The Washington herald., 1914-06-07
IS Per Cent Less Nags Now
Running on the Grand
Circuit Tracks.
NOW RACE YEARLNGs
By L. ID. SALE.

Brethren. a cry comes up from Mace
donia for help
There is in this country, a scarcity o.
horses ht for racing purposes. Even we
In this baseball mad community. appre
ciafe that fact In parts of the countr,
other than our own, the lack of racing
material is more sorely felt Fair asso
ciations, and other associations affiliatet
with the great scheme of racing sport
are already in the field for horses, some
thing unusual for the season Of tn,
year.
The percentage of entries IN the Crane
Circuit is upward OF IS per cent less thar
those of 1913 And this applies to agec
horse events and juvenile stakes. The
demands of the Grand Circuit are ex-
acting and more difficult to MI: for the
average usefulness of a horse on the
big rings is but little over two years
Here and there We find such exceptions
to the rule as Sweet Marie and Dudie
Archdaie and a few others of recent
years.
The exceptions in the earlier days OF
the trotting turf were Lady Suffolk
Flora Temple, Dexter, George Wilkes
and Goldsmith Maid. All of these were
mature horses before they were broken
to harness. hence they lasted longer
Now We harness and break, and in some
instances, race yearlings. Our two-year-
otds are almost veterans. The yearlins
record, at the trot, is 2:15 81; the two
year-old record is 2!oi 81
These milestones mark the advance
ment of the trotting breed. And yet,
wonderful as are the accomplishments
of these youngsters, in the mind of
men who control the sporting sheets of
the day. they dwindle into insignificance
compared with the almost daily feats
of n Walter johnson and a Ty Cobb.
We very much doubt If there is a sport
ing editor of a daily newspaper in the
United States who has ever heard OF
Airdsle, the champion yearling; Of Peter
Volo. the champion two-year-old, or OF
Colorado E, the champion threc-year-
old The modern sporting editor is OBJ
livious to everything except baseball
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The citizens of Washington, and those
contiguous to the District of Columbia,
buy a newspaper for the news of the
Gay. But, a matter of fact. they are
cheated, for only one daily paper in the
National Capital publishes all the news
each day. and IN succinct manner.
Sat paper is The Washington Herald.
meeting was held within a-short dis
tance of Washington The sport was
clean. the events >hotly-contested. the
spectators could be counted by't the hun
dreds. and all present were self-respect-
ing and respected citizens of Montgomery
County, and Of the District Of Columbia
And yet. out of the four daily news
papers published in Washington. only one
The Washington Herald-printed a word
OF what transpired. Can such things
be to overcome us like a summers cloud
and not excite our special wonder?" In
many important respects the meeting
held on Brightview Farm Tuesday last
set the pace for all future race meetings
in this section. The horses were on the
track in each heat as promptly as could
have been expected.
The only tedious waits of the afternoon
of enjoyable sport occurred in the county
race-due to ineXperience on the part OF
some drivers and the actions of a green
colt that had not yet been taught to turn
when commanded to do so. Otherwise
the events of the day would have been
almost continuous performance. The
best of good nature everywhere prevail
ed and every heat was a horse race. ia
wins Bros. under whose auspices the
meeting was arranged, have reason to
congratulate themselves upon their in
itial efforts to give Washington and
Montgomery County race-goers clean and
interesting sport
They need only follow the lines they
have laid down to revive and maintain
public confidence. They can never COM
nit a grievious error If they will keep
in mind that it is the public who support
race tracks, and that it is the public that
must be always consulted in any event.
All horssmen can rightfully demand is
square deal, and their money when they
have earned it. In all other essentials
they are fully capable of caring for
themselves. No race track manager who
ever consented to lend himself to the
wiles and arts of the trickster. but re-
pented his act the balance of his life.
John Al. Boyd loves well-bred and hand
some horscflesh, and, like most men born
in Southern Maryland. he has one or
more of the kind in his stable.
1t needs only a glance at Princess Inez
TO impress one that her blood is cerulean
blue, and that she is of the caste of We're
de- We're You can prove ii in her deer
like head, her slender. arching neck, her
deer-like legs, and her small but we'll
shaped feet and proud spirit
Princess Inez is filly good to look
picks her feet up in the right way. and
gets over the ground. She is a golden
chestnut, like her stable mate, May Bell.
and, although she is a four-year-oId and
May Bell only two, the pair would look
well to pole. Notchcliff, her sire. IS stand
ard and registered son of Alcantara, 2:23,
and whose dam was the celebrated Nancy
Medium dam of four, including Belle
Kuser 2:0s, by Bayonne Prince; second
dam, Belle Medium dam of three). by
Happy Medium; third dam, Black Hawk;
fourth dam by James Z. Polk Nutwood
was a son of Belmont and the celebrated
Miss Russell, and half brother of
Maud s., 2:oS "a. Mr.. Boyd will see that
Princess Inez is developed.
The Javins Brothers have at last
reached. after much travail of pocket, the
point where they can contemplate, with
some satisfaction at least the large ea-
pense they are under in maintaining their
large racing and breeding plant. Their
beet first purchase was Kushan, 2:ls IA.
Time will determine whether they erred
In purchasing Kushan, jr, Peter ]. H,
and Trampfaster. At this hour they
promise well. The Javins have a few
good brood mares. 1t should be their
purpose to re-enforce them by three or
four more as good or better, and dis
card everything that has not produced
when given the opportunity. Another ex-
cellent move made by the Javins of late,
is the engagement of H. S. Cray as
superintendent and trainer.
He has brought order out Of chaos.
He has done things If given a freer
hand. he win accomplish very. much