The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-01
BY L. D. SALE.

BY L. ID. SALE.
From now on, trainers who have early
engagements will begin to move their
charges along.
From the big training camps. East and
West. comes the intelligence that all
hands are busy getting their horses In
condition for the strenuous campaign that
hes before them. Murphy. Cox. and Geer
have, as usual, large fields from which 10
pick the four OF FIVE which they usually
carry with them every Grand Circuit
campaign.
Murphy and Cox have. at the present
time, some seventy-fiye head of horses
each IN their stables. and Geers has about
the. same number. According TO last weeks
report Cox has not stepped even his
fastest horses below the $50 notch. and
Murphy has not done much better. Geers.
on the ether hand. has done miles with
some of his horses from i've to ten sec
onds better than this But Geers works
under more favorable climatic conditions
than Murphy and Cox
Nearer home, affairs seem to be smooth
nv moving on. While nothing sensational
has been attempted either at Baltimore or
Hagerstown. enough has been done to
warrant the statement that all Washing
ton-owned horses are In excellent form
and seem to have their speed. Berka,
Koroni, and Katherine Mckinney. with
Crawford. look especially good They were
lin high flesh when received. and Crawford
has, perforce. been compelled 10 go slowly
In the hardening process. The grand
prep is yet to come. and. about the
middle Of the month we shall begin to
hear something about speed trials.
From what has sifted through various
channels OF information land not much
has escaped, there are two stars of hope
In Crawford's string-Koroni and Boski-
both young trotters Of the richest breed
and each carrying in reverse sense TO a
large degree the same blood Koronfs
maternal ancestors are the paternal an
cestors of Boski, and each was bred by
the same man, william Russell Allen. of
Pittsfield. Mass. who, we are personally
informed, will follow their exploits the
coming racing season with intense inter-
est
|. Berka, 2:4 II. has this year a reputa-
ton to sustain. She closed her remarkable
campaign of 1872 with the reputation Of
being the largest money winning Eastern
owned and Eastern raced trotter that
circled the hslf-mile rings II IL un-
officially stated that. at the end of the
season Of 1872, she turned in to her gener-
Gus and sportsmanlike owners $l.ioo over
all expenses of her tour over hah-mile
tracks: while ~Koroni. who was never
started to be better than second. paid his
expenses most remarkable showing Tor
both horses II true. An animal that has
a racing reputation to sustain always
focuses the eyes of critics when II retires
with a fairly low mark and has won re-
nown as a racing tool.
The question naturally asked Is, has
Berka reached the full limit Of her speed,
and have her limitations in physical
sense been reached? The first part OF
the question has already been answered
positively enough in the negative. The
second part of the question Is one for the
future to answer. Berka has never passed
through but one campaign one may view
seriously-that of 1872. All other starts
have merely been qualifications for the
more strenuous one OF last year. Out
wardly she looks as physically fit to stand
the stress and storm OF a campaign as In
any period of her existence. The pace
will probably be faster the coming racing
season than 1t was In 1872, and We all
know that 1t is the pace that kills.
If Berka stands well the preparation
that Crawford is sure to give her there
is reason to believe she win go through
the campaign safely. In the 2:l5 class. to
which she Is eligible, Berka viii. now and
then, meet a horse that will try her out.
like Moella. The last named may be a
faster mare than Berka; but she did not
demonstrate 1t at Richmond in the fall
of 1872 Quite the contrary. What she
did demonstrate in that event was that
she was q steadier mare. Berka showed
the most speed. more brush, and could
outfoot the game and speedy daughter Of
Mabel any part of the mile. when she
held to her stride, and made her take a
lower record than her driver reiished, In
spite of the home mares breaks. We
think Berka 2:iQ trotter whatever Mo-
ella Isl, on a hslf-mile ring when at her
best 1t Is still too early TO cast the
horoscope for Kate Mckinney, Of the
Washington string in Crawford's hands
Time will demonstrate her worth.
W. K. Miller has sent word to Crawford
to LET down a peg or two on Alice NJ, Mary
Ellen. Jennie Blue. and Boski. The lines
of the Crawford and Miller stables are
not liable to cross until late in the season,
IL at all Local interest would be whetted
to a razor's edgeSif II were thought
probable that Koroni and Boski were
liable to meet in some big prize or stake,
along toward the close of the season when
both were on edge. This, however, is
promised upon what is reported of both
horses. Today they look to be the best
two young prospects ever owned in this
section, and good enough. when At. for
almost any company to which they are
eligible. ?.
Koroni is Kremlin and everyone
knows that blood stays the distance.
Boski Is a Binzer, with Kremlin cross
through his dam Greek would meet
Greek. and something would have to snap