The Washington herald., 1913-09-14
.TROTTER
and PAGER


60, by lord Bingen-five. in all.
The eliminations in the Washington
Sunday Post three-year-old stake, from
various causes reduces the field 10 three
crack youngsters-F. A. Robinson's Hal
Hardin, by MOko; Javins and Halls Pc
ter ]. s., by Peter the Great, and 4. F.
Halls Karo, by Velon, a son of -Moko.
| Hal Hardin and Peter ]. S. have each
shown miles over a half-mile ring very
close to 3:25 The average half-mile
track Is calculated by expert judges 10
be from three 10 four seconds slower
than the average mile course. II this
view be correct. the two last-named colts
should. il all the conditions arc favor
able, trot a mile over a good mile track
very close TO 2.2e.
Harry Corbin, of Hamilton. Va, made
good his prediction as regards DIR. Bell,
! jr., at Winchester. Va, on Tuesday last.
in the 800 trot or pace In race that
went four heats bsfore it was finished.
DIR. Bell paced to-a record of 2:29k in the
third heat, after winning the second heat
in 2:S2i4. DR.. Bell is by DIR. Bell, 2:lTt.
and his dam is Elsie Donegan, by Reve-
lation, n son of Electioneer. Second dam
by Nutwood. 2-lSA.
Dr. Mccoy. of Delaware, sprung a sur
prise on the Grand Circuit goers at Syra-
cuse. n. Y. on Tuesday last with his
stallion Lord Dewey, in the 2:14 $4,000
Empire State Stake trot. II was fast
field of ten that Lord Dewey had TO beat,
but the horses that gave him the most
trouble were Rensens, that Won the u.
and NJ at Detroit; Star Winter. Harry j.
s. and Judson Girl. Tenara, the biggest
stake winner of the year. made a poor
showing She is afflicted with ringbones,
and If is evident that her recent race at
Hartford did her no good. Andrews
wisely drew her after the third heat.
In The Herald Of last Sunday, in re-
ferring TO Tenara's race at Hartford, we
also referred to Lord Dewey as a possible
champion trotting stallion. He has not
as yet shown anywhere near champion
ship form, but he is by far the best green
stallion the season has produced. Through
Admiral Dewey, his sire, and Extasy, his
dam. he inherits extreme speed, and
with it bad legs. But for this infirmity
Admiral Dewey. 2:Cl 5-4, might have been
a two-minUte trottrr.
To have beaten such crack trotters as
ReusenS, JudsOn Girl. Star Winter, Harry
J. S, Tenara. Nata Prime, and Fan
Patch is probably viewed by DR.. Mccoy
Cwho is a millionaire and a genuine
spOrtsman) as Of more value to him than
the rich stake. It is asfe to predict that
somewhere between Syracuse and Lex
lIEl ltus JuuSOu NlIl ana SltI W lAlANT VIII
head the summarize. Herman Tyson
must have thought pretty well of that
other son OF Admiral Dewey, Harry J.
S, to have entered him in the rich stake.
That he was justified in so doing the
young stallion's standing In the summary
shows. He was third in 2:0S IA, the first
heat; second in the same time the second
heat, and tenth and ninth in the third
and fourth heats, after which he was
sent TO his stable for not taking a heat
Thomas Murphy keeps up his winning
habit His stable exceeds in winnings
by many thousands OF dollars that
of any other stable on the Grand Circuit
and 1913 promises to he a banner year
with him, as his gross winnings up to
date are in the vicinity Of $4,000. II is
safe to predict that his net winnings for
the season will be over $4,000. Geers
used to head the list Of money winning
drivers, but for three seasons past the
Poughkeepsie driver has led him. /
Alonzo Corbin seems to have a Pretty
consistent trotter IN the Symboleer stall
lion. Deed Tinker. Corbln has been the
legatee of hard luck so many
weary weeks that his many friends and
well-wishers are glad to know that he Is
again riding in front. With Alcyne, Ko-
roni, and Berka in his stable in 1912, he
was the envy. Of his fellow-horsennen.
This year fckle Dame Fortune has
played him false, and he faces a long
and hard winter. But such is the game
Of racing. It is a grand lottery, In which
only a few draw prizes. Corbin seems
10 have gotten away with first money
at Winchester on Wednesday; but that
Baron Dewey horse in Hanson's stable
was right after him. W. E. Miller also
cashed in with Mary Ellen in the a:ll
pace, she pacing her three winning heats
In 2:15 IA.
Not satisfied with this easy victory,
Miller must needs bring Mary Ellen out
again on Thursday in the free-for-aD and
chase out Alice n. (entered In the name
OF the Monocacy Valley Farn) in three
heats, in which the time of each heat
was in 2:1s, 2:14 IA. and s:1s. As money!
making proposition. this plan Of grabbing
Of the S40t purse has the
business of selling furniture on the IN
stallment plan skinned seventeen differ
mt ways, for the handy Mary Ellen d.
vided second and third money with Irish
Lad.
And. as II this was not sufficient Miller
starts Jennie Blue on the same day In |
the 2:17 pace, purse S4o1 and wins the |
ace in straight heats. beating Russell |
Cozine and GIldewood. The wonder is |
hat Miller did not demand the key TO |
ne county stronE pox also as the price OF /
lis performances, and carry on all the /
Dose currency In Frederick County of |
which Winchester Is the seat.
For boy who doated into Washington
turing our war with Spain with not a |
,ent In his blue jeans. and who drove a /
cam for n livelihood until he could do /
'etter, Miller seems 10 be a pretty fair /
OF Napoleon OF finance. At
his rate, Washington viii soon be too |
mall for his field Of operations. Miller /
his week WIN be with hiF equine aggre-
'aunr At Hanover. Pa II the Hanover