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

Forestville.
1t will be well worth your while. for he
is decidedly the most sensational yearlingl
ever seen in these parts up to date, well
hammered, handsome as an artists
dream. and how he can trot! We paid
special visit to Forestville Thursday ana
saw him work out against a very good
three-year-old. and the latter had moth
ing on him in the way of speed. The For
estvi.le track, on Thursday, was just
simply velvet, and II DR.. Sanbury can
keep 1t so for the July the Fourth races,
fast time will be made over IT. Harvest
Hall and Hal Hardin were also in evil
dence during the afternoon. Harvest
Hall shows signs of rounding to. and.
If carefully worked, should be able to
make his presence felt in the coming
three-year-oid stake.
Hal Hardin made a great showing
Thursday, and, If he continues to increase
in speed the way he has for the past
month, the horse that beats him in the
three-year-old stake will have TO make a
record much better than $50, and perhaps
around 2:25 The little Bingo horse was
not in evidence, as he had TO be sent to
the shop to be shod; but old Linkwood
May was, and the way she marched her
three miles in her work would indicate
that the horses in the 2:20 class on July 4
will have TO march some to head her in
the summaries. Her West River race
two weeks ago has put the sorrel mare
right on edge. Another surprise that the
doctor will spring on visiting horsemen
and the public on July is the announce
ment that the Forestville Driving Park
has become a member of the National
Trotting Association. and that the rules
of the association will be strictly en-
forced.
Ringers and men who ring them will
hereafter get what is coming to them,
and drivers who refuse to comply with
the demand of judges and starter will
get theirs. 1t is time that wholesome
discipline was enacted at Forestvtlle, or
else nail tight the gates of the track.
The public, and those horsemen who are
inclined TO race on the level, have the
right to demand protection and the par
ent association will see that they get it
A track that will not protect its pa
irons does not deserve to exist, and
should be wiped from the racing map.
The 2:20 trot or pace should. on July T.
attract all the extreme speed that re-
mains hereabouts, and. although the
purse, $50, is hardly up to Grand Circuit
size for so fast an event, II is all that
DIR. Sansbury can afford to pay without
personal loss. We take il for granted
that local horsemen understand condi-
tons at Forestville, and do not really
desire to increase their bank deposits
at the doctors expense. as he is not
quite yet in the class of multimillion-
aires.
What may happen. If the population
of Prince George continues to increase
at its present gait, is a problem for
49,
| merous friends hope he will get his.
Old Brightwood. even in its best days.
| was not noted for its big purses, al
| though back Of it were a few men of
| ample means. The writer recalls one
| race in which he won first money. which
! amounted all told, to the munificent sum
| of $50. Horsemen in those days were
glad TO race for the pure love of racing.
| and the fin that could be extracted
| days of which We write, there were 100
horses owned in and about the District
| who had speed to burn, where one
| fourth of that number cannot be found
| now. There was less sordidness dis
played by horse owners in those days
than now. and more intense rivalry be-
| tween horse owners than is now the
| case. Georgetown, alone, could furnish
more horses of racing ability within an
hours notice than can now be found in
| the entire District of Columbia within a
| three days search with a fine toothed
| comb. John Dugan, Tim Shugrue, I'm
Gle" Collins, and the Hilleraines could
| always dig up one or more and make
a day of sport without calling on horse
men elsewhere in the District. The late
| John H. Gheen. and John r. Kelley
were usually on tap with something that
| could step, and, when the pinch came.
| 3. F. McCaully, Thomas Baldwin, Will
lam Brown, Ernest Anderson, Daniel
Mudd. the late John 0'Keefe, Frank
| Thomas, and a host of others now liv-
ing or passed away, were among the
reliables.
Gone is Brightwood, as readers Of this
page knew it in days of yore. Gone, too
made Brightwood a pleasant resting
place when the heat of summer melted
the asphalt pavements of the city. and
when even the leaves on the trees curled
| under the suns rays. The old club
house porch. on which We sat in no,
summer afternoons or. evenings and
cooled the inner man with seductive
beverages brewed by a Mannix or a
Baldwin, has long since disappeared with
the mansion proper. Morrow no Longer
recites, in his inimitable way, how an6
/
understood by veteran turtles. He hal
been resting from his labors there five
years meath the turf in Arlington. Nor
gan and Irish Jimmy"-rare characters
of the "swipe' species-no longer enter.
tain visitors with their droll speech ant
ripe experience. and no longer deal ou
chapters of "reminiscences of days spen
East and West. North and South. o.
them, too we can say, "reQuiescat IL
pace" Gheen and Hartung, and thu
stout-hearted Kelly, for so many year.
Judges, are waiting for the call to b,
, Judged Those who were counted yount
in those days. now count silver thread!
; among the gold. Ever the wheel of tint
goes round on its ceaseless course. Hope:
: and ambitions we cherished may hav'
bIossomed into full fruition, or may hav,
withered and are dust. But the delight
full idle hours we spent at Brightwoot
before beautiful homes of modern design
dotted the landscape, will remain t
hearts good and true a pleasant memory
that will abide.
| The 2:30 trot- or pace that DIR. Sans
bury-has carded for Independence Dey
should I'LL better than the faster event
for the reason that 2:3o horses are more
: numerous hereabouts than 2:20 horses
!. And, by the same reasoning. the three
|. minute trot or pace offered by the docto
should muster a much larger field still
To the real sportsman, time made is |
mere incident of racing. Well-contestet
fields, where every driver is out to win
grip the public harder than where ;
: horse goes out and spread-eagies his field
The purses In all these events are eacl
| sam IuIv 4 Is a national halliday AMI