The Washington herald., 1913-03-16
TROTTER AND PAGER
The Local Light Harness Racing OutookHow Berka Koron
and Kate Mckinney Have Wintered- -Corbin
in HagerstoWn.

and hllies, has been finally closed, and
all hrst payments of SO have been made.
All that remains to be done at present.
is Tor each nominator I'm the stake 10
sign the conditions. which are in the
hands of ID. ]. Mccarthy awaiting the
necessary signatures. 1t should be borne
III mind by the nominators I'm this stake
that their colts are not legally entered,
according to turf law, until the conditions
are duly signed by each person con-
cerned. There should be no further delay
In this important matter. The conditions
We're adopted at a recent melting held at
L. w. Dunworth's by a unanimous vote.
after one or two amendments had been
made In the original text 1t was also
decided by unanimous vote to call the
stake The Washington Post Three-year-
old Trotting Stake for 1918. 1t was
deemed wise by those directly interested
TO SO name the stake. in order not to
show partiality to any particular news
paper. The two-year-old stake has al
ready been named The Washington Sun
day Herald Pink Sheet Two-year- -oid
Trotting Stake, and it has seven en-
tants of highly bred colts and fillies.
The three-year-old pacing stake is mex,
in order. and it will positively close May
l. Only three entries have been nomi-
nally made up tp date. Harry Corbin
has named DR.. Bell, jr.; Z. F. Hall has
named candidate by Alto Dewey. and
J. {. Mott has notified d. J. Mccarthy,
who has the stake In hand that he also
has candidate, which he will name
later on. This stake should close with
not less than six entries the same num-
Der that the three-year-old trotting stake
has. The three-year-old pacing stake
VIII be awarded to the paper that gets
the highest vote of those Immediately
interested. 1t Will necessarily lie be-
tween the Evening Star and the Wash
ington Times. as only one paper will be
awarded stake. Those interested in
the two-year-old 1914 trotting and pacing
stakes are requested to meet at J. r.
Boyd's place of business in Pennsylvania
Avenue. near Seventeenth Street, on
Tuesday evening next, at o'clock, to
discuss matters relating to the two
stakes. The stakes are supposed to close
at midnight, April l. Those who are in
terested in the stakes should not fail to
be present.
Hon. Lee Offu;, one of the main spokes
in the big wheel of the Montgomery
Cuonty Fair Association. was in the city
during the week and filed notice with
local horsemen that he intended to use
all the influence in his power to have
'h' STAKES IN MS
bailiwick pulled off over the Rockville
track during the week of the fall fair.
Some doubt has been expressed on the
part of those interested in the fair I'm
these parts that. on account of the fair
association having lost its dates, no fair
would be held. This. Mr.. Offut assures
us. is mistake. The association. by not
having representative present at the
recent meeting in Baltimore forfeited its
right to certain dates and will not be
compelled to go to the foot of the line
Quite naturally owners of colts and FILL
les engaged in stakes would prefer that
the successful bidder should be some as
sociation that has every facility for the
accommodation of the crowds and. at the
same time. easy of access from all
points A grand stand. where every per.
son may have comfortable seating is
another important adjunct, and il is a
prime necessity that the track over
which the stakes are raced should be a
member of either the American or Ma
tional Trotting associations. Every sane
hCrseman must agree on these points
In the course of his conversation while
in town. Mr.. Offut placed special EN-.
phasis on the fact that extra efforts will
be made this year to get persons who
nave colts to train to use the Rockville
track. and ne pledged himself to see that
every convenience possible would be
granted to visiting horsemen. II any
thing was lacking, all that would be
necessary to get whatever was needed
was to cali the attention OF the proper
authorities to that fact. The natural
advantages of the Rockville track for
training purposes are numerous The
track has plenty of pure water and
plenty of shade.