The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-08-26
Nine Purple-Bred Horses Per
ish in the Flames.
Nearly all the Stalls, prOVender and
Harness in Ashes.
Loss about $50, OOO-Thc Fire started In,
Three PIaces-NO Clue to the
COwardIy and Heartless
Incen1iary.

about II o'clock, ana one WHICH Will
long be remembered by the horse
men and people>of this city.
This morning only the charred
trunks remain to show wheIe yester-
day dwelt the life-spark of some of
the county's best and most promis-
ing horses.
South Side Park, the property OF
the Maury County Farmers and
Breeders Association, is situated just
out side of the Southern corporate
limits of the city, and is one OF the
most popular race tracks and fair
associations in the South. Stabbed
there were yesterday a number of a.
good and valuable horses as may be
found in the State. The track and
stables were leased by the AssOcia-
ton to Messrs. Shelton, McGaw IL
I4eneave, who had subleased training
privileges to other hOrsemen, there
being four or five stables there.
A fire occurred there last Saturday
night, Il mention of which was pub
lished in our edition Of Monday.
Fortunately, this fire burned only
the office and d row of unoccupied
stalls, and, while the damage done
vas small, yet many believed at the
time that the fire-devil WA trying
his hand, and last nights fire has
confirmed the fact. 1t was unques-
tionably the work OF al inc-ndiary.
fgya-. - a IL
built all together, but in three differ
ent rows, there being width OF
about seventy 70 seventy-five feet be-
tween them. But these three rows
were set sfire at different parts OF
each row, frat being discovered by
Mrs. Renfro, the wife OF the driver
| of the street ear, the car stables being
Just below, but in different lot from
those Of South Side. When first dis
covered the lady said it appeared like
small light moved about by some
person. She gave the alarm, but
owing to the fact that all the stable
BOYS were not there, and those there
asleep, the fire gained great Roadway
in the light buildings, bedded with
straw as they were.
By the aid of the stable boys,
trainer Walker and others, all of the
horses were turned out and saved,
except the following, which perished
in the flames:
Rosa G. by Duplex, dam by Cramer,
property of w. P. Woodbridge. This
FLY was two years old and most
promising. She won the ycarling
pacing stakes Mt South Side Park
hast fall and the two year old pace
at the recent July meeting at the
kite track. She was entered i'll about
$4,000 worth of stakes; she was to
have been shipped to-day to start III
her engagements and her owner
thinks they were at her mercy, as shc
could show a gait better than 2:2O. A
valuation of 5000 would be moder-
ate estimate of her value. Fortunate
ly for Mr.. Woodbridge, after Saturday
nights fire he was persuaded by the
renresentiye of the Home Insurance
Company of New Orleans, into tax
ing policy on Rosa G. and Adtield
amounting to $1,000 on each.
Prince Pilot, pacing record 2:Z2'a
by Red Pilot, dam by Prince Pulaski
This horse was five years old, owned
by Capt. Saunders, of Florida, and
was valued ut $500.
Black Bess, PAGER, black mare by
Prince, dam untraced. She had
record of > :27, and was owned by J
Cook, Flatwood, Wayne County
Tenn, She was valued at 81 900.
Hal Flo, PAGER, gray horse by Ton
Hal, Jr, dam lOra. \ very promis
ing young PAGER owned by Gamble
& Thomas, valued at $500.
a Duplex pacing colt owned by
Mr.. Chas. Lee, very promising anC
fast pacing colt
A brown pacing FLY by Tom Ha
No l, owned b. Smith Bros. OF Blr
mingham, Ala.
Three very promising yearl:ng8 by
Adfieid, owned by w. =. Woodbridge
and named respectively Fairfield
Addicted and Minnie II. Thee
were all very promising and tn
= last named was said to be the tastes
t trotting yearling on the grounds
These are all that perished, bu
! many others had very narrow es
cape. Blue Hal, the fast pacing sol
Of Tom Hal, dam by Blue Bull, wa
gotten out just "a the straw wa
9 burning around his feet. His own
ers paid $1,000 for him.
AdfieId 2:281a, owned by Mr.. WOl
bridge, had q narrow escape. Hi
stall was next to those of Rosa I
and Prince Pilot, and the flame
were already burning above hi
q head when Tom Jones, colore'
y seized an ak and Knocked off one @
b the large planks in the rear OF hi
Il stall. The horse seemed to cOmprt
e bend his danger and burst throug
a the opening himself, escaping wit
\. serious scratches and bruises.
,. The screams of the burning horse
=, are said by those who were there,
be indescrihabl and almost kuma
in their frantic -endeavors to escal
from the flames:
AS everything had to be turn'
~ loose, many stations were serious
as kicked or bitten. Complex and A
ne field started towards Columbia al
OF iu front of the Second Presbyterit
e Church they had a terrible battle, ar
continued to fight for three miles,
to the toll-gate on the Franklin pix
AdfieId landed in a Gypsy can
nd across the river, and they are SO
es to have been just about to shoot hi
or when he was found.
'ai RThe sympathy of all goes out to I
les horsemen who met with these hea
lis losses; especially to Mr.. Woldridi
ay whose loss WAS by far the heaVie
aS and in the case of Rosa c., can neN
be replaced. Two OF the good fill
shoes were found and will be kept
sad memento by her sympathe
owner.
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