The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-06
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
yrsHrryGxIE BREAKS THE TWO
MILE TRorrISG RECORD OFf'ss.
suunv south Brought 60 Virrinia-The
Great ysariins Trottsr eonc-cspI
Anison's Team Juliet aud Ruby

fornnanCe Of the black mare oiue De''"'
nv ouartermaster. 2:21 IL. owned by
Rumble e. White. Ridgewood Stock Farm.
Danbury. Conn. She was matched
AGAINST the bay mare Zoe Hammond, by
,Sorwood Star the latter taking the first
heat in 2:27 IL. after which the fve-year-
old daughter of Quartermaster won tho
next two heats and race In 2AS Ia anu
2:22 IL. She was put in car AT T.
NJ Thursday, where she remained ueu
No by the head till Saturday at I'D -;
M. Was then taken off the car anu
walked three miles TO the Hudson River
Driving Park given two quarts OF od'S
and some water. Was then put IN mar iies'
and logged, after which she was si'en
a hot bath Of distilled extract "ltch IidLSi
and done up; then left an hour 10 heise'h.
AT IL O'Clock OF the same day. just ioui
and a half hours after her long, TEDIOUS
-. -, ,be cars she was put In harness
ard scored I'D for the race menuoheu
shove The time made in the second
bnat 21s1-2 which was trotted square
and true without a hitch or DoOpie' COa
stItrtes her present record. Biue pens
was foaled IN 1881. the property Oh .. "a
Rumble. sired by Quartermaster VsOn "a
Alcyone and Alma Mater, dam oy ran
old abe got a record OF 2:2S - which
sariv this season. In the hands OF Genera
Iohn y Turner. she reduced TO Z:Zl -
,bere II remained till she won the match
against Zoe Hammond at PoughKeepsle'
Mr. James w. Bethel, Reidsville. n. c.,
has sold 10 c. c. Taliaferro. Esq. Nasohs
Orange county. Va, the bay colt sunny
south foaled I'm 1891 by William L., out OF
lAov M Iii j.. CT
Nv PeersaU Sunny South, now In ms
x,aarIing form was broken during the
naet summer. and trotted quarters in
a. seconds with ease. He VIII make
bo-se fuu sixteen hands high, handsome
and stylish. in color rich, bay win 1ull,
black name and tail. He is the last 1oal
OF that grsat producing mare Mother
Iumps. who died soon after foallng the
subject of this sketch He was then pur-
chased from his breeder. Mr.. w. Il. Sim
mons Ashegrovc Stock Farm, Lexington,
XIV. by Mir. Bethel, who still owns his
full brother, the promising young STATION
Jolly Friar. Mr.. Taliaferro has displayed
cornmcndable enterprise In placing before
the breeders of Virginia such weii-bred
colt as Sunny South, sired by William il.
IA prominent member Of the mighty
George Wilkes-Lady Bunker family,
great in his own right to the superlauve
degree. foaled in 1882; he was sire OF
2:3O speed at six years Of age, sire or
extreme speed al seven years (eVldenced
nv Axtelrs record Of PIP. at three years
old, and this season, at ten years or
age. grandsire Of 2:S0 speed, through
Axten the sire of Axle, 2:2G, and Elloree,
226 IA both two-year- olds. Lady Bunker
is also the dam of Guy Wilkes. 2:15 Ia,
he OF the splendid individuality and su-
perb physique, great as trotter and
mighty as sire Of trotters'
and of El Madhi. record 2:25 IA.
made this season, and sire or
il Flora. 21S IL, made in third heat
of a winning race, and Fulano, record
2:23 IA, also made in race in which he
came off victor. Mother Lumps the dam
of Sunny South ranks high in the great
table Of brood mares. She has to her
credit Iunps. 22l the sire of twelve in the
2:30 list, four OF whom have records un-
der 220; the younger brothers OF Jumps,
Betterton and Monte Cristo, have already
entered the list of producing sires, and
give abundant promise Of fully upholdng
the reputation Of the great family OF
trotters from which they spring. Virginia
is fast gathering within her borders a
collection of grand young trotting stall
lions, OF which Mr.. Taliaferro can lay
Just claim 10 the ownership Of one Of
the most richly bred representatives.
Inere are sixteen PAGERS WHICH nave
records Of 21O and better They are as
follows: Mascot, 2:O4: Hal Pointer,
2:O4 II; Flying Jib, 2:O5 "a; Direct, 2O6;
Johnston. 2:O6 Ii; Jay Eye See, 2:O6 IA
0rotting record, 210; Guy. 2:O6 "a; Roy
Wilkes, 207 "a; Blue Sign, 2:0S "a; Storm,
POS -: Robert j., 200 "a; Manager,
200 "a: Winslow Wilkes. 2;O9 "a; Vim
nette, 200 IA; Cricket 2J0. All of the
above. with the exception of Hal Pointer,
cir h.v frnf inry
eires, each of whom, save Joe Bassett,
the sire OF Johnston. traced directly in
the paternal line to that great fountain
head of trotting speed. Rysdyk's HANDLE
tonian.
On the same day that Stamboul the
champion trotting stallion, came out and
made a new mark for other entire trottng
horses TO aim at his two-year-old son.
Daghestan, out OF the elegantly bred
Alta Belle. by Electioneer, trotted to
record OF 2:25 IL. He was purchased as
a wcanling for $4,000, by Mr.. Joseph II.
Cultivate. of Sierra Madre, California.
from his breeder. Mr. w. s. Hobart, OF
the same State Many were the opinions
expressed as to the great price paid.
But the little thing grew rapidly and
grew In proportion too, and to use the
little words Of comic song grew more
like his dad every day. Daghestan won
his maiden race this fall easily, and took
first premium for standard trotters Of
his age at the California State Fair, and
the thousands of spectators assembled
applauded the award of the judges. His
record of 2;25 1-2 was made easily, and he
gives promise of making a great name
for himself in the future. His breeding
IS on a par with that OF the band of eX-
quistely bred trotters. owned by Mr.
Cultivate, of Cleveland, o., ex-Congres-
man from that district, who spends the
winter months at his farm near Los
Angeles. Cal. The writer met Mr.. Outh-
waite, at Paris, KY, in 1889. From that
city we made the journey in company to
Lexington, KY, and the following morn
ing drove to the historic Woodburn
Farm, where were domiciled Harold and
Miss Russell. the sire and dam of Maud
s., 2:0S 3-4 her full brother Lord Rus
sell (sire OF the great race stallion. 2:li l-2)
Belmonts King Wilkes. 2:22 IA and other
celebrities. Mr.. Cultivate is one of the
most critical judges of pedigrees and
performances in the land, and has in his
possession mostly Of his own breeding
number of young things by the magni-
ficent STEAMBOAT, 2:OS i-2.
The chestnut mare Nightingale. 2:lp 1-2.
by Mambrino King. dam Minnequa Maid.
by Woods Hambletonian, reduced the
champion two-mile trotting record OF
4;43. made by Fanny Witherspoon
2I6 IA. daughter of Almont, out of
Lizzie Witherspoon, by Coughs Wagner.
thorough bred sire, formerly owned I'm
Virginia. The game daughter OF Village
s~seaf = Oh. no