The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
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81 Spring.
|. with all OF It's .etheriai. fnildness.r Is.
to use the expression. getting there.
with the coming Of nilder weather
carts and suikies are taking
/ On brighter color Of red. except those
owned by Barney Dougherty,
Which are Z rich shade OF st. Patrick .
Day green. with ERIN 20 hragh" on the
cushions.
Frank Thomas has taken up his hand
some Montana Guard nliy. and Is driving
her on the road.
p. !. o.Keefe is- closely confined 10 his
room from severe case OF la grippe.
Local horse dealers still insist that
horses are higher this spring than for
many seasons past
The motor ear is here. also the old
horse. and each is likely to remain for
years to come.
Too bad J. w Boyd failed to get in
the two-year-oid colt stakes.
However. We can sit IN the granGstand
In August next and condole with his
friend. Forrest
There is rumor afoat that Javins
Brothers will give a horse show at their
farm In August
DR.. J. D. Robinson is using the hand
some stallion Lord Jay in his hacks
T. r. Tippett, of Cheltenham, Nd. Is
said to besdickering for the stallion Ar
linston. 2:is1-4
Country Jake. 2:1s IL win be raffied
on March Is by Robert connor. his new
owner.
The latest from ]. C. Mott is that he
viii open training quarters soon in Leon
ardtown.
1t viii soon be time to issue a search
warrant for Michael Morris. the West
Washington horseman.
Michael is at his best when he tries to
sing, Il Wonder Who's kissing Her
Now"
Since Austin LOTUS turned his n,o,u,
car into Junk. the Rams Horn has lost
its attractions
Hagerstown horsemen are already PLAN
ming for Decoration Day events, and ex-
pect to give a big meeting
The greenest place In town St Patricl.s
Day. was the blacksmith shop of Brown
& Mccarthy
Doc. Dunn, OF Colonial Beach, writes
that he Is ice-bound and xnow-bound, but
will soon crawl out
Phil Steubener announces he Is again
high gun" but says nothing about an
other boating trip TO the Beach"
Maurice Joyce is searching for a run al
abode near Washington. How would Ana
costa suit him?
The Canadians are coming out this year
with PAGER called Eel Direct.
That they think will make the States
PAGERS look like the proverbial . cents
Pop" Geers has piloted to the wire no
less than six M. & M. winners, and is
due again this year. rt-e
Lady wanetka Is the dope for the
three-year-old futurities down the big
line in 1914.
w. r. Cox intends to point Peter John
ston for the big Detroit NJ. & M. stake.
Michigan breeders will race their fu-
turtles this year over the half-mile
tracks of the State.
II is time something was done toward
forming a breeders association, suggested
by The Herald a few weeks since.
1t should comprise breeders of the Dis
triet. Maryland and Virginia, and now is
the time to organize.
Don't let that speedway proposition die.
horsemen of the District of Columbia
Why would II not be a good scheme to
have q tryout of local three-year-olds on
July 4?
Doc. sansbury and Jsvins Brothers
might offer purses for q three-year-old
trot on that day.
All local three-year-olds will be well
advanced in their training by that time,
Ohio leads Michigan as a racing State.
as 10 meetings were held in Ohio in
1913
And the purses offered amounted to
ss72,Ooo Michigan. however. is well to
the fore in racing sport.
Frank d. Robinson has not yet decided
who VIII train his good colt, Hal Hardin.
now a four-year-old. l
ID. ]. Mccarthy thinks of sending his
handsome FLY, Kathleen Dewey, to
Trainer Hanson.
Harry Corbin, who will train at Hagers-
town, will start out with upward OF
twelve old and young horses.
The McHenry Brothers. Hagerstown,
have not yet selected a trainer for their
large stable of trotters and PAGERS.
Z. F. Hall is getting the handsome
GUNNER geiding, J. Henry. ready for the
races, and he looks like the real' thing.
Frank Doble will very likely have Field
Brothers Marchand again this year. The
fast son OF Moko has wintered finely.
w. H. Chambers will be out again this
year with a small stable of trotters and
PAGERS for the local and nearby two-lap
tracks.
Thomas Connor. of Winchester, Va,
expects to begin his training operations
shout April l. Several horse owners have
filed applications.
DR.. ]. z. Sansbury will begin next
month to put his Forestville track, fences
and stables in shape for the coming
spring and summer work
II now looks as IL Forrest, Boyd.
Coombs and Dunworth would have to
race in class by themselves. II they
would race at all.
Edward Daniels talks of reviving in
the near future his two-lap track at
Berwyn, and hold weekend meetings.
w. +. Miller will remove all of his
horses from lower Virginia to the Gentle
mems driving Park some time In May.
H. s. Croy is getting Javins Brothers
horses rapidly In shape for their sum-
fner engagements. and all Of them are
in good shape
Miss Kushas, 2:15 IA. will be bred some
time next month to Peter ]. H, son OF
Peter the Great. as will also Miss Hob
son. 2:f7A.
Very few of the get OF the dead Bale
Axworthy remain in Londoun county.
The wiessners, of Baltimore. and z. r.
Hall have about cleaned them out
II the Montgomery County Fair officials
tried very hard they possibly might in
duce trainers to camp on their beautiful
and well located track.
Mr.. Magruder, owner of Prince Alto
2:2s IA, by Alto Bell, expects to race
the geIding again in 1914. and has got his
fao% g.. ccod shape orra r,aro ~