The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-06
,or,sn. and her dam was gotten oy
Wanan. a son OF Nutwood. 2;lS "a.

Monon q son or NutWooos Nho %
49,, second or two in a horses
| .ard makes as much difference az IL
49,. now every owner owes IL 10 nis
| ,>otrona 10 give HIS horse the ADVANTAGE
80 me hest and fastest tracks In the
| co,,rtrv IL was for this reason that MI
III - Chamblin. Of Whitby Stock Farm,
e., b,a horse Egwood. 2lS l-2 to Budd
| Tat,,o AZ Terre Haute. but soon AFTER
arrival there the horse bruised one on
| his heels. and IL was only by carer VI
n,,rsing that he was gotten in eonoit,oh
| for his effort against the scytne-OeaI'el
40 tho recent Nashville meeting. When the
-, CON of Tgbert and Lucille Blackwooo
acored for the word he was sent OH Dy
ctartnr Frank B. Walker, trotting MS
,,,Ia souare and true. coming under the
- IN 21s 10. with Doble In the suiky.
Afte- the Nashville meeting the stalnon
,yas taken 20 Columbia, Tenn, ana Out
for the miserable failure OF the meeting
AZ that city. which was declared OF on ac-
count Of it's proprietor, w. I. Jones, De
ing unable to pay the purses. would nave
materially reduced his record, as staten
by that accomplished writer ana ho1se,
man Judge Irving Halsey, "Iconoclast,
~ the Kentucky Stock Farm. in the last
tesue of that able turf journal, who re-
ceived his information from Doble.
cantain william Allison, Of this city.
"a driving the brown mare Juliet and the
chestnut mare Ruby together on the road
Juliet is by King Reni, dam by Enheld'
and Ruby is by Norfolk, dam Mira by
Red Wilkes, second dam by Shelby Chlef'
third dam by Marian, son OF Lexington.
There are but two sires who have had
81. O.1n 1fuf
are Electioneer and Alcyone. The formers
list comprises Sunol, POS 1-2 and Palo
Alto. POS ga. while the latter got Mar
tina wilkes, 2:OS, and Mckinney, 2:lO, the
latter being in the hunt for the stallion
record. Alcyone was foaled nine years
later than Electioneer and when eight
Younger than that world-renowned sire
can Law claim to the distinction OF having
done what only Electioneer has accom-
plished.
Lee Russell by Lord Russell. dam by
Electioneer. has reduced his record from
2:2S IA TO 2:1S Ia. the reduction having
been made in a race. The fame OF the
tinues to increase.
Miss Maud Stone, of Cincinnati. o., Is
shortly to marry MIR. Carey, of New
York. She is a daughter OF Captain
George n. Stone, former owner OF
Maud s.. 2OS ga. The prospective bride
is the young lady for whom Mr.. Bonner
great mare was named.
A remarkable feat of horsemanship was
performed by a rider named Brewer az
an Australian race meeting IN August
When nearly a mile from the hnlsh the
horse fell, throwing the rider some dis-
lance. He quickly regained his feet,
mounted the horse on the Off side, Sc
curing the reins after the horse got IN
motion. and rapidly overhauled the field
of horses ahead of him. The rcins were
crossed and the stirrups became en-
tangled. rendering them useless. How
ever he pressed on, and, though the horse
struck one Of the four remaining fences
pretty heavily. the rider retained MS
seat. getting up with the leaders at the
turn. and eventually won the race by
length and a. half. Rider and horse, on
returning 10 the weighing-in course, re-
ceived rounds of applause.
The che smut horse Clipper. foaled 1885,
by Melville Chief, 2:32 (son Of Tattler,
2:26. and Lady Semple by Happy Me
dium, sire of Nancy Hanks. 2:0D. out OF
gelded by his owner. Mr.. James w.
Bethel at Reidsville, y. c. Clipper en-
tered the 2:3O list by taking a record Of
2:29 IA, at our recent Exposition trotting
meeting.
Major s. Walton. who resides near
Graham. Tazewell county. Va. is the
owner Of valuable young stallion in
Lee Wilkes. by Red Wilkes dam Dictator
Girl, by Dictator. He has been driven IN
a trial this season in 2:35 on a half-mile
track, which would indicate that next
season he will be a pretty sure candidate
for $50 honors. Red Wilkes has twenty
eight newcomers to the 2:2O list this sea-
son. and the end is not yet, while Dicta-
tor, the sire Of Leo Wilkes, dam, stands
in the front rank as q producer, his
daughter, Nancy Lee, being the dam Of
the peerless Nancy Hanks. Much success
TO you, Major Walton, in your breeding
venture May your young stallion abun-
dainty fulfill your expectations and prove
himself worthy of his rich breeding.
Red Wilkes is credited with twenty
eight new standard performers. heading
the list for this season. ElectiOneer fol-
lows with twenty-five. Nutwood and
Guy Wilkes have eighteen each, while
Onward has seventeen.
OF new producing dams the daughters
Of Almont have contributed eighteen new
standard performers. Nutwood's daugh-
ters have produced fifteen on the list.
while as a sire Of producing sons for this
year he heads the list seventeen of his
sons being sires of new performers. The
blood of the chestnut son of Belmont
and Miss Russell breeds on with wonder
full uniformity.
The gray stallion, Manager. pacing re-
cord 200 ga. by Nutwood, 2:lS ga, dam
by George Wilkes, recently paced a half
mile at Independence, Mo-. in 100 IA 1t
is said that he is a fast trotter, as well,
and after he has reached his limit at the
pace he will be taught to trot, and is
expected to go fast at that gait.
The famous English thoroughbred stall
lion. Ormonde, has been purchased by
Mr. William OBrien, of San Francisco.
Cal, for sl5O,OOO The great horse will be
placed at the head If the stock farm which
Mr.. OBrien has established in the Golden
State. The same gentleman offered the
Palo Alto farm $4,000 for two FLIES and
a colt. which was refused by the Palo
Alto people.
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