The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
BY l.. ID. SALE.

by Ii. ID. SALE.
Training operations are in full blast
in every city of importance in the
United States, except in little old
Washington. d. c.
1t is humiliating to citizen Of the
National Capital, possessed OF decent
degree of pride, to observe what is
being done elsewhere, and to reflect
that here at home, in a city of nearly
half million of inhabitants, horse
owners and trainers are compelled TO
ship their charges inconvenient dis
! tances in order that they may be con-
ditioned or developed. Just how long
these humiliating conditions are to be
continued is an unsolvable problem.
| Primarily the fault of ii all lies at
the door of the horse owners OF the
District of Columbia. To get news re-
lating to our own horses now In train
ing, one must travel seventy-five miles
to Hagerstown or forty-fve miles TO
Baltimore. and then to the tracks, some
fifteen miles from the center of the
city if one goes TO Baltimore. All this
takes the best part of a day, and some
hustling if results are accomplished.
OF course the news gatherer pays the
freight for writing up the doings or
some one else's horses.
AT Hagerstown Alonzo Corbin has
fourteen head of horses in training.
Were that number trained at or near
this point. The Herald would be boiling
over each Sunday with live news. AT
Baltimore J. r. Crawford has upwards
of twelve horses in training, and. per-
ihaps more than that number. Nearly
half of the number he has in training
are owned at this point. Crawford is
at the Gentlemen's Driving Park, in
the western outskirts Of Baltimore,
while Hanson, with eight or ten head
of valuable horses. is located at Pros
pect Park some fifteen miles east of
the center of Baltimore. News comes
in from Hagerstown that Corbin has
in hand this season at least four bril-
liant prospects. all the property of
Norman Corbin. These are Alyce,
! 2:l1L. by Red Medium. 2:23H; the
4 green pacing mare Gay Mckinney, by
| Mckinney, 2:l1l4: a bay fve-year-o old
| seldinC by Lord Roberts, 2:07i4. and
a bay five-year- gelding called Her
bert Cozine by Don Cozine, 2:10.
! The three Others in the COrbin string.
! belonging to Norman Corbin, are going
| to be disposed of as soon as convenient.
Central and Eastern New York cir
cults. Alyce is shaping up in a salts
! factory manner. apd looks good enough
to go against anything in her class she
| is liable to encounter. Her present
mark was made over mile track; but,
as she will race over half-mile rings,
she will be eligible to the 2:15 pace,
| and ii she is at all good this year, il
certainly will take a good PAGER to
81, a
is already heavily staked. If the Nc
Kinney mare stands up. she will prove
a dangerous proposition. she has
| reeled off eighths over the Hagerstown
| track in - seconds with the greatest
of ease. il is said, and looks like 2:1o
or better PAGER right now.
A Mckinney that will race and go
sound is a dangerous factor in any
track contest, for they are speedy and
! game. and are of the wearing kind. 1t
! is said that the Lord Roberts geldng
| is so far in his work that he only
touches the high spots at the pace. He
! is credited with eighths IN l4k sec
onds. and that is going some, and then
some more. He now looks about the
| best thing in the Corbin stable. Her
bert Cozine is, at the present moment,
! the only trotter in the menage. and
| he is credited with eighths in Is sec
onds. and is said to bear all the ear
marks of a high-class trotter. His
dam is one of the gamest and most
courageous of road mares, and this
| fellow is bound to go the route. With
| these four, Corbin may well cast his
| bread upon the waters, trusting that IL
| will return to him after many days
| Corbin leaves Hagerstown early in
| July for the races, and the chances
are that he will not return until the
| leaves begin 10 fall.
Little filters this way what Crawford
is doing with his magnificent string
of trotters and PAGERS; but il is fair to
! presume he is doing the best he can.
| In Morris Brothers string and that OF
! W. + Miller, he has a tried band OF
race horses. All were well tried out
! in 1872, and the only thing Just now of
| interest is. will they get TO the post
sound and in condition? From what is
known Of Crawford, they will he fit to
race, at least, and wherever they go
there is no just reason to doubt that
they will get their share of the money.
Javns Brothers, who own Miss Russian.
2:16L. in Crawford's stable, 90 not
intend to race her if some one Will Of
fer reasonable price for her. Their
interests in the future will he con-
fined to promoting the local juvenile
stakes which will give them a line
at an early date. on what they are
producing. and which will also add
value to the participants and their kin.
II is difficult to say what Hanson, who
is training for them. has got at Pros
pect Park as yet. The greater share
of his string is comprised Of untried
! youngsters. He bears a most excellent
reput ton as trainer and as a de-
veioper of speed. and we shall have to
give him little time before Judgment
is pronounced on his efforts.
Time has rolled around for the sec
ond payment of the three-year-old trot-
ting stake The small amount of SIS
is due, in fact, a trife overdue. Public
interest in the stake is just as keen as
yer, and the racing committee of the
Montgomery Fair Association is trying
70 secure the two-year-old and the
three-year-old trotting stakes, and, the
three-year- pacing stake, il 1t shall
fill The exact amount the committee
is willing to give for the three stakes
has not been officially received up to
this writing. L. appears that If these
stakes are secured they will consti-
tute all the racing that VIII take p'Fce
at the fair ie 1915. In lieu OF a regular
race meet a horse show has been de-
cidei upon as topliT ell IN their pro-
grammc
The intelligence will prove shock
to light harness owners, as well as to
light harness lovers. 1t is a new de-
parture from an ancient custom, and