The Washington herald., 1914-02-01
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! February 10 a short month, and March
win be At its heels before we realize It
Light harness horsemen everywhere an
sanguine OF stirring events for the year
| Men Of class in the light harness feld
| like Murphy and Cox, In the East havs
been busy since the fall of 1913 searching
for horses 1T to 80 the route and an ths
classes, and have found them less nun,er.
Gus than ever before.
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Prices for horses of class have SCARED
| into the upper $4,000 atmosphere. Aur-
ply recently paid $4,000 for three that
had never seen a Grand Circuit track,
and last week was securing the South
ern States for more good prospects. The
bushes in every nook of the broad en-
pire Of States are being vigorously
shaken by scores Of men for trotters and
PAGERS that show signs Of making good
when the bells ring few months hence.
More and more. as the years come and
60, the half mile rings of the country
are becoming the nursery Of Grand Cir
cult materiar-the great treasury. as II
were. of equine wealth. The half mile
rings are the grand trying-out grounds
for horses fitted for still greater oppor-
tunities and still greater deeds The
half mile rings are the preparatory
schools Of the country. and the big mile
tracks the university from which only
the fittest and the best can hope to
achieve a diploma OF actual greatness in
the equine world.
The horse that brings $4,000 is the de-
veloped horse-that Is. developed to
certain point The best bred colt in the
--s,t hxtx IN, thu market more
than q draft bred one. unless developed.
Men who own well bred trotting foais
and fail to put them IN proper hands for
developmsrt are like the man who held
on to the spiggot Of his barrel while his
cider ran out through its bunshoie-
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Colt stake racing Is a form Of develop
'ment. II goes further: it winnows early
the wheat from the chan: 1t separates
the gold from the baser metal. II
enables colt owner to know. at a mini
mum cost. whether It will pay him to go
farther and expend more Of his good
money. II exposes, a. a rule. the coun-
terfett. II II. economy in its concrete
form. Because of all these things. The
Washington Herald. through its sporting
columns, has. for more than year past.
upheld the hands of the men who favor
the giving Of colt stakes.
Why, in these days, when the motor car
10 driving the trotting bred horse from
the park and road. should one buy or
breed . colt uniess one intends to de-
velop its speed and make 1t valuable. II
possible. for track purposes? II the colt
shows himself worthy Of his high lineage.
why not ado a few dollars more to his
value BY demonstrating that he will
racer
can show an eighth In ifteen seconds and
1 mile around 2:lo. he 10 worth little more
Than Chinese currency unless he proves
that he will race in company. For very
likely q crab Of o colt that can't beat
Zoo, that IT, well mannered, and goes on
the trot. will. nine times in ten. beat
him to the wire. You win never know
whether you own an infant bear cat or |
! counterfeit until you have developed |
md raced II.
The two and three year old trottine
JtaIes Of the District Of Columbia, Mary |
and. and Virginia close. absolutely. |
March I. four weeks hence. Owners OF |
sligiblss have just twenty-eisht days to |
ret IN out Of the wet. This being true. |
y V0uVVNo0 tHOso WhV WIN " 30 IA Il
me to declare themselves at once Do !
lot ssy, - an excuse, when the stakes
Hose that you knew nothing about the
ua&ter. II you take The Sunday Herald +
peu have been suficiently warned.
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II you do not take IL that Is your MIS-
ortuue. It 10 the only daily newspaper |
o all this section Of country that does
lot devote al its sporting pages to base
an puGillsts, prisefights. and golf. From
b incspe1ou. livery sport In the CALENDAR i
& sports has had an equal chance EXT
raets from, its light harness horssI
efumuD are printed In leading newspa-
'etn aud turf journals Of the East and
Veot. Il only costs Is to enter other /
take epd = per month thereafter. On
~ day the sfukss, are raced on 40 wfli |.
= dsnanAsa Of every nominstor; who
~ % the post.
II y Assdgned to race the stakss or /
lulng the vssk Of the Rockville fall.
(. e the Terms cfIsrsd By the fair board
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