The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-07

- his sire and dam
are owned in Viz
einia while be was purchased and brought
out by Mr. T. b. boswell, son Of the late
Major Thomas W. boswell, that celebrated
turfman. breeder and owner Of thorough
bred horses.
Morello was bred by Mr.. W. G. Hardy,
Norfolk, Va. He was sold in 1921 at the
sale OF the Eilershe yearlings to I. b. Dos
well for 100, the colt at that time having
enlarged hooks and wss IN poor condition.
che kancQoas Stable paid q few days ago
for his full brother $4,000 He ran this
year first under the name Of his trainer,
Van Ness. Since the revocation Of his
license ne transferred the colt 10 Mr.. Wash
burn, but the board OF control refused 70
socept the sale as bona fde, and will not
permit the colt 10 start on the Association
tracks uutiRproof Of legitimate sale is forth
coming.
He made his debut at Washington by
winning a purse. half mile, 10 pounds,
In O;5l. won purse at the same place four
and half iurlongs. ll3 pounds, IN 0:56; at
the same place won a purse, bYe-eighths
mile, lls pounds. in i;08tt At Brooklyn he
won a sweepstakes, hve-eighths mie 125
pounds. In l.064; beat LRwless, Elsino colt
lMerriment finished first In this race, but
was disqualified for being ineligible)
Walter. he was unplaced. lie ran third
st Morris Park Ia a sweepstakes fve-eigbths
mile, 70 Yemen and StOnenel Yemen won
the race "a LOO At the same place in
sweepstakes. five and a half furlongs. 121
pounds, 1905 be won. beating Shelly Tuttle.
Eagle Bird and four others; at the same
place he won q sweepstakes. half mile. III
pounds, in 0.4S&, beating Simmons. Ajax,
Runnehaha and seven others: at the same
place he won a sweepstakes fye-eighths of
C mile. 1A pounds, IN i;043l; at the same
place be ran second 10 DR.. Hasbrouck, Ave
eghths mile, 0.591S, beating Lavish Cor
reotion, &c.
Al Brighton won spurse fve-eighths mile
los pounds, 1;085f, defeating field of ten;
az the same place won purse three-QDarter
mile, III pounds. li15M, defeating field of
seven: won az same place purse tive-elghths
mile In l.02Y5, and again purse tive-elghths
mile IN 1:028. defeating field OF eleven.
Cerise. his dam, has a splendid pedigTee
she has a double cross of Glencoe. and has
a good combination Of Melbourne and
Macaroni blood; through his sire he gets the
Irish Birdcatcher blood (Faugh-a-Ballagh
being full brother 20 Irish Birdcatcher) that
bits so infallibly with Glencoe; his dam,
Cerse is by imp. MOocasin. son Of Macaroni
sire Of Amazon, Disdsin, Vampire, &c; bis
granddam. Lizzie Lucas. is daughter OF
imp. Australian. and won the Monmouth
tai Hotel Stakes. beating the great Tom
Bowling. She is also dam of Lyttou, Chi
mera. Cyclops. CRmbyses. &c Eagless. his
third dam. was the dam of Gray Planet and
Steel Eyes The Gray Eagle mare was the
dam of Volscian, Annette and Jennie n.
Nary Norris was the dam OK Wlld IRISH
man, Frankfort and the Envoy mare, the
great grandam of Farfaletta, the dam OF
Ealsetto. Felicia and Fortuna. He belongs
20 the grand racing family which produced
Ferida. four miles in 1891, the fastest ever
run by mare: Parole, Aelva. George Kim
ney aud host of other good ones.
Belle Vara. as q yearling. took the
champion trotting race record Of 2:3s for
that age. Two years later she took a mark
Of 2.22h in q race at KRnkakee. III. Her re-
cent effort at the grand circuit meeting at
Cleveland. o.. where she won her race IN
2.29 class for a purse OF S2.OOO-tlmIee,
2f7ik. 2.1s9[, 2:19-shOws that IL IS possible
Ear horse TO be quite as fast az yearling
amd train on well as an aged performer
BELLE Nara's sire is Vatican (2:295f), whose
full brother, Woodburn Hambletonisn, Is
owned by Dir. Walter Z. Grant OF Hennco
county. q number Of whose colts are owned
In this vicinity, among them the gray stall
lion Acca. whose owner states that ne has
cone a quarter this season IA S519 seconds.
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Alvin. tho fast son Of Orpheus, is one of
the curiOsites Of the track. He IS about
1875 hands high, and IS about as heavily
built as draft horse. He weighed 1900
mounds before being put in training this
wear In training be will weigh at.least 200
mounds His step on the track Is, however,
ia 6pht as that Of an 500 pound horse,
and his record Of 2.14}< shows that size does
not necessarily interfere with speed. one
of the queer things about Alvin is the ques-
ton as to bis pedigree, HIS sire re O5pheus
was bred by General Withers. The dam OF
Orpheus was bred % AlmOnt, and a few
DAYS later 10 @. 81. Clay, Jr.. p. The toal
Orpheus had all the appearance OF an Al
mont and Is generally believed 70 be by
that horse. Nevertheless, as the mare was
last bred to O. N Clay. Jr., be IS credited
in the register with Orpheus' paternity.
Orpheus. the sire OF Alvin, was formerly
owned by Mr. W. II. Seth, OF this city
who drove him about the streets OF Rich
mond and disposed Of him some years ago
for about $500.
Mr.. w. p. Bachelor of Raleigh. n. c..
has sold an interest In his great trotting
stallion. Pamlico, record 2;l64, 70 Mr.. r.
d. Spur of Lexington, KY. Pamlico was
the greatest campaigner OF 1890. HIS record
of 2.l68( WAS made IN the third heat OF
uinnins race al Rochester, n. y. August
18th 1890. ia which six heats we're trotted,
he whining the last three IN 2:l64, 2lf4,
9.lsi%. defeating a field of great horses.
Hereafter he will stand at Lexington and at
that great trotEng horse centre his merit
viii be appreciated he was sired 10y
Meapder 2265( lsire Of four in 2:8O list,
dam Birtbdsv' bv Daniel Lambert; second
dana Fishmore dam of Blackstone Belle,
1000 bv Blackstone, son Of Rysdyke's
HambletOnian.
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The great trotting stallion Attention.
2.OoA. has gone lame and will be retired for
the balance of this season. II IS SAID tnet
owner Of 100000