The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-08-10
nv L. ID. SALE,

Justice Brooke CD. 2:os,s. has been I'M
crowned. as might be expected would be
the case sooner or later.
The event took place Tuesday last ut
Kalamazoo, and Peter volo. son Of Peter
the Great. accomplished the great feat,
trotting one heat in zoo nat As time Is
rated. Il is not 30 long ago that Peter
the Great, Peter volo's sire, electrified
the light-harness world by trotting q
heat over the Lexington track In the
three-year-old futurity in 2:0s1x. . worlds
record. This was some fifteen or sixteen
years ago, and now his two-year-old son.
one year younger than was his sire. trots
a mile within three-quarters Of q second
as fast.
And II is worthy of remark In this con
nection that Peter the Great was born at
Kalamazoo. while his sire. Pilot Medium.
stood for public service the better part Of
his life at Battle Creek, some ten miles
distant. How true it is that men build
better than they KNOW We well re-
call the time when Pilot Medium was
brought to Battle Creek by Walter Clark.
He was born at Williamsport, Pa, and
we once had pointed out to us. while
passing through the town en- train. the
very yard in which he was foaled. He
was an iron-gray, deriving his color from
his dam, the famous Tackey, 2:A. by
Pilot. jr. Q2). In early colthood he re-
ceived an injury to one of his hips. which
made Of him cripple for life.
On account of his color Pilot Medium
was not literally patronized during his
early seasons In the stud by the public.
Besides this. Happy Medium. his sire. had
M he 10 ~
In after years. The Happy Mediums,
like the Clays. were believed to be faint
hearted. But when. in the later sos.
the gray gelding Jack, 2:12, won the II.
& N. at Detroit and Nancy Hanks
marched to a worlds record Of 2:0l. pyeju-
dice began to dissolve, and Walter Clark
and Pilot Medium were in the swim. and
coined the dollars. It was in tie spring
Of 1885 that We saw Pilot Nedirm for the
FIRST and last time. There Wa little about
him to impress one He Sas a dappled
was. We SHOULD judge, about les hands.
He was q sad cripple. and when Walter
Clark paid his breeder SIS for him Will
Transport horse sharps smiled and re-
peated the old adage: "A, fool and his
money are soon parted"
The purchase Of colts in the raw Is one
grand lottery, no matter how well bred
they may be. And yet the buyer has
but one rule by which he may be guided.
and that ID to invest In fashionable
strains Of blood. viz: winning strains. In
20 doing the buyer reduces the game Of
chance to minimum degree. Az demon
strating the chances one runs in buying
youngsters one has only to reflect that
in the Horsefnan two-year-old futurity
Peter volo was entered In, the entries
numbered not less than nifty colts, all Of
which were fashionably bred. and which.
at one time or another, looked promising
to their respective owners. OF the nifty
entered. only five responded whom sum-
moned to the post Tuesday last In the
three-year-old trotting stake. pulled on
on the same day. It 10 fair to presums
that an equal number Of colts wero en-
tered. and yeton scanning the summaries
We ind that only seven colts started. In
the three-year-old pacing stake only two
colts started.
In view Of these important facts, We Of
the District OF Columbia and Southern
Maryland who are Interested In local
trotting stakes yfc-t =, ana three year GA
s tSs4. Re Ssee P q & pu anSs'a