The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-01-30
Meadow View Stock Farn.-This beauti

Meadow View Stock Farm.-This beauti-
full farm, owned, by Hon. H. B. Holton, and stu
| ated about six miles from Baltimore, on the
Franklin road, is gaining wide reputation
among the lovers of fast horses. 1t was stated
| two weeks ago that Mr.. Holton had been offered
and refused 5000 for his splendid horse Orange
Boy, by Orange Blossom, an animal that attracted
much attention at our county fair last fall. In an
interesting account of Mr.. Holton's farm, his
| horses, &C., u writer in the Baltimore American
says
GAS n breeder of the troting horse, Mr.. Holton
is far ahead of any other stock raiser in Maryland
in the absolute knowledge of the science and the
mathematical correctness of leading trotting
families, well as in practical experience. There
| are very few persons who have an idea of the ex
tent Of Mr.. Holtons farm and stock. At one time
| when he was so absorbed in politics, the stock
was somewhat neglected, but since he has settled
| down 'to the honest farmer and stock raiser he
can boast of as fine lot of young stock, not ex-
cepting the famous farmers of Kentucky. 1 will
describe few bred on this farm, commencing
with
"Orange Blossom, with his record 2:26, by Mid
dletown, dam Nelly Post, by American Star, who
stands at the farm as king.
"The Idol mare, by Backman Idol, called
| Queen Bees, whose colts all speedy. She has
| produced the following colts: The bay horse Gar
rison can trot in 2:3O; the Slater mare, three
year-old, now at the farm, can trot in ESQ, and
| two earod that can spin half-mile like ghost
and a yearlng horse colt which Mr.. Holton will
| retain as an entire horse
"Then, there is Old Granny Sally Miller, sired
by the Rossman horse, who has produced more
trotting colts than any mare on the place. Her
| black son, by Superb driven by Daniel Steever
| over the Herring Run track mile out in 2:1S5,
stamps Granny the queen of the harem. All her
produce by Orange Blossom have proved them
selves trotters. She foaled PAMELA trial 2:25),
which Mr.. Holton drives, and which is very fast |;
| also the sorrel flly Orange Bloom, that can trot
in 2:35, owned by the Mccormick Bros, builders
of light wagons at Calverton, Nd. 4; fast bay
mare, sired by Meadow Chief, owned in Baltimore
county by Mr.. Patrick o Bren, and several others.
"Another one of his celebrated brood mares is
large bay called the Lucas mare, sired by Meadow
| Chief, dam American Star, who holds high place
| in the estimation of the owner of Meadow View.
| She has raised two colts-one yearlng and the
other suckling-both by Orange Blossom. The
| yearling Mr.. Holton retains, the sucking having
been sold to DR.. Norris, of this city, for $780,
DIR. Norris also owns another Orange Blossom
| colt that can trot any mile track in 2:45. He
also raised the celebrated Reynolds FLY, now
| owned by the well-known counselor, Luther NJ
Reynolds, whom I have seen trot quarters in 80
seconds, halves in Ill and full mile out in 2:25
1t only requires artist behind her to judge her
pace, as not to let her pump herself out by her
immense speed on the first half. Just to think !
A quarter in 80 seconds is 2:12 gait, and in this
or any other State there are very few horses that
can put in the necessary motion to cover such
| fast MILE
"Mr. William Lanahan owns one of the best
bay geldings Orange Blossom ever got He is
named Hunter Rye, after the brand of whiskey
| this firm deals in. He can work off mile easy
| in 2:35, and is now only five years old.
"There are several mares sired by Prince Mos
cow-one in particular, which produced the gray
marc Hester, by Orange Blossom, who showed
trial at Washington in 232 last fall, upon which
occasion Mr. Holton sold her for $4,000 to a Phil
adelphia party. Of the most prominent illies
which have been raised at Meadow View and
made their marks not only roadsters, but upon
the turf, outside of Pamela and Hester are Bessie
now owned by Moses Moses Another is Asta
now owned by Mr.. Resin Hammond, of Anne
| Arundel county. This latter filly has figured at
| Hastead's track and at Timonium fair grounds
participating in several races, and has been well
| up in every race she has started in
"Ideality, sorrell mare, which was foaled in
| 1879, and purchased at the sale of Mr.. Holton's
stock in 1882 by Mr.. Morris Thomas, has proved
| herself a fast mare in the hands of the ceebra-
ted driver Bair, driver of Maud S. last SPRING
She could turn the track at Belmont Park, Phila-
| delphia, any good day in 2:30.
| "There number of young colts now at the
| farm that will make their mark in the spring
especially sorre flly, that has great prospects ;
| bay flly owned by Mr.. Umbstaetter a bay
stallion colt, which Mr.. Holton purchased at
| Frederick, and several others. My pen cannot
fully describe very infinitely all the good things
in the way of trotters which are now quartered at
Meadow View, and visit would amply repay
any one who has q spark of love for this noble
| animal and the lover of the trotting horse can
hardly be said to have finished his equine educa-
tion until he has visited this hosptable place."