The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
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BUCK WEAVER

Bingen is dead, but his sons and
Rrandsons are breeding eR with
marked success, while those OF Peter
the Great are not. Moko promises well
in the stud, and is much more strongly
bred in trotting lines than Is the son
of Pilot Medium, and there is every
indication that he VIII eventually
found a more powerful family. Back
OF each Of these three leading sires OF
trotters-Bingen, Peter the Great, and
Moko-is that never ceasing fountain
of speed. Rysdicks Hambletonian TO-
the greatest progenitor OF speed and
OF race horses since the morning stars
first sang the hymn OF dawning day to
mankind.
The Glass ID event for colts, two-year-
clds or under, brought TO the post fine
lot OF youngsters.
The race was really between Robert
Browns black flly, Bette Brown. ny
Alto Bell. Howard Ryan's sorrel geldins'
Alto McCiregor. by Alto Bell, and DR.,
Jonn Z. Sansnury's yearlins colt, Jorn
Bunny, by Prince George, for place
money, as Bingo, the only other com
petitor, outclassed everything else IN tfe
field and won as he pleased. All OF thess
youngsters except Bunny are entered IN
The Washington Sunday Herald two
year-old trotting stakes Of 1913, to be
t-otted a few weeks hence. Place money
was easily won by Bette Brown, driven
by her owner. who bad never before
driven in a race and he made high
class Job Of it, Alto NcGregur. with only
two weeks training, was third, and the
sensational yearling, Bunny. finished
fourth, and like an old campaigner. Bun
ny is entered in the Washington Times
al Of 1914 and the colt
that heats him TO first money VIII have
to go some.
The match race between Frank T,
Ghomss L., Red Torch, Emcrystone, and
Little Kitty did not materialize, much
to the disappointment of the big crowd
assembled. And this is how 1t hap
pened: A band of desperate Black Hand
conspirators. consisting of Fietro Linney,
Luigi DoughertY. and Francesca To-
masso were overheard plotting how they
would do" Little Kitty, Emorystone,
and Red Torch IL their owners ventured
to start The heats were to be hat-mne
ones, and great fear was expressed by
the conspirators that Little Kitty, with
her known speed, would prove to be
dangerous opponent. The old game OF
three pluck one was suggested and
agreed to and then the money won was
to be equally divided. As for Red Torch
and Emorystone-they were not so much
to be feared. But il they should prove
to be in the way they would be cared for.
Just al the plotters were shaking hands
over the compact and were separating
they chanced to discover the owner OF
Kitty concealed in wagon near at
hand, and the plot blew up and the So
called match race also went up in smoke.
Or, as the poet Burns puts il: The best
laid plans of mice and men went aft
aglee."
Washington owned horses figured
prominently in the summaries again dur
ing the past week. W. +. Miller's Mary
Ellen won the 2:15 pace and the big end
of $40 purse at Pottstown, Pa, on
Monday, pacing the fifth and sixth heats
of her race in 2:12h in a field OF ten.
Russell Cozine started in the same race,
but was outside of the money. Boski. in
Miller's stable, started in the 2:H trot
and met the same fate. Miss Kushan.
in Crawford's stable, started in the 2:li
trot at Washington. Pa, on Labor Day
and got no part of the purse. Berka
started at Orangeburg, n. Y, on Tuesday
and won fourth money. She was ntth
in 2:l5 and 2:1S1a TO Harry ]. s., and nm
ished third to him in the final heat,
which was in 2:1a Mccarthy says Ber-
ka has as much speed as any mare ne
ever sat behind. He also thinks highly
Of Koroni and is endeavoring to induce
the respective owners of the two horses
to let him take them with him 70 Indian
apolis and Columbus, to which points ne
ships in a few days. Corbin made kill
ing with the bay stallion Deed Tinker
on Tuesday in a four-heat race and gave
the Hagerstown owned horse record
of 2:1s1i.
The greatest triumph Of W. E. Miller
turf career occurred at -Pottst9HR on