The Washington herald., 1913-11-23

| this town, or very close to Il, everything
except a race rack and the right to say
how We shall be governed. The smell of
liquor on the public streets gets us $40 or
thirty days, and. an irregular gait at
| tached to It adds to the severity of ths
sentence. We may not drink a-giass of
beer on our own doorstep, nor under our
own vine and fig tree, any more than we
may covet our neighbor's wife We, are
jay town in some respects and a primi-
tive Puritan village in other respects. We
must fear God and the police, all in the
same breath.
Soon we shall not be permitted to kiss
our wives in the open on the Sabbath, nor
sing anything except the songs of Solo
mon. as was the case in New England a
century ago or more. Our Sunday beans
, must be baked Saturday nIgfc.- and our
Sunday beer slowed surreptitiously into
| the refrigerator the day previous and
slowed quite as secretly into our bodies
| on the following day. A bar within a
| block of a church is forbidden, because,
perhaps, 1t is a constant reminder to
some of the members OF the congrega-
tion that IL contains something they
would like to have, but can't get Yes,
this is jay town, al right There is as
wide difference between Washington
and Detroit as there is between Soco-
moke and Kalamazoo. The first named
grows mosquitoes, the last named celery
Detroit radiates the free and liberal spirit
that pervades the West, Washington the
spirit Of an age when people were burned
on suspicion Of being witches.
The Washington Times two-year-old
colt stake OF 1914 is now in evidence, and
is occupying public attention. The stake
closed early in the summer OF l9l3 and
comprises seven entries The gentlemen
directly interested in the stake seem to
have been actuated with undue haste
in closing it at such an early period,
apparently not taking into account that
the larger the list of entries the richer
the stake. 1t is to be hoped that those
interested in the three-year-oId trotting
stake of 1914 will not duplicate the error.
The quality of the entries in the two
year-old stake OF 1914 is of high class,
in the matter of breeding and individu-
ality. J. c. Forrest. OF CherrydaIe, Al
exandria County, Va, names Bell AK
worthy, Sr. c; dam Bell Hannis; Dr. ].
E. Sansbury, of Forestville, Prince
George County, Md, John Bunny, blk.
c., by Prince George; dam Linkwood
May, 2:l9k. T. w. Dunworth names
Mary Axworthy, b. g., by Bale Ak
worthy; dam Dunworth Mare, dam of
Miss Hobson, 2:17k. ]. A. Jones names
b. f.-Aroze Worthy; dam Nora Bell;
F. c. Combs, Beauvue. St. Mary County,
unnamed b. c, by Lord Bingen; dam
Syble, dam of Herbert Cozine. 2:24K.
J. NJ. Boyd. br. &. May Bell, by Kushan;
Mollie Mccarthy. blk. g., by Alto Bell;
dam Virginia Lass. Ryan Bros, ST. g.,
by Alto Bell; dam Patrice McGregor.
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The three-year-old trotting stake of
1914 has not been formally opened. In
December a meeting should be called of
those liable to be interested in the stake,
and some sort of an organization formed
that will give the stake the widest pub
ltcity in the District OF Columbia, South
ern Maryland, and Northern Virginia.
1t is quite probable that a large per
centage of the two-year-olds OF 1914 will
be listed in the stake. if not all OF them
There must be, in the various sections
named, an equal number of 1914 three
year-olds that have never started in any
stake or race.
Entries could not close earlier than
February l5 in this stake, in order that
il may be made worth the expense at
tached to the training OF a colt, which
is considerable The development of a
well-bred colt should always be looked
upon as an added value, just as one
would naturally attach to the develop
ment of a piece of real esAte, or to the
repairs to- a dwelling that is needed for
tenancy. On the day of sale the costs
are usually added to the price the prop
erty is sold for. Every one knows that
the finished product is always worth more
than the raw material, be he buyer or
seller. If men used as sure judgment in
their horse affairs as they do in their
daily business affairs, there would be
fewer discouraged and disgusted horse
owners. -.
Lack of space prevented US from CIV
ing in last Sundays Herald the three
year-olds of 1913 what was due them
Only two came to the pest at Rockville
F. n. Robinson's Hal Hardin, and E. r.
Halls Karo. What the stake lacked in
numbers. is made up in quality. Hal
Hardin is a growthy brown colt, not far
from sixteen hands, with very attractive
action in front and rear, and is live
trotter. He is said to have trave.ed q
mile over the ForestviIle track, previous
to his race. very close to 2:2o. With age,
which should give him more strength to
carry his speed, he should trot to avery
low record. He is by Moko. and his
dam is Halle Hardin, 2:lO producer of
speed, by Gambetta, a son Of Volunteer,
and he by Hambletonian 10. Volunteers
dam was the celebrated Lady Patriot,
mare that carried a great deal Of thor
oughbred blood, by Young Patriot, and
who was also the dam of Grand Senti-
mel, whose blood flows in the veins Of
Peter the Great through his dam.
Karo is a compactly made brown colt.
quite the opposite of Hardin. by velou,
a son of Moko. The bloodlines of his
dam we do not now recall, She must,
however, be a mare of merit. for her
son is unquestionably a trotter of high
merit. as was shown in his, race He
has not, as yet, the speed of Hal Hardin,
nor has he been in training as long. 1t
is claimed that he worked a mile in
2:30 previous to his race, and, from the
speed he showed on that day, il may we'll
be believed. Karo is not as snowy of
gait as Hardin, but, from trotting and
racing viewpoint, that is not a critic
rion that will stand a strict analysis
What. Karo really is, and which is in his
favor. is the fact that, like most Of the
Moko's, he likes to race, goes on the
trot and the other fact that when a
horse is in front Of him distance he
is not discouraged and never fails to
try. Horses of this kind. when they
have the necessary speed, make high
class race horses, like Tenara; the big
gest money winning mare trotter of the
year, and a daughter of Moko It may
truthfulIy be said that Karo and Hardin
are the two best examples of three-year-