The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-10-05
TROTTER
and PAGER

found the key TO Jennie Blues speed. He
claims she was never balanced until he
took hold of her. and he further claims
that she can pace in 2.I0.
Norman Corhin and the McHonry
Brothers sui continue in hard luck. For
rorbIm, Pen Mar Bell is in the hospital
for repairs, and for both firms Russell
Cozine is bitter disappointment Tn"
most consistent performer in the Nc
Henry Brother stable Is Herbert Co.
zIn". Although he cannot show MANY
winning brackets. he Is usually in the
money. AlOnzo CoriIn. the well-known
trainer and driver. has been the victim
OF tn" most disastrous season In his ex-
tended turf history No one here doubts
C"rbins ability as trainer and driver.
He haS done his best with the tools he
had in hand. The best Of trainers get
in bad. especially in cases where the
field OF selection is limited. Given the
money with which to make his selections
COrbin's affairs would run more smooth
~. Being dependent upon what horse
choose to hand him, and living in
a section of country where weIl-bred
horses are scarce Corbin is compelled
10 play the game OF see-saw-now you are
up and now you are down.
Crawford is playing in worse luck
than Corbin. He began the season ;
racing with quite a large stable of horses
mostly experiments. OF the number in
hand. only three had been previously
tried Out-Kovori. Berka. and Miss
kushan. The first named were taken
from him early III the season by their
respective owners. With only Miss Kus-
han left as a bread winner. Crawford
has been badly crippled. Miss Kushan
has proved herself to be a mare of re
markable endurance. She has been raced
hard for four consecutive summers. Her
wonderful vitality is we'll nigh exhaust
ed. 1t will only be after a long rest
that she can he bred with the hope OF
getting the results expected from so
game mare.
The present week in Kentucky will be
race week and sales week combined. Up
ward of 40 highly bred horses will be
sold under the hammer. and a large num-
Der of highly bred youngsters will he
sold at private sale, as the hunt for pos
sible futurty winners is growing more
strenuous each year. To breed a fu-
turity winner is nowadays the high
est ambition of breeders who breed in
diligently. As Kentucky is the nursery
OF baby trotters, every buyer will be
searching for a Peter VolO II. 2:OS II.
and a Don Chenault III. 2:0S Il. When
the threc-year-oId Don ChenauIt trottcd
week before last at Columbus. his first
mile los IA and his second mile in los,
the trottinE horse world was amazed
Two such fast heats had never before
been trotted by A horse of that age.
But greater still was the Amusement
when Murphy drove the two-year-old
Peter Nolo first heat in 2:O6 IA and q
second heat in 2:07 fiat, something never
before accomplished by any other two
year-Old trotter. Peter Volo is a bay
in color about the medium in size and is
as is well known. by Peter the Great
His dam. Nervolo Belle, is a daughter
of Nervolo. 2:G IA. and Nervolo is a son
of Colbert, POI IL. and whose sire was
Onward, 2:25 IA, by George Wilkes. 2:22.
Nervolo Bellies dam, Josephine knight.
was by Betterton, by George Wilkes, and
Josephine's dam. Mambrino Beauty, was
by Mambrino King. and out of daugh-
ter Of Allie West. 2:25.