The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-12-14
The eras Page Of Up-o-Date Bowling News and Comment
TROTTER
and PAGER
BY L. d. SALE.

By L. d. SALE
The time has arrived for the owners
n, the three-year-oId 1914 stake trotters
to get together and decide on future
action.
And we herewith, at the special request
OF several gentlemen interested, name l.
w. Dunworth's as the place OF meel,hs,
the hour 7:3o D. m, OF Thursday December
IS, In order that the meeting snAn DC as
representative as possible OF thG 49,
year-old trotting interests OF the Distriet'
Southern Maryland and Northern VIZ
ginia, we urge that a special enort De
made TO canvass the matter In ADVANCE
with every man owning an eligible colt
II has been proved that colt stakes
can be successfully conducted in these
parts; that ii pays to develop colts tnat
are bred in modern speed lines, ana that
colt stake racing is sport IN Whieh tns
public is interested. 1t would De wen
il those persons who will be present al
the proposed meeting, December 10 were.
AT the same time, 10 form the nucleus
of a breeders organization by eiecung
a president, vice president. a treasurer
and a secretary, and conduct the Two
and three-year-old stakes under Us
auspices. rather than go forward, as was
done in 1913, under an assumed name
and without any clearly defined organi-
zation.
This plan can best succeed by inviting
to be present at the meeting all persons
interested in the two-year-old trotune
stake OF 1914, and they are hereby invited
to be present and take part IN us dls,
Nd thraP-vRAr-OlO
trotting stakes should be raced on over
the same track, II not on the same day
seems to us plain TO every one. ANY
track association making a bid for the
stakes would, very likely, stipulate ina
II be given both events. II, at the meet
ing. IL be decided to go forward without
organization, no one will be harmed II
now looks as II the three-year-old trot-
ting stake of 1914 will be, in point Of en-
listments. very substantial one
Javins Brothers have at least two
candidates to offer. 4. +. Hall thinks he
will have not less than two. ID. J. NC
Carthy, Ryan Brothers, and Robert Brown
will probably have one each, and there
must be within the prescribed territory
several other eligibles. As the stake VIII
probably be kept open until about March
/. 1914, there will be time enough to drum
I'd candidates II should always be borne
in mind that the longer the list OF entries
the richer the stake.
The terms OF the three-year-old stake
should be clearly defined. They should
provide that the stake be raced over an
association track; that the flag be waved;
that Z. stake be divided into four mon
eys, and that IL be raced in a season OF
the year best suited for racing. No date
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be selected The right 10 reject any or
all bids should be reserved. as was the
case the present year. The selection Of
an early racing date carries with II the
necessity to get TO work early on candi-
dates This refers especially to candi-
dates for the two-year-old stake OF 1914.
And while on the subject of the two
year-old stake. we are inclined to advance
the opinion that those interested closed
their stake too soon. In our opinion IT
should have been held open as late as
March l. 1914. 1t Is hardly sportsnanlike
TO take snap Judgment on colt owners.
The colt that does not look good to its
owner in October, may, a couple OF
months later, look like a winner. 1t
should be specially borne in mind by
those interested that a stake can never
be too large for the man who thinks he
has a colt that can win the biggest end
of it or even any part Of it
Another reason why the stake should
be reopened is, that a small group Of
original nominators have suddenly be-
come seized with the dread nalady
known among horsemen as "coldfeetitis."
When the germs of this disease thor
oughly impregnate the system Of an al
legged horse bug" even eminent MEM
bers Of the medical profession take to
the tall timbers. In. the last stages of
the malady, the patient Is afflicted with
night sweats; the remnant of mind that
is left to the victim Is racked with
forebodings Of things not liable to hap
pen in thousand years. In his sleep.
the night mare" trots her heats with
alarming frequency. Medical statistics
show that only a few cases of cold
feetts" are durable. although the
Rockefeller Institute is trying to solve
the problem by testing a recently discov-
cred serum that Is said to be beneficial
for persons afflicted with weak spines,
and In whose veins teRid water runs. In
stead of rich, red blood.
AlonZo Corbln moved his stable OF
trotters and PAGERS from Rockville to
Benning yesterday. 1t now comprises
seven in. number two recruits being
added during the week from Leonard
town. At the present time the stable IS
long on Don Cozines, there being no
less than four by that remarkable sire
Of speed. The four belong to Norman
Corbin and all pace. A three-year-old
hlly by Red Rock, 2:17 Ia. also PAGES.
She resembles her sire in color and con-
formation. and Is owned by Michael ms
coe, OF this city. In the string is a
promising trotting gelding by Barongale,
owned by E. F. Hall Penn Mar Belle,
owned by Norman Corbin. and raced
during the year by AIonzo Corbin. is
being wintered at Hamilton, Va. She
viii be brought in the latter part OF
March. The Main Gallant, three years
old, which Norman Corbin purchased at
the Garden last winter, is being care
fully prepared for campaigning tour In
1914 The two youngsters purchased In
St Mary County, are diamonds in the
rough at present The dam OF one Is
by George r. Peck, a son of Joe Patchen,
2:o1 Ia while the dam Of the other one
Is the dam OF Herbert Cozine, 2:A Ia
that has trailed in ISIS.
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The Javins, John and Francis, intend
10 enjoy some sport in their own way In
1914 They Will give racing through the
summer and fall months on their new
farm track, near Colesville. Charles
the veteran horseman, took
Up his residence at Brightview Farm last
week, and Francis Javins will move from
the city to the farm April !. e. +. Hall
has dtsrso~,S - hiy half interest In the