The Washington herald., 1913-08-24

was driving winning heats when men
like Murphy and some of the other IA
nous drivers were in their swaddling
clothes. He was a contemporary of such
artists in the suIky as Bud Doble, John
Turner, Counselor Crawford, John
splan. the GoIdsmiths, and Charles
Marvin. BY reason OF A decided stoop
of the shoulders. Mccarthy was early
dubbed ''Knapsack." For several rae
ing seasons Mr.. Mccarthy was in the
employ OF John e Madden, the owner Of
Hamburg Belle and other famous trot-
ters. With a high-class mechanic be-
hind Berka and Koroni we have reason
to believe they will figure more proni-
nently in the summaries than has been
the case up to the writing of this para
graph.
From reports received. all Of the WASH
ingtonians who journeyed to Colonial
Beach to witness the races are safely
back in town. Some of them complain
o. the climate. some of them Of heads
ache, others of malaria, but not one has
been heard to complain of the water,
whether used for bathing or drinking
purposes, as water did not seem to be
popular with them
No one knows exactly what happened
to Peter LOTUS. not even Peter himself.
The last seen of him on the return boat
he was singing a very lively ode in
a falsetto key for the benefit of Martin
Meenenan. Michael 4dorris devoted him.
self at the beach and on the rturn home
TO the fair sex, as is his habit on all
occasions. As near as we were able TO
ascertain the men who run Colonial
Beach Cf they do not actually own iO
are Doc Dunn and Walter de Atley. with
Harry Haight as confidential adviser.
Harry's ambition is to be considered the
greatest fisherman on the Atlantic coast.
Diligent inquiring. however. brought to
light the solemn fact that the only thing
he has caught up to date is a bad cold.
Now that Washington horsemen have
deserted the town we presume Colonial
Beach will have to close for the sum
mer, leaving Dunn, de Alley, and the
MOSQUITOES TO hold the fort until the sea-
son of 1914 falls into line In the spring
a new half mile track will be constructed
near the town, and Colonial Beach will
occupy a large space on the racing map
sger-in-chief. And the elephant will
walk round, the curtain so down, and
the band play Annie Rooney"
Devotion to ones horse sometimes bor-
ders on the pathetic. An instance OF this
kind occurred at Denver during the week
when Buffalo Bill" who has been ad-
judged in the courts bankrupt. was
compelled to hand over to his creditors
his famous horse. Isham. which he had
ridden for the past twenty-five years.
lrhafn is well known to those who have
seen Buffalo Biif' In street parades ana
IN the Wild West show. II Is related in
the news dispatch carrying the events.
that. when the time came for parting
Bill looked of into space and a mist
came over his eyes. II is to the credit OF
the veteran Indian fighter. scout. ana
Snowman that he is capable of showing
50 much sentiment. There are so many
men IN the world who view their faithful
st eds from q commercial STANDPOINT
only, and shift them on in their old age
tc draw ash wagons. OF TO be hacked
about the streets in other menial capaei-
ties and abused. OF all the tribGs o.:
men. the Arab is credited with being
the most devoted to his horse. While he
takes much out OF him in his raids on
caravans. his faithful steed is treated as
one Of the family.
Men more civilized than the wild tribes
OF the desert may learn lessons Of hu-