The Washington herald., 1914-10-25
BY L. ID. SALE

DR.. J. z. Sansbury. owner and man
ager of Forestvine Driving Park, con-
templates giving a Thanksgiving Day
harness meet and hopes TO supplement-
the same with ten days running rect
ing, provided ne can gain the sanction
of the jockey club. In this plan the
doctor hopes to succeed
ForestvilIe lies only about ten miles
east Of the District line. and can De
reached from the National Capital over
one of the best roads in Maryland. No
tor buses can reach the track in twen-
ty-five minutes. and il a running meet
ing is decided upon line Of buses
will be established. SO Dr. Sansbury IS
assured. that will accommodate all OF
the attendance that may be expected
from this and other points.
Local horsemen. trotting as well as
running. are enthusiastic over the doc
tors project. On Thanksgiving Day Dr.
Sansbury has decided TO present TO the
public three light harness races and
three running races. and posters for the
same will soon be out. Now that motor
busses are running regularly every day
to FOrestvilIe. the driving park at that
point is very much in the limelight on
the part of men interested IN light har-
ness and running sport. 1t is the only
track that Is within easy distance Of
Washington that is in commission, and
il is likely to be the only track on
which sport can he had in this imme-
diate section for many wears TO come.
Mr. Norman Corbin has his list made
out of horses he will ofer at the COM
ing Old Glory sale in Madison Square
Garden, which takes place early in De
cembeE- The list will embrace some OF
the best horses owned in this section.
and nearly all have been trined md
raced some. All are Usefully sound. and
all possess speed above the average. In
point of breeding and speed Pen Mar
Belle leads the lot She has shown
capacity 10 trot in 2:I5 or better. and she
is a daughter OF Ashland Wilkes. 2:l1 -.
while her dam is a daughter of Con-
stantine, 2:I2 -. The Bellies first and
second dams have fast records and are
producers. Daughters OF Ashland Wilkes
are not only rare nowadays, bu; Pen Mar
Belle has herself every right to he
producer of speed according to the laws
Of breeding. Members of the great Di-
rector family are not so plenty these
days. therefore the handsome and fast
stallion Main Gallant in the Corbin stable
should not 90 begging for buyers.
Main Gallant is son Of Mainsheet
his dams side to the twentieth genera
ton The bay mare .Grattsn Girl is a
young mare that is vet to be tried out
on the turf, but she can show a 2:5O
clip, and as she q. belongs to the dis
tinguished Grattan family which traces
to Wilkes Boy. as does the family OF
Constantine. she win be a good buy for
some one to more thoroughly develop.
Peter Ford. a handsome and fast son
OF Austral and Pepbina 2as II will also
be consigned. Don Cozine, jr. in the
same consignment belongs to a fast and
consistent family of trotters and PAGERS.
He. like Grattan Girl. Is untried as vet,
but he has shown fast at the pace. Mr..
Corbin has numerous friends here and
elsewhere. and all will regret that he !
finds that he no longer has time 10 give 7
TO turf matters.
The glad agricultural fair season. as
far as this section of country is concern
ed. came 10 a glorious end at Frederick /
last Friday. In spite of the war in Eu-
rope. which has tended TO unsettle finan- |
ciaI conditions In this country and make !
capftal retreat to its lair in bank vaults.
and. in spite Of the fact that weather
conditions in some instances have not
been favorable. the accounts of agri-
cultural associations are, in the main,
on the right side of the ledger. On the
half mile rings, East and West and
North and South, meetings held have
been largely attended. while on the
Grand Circuit the daily attendance has
been all the way from 1900 to 19,0O0 And 4
these results were achieved despite the
fact that light harness interests lack the
powerful press support that is behind
baseball
No one thing establishes more clearly