The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
ny L. n. SALE.

Recent AGRICULTURAL statistics demon
strate that more horses Of useful types
are being bred in the United States than
AT any other period In the history of the
Republic.
Dealers in horses will tell you. when
asked. that horses they are looking for
on the' farm higher than ever before
within their knovledge OF the trade. The
breeding Of horses Of the useful type is as
profitable an industry as the farmer can
engage An. INST AT the present hour.
The coming of the motorcar has.
thus far. only seriously affected two
tvnes ~ hor~es-the light driver for road
ana runsbout nuruoses and the heavy
carriage horse. N is probable that the
a. usaf,,Iness. bnt there A. reason for be-
lief In the minds Of me, who study ,eondi-
tons that sooner or later the heavy car
riape horse will he as popular as ever
among those who choose 10 cali them
selves exclusive and ultra Fashionable.
There Is every promise of an extraordI-
nary season of sports of all kinds fol-
lowing a gradual revival of business n,
centers. Deyotees of running
sport are becoming reconciled TO whole
some track legislation. and the running
tracks in the vicinity of New York will
all. In time, be again in commission. The
Grand Circuit Secretaries have men and
arranged dates, and the half-miIe ring
circuits are about all in line and are
OF sport
There will be plenty Of racing within
an easy distance OF Washington. Pimlico
viii give a spring meeting as usual. but,
according to reports, Laurel is In doubt.
Dr. John +. Sansbury will throw open
his Forrestville track to the public on
Decoration Day. Javins Brothers will
also give a meeting on the same date
at their farm track, near Colesville
grandstand that will accommodate 800
people has recently been completed.
Farm tracks VIII be In operation on the
same dAy' the distance between the Two
tracks Is so grea, that the gate receipts
OF either track VIII not De materially AT
fected. provided the cards offered appeal
to the public. The problem presented to
the managers OF the two tracks is a
matter Of horses. rather than that of at
tendance. We believe. however, that when
the hour arrives there Will be horses
enough to go around and to furnish a
day of high-class sport The fact that
two tracks close to Washington will
give race meetings on the same day.
will be an inducement TO lovers Of light
harness sport TO buy speed.
class speed has already arrived In town
In the well-known race horse country
a 4 AFHRnTN.
trained him and raced him TO his record.
put him under the hammer Monday last
and Robert Conner, the well-known local
dealer. became his owner. Mr.. Conner Is
not in the racing business, therefore
Jake is liable to soon have new owner.
What is most In Jake's favor as racing
tool is. that he Is not an outclassed
horse: therefore his racing days are not
over.
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that have finished around 2:lO and 2:I1,
and Jake has been separately timed Cd
several occasions in 2:12 Ia and 2:l5.
Everyone who knows Mr.. McHenry
possible. low records for his horses. pre-
ferring to be in the money rather than
get a mark SO low that the earning
capacity of bis horses would be destroyed
and their money value diminished. Jake
is a very remarkable horse In spite of
the many fast miles he has gone. he Is
as sound as he was the day he was
born. His legs are free from blemishes,
and he looks and feels like five-year-
old.
He. too. is bred in the best of trotting
lines. His sire is the fast colt Mars. by
Prince Orion. son of Messenger Duvoe
his dam by Truxton, sire OF Belle TruN-
ton, 2:16 Il, by George Wilkes, jr., Jake's
second dam is by Almont IS, his third
dam by Voorhees, Abdallah. and his fourth
dam by Long Island Black Hawk. Jake
is strictly standard bred. full brother
of, Country Boy, 2:D. is eligible to the
$50 trot and able to beat his record sew
eral seconds any time he is turned