The Washington herald., 1913-09-07

by l.. ID. SALE.
Two months still remain OF harness
racing sport. and no trotting stallion
has appeared the equal OF Baden. 2:05a,
nor one worthy TO be compared with
him.
The richest turf honors Of the year be-
long to the bay mare Tenara. daughter
OF Moko, son OF Baron Wilkes. 2:ls Her
gross winnings up to Tuesday last
amounted to over S4O.OeO: her net win
nings something over $4,000. with the
New York State Fair Stake, and the
Michigan State Fair Stake-al rich
stakes, still in sight-to say nothing of
the rich stake hung up at Columbus, and
the classic Pennsylvania Stake at Lex
ington, which every horseman covets as
the highest honor OF the racing year.
II is-expecting too much OF this re-
markable mare TO believe she will cap
ture every one of these rich stakes. Her
leg infrmities on the one hand, and the
fast miles she has been compelled to go
from Cleveland to Hartford. where she
won on Labor Day the $4,000 Charter
Oak Stake. are all against such a con-
tinuous chain of victories. Should Tenara
win even a quarter OF the stakes that
remain to be won. she will occupy a
niche in turf history along side Of Sweet
Marie, the greatest race mare of the
century, in which she performed. In
the most OF these stakes Tenara will be
compelled to encounter Reussens. who
showed her the way home at Detroit.
where she was very lame; and she will
have to meet, probably in some of her
races, the great young mare, Judson
trotting stallion. Lord Dewey, to say
nothing about Star Pointer, in Dan Nc
Donald's stable. All are antagonists
worthy of her steel
With Tenara out of It, the four
year-old Judson Girl, in Cox's stable,
is the best young race mare OF 1918.
Her sire is Peter the Great, and her
owner is James Kavanaugh, of Har-
risonburg, Va, former owner of Hum
bolt, and of the ANworthy gelding that
was a stellar attraction in 1911. II
Judson Girl retires sound and too much
has not been taken out OF her the pres
ent year, in 1914 she should be able
to duplicate the triumphs of Tenara in
1918 in her more mature form. The
Peter the Greats, as a rule, are race
hcTses par excellence, as are also the
Mokos. Their racing quality possibly
exceeds that of the family founded by
Bingen, but their speed-producing
power does not measure up with thar
conferred by the immortal son of May
King Time only can determine which
family will prove the more lasting.
Since going to Kentucky Peter the
Greats opportunities in the stud have
been greatly increased.
Owing to unavoidable circumstances the
Labor Day results at ForestviIle Driving
Park failed to appear in the public prints
much to the disappointment of those
interested. The attendance was one of the
largest ever seen at the track, ard rep
resented quality as well as numbers. The
card was an interesting one, but ths
sport offered by the genial and popular
doctor would have been more keenly en-
joyed had there not been so many
tedious waits. These waits were so fire.
quent and so prolonged that the large
crowd OF spectators grew impatient long
before the sport ended Thsrs are many
things needed before ForestviIIe Driving
Park can become an ideal racing resort
But what is needed more than any other
thing in order to insure as near as pos
sible continuous performances and keep
the crowd interested Is some one to get
the horses out on time That Guty has
never been conferred on any one except
DIR. Sansbury. and the doctor is tco busy
in other directions. The doctor attempts
too many roles, and. although a man OF
wonderful versatility, he does not fully
measure up to every requirement An
other very pressing need at Forestville.
especially, in the judges stand. is the
power to enforce rulings. As matters
now are, no such power is lodged in the
hands OF the judges Drivers can and do
DEFY the Judges Such conditions lead 70
and even to mob violence. We
boldly maintain (and we care not who
the assertion hits), that any trotting