The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-22

trotter are objects Of great interest to
aver. student Of the breeding problem. a
tv Years AGO IL was considered suIucleht Tor
.-weILpostel breeder 20 know tho plooo INES
Of successful performers. to,u"y tnc pro
g-sss.ve breeder IS anxious 70 leAIn tue CHAR
srteristlcs Of the ancestors OF reCOIu oIoHAeis'
a. we'll as their blood lines. The importance
ee~lectinr GOOD brood mares was
oover So fnly appreciated as now.
T.o orir,or la. been advanced. and Is
.teodiiv oatr.rr ground. that the success
~ 81 brood more deuends quite as much upon
lar individual Qualities AS upon nor blood
nres Ar examination OF the characteristics
80 tbe lannon's brood mares of different blood
80 viii show that the character OF these
1.eoror. animals and hat of their ancestors
we-o in some respects very similar. The one
oragtv which they all possessed IS great nerve
for-e a term spilled 70 that power which act
inc through the muscles propels the ma
cb7nerv ~ tho animal.
beautiful Bells. Is. as her name indicates. a
very beautiful mare. She ia = black IN color.
stands 1872. was foaled IN 1872. bred by /. j..
Rose. Sunny Slope. Cal. got by The Moor,
son NJ Clay Pilot. by Neayes' Cassius VI. Clay,
Jr. by Cassius NJ. CLAY. son of Henry Clay.
Tier dam was the famous producer of trotters,
Mnnehaha, by stevens Bald Chief, a son OF
Bsv Chief.
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Palo Altos 2s4 on the kite-shape track at
Stockton. CAL. Wednesday IL the talk of the
t-o,ting world. While the old horse goes 81
tIe head OF the stallion list much honor must
Dc gwen 20 the famous driver. Marvin. who
la. persisted against odds IN working the
crest campaigner 70 the championship. 10
vas insisted that Palo Alto bad seen bis best
dars and could never 90 faster than the
record. 2l2ls which be had when he went TO
stockton on October LIST. Senator Stan
ford. however, gave Marvin full AL
thouty 20 do rs be pleased. On Oc-
t0ber 18th the horse started there against
l- record Of 2l2l4. and trotted 10 2:l2s<. A
week later he went IN 2;1lz. Six days after
De went.in 30. and on November 3dIhe trot-
ted ID POOH. Then. too, 10 was claimed the
horse had done his best and should be retired.
But Marvin kept on driving him.. A week
lateri 10 TWO terrific heats. one was in 2 10 and
three hours later 10 2O9s4. Monday Marvin
drove the stallion IN 2l0e. and but for the
breaking he would have had the record.
Wednesday be seemedtO understand what was
wanted Of him, snd went out 10 win the race
Of bis life.
The regular meeting Of the board of review
o. the National IrOtting Association will
be- held at the Murray Hill Hotel on Deem
Der ISL.
It's rumored that a batch Of American
brei Tace-lOrses Will bo seen on the English
turf next season, and that the majority Of
Na" AH"ANAh ANAN AH VIII NC SUN ~ n H. 44RA-
Reports from South America say that Or
mortes list Of mares has been cut down from
tnlrty-hve 10 twenty-three. which would indi-
cate that heis not a. sound ss his owner
would lave every one believe.
j. Malcolm Forbes. Of Boston. hos bought
Of AL Alexander. Of Kentucky. two wean-
Ing f.lies one by King Wilkes out OF Pu-
by Harold. and the other by King Wilkes
out IF Wsnelot boy belmont. Terms private.
The Memphis Jockey Club have decided on
Aprl nth 90 2oth az racing dates for 1892.
ha-bvile will begin on April S0th aud May
lltn. Jockey Freeman has signed 20 Tlde next
wear f0r the Lakeland stables. j. S. O'Brien.
At q meeting of the Kentucky Trottlng
Horse freeders's Association IN Lexington
Thursday. p. Fl. Johnson was reelected
president r.. c.. Mcdowell and X. S. Strader.
presidents. and Ed. A.. Upton. secretary.
Zen Johnson a. Co.. OF Bardstown. Ky.
have bought Of Rsy Warner. Coldwater.
lnre Magma by Magma Charta. dam by
f0r $500. Also from Joe Bates.
ot Grand Rapids. sutherland by Grand Senti-
dam by Abdallah Mambrino. for $4,000.
Nr I. Z. Parrish. Of Midway, KY, lost a
valuable tlly ~ q singular way last week. Ho
slapped tie hllY on the rump while she was
10 her stall. and she Jumped against the side
~ The stall and broke her neck. She was by
sultan. dam Criterion. 20. by Crittenden,
second dam Mamie dam Of Criterion. q 49,.
.atlerlne LeYburn. II. and Rose Ieybnrn.
FL. bg Star Alm0nt. M. Parrish valued
ler a. ~. 800.
Two officers of the Russian Imperial Guard.
FAMED le0ntef aud Patrine. started from
i4nis, Russia. Ou October 10th ON their own
..orses with the intention Of riding 10 China.
hey arrived az Ieheran. Persia. on October
't having ridden 40 miles IN twenty-one
laws. Their average daily ride varied from
% thirty-hve miles per day. They will
"ss through beloochistan and northern
nais no the best road route for China. tray-
about ( 800 miles on horseback.
~ mr. RING.