The Washington herald., 1913-10-19
ny L. d. SALE.

Il
ton Post three-year-old trottins stakes
over the Rockville fair grounds track
the second Wednesday in November.
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The final decision was reached last
TUESDAY night at a meeting held at
Boyd's dining parlors by the owners Of
the stake colts The meeting held was
one In which business principles were
strictly adhered to by men who know
how TO conduct business in q business
way. And the machinery necessary to
produce the required results was or
ganized. and it already has been put IN
put In motion.
All preliminary work Is in The hands
OF committees composed Of men who
viii concentrate their energies tpon the
work that lies before them. The print
ing coDlmittee began its work at once.
| and the printing Of posters and tickets
are already under way. It Is the m
tention OF the committee to hang Its
posters In every pestofiice in Montgomery
County and In every section of the Dis
trict OF Columbia. The usual courtesies
will be expected Of the Rockville papers.
as the events scheduled win unquestion-
ably draw TO Rockville large crowd II
the weather Is fair.
Thomas Baldwin, Of Brightwood, has
been selected as starter. and Frank
Thomas. OF Washington. has been select
ed as marshal OF the day. The judges
and timers will be announced later on
1t has been practically decided to have,
in addition to the stake events, q free
for-all trot or pace and a 2:4o trot or
pace. Interest in the stake events is
still al fever heat among District horse
men. For a time public interest seemed
TO center on the entrants. in the two
year-old stake. but recent intelligence
from the training stable Of John Craw-
ford, located In Baltimore, would indi-
cate that the three-year-old stake. before
It is finished. will excite few thrills.
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1t now appears that II is not the prom
ising Peter the Great colt only that Hal
Hardin will have to. settle with before
he wins first money. Karo. the Z. +.
Hail entry. has been coming rapidly to
his speed OF late. and II Crawfords word
can be relied upon he Is fully as fast as
was Keenworthy at the same age. As
Reenworthy was a phenomenally fast
three-year-old Hardin may have to trot
to q low record 20 beat even Karo. It
Is further claimed that the Peter the
Great colt is improving in speed every
time he is worked. Three months Ago
he was credited with miles around 2:30
which Is sensationally fast for a two
year-old In this latitude. A close race
with hard-fought stretch finishes. ape
what the public like to witness, and 1t Is
TO be hoped that the two-year-old event
will develop one or more youngsters who
will compel Bingo to trot some senss-
tional miles BY an overwhelming vote,
the conditions In each stake have been
amended SO that the distance flag will
be waived in each Of the two events.
And let local horsemen jot II down
In their little notebook that. DR.. John
E sansbury is printing himself for .,
last appearance in 1918. He will give
a grand rally of horsemen at his track
on election day. November s, and the
program probably will be in the hands
of the printer this week The Forest
vile Driving Park track has become
a full -fiedged member of the National
Trotting Association. The doctor took
the plunge last week. 1t was an ley
plunge for the genial and popular doc.
and he had stood shivering on the brink
for some time Every local horseman
will rally around the doctor in his pro-
posed meeting, and his card will be
worthy of public support. Quite a
number OF local horses will be home
by the latter part of October. and some
of them may be reasonably expected to
be present. The doctors famous chick
en- dinners have been put in cold stor-
age. and wild turkey, OF the Doctors
own raising. will be offered up to the
hungry multitude.
That was a remarkably good race
that the Washington mare Berka trot-
ted at Lexington, KY, on Monday last,
in the 2:14 trot. for a $1,000 purse
She was in a fast field of six seasoned
horses, and, had she not been unsteady
in the nth heat, her showing would
have been more brilliant. She was
second to Bright Axworthy the first
heat in 2:12k, second to him the next
heat in 2:10h, third to Redlac. jr., the
third heat in 2:09h. and finished third
to him again in the fourth heat in the
fast time of s:0Sk. Berka must have
trotted the fourth heat OF her race
very close to 2:1o. We have no means
of knowing. at this writing. how far
back she was in the heat: but, as 1t
was in 2:0SA. Berka must have trot-
ted her fourth mile very close to 2:lo
at least. Cox evidently laid up with
Redlac the first heat for the purpose
OF affecting the betting, as the time OF
the heat was in 2:12K, and Redlac I'm
ished seventh. In the second heat he
finished sixth. Then Cox cut him
loose. and won in straight heats. Only
one other horse, Mary Brown, stayed
in the race four heats. Two only
stayed in the race three heats. while
Douglass NJ. was distanced In the Sec
ond heat.
In any other period OF American field
sports the deeds Of the light harness
brigade of 1913 would have occupied coll
umns in the description, where. in the
present state oftmind OF the sport-loving
public. they have figured inconscipuously. |
But we must bear In mind the important
and potent fact, as we seek for causes
and effects. that the field of sport in !
the United States has broadened year
by year. Take. as a case In point, the |
healthful and invigorating game of golf |
Owing to the sedentary lines, led by |
thousands. in our large scities. 1t has |
gained largely in popular favor. and |
Justly so. Bodily health and vigor Is |
the most valuable asset of a nation. |
From the few lines, granted 1t in former |
years, golf now demands considerable |
space. The same may be said OF the
strenuous and invigoratlng game Of polo. |
In the old days 1t was the king that |
rr.fisf ha ap,faad at an irfnlanaa exuhnse. 1