The Washington herald., 1914-01-11
TROTTER
and PAGER
BY l.. ID. SALE.

by l.. ID. SALE.
If local horsemen will get together and
pull together, the racing season of 1914
at this point can be made one OF en-
joyable sport at little cost.
4 get-togefher spirit. We are happy 10
say, at this hour of writing. is visible, and
will doubtless grow stronger when the
sun shines brighter. whea the sap begins
to flow, and the birds begin to sing. In
the meantime racing around the stove VIII
be in order.
Horse interest one year ago was large
ly centered IN the two-year-old and three
year-old trotting stakes. They were a
novelty and an experiment. Most persons
interested in light harness affairs, though
they would be a mere flash to the pam
But only fou.. nominators out of fourteen
were missing at the wind-up, and they
were absent under compulsion.
As pur .ly financial proposition, 1t Cam
not be said that the stakes paid back the
money expended. 1t may be said Of those
who engaged in them that they did nul
expect, when they entered. that they
would pay dollar for dollar expended.
Their interest in the matter was not OF
sordid, but of sentimental nature.
And il is from this viewpoint that we
commend the men who stood so nobly
in the breach in 1913.
Errors made in 1912 will be avoided in
1914. The stakes will be raced on earlier.
There is certain to be a three-year-old
trotting stake. and there are signs that
a two-year-old trotting stake will ma
teriaiize Why not? Colts of the legal
age are numerous hereabouts. They
should be developed, and, If they are
developed. it follows that they should be
raced some to prepare them for future
Usefulness The three-year-olds Of 1914,
owned in these parts. should be made to
earn more than did those of 1873 They
should be got ready earlier than those OF
1913 and raced here during the summer,
and elsewhere if thought fit- .
Racing is an important part of a colts
education. 1t teaches it manners, with
out which a Uhlan, Highball, or a
Peter volo, for track purposes, would not
have been worth a pewter dollar. Man.
ners are best acquired on the race track
where the colt has company. He Is less
liable to get excited, when the hour
comes for him to trot for the money.
Grand Circuit colts are ready to go out
and trot for the money in July and
August Colts hereabouts, just as well
bred, should do the same. We hope local
track owners, when they prepare their
cards this year, will bear these facts in
mind and offer inducements
The good in dollars and cents that a
well-bred stallion can do in a community
and add to its wealth and circulating
ic hofn Illustrated in WI
ties in touch with the National Capital
Loudoun County, Va, and St Mary
County. Nd. Upward Of thirty years ago
the little brown Morgan stallion Conway
was located at the little hamlet of Low
ettsville, Va. on the borders of the Po-
tomac. He was bred to mares good, bad,
and indifferent-mostly Indifferent. The
worth of the Conway blood was quickly
established. and, probably. not less than
$4,000 worth of Conways were actually
sold in the District of Columbia alone.
Later still, about sixteen years ago, a
horse of Mambreno Chief blood called
Benoni was imported to Loudoun, in the
vicinity of Leesburg.
Benoni was better bred horse than
Conway--that is, more fashionably bred
His value was not fully appreciated until
after his return to Kentucky. and his get
had become mature in years and devel-
oped. His advantages were no better
than those of Conway, but he left a
lasting impress for good upon the horses
of Loudoun, and today his blood is as
precious as gold. Some seven or eight
years ago DR.. Kean and James NJ. Cor
bin, of Hamilton, Loudoun County, Jour
neyed to Boston and brought home with
them Kushan. 2:1s IA, and DR.. Bell,
2.17 Ia
Kushan, up to date, has produced
better results that DR.. Bell. But, as a
matter Of fact, il II too early to pass
Judgment between them Each must