The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-10
Trotter and PAGER

being brought to the post at Kalamazoo
Tuesday in the three-yeAr-old trotting
| stake may be considered . species of
good luck On the part Of owners and
trainers. Etawah. winner Of the ,o0e
Horseman Stake, seems to be the best
Ithree-year-old of 1918. He Is totally blind.
! and this sad fact makes his racing career
all the more remarkable. Although IN
new hands, he having been only recently
purchased by Frank o. Jones, Of Mem
phis. Mr.. Geers seems to have gained his
full confidence How a colt ~ blind As
Etawah Is could be made to race as fast
as he does and be as weIl-mannered and
rate as well as he does Is one Of the
wonders of the world and an impenetra-
BILE mystery. Cox's good colt. Peter John
son, was Ill, hence his poor showing in
the stake. A high price was paid for
Peter johnson, and he was purchased
with the view Of capturing the futurities
Of 1913.
August and September are fair months.
the Montgomery County Fair. held annu-
ally at Rockville. The fair will be IN
action the latter part of the present
month, and will follow the Colesville
Horse and Colt Show, which takes place
August Is. The drive to the Ray farm
on which the show will be held, Is one
Of the most beautiful in this section. and
over good roads Nearly every rod of
the way to the farm Is shaded. and there
are excellent wells Of water along the
route. Persons owning machines can
reach the farm from the center Of tn.
city in thirty minutes. A good horse viii
traverse the distance in an hour and q
half. For a days, outing nothing is liable
to transpire In this bailiwick during the
month Of August as inviting rs the Coles
vile Horse and Colt Show. Everything
usually seen At q horse show win be seen
at this show. Horses viii be sent over
the Jumps, and the Ray meadows are
specially adapted for steeplechasins. The
Montgomery County agricultural and ami
NAL exhibit promises to be Of q high
order. II racing Ii added to the program.
which We hope may yet be the case, the
box-ofnce receipts win Be greatly en-
larged.
And while on the subject Of fairs We
have lying before US the program Of the
Interstate Fair Association. Of Lynch
burg. Va. Of which F. A. Lovelock Is
secretary. The race card ID an elaborate
one, and can be had by addressing Mr.
Lovelock At Lynchburg. The opening day
will be Tuesday, September 90 Entries
close September . at II q m, and records
made on that day are no bar. The purses
range from 500 to 500. and the running
purses also are quite liberal The purse
for the free-for-all trot or pace ID 800
The Virginia Fair Circuit opens at Mar
ion. Va. August q, and there . three
day meeting viii be held. Staunton opens
its meeting September Z and II also runs
three days. Then follow Galax. Radford.
TasewelL and Roanoke, and the circuit
ends At Lynchburg. The Richmond State
Fair opens October and closes October
II. Crowds turn out to these meetings
that cannot be summoned from other sec
tiona Tho hardy mountaineers In the
mountain districts turn out to . man.
woman. and child. and even the big
house dog. that does double duty In
guarding his masters property and In
hunting game for his table. becomes
good sport and takes his place under the
rear axle Of the wagon. These noun
taineers travel forty. and even 0xty.
miles in order to take In the races. and
sleep In their wagons on the track A
travelling correspondent Mt for his 5oo
could get enough material 10 run him .
year. It - within the territory covered
by, this circuit that John Fox picked up
the threads Of his popular novel The
Tran Of the Lonesome Pine"
The liz event OF the week at Kalama-
200 vas on Wednesday. when The 4okc
mare Tenara. In Andrews stable. Won
the leo stake. the richest Of The rear,
h four straight heats. the stake be1ng
raced a the four-hest plan Tsnafe -