The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-18
Nv a,vo0 dam sv Barney wilkes. Very

by Guyon. dam By Barney wilkes. very
handsome aud promising.
Cassenoyia, q bay colt two years o!d ana
full brother to Mary tdinonds, Is consloerso
very promising also.
In addition 70 the above O number OF colts
and fllies Ly Jolly FrIar. Suyon. Meiv .t
Chief and other sires frisk apous III NO
paddocks at Merry Mount fsrm, MI.
Eatball has lately turned his attention 10
sheen raising also. He has at present ABOUT
three hundred hend and will increase his
flock from time TO time.
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Dasb ,rottinp races are being discussed
bv nrom,neut horsemen thr ughout the
country. and the opinion is strong that they
will come into popular favor, as instahcea
by the runners. -.
For the first time in fifty years the trottng
record has reached the lowest mark that mas
been attained by the PAGERS, viz: 2:O5s,
which represents the extreme limit OF speed
Tins far attained by any light harness horse;
o.O5L il a terribly hard mark 10 shoot at. ont
on these DAYS of wonderful speed, pneumatic
tires and ball bearing axles (by which frlc-
ton is reduced to minimum drawn by
trotters and PAGERS over tracks rolled as
smooth as q billiard table, 1t would be IN
wise to predict that limit OF speed has
been reached.
Nancy Hanks is now a member of that
very aristocratic and exclusive circle, the
200 list.
Two seconds ordinarily amounts to very
little. but a horse trotting mile in 2OoA
would finish eighty-dye feet ahead OF one at
a 2:O7H gait.
The stride of Arion, 2:1O,I. Mr.. J. NAL
comb Forbes s125 600 colt, is said to meas
urs over nineteen feet.
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Ned Wilkes. a fourteen months-old colt,
weighing 500 pounds. sired by Wicklte
(son OF George Wilkes. 2.2l) with very lit
tie handling shows a ready disposition TO
turn a mile in three minutes. Wickiihe is
the sire of Mr.. Oscar III. Berry's young
trotting stallion Aaron Wilkes, whose dam
is by Hetzel's Hambletonian.
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At the recent Chesapeake Agricultural
FAIR. held at Cape Charles. Va. some inte-
resting contests took place Twelve races
were trotted and paced IN four days. Rich
mond horses were represented IN the list
of entries. some of whom came of with
share of the purses.
The track record of 2:2S was twice bro
ken: one by the PAGER Bolton. by Belmont
who stopped the tIckers at 2241a, while the
trotting mare Commercial Girl stepped
mile in 2:2514.
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Major P. p. Johnston. of Lexington, KY.
president of the Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders Association. put two of his young
trotting stations in the 230 list and one
FLY at the Lexington fair, as follows Pres
ton by Wilkes Boy. 2:24z. dam by Shelby
Chief made a record of 227. Claymore
by King Clay, out of Time Enough, placed
2:asIS opposite his name while Miss Ida.
a three ear-old FLY. by King Clay out of
Molly. scored a mile in 2:26s4. One day
later. Allen Steele who trains Major John
ston's horses. drove Claymore and Ida
mile in 2191% and 2:2l. Major Johnston
will be remembered as the gentleman who
rendered such efficient service on the Judges
stand at the State Exposition last fall, it
being a matter of regret That We cannot
have him with Us again this fall, his duties
as president of the Kentucky Association
requiring his presence at Lexington.
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STEAMBOAT. oil. the wonderful son Of Sui
tan, q: "A, and Fleetwing, by Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian. has been again placed in train
ing in California. Good judges are conf