The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-13

that has been used as pacemaker for Nan
cv Hanks i'm her great trials agaist time.
was purchased in Canada for the small
sum OF S65. lie draws bicycle sulky.
the same as that used by the queen or
the trotting turf.
Another yearling by Electioneer has
entered the 2:3O list. and this time It Is
the exuuisitely- bay filly Sweet Rose
with a record Of 2:3O. She is a full sister
TO Montrose, 21S at three years, their
dam being ROSemOnt. by Piedmont
a17 IA grand dam Beautiful Bells. - L.
dam of BellehOwer, 2I5 II; Bell Boy,
219 IA, &c), great grand dam Mlnnehaha
dam Of Alcazar, 2D - SWeetheaIs'
Sweet Rose has probably the most won
derful speed inheritance OF the yearling
trOtters that have obtained standard re-
cords Her first dam, Rosemont, Is the
dam Of TWO I'm the 2:30 list; her second
dam Beautiful Bells. is the dam OF SIX
in the charmed circle and three producing
sons. placing her at the head OF living
brood mares, while Minnehaha, the great
grand dam of Sweet Rose, IS the dam
of five in the 2:3O list, and is breeding on
through both her sons and daughters.
The performance Of Sweet Rose gives
Fiectioneer the distinction of being the
only sire Of two yearling trOtterS In the
$50 list She brings her great Dam,
Beautiful Bells further renown-the line
of which can be claimed for no other
rrare-as the dam of a yearing trotter
Oell Bird, 2:26 la and the grand dam
OF one also. 1t is said that Sweet Rose
is made OF the stuff which constitutes
record breakers, ard when she is cut
loose over the Stockton kite track
very fast mile is apt to be the result.
Major p. p. Johnston, Of Lexington, KY,
has sold to Mr. John r. Madden, OF that
city. the three-year-old filly, Miss Leda.
bv King Clay, dam Molly c. dam OF
Hardshell, 220, by Contractor, second
dam Patsy Burns, by Paddy Burns
mile race horse Gray Eagle. Miss Leda
has shown a trial in 2:lS II, and gives
promise of making very fast mare.
Major Johnston is a firm believer in a
good thoroughbred toundatlon LOT PeuIs
gree in the trotter. During his stay OF
a week here in October, 1891, when he
came East to attend our State Falr.
and rendered such valuable work as
fudge in the horse department. his opin-
ion was that in a few years Virginia
would turn out some grand trotting race
horses when the produce o. the we'll
bred trotting stations here out or our
highly-bred mares were old enough to
train.
The black PAGER San Pedro, record
2:l0 "a (by Del Sur, 2:2D, a member Of
the powerful Salisbury stable, has been
put 10 trot.ing, and recently stepped the
The same stable has another black whirl-
wind in the champion pacing stallion Dr.
rect. 206 who went wrong this season,
and has been given rest or TWO months
or more but is now in good shape again
He recently paced the last half of a
fast mile in 1OO1-4. and is liable yet
this season 10 smash all records made
at the lateral gait.
Jennie Kirk, a sixteen-Year-old daugh-
TER of Whisper, thoroughbred son Of
planet has entered the 2:30 list by trot-
ling TO a record of 227 making herself
standard by performance. She has been
used as a brood mare for number OF
Years and is the dam OF number OF
coils. She is owned near Lexington, hy
The two-year-old FLY Elloree, 2:26 IL
nv Axtell. 2J2 at three years old and
s0ld for sos 900, was bred TO Allerton
200 Ia, this season, and Is supposed &c
be in foal. .,. ,-..h,,,,,,
Crenn) meeting was quite success, &c
far as record breaking was concerned
Kremlin. the splendid bay son OF Lore
RUSSELL (full brother TO Maud 81 40 90
and Eventide by Woodford MampTino
started against his own race record o.
Ell 10. and cut it down three ana
quarter seconds, placing marx OF
2:0S IA TO his credit, which elevated mn
10 the first place among trotung stad
lions. and deposing Stamboul, z:oo IL
Kremlin's reign was. however, oniy
temporary. as the California horse ntart