The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-08
colt STAKES To
HAVE BIG PURSES
Montgomery Agricultural So
ciety Aims for Large Crowd
by Hanging Up Big Money.
RACES START AUGUST "a
Winner of Iwo-year-old Trottins for
Maryland. Virginia. and District
to Receive $500.

Prompted by the belief that good
sized purses draw to a track high
| class horses. and that high-class
horses draw crowds commensurate
with expenditures. the Montgomery
Agricultural Society has embarked
this year on one of the most ambi-
tious ventures of it's long history.
1t has hung up in the aggregate
for the four days of its annual fair,
Tuesday. the first day. it has hung
up $3.50, $500 of which goes to the
winners of the 4-year-old District
of Columbia, Maryland. and Virginia
rotting stake. and SITS to the two
running races listed. On Wednesday.
August IS. it has hung up a total of
$3.50 to be contested for.
The winners of the 2-year-old
trotting stake-members of which are
colts owned in the District of Column
'bia. Maryland, and Virginia-get of
this amount $500, the winners of the
IA trot $500. the winners of the Els
pace $500, and the balance is divided
between the winners in the two run
ming races for a distance of six fur
longs. and the winners of a pony race
over the hurdles for the distance of
half n mile.
Thursday. August &c. is expected to
be the big day of the fair and an
aggregate of s1.i65 is hung up OF
this amount $500 goes to the winners
of the 2:25 class pace. $500 to the 2:2O
trot. and $500 will be divided among
the winners of the 2:30 class trot The
winners in the ladies' race get of the
amount total as follows: First horse,
s25: second horse. SIS. and the third
horse. $40. The winners in the road
ster race will have 500 divided be-
tween them. The horses in the four
furlong run and repeat will get s125
and those in the six-furlong dash
800
On the last day of the fair friday
the 3-year,0ld stake for the District of
Columbia. Maryland and Virginia colts
will be decided. The purse, 500. will be
divided into four moneys. as will be the
case in all of the colt stakes and the re-
mainder of the sl.0O0 hung I'D will be
divided Is follows: $500 to the winners in
the county mixed race. 500 to the runners
in the six-furlongs dash. and SEQ to the
winners in the consolation run. the dis
lance being four furlongs and repeat
owners of horses fit to race can Gel
tainly find no fault with the size Of the
purses offered. and the men back Of the
society are responsible financially for
every dollar they pledge themselves to
pay to the owners of horses that win.
There will be side events at the fair
this year out of the usual order that
are of vital importance to the public
plea for better babies will be made by
a person of scientific attachments capa-
bic of spe aking on the subject (notwith-
the fact that every mother be-
lieves her baby the best ever, and there
will be lecture also on the White
Plague" with interesting illustrations
that cannot fail to impress all who visit
the tent. The exhibition of horses. cat
tie. sheep. hogs. chickens. farm utensils
and all matters pertaining to the domes-
tic household promise to be of a high
standard this year. The ambition of the
fair managers is to outstrip all previous
records of the society in every direction.
and they rely upon record-breaking
crowds each day to be present and See
them make good.
Lovers of horses worth while should
bear in mind that ten days from to-
day August 1S-will take place
the Colesville Horse and Colt Show
on Ben Rays Northeast Farms, near
colesville. Montgomery County.
The present is the third year of
and every succeeding year
has only strengthened the show in the
minds of the masses Whatever may
be said in favor of other exhibitions
Of horse flesh. the Cole Horse
and Colt Show stands in a class by
Itself. No other association can boast
Of such a rural setting as nature has
given to the show in question 1t Is
held on a 200-acre meadow bottom,
which Is bisected by a beautiful and
broad stream of pure water. and there
s plenty of room for hurdle and fiat
racing.
To the Ray farm annually people
"a Their as to a great fete from Mons-
yomery and adjoining counties and
from the District of Columbia, and
they go away delighted with their
lays outing. The officers of the asso-
,iation are the solid farmers and pro-
fessional and business men of the
county. and their sole pride is to pur
Up the best exposition of useful horse
iesh that Montgomery and adjoining
can furnish. There is ex-
,ected to be on the grounds this year
lome OF the best horses that have
,een shown for weeks past in Vir-
yinia. and the show will only last
me day The grounds are reached
,ver the very best of roads. and tho
cenery en- route for rural beauty can
,ot he aurpassed