockville track for
educational purposes. Mr.. Boyd's son Is
doing the educating
Howard Ryan has moved Alto Nc
Gregor C2) to Rockville this week. Bingo
and Hal Hardin win soon follow.
strayed or stolen-one Dr. John E.
sansbury. Tall, handsome. and a favorite
among the ladies' Any one returning the
same will be literally rewarded. Last
heard from was on a case"
Every one acquainted with the doctors
line Of practice can guess the kind Of
case that has lured him from his friends
In town.
Norman Corbin's Penn Mar Belle.
an IA. by Ashland Wilkes. 2:17 Il, dam
by Ganbett A. Wilkes, 2:19 Ia
And Don Cozine. jr., by Don Cozine,
2:os. and Lady Cozlne by the same sire.
will soon be In the hands OF Alonzo, also
Main Gallant
And all will be logged on the road dur
Ing the winter months. preparatory to
faster work in the spring and summer.
The Belle is at Waterford. Va, ana
the others. except Main Gallant, at Ham,
ilton, Va II ever a horseman deserved
good luck in his racing ventures,
Norman Il that man. He always
stands ready TO buy a good horse. He
never assumes the role OF the tight wad,
and he always wears the smile that
won't rub off,
In all these particulars his only rivals
are Michael Morris and John Morris,
who are never persona non grata in these
columnS No, bedad. nor elsewhere.
What a wonderful sire OF speed was
the ''little black raseaT' Direct. 2:o5lk.
Flower Direct. 2.Ol; Braden Direct.
2:nh. and Directum ], 2.oeiss all PAGERS.
are by different sons Of Direct
Lord Dewey, 2:0s%. a time record. and
Anvil hold jointly the stallion record for
lgl8 Anvil got his record In a race. The
Dewey stallion is thought to be a possl-
Bile two-minute trotter.