The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-29

share Of the honors with Harvest Hall, |
John Bunny. and Linkwood May. The
first named won five reds and one blue |
John Bunny. six blue ribbons |
andN the championship of the Eastern |
Shore, Linkwood May won the free-for- |
ali-class, she trotting the first heat in |
the fast time (for the track of 30. and. |
In the second heat, tying her record of |
2:191-4 The time made by the sorrel |
mare Is remarkable, considering her age, |
and that she has sucked foal nearly |
every season for the past five years. Her |
chief contender was Bedworth. jr., 2:2lh. |
a very game and fast horse owned by
Harry Jones, of Leonardtown. The West
River Horse Association is an old insti- |
tuition, ana was largely patronized by
Eastern Shore people. With paper adj
vertising in advance. the annual show
would draw twice or three times the
number of people 1t has been doing In
the past.
The many friends of Austin LOTUS will
be shocked when they learn that. not
his alleged devotionNto the
noblest of all animals. the horse, he has
purchased a touring car that spells the
very latest word in motor vehicles. He
has even gone so far as to attempt TO
seduce his dearest compenion of other
days bachelor days.. Michael Morris.
into buying car. But Michael respond
ed: May nay, Pearline" In scornful
tones, for had he not had some expert
ence with cars in the old country, be-
fore he crossed the briny Atlantic?
mot on your immortal tin-type'
Is as near a facsimile of the map of
Ireland as I have not seen until you
landed. It's SO true to nature that one
can discern Erin's boys and fens, her
rills, and hills, not forgetting the
stone you kissed before you sailed.
II is related that as soon as Austin
thought he had his car subdued and
would eat out of his hand. as 1t were,
Austin drove IL to Georgetown and in
~ited Michael to get in. But as soon as
he saw Austin make some fancy spiral
glides with his machine, as he whirled
around the corner. his mind was made
up.
The 5000 accident policy he had few
days previous ordered from Sullivan, the
insurance sharp, had not yet arrived and
he begged to be excused. Michaels ex-
IRENE caution is one of his best mental
assets and this time II doubtless saved
his life. However this may be, Austin
pointed the prov Of his machine toward
the RAMS Horn" At Bunker Hill
Cross Roads he collided with cow and
nine small pigs When the honest Ger
man woman counted her losses, six of her
pigs were stone dead and the old COW
was past all hope. Near Nick SchIagers
Austin was hitting only the high spots in
the road, when he felt a jar that lifted
him from his seat. An agonizing bleat
brought him to his senses-he had run
over a calf that had been grazing by the
roadside with its mother. Turning into
RAMS Horn yard, he dislocated a post
and ripped of a car fender. Following
are the costs of that ride: To hitting cow
and pigs SIS; to killing OF calf. 80: dam
age to fender and post, S.. Total cost Of
trip. not including refreshments, 81. But
for Phil Stubener, Maurice Joyce, and
DR.. Mater, Austin might still be at the
RAMS Horn" unless he elected TO walk
home.
BY the way, in passing. the latest Is
that Maurice Joyce has removed MS
lares and penates to the vicinity of Bla-
densburg. and is now an alleged tiller of
the soil His pet crop the present sea-
son. We learn. will be potatoes. Maurice
following the instinct of the race from
which he sprung. Tim Dunworth and
Harry Duly drove TO Bladensburg a few
days since for the sole purpose Of seeing
a scientific husbandman at work. In the
field, near the pike, their attention was
directed to a sawed-on Milesian-looking
citizen. dressed in blue overalIs. smoking
a corncob pipe of the vintage when Dan
lei O'Connell was the biggest man IN all
ireland. Near at hand were some bottles
of Pabst, evidently borrowed from Phil
Stubener. who lives near by. Leaning
over the fence was DIR. Mater. with a
broad grin overspreading his face. Duly
wanted to know of Doc whether It
was a scarecrow on the stump or a real
man. Doc" hesitated, and finally de-
cided il was a man all right, and that
he was alive.
Just then all doubts were banished by
the figure waving a white rag as a signal
of distress. They knew IL was Maurice
all right, because he was never in dis
tress except when he was out of beer and
could get none. Duly wanted to know
where the potatoes were. as he had left
his magnifying glass at home. Dunworth
was inquisitive about the suit Maurice
wore. and asked for the card of his tailor.
as he wanted to rig up Carter. his handy
man of all work, with just such a suit
By this time Phil Stubener arrived and
all four-Maurice, Dunworth, Duly, and
Mater-began a species OF figuring on the
cost and value of the crop. provided the
potatoes ever came up and matured with
out rot. The conclusion arrived at was
that no one In this section would be able
to have potatoes on their table in 1913 IL
the cost Of producing them was equal to
the bill of expense filed up by Maurice.
Then they all adjourned to Stubener's.
and Morris related his experience in a
balloon at the Richmond State Fair In
| 1872 and recounted some chapters OF the
domestic troubles he had when his better
half found Norman Corbin's shoes In his
gripsack on his return from the Virginia
| State Capital. But potatoes were not
again referred to.
Alonzo Corbin is on the way 90 Rock
port, Ohio. with a string Of trotters and
PAGERS, at which point he will begin
racing. Norman Corbin and WI Nc
Henry made a deal with ]. c. Mott for
! Russell Cozine before the car started
for the West: reputed price. 1900. This
is the best buy made in these parts of
late, IL the black stallion races sound.
And yet, on last Labor Day. at Forest
willie, we pleaded with local gentlemen
to buy this fast and reliable race horse
at a road horse price-s5o0-and was
turned down. The same men have gone
| to Eastern sale marts and paid the same
sum asked for Russell Cozine last fall
| and got nothing as good. 1t Is prac-
tice of most local horsemen to pass by
la well-tried local horse and trust their
luck among strangers Frank Combs
brought two good prospects to town last
fan In Herbert Cozine and Don Cozine.
jr., and virtually presented them to their
new owners because he needed the
money and did not want to ship them
back home. We anticipate IL Russell
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