The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
TROTTER.
and PAGER

track that cannot afford to be a member
OF either the National Trotting Associa-
ton or the American Trotting Associa-
ton, has no right to exist and take the
money of the racing publI,.
These associations have rules for the
guidance of its members, and with the
rules gees the power OF enforcement.
Under no other system can tracks be
conducted in an orderly. honest, and
decent manner and protect the public,
without whose patronage no race track
cam exist. II baseball leagues were TO
conduct their games on the basis that
some tracks conduct their business they
would soon play to empty benches
Baseball is clean, because it is played
according to prescribed rules. II a
player knowingly violates rule he gets
his. II a player gets too fresh with the
umpire the double kybosh is injected
into. his system. and he knows better
next time. Race tracks and racing
flourish best under a rigid application
of well-considered rules. Under asso-
citation rules, driver who refuses to
comply with the requests or commands
OF the judges may be fined, and himself
and his horse suspended for an indefi-
mite period. On a nonassociation track
n driver may, and often does, defy the
judges when he is asked to do some
thing he does not want to do, as. for
instance. was the case last Monday at
ForestviIle.
There were some genuine surprises
Labor Day at Forestville, contributed
by Gay Mckinney. Florence Kushan,
and Hobby Boy. Each won a race and
each showed a marked improvement
over their previous form. W. H. Cham
bers put a neat one over on the boys
when he guided to victory Uncle" Lewis
Collins green gelding, Hobby Boy, in
the Glass 4 trot, and when he repeated
with Norman Corbin's Gay Mckinney
in the fast Glass c trot or pace. This
event was one OF the most notable of
the afternoon, Montana Guard was also
a hot contender. after over five years
absence from a race track. He trotted
mighty clip whenever Tippetts let
loose of his head. The close stretch
finishes between Gay Mckinney and
Gin Sim, and Florence Kushan and
Leon H. wrought the immense crowd to
the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
Gay Mckinney begins to act as II she
had at last found herself. W. H. Cham
bers, her trainer and driver, has found
the lost key to her speed. and no one
now need be surprised that IL some day
in the near future he drives her a mile
much better than 2:2o and. perhaps, a
mile in 2:15 or better A daughter of the
extreme speed sire. Mckinney, 2:11 IA.
and, richly bred on the side of her dam,
she possesses the inherited right to pace
to a very low record.
Gus Morgan. in the Class B trot or
pace, drove the little bay mare Florence
Kushan a great race for an amateur. He
had pitted against him the Desperate
Desmond of the local trotting turf.
Frank Thomas, who was seated behind
Leon H., and each finish was a head-and-
head one, with the mare having a few
inches only the best OF 1t in each round.
Had she been less game and less steady
she would have been beaten, but not dis
graced. When fattened out and in q
hard and close finish, the little mare pins
her ears on her neck. as did her sire,
drive some desperately fought heats. but
he was never in better form than on
Monday. Morgan surprised every one by
his steady nerve in the most exciting
finishes He sat still and encourage his
mare by voice and reins. and she nobly
responded. Thomas flashed up a very
promising green mare in the Class A
trot. which he has named Daisy. She is
a Kentucky-bred saddle mare OF wonder
full endurance, and game.