The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-06
Trotter and PAGER

United states engaged IN one way OF
another in the hight harness industry,
whose cry Is: Never mind the pedi.
gree, give me the hoss," They are
rapidly fading. however. 1t is stin the
habit of some eminent American turf
writer's to sneer at the long lines OF de-
scent claimed by the desert tribes fol
their mares and stations. Whether the
choicest desert strains can be traced to
the stud of King Soloman. IL a state
ment hard to prove to the satisfaction OF
Christians. But this we do know, that
only pure strains are treasured and only
strains that have proven their worth
by actual tests in matters OF speed and
endurance, docility and intelligence. Al
We pile rtrotting strain upon trottins
strain, selecting only those tried out in
the same crucible. we, too. shall In time
,, become worshipers Of pedigrees, like the
Arabs, and also. like the English, who
have builded from composite parts that
magnificent animal, the English thor
oughbred.
We have learned to love and admire
the Arab from personal contact: but we
hold no brief for him here. except to say
that basic blood lines of the English
thoroughbred were his; that II was not
the native blood of England that has
made the English thoroughbred great any
more than it was the blood of the Dutch
horse. and other cold strains, native or
imported, that has brought the American
trotter to his present high estate. In
establishing this comparatively new
breed of horse. we Americans owe more
to Imported Messenger than We can pos
sibly owe to the coarser strains found in
his blood lines. and as far as known
Imported Messenger ran back In I'M
broken lines paternally and materially to
the barley and Godalphin Arabians. as
does also every other well-bred running
horse. The very same turf writer's who
fling their sneers at the Arab never tire
of recounting what wonderful sire
Bingen was: but you do not find them
dwelling at length upon the fact that
Bingen's paternal granddam was Jenny.
by the Crockett Arabian. We are told,
however, with great amplitude the effect
of other crosses. however coarse, upon
the greatness of Bingen as a speed horse
and as a sire of speed; but not a word
is said about the possible influence the
pure blood of the Arab may have. exee-
cised upon Bingen and his posterity.
We have gone farther into this sub
ject than was our intention when we
began il. We had intended to call the
attention of those who weekly peruse
this column to a fact that turf writers
have never touched upon, except in a
superficial way, viz: that in the blood
lines Of Bingara, who is now looming
up so conspicuously as a sire of speed.
are conjoined the blood of two great
race horses and race horse sires-
American Eclipse and Boston. For.
from all the evidence at hand, there is
every reason to believe that the sec
ond dam of Electioneer, Shanghai
Mary, was a descendant in the male
line of Eclipse, that magnificent chest
nut son. Duroc. and Millere Damsel, by
Imported Messenger. We have already
stated that, materially. Bingara is de-
scended in a direct line from Boston,
who won while on the turf forty three
races out of forty-five starts. To no
thorous Inbred -in-mine" advocates. pos
sibly this blood is only just so much
sawdust. But men who know what the
thoroughbred is capable of doing, when
asked, will esteem Bingara the higher
for the infusion.
The third payment in the two-year-old
trotting stake of 1913 is past due, and
outsiders interested are anxious to know
how Secretary Forrest has Jared up
to-date. The amount $25. is a big sum
TO a few OF the nominators. but We have
reason to believe they will meet all
claims. Public interest in the two and
three year old stakes of 1913 has not
subsidized. and as the days are passing
rapidly, the subject as to over what
looms into Importance. DIR. ]. E Sans
bury is certainly not going to let them
get away from his track IL money and
honey tongue can do the trick. His
scheme is to celebrate Labor Day with
10 etc bee hos with
some high-class running events. Intelli-
gence from the several training camps
is to the effect that all of the youngsters
are showing progress In the way of
speed, and il they will only get to the
post sound, the spectacle to be presented
on the day of the race will be an in
spring one II will at least be an i'm
portant beginning in local horse affairs
and do much toward bringing the Ma
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