The Washington herald., 1914-09-20

PERTMENT LIGHT HARNESS GOSSIP PERTNENTLY
WRITTEN BY WELLKNOWN VETERAN HORSEMEN

I. A. Jones' in the mare Aroza Ak
worthy owns an animal worth the hav-
ing. She has won every race in which
she has started In this her hrst yenr out.
and she has turned her tricks With such
ease that In another year she may oe
expected to be placed In events where
fine pace win be swifter. She possesses
4 -wonderful lick of speed. and may be
even now very close to a 2:io trotter. She
Is entered In the big Richmond tVa-)
Fair stake. soon to be raced on, where
she will doubtless meet some good
horses. Mr.. Jones bred Aroza Axwerthy'
and he deserves CONGRATULATIONS for MS
good luck.
Muller and corbin did not meet with
their usual good luck in their WheeiiIg
w va, experience week before last, Tie
water, except for Mary Ellen, was a
trlde too deep for the horses in their
stables TO wade In. Now that all are IN
Pennsylvania, on dry land. better reports
from them may be expected Even her
bert Cozine, from which much wes ex'
pected early in the season, got in watel
above his chin in the West Virginia
mountains, and Is glad ne escaped COM
pIete asphyxiation. He, too, has come
down into the plains reg1ons wherf
money seems easier TO get. As natte'
of fact, however. money on race tracks
Is not so easy TO get as unsophistieatec
persons imagine. Wherever one yoes the
other fellow seems 10 be there also viii
the goods and spreads out his samples.
Take Hanover, Pa. where. last week
Harry Corbin. w. Z. Miller. j. r. Craw'
ford. doc" Smith, and H s. Croy Gu,
'er loose in large fields Of trotters and
will
June Patchin, in the 2:0 special pare
Crawford got third money in the 2:2
trot with Mordecai. and Harry Corbir
was almost outside the earthworks al
together with Solegrapn in the same
event. In the 2:27 trot, 50 ,ond division
Smith had to take second money VIII
Catoctin, and Croy third money viii
LADY Corsage. In heats that were trottec
around 2:20i-4 Lady Corsasr. still shorl
of work. went an excellent race. sh'
will improve as the procession proceeds
Miller. in the first division OF the ~
trot, secured second money II wouic
seem. to an outsider. that hordeca
should have made better showing. r
F. Hall is such a lightning change srtis
in the matter Of horses, that II Is hare
to saw whether he or the Wiessners nov
own Mordecai.
w. II. Chambers and Norman Corbii
purchased, at ForestvIlle. on Labor Day
the royalty bred and handsome stallion
Peter Ford son OF Austral, he by TN
noted sire Bow Bells, 2:ls, by Elecdonee
12S. Peter Ford was a very fast young
ster He is a full brother Of Manueila
s,67 Ia. a consistent Iace mare. Onll
bad MANAGEMENT. .overwork, and. I'm
proper care prevented the colt IRON
I acquiring a low pacing record. For IN
past two seasons Peter Ford has beei
used exclusively for breeding purposes
but there is not the slightest good rea
son. IL properly fitted for the task, wh'
! he should not become race hors
worth while He Is now near the fulnes
OF his maturity, is sound rich sea
Z brown in color. and, In and out OF har
I ness, a very attractive horse. FuTthe
/ than this. he belongs in male and temai
I lines to two Of the most prominent trot
! ting families. the dam OF his Erandsir
/ being the celebrated Beautiful Bells, b
I The Moor Peter Ford's dam has rae
| record Of 2;1S.