The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-06
By L. D. SALE.

Inc long iOokeQ TOR month Oh Juy hes
arrived and for three months and one
half to come the light harness forces
will overspread the better part of the
North American continent
The entry list as published in the turf
papers of the country for the Grand CIR
cut trots. are something enormous ~
length, and the same may be observed
of the half mile, or Short circuit
OF course, all horses entered VIII NOT
answer the call of the starter. but, al
that. the fields promise to be unusualiy
large. glance through the long INST
of entries discloses the fact that large
number of new horses, more or less un-
tried in fast company, Will be In evil
dence and from whom may be expected
a good account.
The light harness industry was never
before on so sound basis. The days OF
imitation of values have passed. horse
bred for racing purposes is estimated in
value by what he can earn or rather Dy
what his owner has right TO expect he
can earn Fashionable blood lines still
possess a certain intrinsic value, and will
continue to do so for the reason that win
ming strains and fashion are interchange
able Once in a long while a great horse
appears that is not considered ultra-fash-
ionable in breeding. but whose blood lines,
when analysed. disclose that he had all
the basic elements that go toward the
making Of the zeal American trotter.
We have reached the point however, ir
our breeding experiments when the breed
er who wisely blends the blood of Bin
gen, descendant of Electioneer, with
the blood of Peter the Great, descend
ant of Happy Medium, and who blends
with the composite mass the blood of
George Wilkes through any one of his
well bred descendants, and then adds a
few spoonfuls of the blood Of Robert Nc
GreSor 10 leaven the lump-we repeat
when this formula Is strictly observed the
man who tries for a trotter stands good
chance of getting one.
While the Grand Circuit will naturally
have its ATTRACTIONS for local folk, they
will also naturally have a special interest
in the doings of our locally owned horses.
Within a few days now We shall know
how they are acting under fire- Craw-
ford End Corbin have gone westward and
will race eastward. Miller, we under
stand, has got his horses together at
Heathsville, in Lower Virginia, and will
hug the Eastern Shore. We shall soon
hear from him. The Metropolitan Cir
cult. toward which Crawford and Corbin
are gradually working their way, has en-
tries to burn, so to speak. At the very
opening of this important circuit
Koroni! in Crawford's hands, will meet
field of high-class horses.
We count thirty-three entries in his
race on the opening day of the circuit.
Among the lot we observe he will have
to beat It's the chestnut mare shannon
ade, in Corbins stable. She is a daugh-
ter of Baronade, and. from time to
time, We have received glowing &C
counts of her speed and manner. He
will be up. also. against c. w. Laselfs
brown gelding Peter Sims, Fancis MIL
roi, whose dam is the famous brood
mare, Frances Medium. He will have
10 bowl down, among others. the Bin
CARA stallion. Boco; Farmer Gentry,
Kitty Bellini. Bismya. in Bob Proctor's
stable: Brook King, Border knight,
and a score of other good ones. II he
comes out of the fray with flying col
crs (Which all of US hope will be the
case) we can afford TO burn few tar
barrels and do few others stunts
worthy of the great feat. The event
is called the Mount Vernon go trot
and the purse is $1,000, worth going
after.
Berka the good local mare Of 1872. Is
listed in the PA Long Island trot; purse.
$1,000. As all the world loves lover, SO
does il admire a man who has the cour-
age of his convictions. The owner Of
Berka has courage of the right sort, else
re would never have entered his mare
in a field of horses such as Moelle.
a:12l-i; Harry j. s, 2:l3 IA: Bistan,
2:14I-4: Gretchen Wilkes. PA II: Sci
entia- Ell IA; Bel Tier, 2:l5 IA: f. d..
NJ, 2:lil-i. and others of extreme speed.
The race should be one worth travelling
the distance to see, and il Berka should
win il. or even be in any part of the
money with such a high-class field TO
contend with, we can AFFORD to wrap the
town in a blaze OF red fire and illum.ne
the sky with Roman candles. Some one
will he disappointed, and let us hope il
will not be the horsemen OF Washington.
To even divide any part Of the purse with
such horses as we have named. is honor
enough for one day.
Alcyne. too. will be in high-class So
cfety in the PA pace. News comes from
the picket line that the big bay daugh-
ter of Red Medium and Alley Hewes is
right on edge, and is believed by her
owner and trainer to be even faster and
stronger than in 1912, when she astonish-
I'd every one acquainted with her pre-
vious history. On paper, the task she
has in hand is not as great as that as
stunned by Berka- And vet VINO can count
II this distance the number of lions that
will dispute her Passage. the number of
rsleepers" that may be disguised in that
field of fifteen entries? Taken en- masse,
the class" in the New York Metropoli-
tan Circuit favorabIy compares with that
Of the Grand Circuit A good percentage
Of the Young horses engaged this year
In the metropolitan will, doubtless, in
1914, appear on the big highway that
leads to honor glory, profit, and the
usual brackets that adorn the names
OF horses that do things and contribute
to the turf uplift. Only few months
ago we horsemen of Washington were
chanting the miserere and the de pro-
funds. But a great and unexpected
light suddenly broke upon us. and let
Us hope that ii will soon depart.
A remarkable feature OF the Metro
politan Circuit is that more sons and
daughters of William Russell Aliens
Bingara. son of Bingen, are entered
than can be counted from the loins Of
any other sire. They are nine In num-
either by Bingen, 2:oS Ia or by some one
Of his numerous other sons. At twelve
years of age Bingara mounts to the top
most place as a sire of speed, far sur
passing for age any other sire, living
or dead, except it be the Inflated Todd.
2:li l-2, who died at about that age we
believe, and who was also a son Of Bin
gen. Time must soon be when Bingara
will surpass. as a sire Of speed. every
other descendant of Electioneer, and Il