The Washington herald., 1914-05-31
By L.p. SALE.

Tomorrow afternoon, tnere VIII De rae
ing on Brightview Farm. Colesytlle.
Montgomery County. Jsvins Brothers,
owners.
II viii be TO wsshingtonians. and
other residents thereabouts, the first light
harness event of the present racing sea-
son. About all that is best in trotting
and pacing horsefesh. owned in this I'M
mediate Vicinity Is promised for the
glad occasion. Visitors to Brightview
Farm will be TREATED to some pleasant
surprises. aside from the sport promised.
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They win be Impressed with the fact
that Brightview is permanently es-
tabiished on the trotting map, to begin
with. They win have a chance to inspect
one of the best half-niiIe racing plants
In Maryiand-complete in every DETAIL
and perfected at considerable personal
expense. Visitors VIII find on their ar
rival grandstsnd capable OF seating be-
tween 900 and 200 people.
And ii is so located that from the
score down to the point where the horses
finish at the Wire, every inch of space
can be covered with the eye. The track
is new, safe. and is in as good condition
for speed making as an expert like
Trainer Croy can bring 1t to. We made
a special visit to Brightview early in the
week, in. order to see with our own
eyes what had been accomplished.
We found everything much better than
We expected to find it.. and all of the
horses in training in forward condition,
considering early drawbacks of damp
and cold weather. All of Montgomery
was praying for rain, for the sake of
the corn and potato crops. A good, steady
three DAYS rain would be a great bless
ing, as We write, and the race track
needs It as badly as ANYTHING else.
We saw. while at Brightview. Croy
drive Kushan, jr.. three heats in a
workout, and came away with the i'm
preston that of all the horses there are
now in training he is one of the best
three-year-old trotting prospects owned
in MARYLAND. We also came away with
the distinct impression that Croy's repu-
tation as careful and skillful colt
trainer has not been in the least bit
overdrawn.
Croy has the Kushan colt going good
with six-ounce shoe and a three-ounce
toe-weight in front, and we should not
be surprised If. by August, he could dis
card the toe-weight, as the colt has still
a trifie too much knee action. How
make 2:l5 trotter of Kushan, jr., in
his threeAssar-old form is soundness of
limb and good health. His miles Tues
day were only around the 2:50 notch, but
he acted as il a mile in 2:30 could have
been negotiated, he moves with such
ease. power and precision.
As a racing model, Kushan, jr., can
easily put a few over on any other colt
at Brightview and there are some good
specimens in the Javins barns these days
believe your Uncle Peter. There is Peter
J. H.. that is bodying out rapidly and
looking like stallion; Trampfaster, that
is strongly made and impressive look
ing four-year-oid of the Jay Bird type
and a bay pacing gelding by Montana
Guard, out of Bonnie Lassie, that We saw
Second Trainer Flaherty drive heat, in
which he acted as if he was stricken with
much speed.
The much liked Lord Roberts fiIly was
not hitched. but We looked her over in
her stall and liked her general appear
ance. Grey thinks she will do after she
has been properly educated in track
work, and as he has had wide experience
with her blood we defer to his. opinion
more than We do to our. own. Visitors
to Brightview tomorrow will find the ride
an ,invigorating one over the best of pixies
and past enchanting rural scenery. Two
free motor trucks will meet horseless
and motoriess persons at the District
Lac. unning every hour throughout the
day
A pleasant hour was spent also at Ben
Rays Northwest Farm, where on August
Il, will be held the annual horse show
on those beautiful meadow bottoms.
through which flows an artery, of the |
EQror A f,,,, @f<.,, 4,
OF the show will be a comfortable grand !
stand, from which all that takes place |
can be easily seen. A great many horses |
never before seen at the Colesville horse |
and colt show will be in evidence August |
IL, especially from Virginia. Mr.. Ben
Ray and Mrs. Ray were unavoidabiy |
absent during our brief visit, but their |
charming daughter dispensed with grace |
the hospitality which has made North |
west Farm famous.
The annual horse show in Highland, |
Howard County, to. be held on August |
6. is already attracting the breeders and |
owners Of blooded horses in all parts of |
the East, as well as from both Of the !
Vireinias. Upward of s. 800 will be dis |
tributed in prizes Some of the best |
hurdlers in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New
York, and Maryland will participate in |
the proceedings of the day. Secretary /
Randall is working overtime on the en-
try list, and the program will soon be
ready for distribution. The elite of Mary
land are patrons OF the Highland show,
at the conclusion Of which they march in
Say procession to Colesville.
While at Brightview Farm, on Tues
day last, We had the pleasure of see
ing in harness T. W. Dunworth's most
beautiful and finely gated tsvo-year-
old flly, Mary Axworthy, with the re-
doubtable Irish Home Ruler: T. w, in
the sulky. And. say, take it from
Uncle Silas. this Mary girl can march
some barefooted- When she hits her
stride on the stretches of Brightview
Farm she makes some of the other
two-year-old misses an MONTGOMERY
look like a Chinese cent with a hole in
II Tins seat in the sulky is an imi-
tstfon of Tom Murphy's-only worse.
Murphy drives with two hands, while
Tim tries to team his mount with one.
and jerks the reins when he we nts to
turn on its speed. He says he learned
to drive on an Irish japnting car.
with donkey at both ends. Mary is
eping TO make a trotter all right, In
SPITE of Tim, ard she is handsome
enough for the show ring.
Good tidings continue to come in from
Aionzo corbin and ]. c. Mott Mott seems
TO be anxious to get to the races with bis
roam PAGER. Hal B. The report is that
the roam paced a mile over the Rockville
track during the week In ID, pulled up,
and half in los Few horses in this