The Washington herald., 1914-03-01
TROTTER
and PAGER

The scheme Is one OF mastery concep-.
ton. and IN the officials OF the several
tracks named rise to the opportunities
presented 10 them, must. OF necessity, in
crease the earning capacity OF every
man who owns racing tool The most
effective way to put this excellent scheme
into working order Is to call a meeting
Of the secretaries Of the several tracks.
and agree on a plan Of action as to dates
and size Of purses. Horses enough can
be had whose owners will be willing TO
race for purses ranging from $50 to $50.
and the inhabitants OF the towns and
rural districts wiz attend to the gate re-
cefpts.
II will require hard labor and some
money to put the plan proposed into exc
eution, but 1t viii all come back with
the results achieved. The Atlantic Sea-
board States have fully recovered from
the poverty inflicted by the civil war.
Crossroads communities have grown to
be villages; what were villages a half a
century ago are now nourishing cities,
and the greater part OF them all can
boast Of prosperous manufactures.
Wealth is more equally distributed
among the masses; farms are better
farmed and more productive. The rural
Inhabitants of the seaboard are all ar
dent advocates of the county fair, and
the mountains and plains annually con-
tribute their thousands to see the con-
tests between horses.
In some sections north of the Potomac
love OF harness sport has declined South
Of that stream harness racing is just be-
ginning to get firm foothold- Breeding
plants are springing up here and there,
and the light-harness horse Is destined to
supplant the thoroughbred in the affec-
tons of the people because Of his general
utility. The cotton and tobacco States
are now among the largest buyers OF
horses and mules. Richmond. Va, has
suddenly become the distributing point of
horse and mule flesh for the Southern
Atlantic States. That city Is geograph-
icaIly so situated that her supremacy in
that trade cannot be seriously disputed
During four years of civil war the Shen-
ardoah Valley OF Virginia was the
grainery of the Southern Confectionery.
Without its resources Of wheat and corn
and cotton and horses Lees army of
Northern Virginia could not have existed,
and the war that lasted for four years
would have ended in 1853 instead OF 1885.
The two-year-old trotting stake has
been materially enlarged since our last
Sunday issue. The stake. at this hour
of writing. Is as follows: ID. ]. Nc
earthly names Mobile Mccarthy. by Alto
Bell: John r. Javins names Billy J., by
Montana Gerard: Fields Bros. colt by
Gilbert Red; Francis Javins, filly by Mon
tana Guard: ]. A. Jones. AvoZa Worthy.
by Bale Axworthy; II. +. weissner. Fa-
TINA, by Bale Axworthy; E. +. Hall. Mil
dred c.. by Bale Axworthy. and ]. f.
Sansbury, John Bunny. by Prince George
The entry list comprises eight high-class
two-year-olds. bred in modern speed lines.
II is a most gratifying list. and creditable
to the men who have made the stake one
OF the most interesting events of the
year. J. c. Forrest, T. w. Dunworth. J.
W. Boyd, Mr.. Keefauver and r. c.
Combs, will. We trust. not be found miss
ing at the final roundup. 1t will be a
shame 10 such grand colts as they own
should be missing. when the two-year-
oIds are called to the post in August
next.