The Washington herald., 1913-12-07
TufNews Views Gossipof CUNTS 0thersports
TROTTER
and PAGER.
BY L. d. SALE.

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Quiet reigns in local harness hors'
circles.
| AS a matter of fact, compared with
| the month of December, 1872, there d
being shown a decided falling-off in the
demand for horses ranging 10 weight
from LOO to LID and Ls0O pounds. The
cause Of inactivity is not exactly e&-
planned. The growth OF the heavy motor
| truck trade in cities accounts In part for
| the lack of demand. Hitherto Washing.
| ton dealers have had a steady demand
from commercial cities of the Southern
Atlantic coast; but thus far this yeaI
the call for workhorses has been alarm
ingly moderate. Possibly, after January
1, there will be revival of trade.
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That revolution is imminent in the
matter of interior transportation through
out the entire United States, is evident
to every person who keeps abreast OF
| the, times and reflects. The good roads
movement is one that must go forward.
One State after another is falling into
line Isolated communities are awaken
ing TO the necessity of quicker transpor-
| tation, and quicker transportation be-
tween farm and market can only be
achieved through a system of good roads.
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The motor truck, in many OF its most
essential parts, is still IN crude state.
Its price is still. too high for the average
farmer; but the day is near at hand
when its manufacture will be cheapened.
And when the day arrives, the good
roads movement will have been well ad-
vmced. and the motor truck will come
to its own. We predict that the motor
truck will then, not only come TO its
own, but that il will. perforce, compel
its adoption by every Up-to-date farmer.
1t will carry heavier loads a greater
distance in a given time than horses can
possibly do the task, and at less cost of
keep, thus economizing time and labor
when both are most needed. The hay
and grain, hitherto fed TO the draft ami
mails. can then be turned into cash.
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II we were as fully enlisted in the good
roads movement as we are in the ad-
vancement of the light harness horse, to
which this column is devoted, We would
refer to the fact that II was as much the
good roads that made Rome the mistress
Of the world as 10 was the valOr of her
soldiers under the Caesars. In fact. II
was not until she began the construction
Of good roads that she was able to fully
conquer and hold the hostile Latin prov
inches within her natrual boundaries, nor
extend her conquests beyond the Alps
into GauI and Spain. This system OF
good roads was applied by Rome even
to her far. Eastern possessions. By no
other means could the Imperial City of
the West have so long maintained her
conquests; by no other means could she
have knitted together in a common bond
of interest the provinces of Italy.
Rome is. no longer mistress of the
world. nor has she been for upward Of
1000 years. But. the roads she built in
the days of her greatness and grandeur
survive in all parts of Europe. wherever
trod the feet of her conquering legions.
These roads. the Appian Way. the Castle
OF st. Angelo (Hadnan's Tomb, and the
Coliseum defy the destroying elements
Flavian Amphitheater-a
type of the Roman character in its high
est estate, before luxury had enervated
mind and body. inspired the noble lines:
While stands the Coliseum. Rome shal stand:
When falls the Coliseum. Rome shall fall:
And when Rome falls, the world
As the returns come in from all parts
of the country, the student OF bloodlines
IS again Impressed with the greatness of
10 as a progenitor of ex-
RENE speed. 1t is estimated that when
ne died his sons and daughters numbered
$50. Among the least thought of among
ais sons was Happy Medium, whose veins
,arried no part of the vitalizing American
;tar blood that did so much to lift Ham
from obscurity as a sire OF
rotting speed. Nevertheless Happy Me-
iium's dam was highly bred for her day. |
md in merit as a race mare only second |
n rank to Flora Temple, her doughty |
sEN Ils,G g.
OF Happy Medium, the male |
inc direct of the house would be extinct.
n the female line it survives most promi- |
lently in Nancy Hanks, and in the dam |
# Red Medium, that most excellent |
Western sire.
Compared, however, with the results |
LchieVed by such other sons of Hamble- |
oman as George Wilkes and Electioneer,
Happy Medium fills a minor space in con-
trotting turf history. That |
Peter the Great is a phenomenal sire of |
arly and extreme speed must be con-
eded. That he is the leading living sire
f extreme speed must also be conceded,
nd with the speed he begets is united
acing qualities of the very highest order.
While no son of his is yet in sight that |
anything near his powers, II will /
e a great national misfortune If he shall /
ass and leave not one male heir worthy
o perpetuate his glory and his fame.
With Baron Wilkes and Wilkes Roy
cad, Mckinney, in the sere and yellow,
examples of the Wilkes
train Of blood are fast Iessening in
lumber. Moko is by far the most illus
rious Of Baron Wilkes sons now living,
nd, as sire, best represents the blood
f George Wilkes. Walnut Hall, Bin
ora, and Expedition best represent the
of the family founded by
1fectioneer. The signs point to the per-
'etuation of the Wilkes and Electioneer
trains for generations to come. What
yer there was of baseness of blood
nited with that of Hambletonian in his
tud career, his worthiest descendants
viii escape. It is evidently the divine
ecree that the mighty stream Of speed
ct in motion by the union OF AbdaIlah
nd the Kent Mare shall flow on with
esistless force in certain defined chan
els. ~
The Tweed unto tbe Severn flows,
The Severn to the sea
Aud Wicklifs blood shall spread abroad
Wide as her waters be. Il
The recent determination of G. K. 6.
of New York. to transfer all ofI
is breeding plant, headed by the Har-
90, 1