Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

this year as sire. and accordingly. when
George NJ. Rommeil. chief of the division
of animal husbandry of the Department
of Agriculture. and Col. Henry Fairfax
of Virginia offered a price said to De
less than $1,000 for the sire. in behalf or
the governments cavalry remount breed
ing bureau, 1t was accepted. In future,
therefore the blood of this juvenile
stake winner will be found in the horses
ridden by the men of the I. 5. cavalry
Another filly that has demonstrated
real class here is Miss Gayle, smart
acting daughter of The Commoner and i
paca. When Walter .: Farmer; master
of the Edenwold stud near Nashville.
Tenn, and who divides his time between
Nashville and Detroit, consigned his band
Of yearlings by The Commoner and Lord
Esterling to the sale at Wayne Gardens
last summer the prices fetched were dis
appointing, in view of the high quality of
the produce displayed. He particularly
fancied Miss Gayle, the unnamed, and
when only S65 was bid for her she was
reserved and returned to Edenwold.
AS she filled out she gave forth great
promise of being a useful filly. and when
Sandy Brown. a Nashville business
man. made Mr.. Farmer an offer for her.
it was accepted, and later she was as
quired by Ed w. Moore to train. She won
her first start. and was a bang-up sec
ond to Miss Charcott in the big race.
Her dam, Alpaca, by fremont, was a
good race mare, and has already dropped
Joe Stein. which Moore raced successfully
last year.
Joe Stein a Sleeper.
This fact brings to mind one of the
most unusual occurrences of concealed
form on a race track. Joe Stein was SUP
posed to be afflicted with all the ills to
be found in veterinary almanac by the
sharps. and as Mr. Moore thought differ
ALL tl4y, ~,
this view as long as they cared to hold
It, The work watchers knew Joe Stein by
a big white blaze on his face. The astute
Moore painted the blaze with shoe pol
ish and iodine here last winter, and con-
fused the checkers when he brought Joe
out on the track. They couldn't identify
the horse. but decided it was John Fur
long, as no other horse could burn up
the track like the rejuvenated Joe Stein
could. When Joe Stein was entered, blaze
and all. the bookmakers took unusual
liberties with him, and opened him at 10
to /. He walked in,'' as the railbirds say,
and Mr.. Moore has had laugh on his
fellow-turfmen ever since.
Though the Farmer sale of The Com
moner and Lord Esterling yearlings last
year in Detroit was not a brilliant finan
cial success. the achievements of Eden
wolds get since, not excluding the per-
Torrance of Miss Gayle, will serve as a
good advertisement next year for the
formers at this meeting as Gagnet. Matte
L.. Lord Flam. Miss Waters Miss Gayle,
Commoner's Touch, Edna Collins, Plant,
Lady Sybil. Grace Nc. and others from
EdenWold cannot but fail to impress the
horsemen next year.
When, on the Canadian circuit four years
ago, H. G. Bedwell ran up Martin Doyle,
then the principal dependence in the ex-
Turney, he and the turfmen little thought
that an echo Of this episode would be
found at Palmetto Park today. yet such is
the case. The years have come and gone
and Mr.. Turney, once forced to depend
upon a few useful horses to make stable
expenses. now possesses more than a
score, and his successes on the turf last
year are known to all On the other
hand, the Bedwell luck has taken a turn
for the worse. and the spirit OF Mr.
Turney now has put him on the trail of
Bedwell and other owners.
Turney Laying for Bedwell.
Mudsll was claimed from Mr.. Turney
by the Adair-Baker outfit and in the in
term between the conditioning of his
horses and the opening of the Maryland
season Mr.. Turney, halter in hand, has
invaded Palmetto Park to wreak ven
geance on his one-time pursuers. The
first rln-up of the meeting was costly for
the Adair encourage. as Turney advanced
Busy 500 over his entered price The
stable of j. w. Hedrick, who also has in
times past taken liberties with the Tur-
ney horses at the selling stand. next was
to feel the Turney wrath when Che
mulpo won. and it is an open secret that
Mr.. Turney is now laying for the string
of Bedwell, who has recouped in meas
ure some of the. success that formerly
was his, and that made him lead the list
Of trainers saddlins winners in the last
five years.
knight Deck was bid up and obtained
by Turney at the Norfolk meeting from
Bedwell. and it is a fine picture of gentle
manly reprisal which the grizZled Ken
tuckian, veteran of many turf campaigns.
makes as he runs up his adversaries'
horses.
In marked contrast to last years So
called selling war; is the paucity of
run-ups so far this meeting. Last year
new record was established on the
American turf when the total of run-ups
at the winter meeting reached the huge
figure of $23. sos for the seventy five days.
In selecting the Bedwell stable as his
target. which rumOr saws he has done,