The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-07-01
HOOPS AND BRIsTLEs.
Rambler Among the Brood Mares,
Shorthorns and Berkshires.
Mr.. E. G. Reynolds Fine
Stock Farm.

lies on both sides Of RichlanC
creek, about ten miles north of Pu
laski. ] mile from Buford's Station
on the railroad leading to Nash
vile. AS a general thing 1t is beau
tifully undulating, but. partly very
level, and l venture to assert tha
there is net a body of land of the
same size in the county that i.
more universally fertile, that hai
fewer thin spots. 1t contains about
800 acres and it is watered by five
living springs which are admirably
distributed over the place. A par
OF the place is subject to overflow
in very high tide of the creek, but
this only occurs at long intervals
In consequence of the high waters
this spring the crops on the place
are somewhat backward, but they
look most fourishlng at present
and promise above an average
yield. Mr.. Reynolds has just fin.
ished cutting his crop of clover
about 10 acres, which made an un
usually large yield He adopted
the sensible plan ofrIcking the hay
The field made two ricks, one of %
feet and the other 80 feet long, from
10 to II feet high, which he covers
with a heavy Gaping of wheat
straw. Mr.. Reynolds whole place
is admirably fenced and he has one
Of the Incompatible "Rodes'' gates
to every field on the place. Indeed
"Belle Air' is one of the tidiest and
most thrifty looking farms to bc
seen anywhere. The truth is that
the only thing lacking TO make il
complete entirely, is pretty little
cottage placed on charming knoll
just suited for this purpose, situa.
ted on the north border of the
place, about midway from east to
west, and tidy wife to adorn the
cottage. have strong hopes that
these most necessary ad.uncts will
not be long delayed.
Mr.. Reynolds has a marked fond
ness for all kinds of fine stock and
some few years since he COM
menced to supply his farm with
choice selections of the ordinary va
rieties of farm stock, consisting of
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, and
in each of these he has q few ami
mails unsurpassed in the whole coun-
try for high breeding and indi-
vidual excellence. He has a stable
of some five brood-marts, which
think deserve particular mention
they belong to the best trotting
families in the country and were Sc
lected because of their blood and
superior breeding qualities. 1t is
difficult to say which is the best
breeder of this lot. Probably the
one with the best trottiDg strain of
blood is Vanity, bay mare 4 years
old, by the celebrated son of Rys
dyk's Hambletonian, Enfield, (rec-
ord 2:29); 1st dam Vashti by Eric
son (record 2:3O4); End dam by
Wagner, by Sir Charles, by Sir
Archy. 1t will thus be seen that
Vanity runs quickly back to the
thoroughbred and to the most
celebrated family in the United
States, if not in the world. She
has by her side a sucking horse
colt by Maj. Campbell Browns Gel
ebrated stallion Trouble, (record
2:364 J, which is an uneommonly
fine colt, and if breeding means
anything, this colt is bound to
make fast one. Mr.. Reynolds in
tends to keep him to head his stud.
1 feel confident that he will be val
liable acquisition to the stock of
the country.
Florence Kirkman, another one of
the lot, is one of the handsomest
mares L ever saw, beautiful blood
bay. got by Chieftain, (record
2:294), son of Clark Chief, son of
Nam brine Chief, LIST dam Susie
Seay, by Jack Malone; End dam
Lucy by Everlasting; 3rd dam
Lucy Long, by Alexander; 4th dam
by Imp Consol.
Maury Maid, got by Black Hawk
Rather, 1st dam Silvia, by CommO
dore; End dam Kate Sherlock, by
Tom Goodrum, son of Imp. Levia-
than; 3rd dam by Imp. Leviathan;
4th dam by Stakeholder, son of Sir
9th dam Maria Hill, by Ten
nessee Oscar. Florence Kirkman
and Maury Maid are both out of
dams and the most
blood in the country.
Florence cost Mr.. Reynolds $3.50,
ut three years old. She has a lilly
foal by her side TO High Private,
which is very large and fine; a year
ing FLY by Maj. Stacy's Bay
w oodford, son of Edwin Forrest,
and two year old filly by Black
wood, jr., which Mr.. Clifford Thorn
as has in training. 1 have had the
pleasure OF sitting behind her, and
have rarely seen a finer stopper
Or a handsomer FLY. She is al
ready as tall as her mother and
promises to be 16 hands; Ter driver
expects great things of her. Maury
Maid has also sucking by High
Private. which l think unsurpassed
VI oANS anu oNJ " " any WV ONOA
saw. Mr.. Thomas has in charge a
; year old FLY out of Maury Maid
by Maury HambleGonian, which
promises well, and four year old
lily, Darthula, out of Alice, noted
'oad mare by Chieftain. This lilly
las marked trotting action, and
Ill who have seen her move predict
hat she will make a real fast one.
Mr.. Reynolds calls the Blackwood
lily "Brazenwood," and Maury
Maids "Roxy." Maury Maids
year old FLY, "Field Daisy" by
is very large and fine and
win also go into the hands of Mr..
Thomas in few days. The mare
Alice, mentioned above, Is another
If the five brood mares and also
has an uncommonly fine sucking
lily by High Private. This mare is
one of the finest roadsters L ever
saw and is out of a noted brood
mare owned by Henry Sellers. Her
is not known, but she
shows very plainly many of the
of Old Pacolet, who
vas brought to Tennessee by Gen'l
Jackson. He didn't beat Hay
,in's Mavia, for which purpose he
vas imported from Virginia, but he