The Washington herald., 1913-05-25
kentucky Oaks Race Is Won by Cream at Churchill Downs
Trotter and PAGER

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BY LEONARDO DE La SALE.
DR.. John E. Sansbury has about said
the last word at Forestville-
It is now up to horse owners, and horse
lovers and their friends, to show their
appreciation on Decoration Day next Fri
day. Of the doctors efforts to give them
an enjoyable day of sports.
Friday next, light harness racing will
be formally opened in this section for
1913. Members of the light harness cult
are not, in numbers, quite as large as
has been the case in previous years;
horses fit to race are not as plenty as
they were once. But they are better bred
and of higher quality. and faster; in the
matter of individual enthusiasm there Is
apparently no abatement.
Those who love to witness contest be-
tween horses, and who believe in en-
couraging a man who has made sacri-
fees of time and money in their behalf
can surely afford to put aside for one
day the demands of business and give
DR.. Sansbury the glad hand on next
Friday. The track at Forestville is in
the very prime of condition. We visited
il during the week, and was amazed at
the improvements made. A few days
previous to our visit the doctor had put
TO work six teams drawing dirt and in
making fills. The first turn has been
thrown up and can now be easily nego-
tiated, while the heavy going Of the
turn has been eliminated.
The backstretch of the track was al
ways fast. and IL is now lightning fast
The homestretch is trif1e too hard as
vet from the turn TO the drawgate. but
viii be cushioned this week. The doctor
is preparing for a record breaking crowd
on Decoration Day. and il is to be hoped
that he will not be disappointed. OF
course. the purses are not large, but il
is better to offer sman purses and pay
them than il is to offer large ones and
default. As a general thing, horsemen
and horse owners are the most liberal
sportsmen in the world of sport. FIRE.
quently they grant more to track assoc
Citations than they should do, and too fire.
quently track associations take advan-
tage of their liberal spirit and make ex-
actions that are neither fair nor honest.
But in this particular case, horse own
and in giving it life they are also
helping themselves. We must maintain
a track somewhere, even If IT is at an
inconvenient distance.
II DIR. Sansbury is short on track re-
ceipts up to date, he is long just at
present on horsefiesh of a high order.
The doctor had led out for our inspection
the three-year-old trotting stallion Har-
h.
stallion John Bunny, and the veteran
trotting mare Linkwood May, 2:19 Ia.
Harvest Hall has developed into grand
Individual He has filled out, increased
in height and weight. and closely RESENT
bIes his illustrious sire, Walnut Hall.
s.0s IA. sire OF the champion trotting
stallion, The Harvester, POL His rich
bay coloring shines like piece of the
newest satin His teeth troubles have
been mended, his neglected feet attend
ed to- and he will now be turned out in
his paddock for four weeks. At the end
of that time he will be taken up and pre-
pared (probably by Trainer Andrews) for
his engagements in the local three-year-
old trotting stake. Harvest Hall, with his
rich breeding, is a valuable asset to the
list of sires owned in this section.
Few here have seen the yearling John
Day hitched and will speak his own piece.
He is farther advanced in the manners
and speed than any other yearling owned
hereabouts. His sire is the handsome
showfring stallion Prince George, that
was sold for 100 two seasons ago, and
his dam the fast and game race mare,
Linkwood May, 2lsh. John has been
entered in the two-year-old trotting
stake of 1914. and, if he is carefully
nursed and developed, he should occupy
conspicuous place in the summaries.
Bunny is a compact built. not large colt.
a dark chestnut in color. and about the
cutest piece of miniature horsefesh we
have ever seen. The colt is an example
of a development first introduced by the
late Leland Stanford, of California, the
practice of which the wisest horsemen
are divided in the matter of opinion.
While at Forestvilie. We saw for the
first time in action the highly touted
two-year-old Lord Bingen colt. Bingo.
entered in The Washington Herald two
year-old 1915 trotting stake. Andrews had
given him his regular work earlier in
the day As it was then afternoon he
consented to hitch him and show his
style of going. Only once Andrews
turned on his speed and We must con-
fess that in manners, gait. and speed,
the colt has not been overrated by his
trainer He is a one. two, three. four
trotter. in fact uotting machine. TO
use the vernacular Of the turf. Like
most Bingens he goes rather high from
the ground and is rapid gated, with the
fold that belongs to most high-class trot-
tiers. With his almost ideal gait of
speed and truly ideal conformation, the
only criticism of him that will hold is his
lack of size.
1t has been demonstrated, however.
that small horses that have plenty of
substance are wonderful weight pullers.
Such were Flora Temple. 2:19A Gold
smith Maid, PA; Direct, 2:o5Iz. and Di-
rectly, 2:sz., and other famous queens
and kings of the turf. On the other
hand. Ethan Allen, 2:25, a small horse,
was a poor weight puller. Hitched to
wagon, with q runner to take of the
weight, he trotted a mile in 2:I5 in a
him. 1t is claimed that Bingo trotted
a match race against Dexter and beat
him 1t is claimed that Bingo trotted
an eighth Monday morning last in
o:1S1k. Hal Hardins workday was not on
the schedule, and We did not see him in
harneES-
The fastest quarter Andrews has
driven Hardin is in 0:s4, and It is
claimed, that, If he is asked, he can trot
quarter in 0:32k. From the lit
tie we have seen of him at speed, we
have no reason to doubt the assertion.
tits not at all probable that Hal Har-
din viii remain long in Prince George
County. He is, If all reports be true,
too good a colt for such humble en-
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