The Washington herald., 1919-12-28
UPSET OF DOPE WAS
THE REAL FEATURE
OF THE 1919 SEASON

NE NEAL fEAlUM
OF THE 1919 SEASON |
CONTINUED FROM PAGE NINE
the first three winners. Bob" q bay |
attached to the Tenth precinct, won
the first prize. with Sergt. Robert
Yates as his rider.
Hunters Catch Eye.
An unusually attractive feature OF
the third day was the hunt team class |
Tho red jacketed riders lending a
bright bit OF color to the scene. Baily
Heather. Willow King and Clinker. a
team owned by the Glen Riddle
Farms. easily carried away the cupl
presented by Mrs. Helen Buchanan
Jones' in this class, the three horses
their record during the re- !
manning days of the show. both to-
Gether and slngiy.
The five days program closed with
six championship classes and a series |
OF military events.
Canoeing Champions.
Washington can boast of canoeing |
champions, having champions OF the
world in one thing anyway. The
of the Washington Canoe !
Club annexed the title by cleaning
up in nearly every event in which |
they were entered at Sugar Island, !
New York and Philadelphia during
the early season and topped of their
successful endeavors by capturing the /!
American Canoe Association regetta
held on the Potomac River last La !
Dor day
The local paddIers walked away
with this meet as they scored sixty
nine points, their nearest competitors
being the Pittsburg A. A. and Red !
Dragon Canoe Club. of Buafflo. who !
were tied for second honors with 1--WE
points each. Karl knight was the In
dividual star of the club. while Bau-
man and Burch along with Ruther-
ford also contributed many points to
the locals total which gave them the
championship.
Racing In Maryland.
Turfmen and followers OF the thor
oughbred enjoyed the best season dur
ing 1919 in its history. Racing In
Maryland surpassed all history. as the |
crowd which packed each of the one
mile tracks broke all records. while
the half mile merry-go-rounds also
newly remodeled MARYLAND State Fair
plant at Laurel, Mary
land. has always hcen looked upon by
rs their own
Under the new management the
sport OF kings thrived at the Laurel
track during its twenty-six-day meet !
ing. while Bowie proved equally pop
ular with the lovers Of horSeflesh |
Both PimIico and Havre De Grace
found a GoodIy following from the
Capital City and " the reformers will
keep their hands or In Maryland local
race folks can look forward to the |
greatest racing season in 1910 in the
OF the sport in this vicinity. |
There is n wide difference OF opin- |
ton Among turfmen as to which horse |
earned the title Of king Of the turf
this year.
There Is no doubt that Samuel Rid |
dies Man o War was the best ju- |
nellie lie earned undisputed right to !
rule over the youngsters.
sir barton stars.
Neither Is there much doubt that
Commander J. X. l. Ross's Sir Bar |!
ton was the best 3-year-oId. He won
the Kentucky Derby. the Preakness. |
the withers. the Belmont and several
other stakes and earned more money
Than any other horse during the year. |
Tie was defeated by S. c. Hildreth's !
Purchase at the Aqueduct meeting. !
but In that race he was suffering
FROM a sore foot and threw a shoe. |
He again met defeat at the fall meet
ing at Pimlico. but he came back a
few days later and took nearly all
tho championship cuntenders into
camp.
BY his wonderful victories he more
than won the 3-year-old title. lie
came mighty close to winning the
handicap crown.
The older horses, suchs as Cudgel.
Sun Briar, E;xterminator. Naturalist
and LucuIlIte. did not perform con-
sistently and while each showed
championship form in several races
none went through the season without
suffering several ignominious defeats.
Scholastic Teunis.
Although scholastic tennis was
not at its height in spirit and on
Ihusiasm the season was a very
creditable one and many youngsters
were developed To keen racquet
wi-lders. All scholastic tennis fol-
lowers know Central won the ten
uis championship with comparative
ease. and up to the present time
Central has the honor Of being ''un-
defeated"
Centrars "nIy competitor last
scason WAS Western Tho Western
racquet wieIders fought the Blue
and White team Bamcly in its schoi-
astic match and took three Of seven
matches while the other institutions
could obtain nothing hut n Enos~ egg
for their wins.
Those who composed the Central
championship team arc: Shorty
Price, interschoIastic singles cham
pion. and paired with Arthur Knapp
doubles champion;
Paul CoukIin. Francis Murray and
Williams.
Local Ro"1nE.
Looking Around to see what ne
has accomplished II not a good oars
mans idea OF the way TO win boat
races Keep yuur eyes In the boat
and look to the future, is his motto;
however. II might he said right here
that the local oIrsmen do not have
to s,end any time looking over what
they have accomplished during the
Iast to realize that they have just
completed n very successful year OF
the real mans game Of rowing, |
Their record stands out with that /
great old word. victory" written in /,
brave, bold type.
The AmtIostan Boat Club failed to
reopen az a rowing club during the
year, ard as n result the Potomac
Boat Club were the only local oars
men left to represent the city in tho
uElny rurItttas hello during the year.
IL must be said they surely did