The Washington herald., 1913-11-02
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TRoTTER
and PAGER


iotte, n. c. at Greenboro. N. c., Nil
ler's string sgept the platter clean. win
ming upward of 81 .o0o In purses.
There Is a new coon IN town called Hal
Beall, recently brought here from Rich
mond. Va, by Charles Reckeweg. He v
breedy looking bay roam PAGER BY the
noted Hallock NJ. 2;osH. son Of the still
more distinguished Hal B., 2;oik. by Hal
Diilard
| of Jen Stewart. by Mambrino Patchin.
IS; second dam Thoroughbred. With little
work Hal Beali. now six. has paced a
mile without the straps In 2d7A. half
In i:051k. and a quarter in 0:2s. He may
be seen at the Reliable Horse and Mule
Company's stables. where he win be
priced.
The statement going the rounds that
Mary Ellen. 2:i2H<. has been been sold for
$500 to Southern buyer is premature.
She may pass from-W. T. MiIler's hands
soon. as several buyers have asked Miller
to price her to them. Miller says she IL
better than 2:lo PAGER
A match race Is on between Palm Co
zine. 2;19it. and w. e. MllleTs Axis,
2:I71&, for t1Oo'a side. The race viii be
pulled OF next month near HeathsyfIle,
Va Palm recently won q match race
from the fast trotting gelding Rock for
500 side over the Heathville track.
b. r. McCaully (the only b. F. Is con-
|, spicuous on the Avenue these days be-
hind a handsome pair of bay cobs,
matched to hair and gated as one
horse. 3. I. found them recently in New
York for a Mr.. Howard. Of Washington.
and they are exciting much admiration
And when Ben Is on the box behind
them with reins In hand, hat and whip
at the proper slant, Vanderbilt In the
Madison Square showing hasn't anything
on ''the McCaully'' by several city
blocks. The bays are show-ring winners
In America and Great Britain. and will
be shown here next May at our own
horse show.
Maurice Joyce is on the invalid list.
Maurice has not been his old self since
he took the famous fight In a balloon
at the State fair In Richmond a year
ago. His trip to Colonial Beach last
summer In Phil Stubener's yacht. when
he saved a beautiful Anacostia brunette
from a wstery grave. caused relapse.
Maurice and Harry Duley win soon un-
dertake their annual trip into the blue
grass regions OF Kentucky.
According to latest report, Colonial
Beach viii be put on the racing map In
1914. The baseball grounds near the town
viii be the site of the new half-mile
ring. and DR.. r. A. Dunn. Mr.. Walter
de Atley, Hon. George Mason. and other
prominent citizens Of the Beach. are
back OF the enterprise.
The proposed track is enclosed and
grand stand Is already in existence.
Much interests exists In the scheme in
Colonial Beach and surrounding country,
and parts OF Charles and ST. Mary coun-
ties, Nd, are expected to furnish material
for racing purposes.
westmoreland County, Va. is rapidly
becoming an important breeding center.
Palm CoZine and Axis have done service
for two seasons past in and around
tomac. in St Mary. is the good sire Lord
Bingen, sire Of Bingo. At The Hague.
lower down. stands Cooper's Hannis. sire
of Alice NJ, 2:09lG.
The judges selected for the stake
events and for the aged classes to be
pulled on at Rockville in November are
J. d. Sheehan, Land ONCE, who will act
as presiding Judge; DR.. ]. E. sansbury.
Prince George; J. R. Boyd and Charles
Weaver, District Of Columbia, and
We've, Rockville. Timers, Messrs. Shee-
han, Weaver. and sansbury. Starter.
ThomaS Baldwin No person under sus-
pension can act as an official on an n.
T. A. track.
The important query as to whether To-
cal owners OF stake colts may, by
majority vote. waive the nag previous to
the day of the race has not. 50 far as
personally known. been officially an
swered. The right to amend conditions
before D. m. previous to the day or the
race is unquestionably legal
Because the power to make conditions
carries with It the power to unmake or
amend, provided existent law is not vto-
lated. After p. m, previous to the day
OF q race the horses entered are ir: the
hands Of the judges. II such have been
selected, or IL not. in the hands OF the
association, under whose track rules the
stakes are raced.
American Horse Breeder: TWO Allen
farm bred trotters beat 2:l0 at Lexington
-Birmya. 2.0s IL. and Berka. 214 Ia Mr..
william Russell Allen caught the latter
in 2:Os ~" Berlka is only seven years
old, and is eligible to the 2:15 class trot In
1914 In the last heat Of her last race at
Lexington she trotted parts Of her mile
in better than a two-minute clip and
uuartering better than thirty seconds.
Az the recent auction sale in Nicholas
Bazaar, Philadelphia, Gentle John. ~ Ia.
formerly owned by 7. w. Dunworth OF
this city. was knocked down to w. G.
Massey, OF Dover. Del. for $40. Mr..
punworth has a much better trotting
than John ever was In his beau
tiful yearIing filly, Mary Axworthy.