The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-11

went q mile trial In 2:2s and one-half in LII.
When just right IL was thought he could
beat 1920
His sire. Hannis. was one of the greatest
stallion campaigners of his day. having to
his credit seventy-six winning heats In 2:8o
and better.
He is the sire OF Mambrino Hannis. 21ssI;
Lady Hannis, 2:25; Hannis, Jr.. 2:29sl. &c.
Maud L.. the dam of Whitby, has pacing
record of 2:32, which was no measure of her
speed. as with proper handling il was
thought she could have gone in 2:20.
Weyanoke Farm has turned out some
good performers and is now the home OF
Miss Thompson, 2:2614. by Toodles, Jr.,
dam Primrose, by Hetzels Hambletonian:
Ray. $50, bay gelding by, Carlos. dam by
Curtis. son of Revenue. Whitby. the Young
son of Hanns and Maud L.. will be given an
opportunity in the stud at Weyanoke, and
descended as he is from race horse blood on
both sides he should sire fast performers at
both the lateral and diagonal gaits.
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Morelo won the second Sound stakes at
Shespshead Bay on the Sth, defeating his field
ia the easiest manner possible His victory
will add several moro thousands of dollars to
the bank account OF his owners. His races
this season stamp him as n colt of more than
ordinary stamina and credit TO the splendid
ancestry from which he springs.
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In 1880. when Sultan. the dead son OF
The Moor" and Sultana by Delmonico.
was five years old. his two-yesr-old daugh-
ter Sweetheart entered the 230hst, and he
was considered a wonderfully precocious
sire; since that time Sultan's achievement
has been parslleled by number OF young
sires and surpassed by others. Though
twelve years have passed by. yet until this
season no five-year-old mare had one OF her
get enter the 2:30 list. So the recent per-
Torrance Of the brown colt Creel. by 9. L.
CLAW, 2:IS, winner of the $4,000 futurity
stake for two-y ear-old trotters at Naysville.
KY, in which he took a record of 2:2954 Is
OF more than ordinary interest owing 10 the
fact that his dam Springswsy. by Harkswsy.
is but five years of age. She was foaled 1881,
bred as two-year old, and foaled Creel the
next spring. Springaway's sire, Harkswsy,
also got Ray, $780, the brown geldlng
owned by William A. Walker. of Richmond.
and mentioned IN these columns last week.
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Oscar II. Berry's chestnut gelding Man
Quin was so seriously injured IN runaway
last Monday that he died the day following
from the injuries received. He was rich
chestnut geldiDg. nearly or quite sixteen
hands high, weighing about 1000 pounds,
bred by Mr.. Berry. He was sired by Carlos
sire of Ray, 2.30). out OF Bridget by Goggin.
son of Kossuth His last appearance IN
public race was at the State Fair last fall
where he won the three-minute class. best
time, 2.421I which constitutes his record
though he had shown much faster time in
private trials.
The ex-stallon king Nelson 2:10. who
held the record previous to the death of
Palo Alto, 2:08% is trotting great series
of miles over the New England half mile
track, which belong TO neither the Amer
lean nor National TrOtting Association. He
recently stepped mile in 220 at Milford,
Mass, and repeated two days later in 2:l64.
He has since equsled his record Of 2:15A,
the best over a half-mile track At Bangor.
Me-, hslf-mile ring on August Slst, he made
the most brilliant success OF his life by
trotting a mile in 2;13A, and be has since
gone a quarter in 500 seconds. II Is evident
that the Northern King has ali OF his old
time speed, and more, too. Harnessed to
the new style bicycle-wheel sulky 1t looks
as if he might smash the stallion record
over some Of the fast mile tracks. How
ever, being an outlaw. he is debarred from
performing on them His sire. Young
Rolfe. 2:215f. was by Tom Rolfe, who traces
on both sides of his pedigree to our Virginia
horse. imported Diomed. Tom Role was
by Pugh's Aratus by Director, son of Sir
Archy. by Mrs. Diomed, while Pocahontas
the old-time PAGER, and Tom ROifes dam
was by Irons Cadmus. son of Cadmus, by
American Eclipse. by Duroc, son of i'm
ported Doomed. Duroc was bred and owned
| bv Wade Mosby, ESQ.,, of Powhatan county,
who sold him to New York parties
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An event of great interest to the trotting
horse world during the past week was the
successful effort Of Nancy Hanks, who
started at st. Paul Mimi. on the 18th to
beat the worlds record of 2074 over a
regulation mile track. the 2;074 being her
own mark made at Chicago at the recent
meeting Of the Northwestern Trottng and
Pacing Horse Breeders Association. The
wonderful daughter of Happy Medium and
Nancy Lee performed the great feat by
trotting a mile in POT. Facing brisk wind
she made the first quarter in 1924 seconds.
the second quarter in 3lH, reaching the
three-quarter mile pole in l:S4Sl, finishing
| bicycle suikies. kite tracks and all other
modern improvements brought out to i'm
prove the speed Of the trotting horse she
| stands out boldly az the fastest mare that
has ever been brought to light.
The bay Gelding Baylor, by King Ball, out
| Of Sun Maid, by Abd-el-Kader, owned by
| Robert Bradley of Charles City, won a race
at Saratoga. n. y, on the I'd instant Bay
Tor was bred by tho late Major Thomas W.
| boswell at Bullfeld.
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Martha Wilkes 2Os, is the first trottsr to
enter the 2:15 and 2:1O lists the same season,
She is also the first trotter to step three
heats in PA. 2:lO and 2:09l8. She is nine
years old and has produced three foals.
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Budd Doble Is the first runsman to drive
three trotters to the worlds record. They
are Dexter, record 2171l. in 1867; Goldsmith
Maid, IA, in 1874. and the peerless mare,
Nancy Hanks. 2:0554.
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