The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-18

Vcight. consistent with strength and du-
rabnity. have been made 20 yield II IN
considerable quantities. thereby greatly
lcsscning IT'S cost though IT is still too
valuable for general use. Yet its cost Is
not too great 10 prevent enterprising
horscmen from employing 50 as q substi-
tate for steel I'm shooting sensational per-
formers and building sulkes for those
individuals % draw. BY it's substitution
the weight % q horseshoe would be re-
duced 10y about one-fourth Of the iron
or steel pattern now ia use, reducing the
weight OF the modern set 81 shoes-about
seven ounces on each front foot and hVc
on the hind ones-to about six ounces all
told At the same time the protection 10
the hoof furnished by the aluminium
shoe win be fully as great as that rem
Crred by steel. Reduction OF weight by
the use of the aluminium shoe will IN
crease The speed OF the sure-gaited trot-
ter like Nancy Hanks. while by its use
the weight carried ON the feet Of the
champion pacing stallion. Direct, 200 IL.
whose gait is said to nearly approach the
perfection OF living mechanism, would
be almost reduced 20 q minimum. The
reduction Of weight on the shoe by the
use of this new metal viii increase the
speed Of one horse. while it win retard
that Of another Take, for instance.
Smugelcr. 2:l5 l-4-who gained the stall
lion championship I'm 1876. ard held it Gil
DC was succeeded by Phallas. 213 81, in
1855. who was dethrOred later the same
year by Make Cobb. 213 IA, son Of
Happy Medium-a natural PAGER, VINO
was only made % trot by carrying eX-
cess.ve weight on his front feet. TO such
q horse the oid-fashioned iron or steel
shoe would Doe the MOST appropriate. 1t
being generally conceded that aluminium
g.. or f2 he
advantage 10 be gained by its use in the
Manufacture OF sultics viii be seen at
once. il can suppl0nt steel in every part
Of the makeup Of sulky, with the pos
siile exception Of the mechanism Of the
ball-bearing attachment and by the mar
Ncious inventive genius Of the modern
mochanic-whose cunning hand and fer
tile brain have accomplished wonders
lu the production Of appliances used for
aeceierating speed IN the light harness
hlrse-there is little doubt but what this
single possible objection win be overcome.
Shafts male from tubular aluminium
would Doe lighter and stronger than
wooden ones and If the substitution Of
this metal could be brought about in
tie entire makeup of a sulky, 1t would
he possible 10 construct one weighing
Jess than thirty pounds. II, in the course
of time. aluminium can be produced at
coef not too far I'm excess of that of steel.
which is now employed IN shOeing horses.
The substitution Of the lighter metal
win prove an inestimable boon to the
long-distance road horse. IT viii reduce
the amount of weight which he daily
raises from the earth by many tons.
Mr. Pierre LOrillard some years ago
la1 some running horses shod with
aluminium shoes but did not continue
ih- use of them. possibly for some rea-
son satisfactory 10 himself.
The introduction of this metal will be
he'd with great interest. as its en-
pigment gives promise of bringing the
record of the light harness performer
nearer the two-minute mark than has
YET been reached.
The young stallion Nutwith, owned by
MI William Ellison, OF this city, and
Captain Foxhall A. Daingerfeld, Of Gull
pepar Va, was started against time at
EirkWOod. Della. or November 8th (elec-
ton day), and took a record Of 2:29 IA
lie was logged the first quarter Of his
record mile in thirty-nine. seconds; the
second and third quarters were trotted
q little faster; at the three-quarter pole
he was given his head and stepped the
distance from that point 10 the Judges
stand in thirty-fiVe seconds a 2:2O gait
his time for the final mile being 2.29 IA
Had it been desirable he could have been
eivcn a much faster mile, but as with
the trOtter a record forms the basis OF
handicaps. and it is the intention Of his
owners TO CAM align him next season, 1t
was the purpose of ShelhnglaW, his
driver. only to give him mark fast
enough TO land him in the 2:S0 list, thereby
making him standard by performance,
Is he is by breeding.
About ten days before taking his record
Nutwith was started in race which
De- won in 2:M H. 2:SO and 2:3L Those
who have seen Mcssrs. Daingerteld and
EIison's young horse pronounced him as
q very fine individual, which, combined
with his speed and blood lines, makes
lin very desirable property. He was
sired by Nutwood, 21S "a, the greatest
living sire whose 2.50 list has nearly
reached the hundred mark, while his blood
SIS breeding on with remarkable uniformity
through both the male and female lines.
Nutwiths first dam was sired by Sam
purdy. 2:20 ID Ga great trotting race
horse. whose children inherit the same
caUbre). next dam by Orange Blossom,
record 2.2G y, sire Of five standard trot-
t.rs including Orange Boy, 2lS "a, and
SON Of AiiddletOwn, by Rysdyks Ham
netouian. Nutwith was bred by his pre-
sOrt owners in Kentucky. and has made
s,vcral seasons at Daingerfield STOCK
Farm in. Culpeper. and since the death
of sam Purdy, his mental grand sire
has occupied the position as premier sire
Of that establishment
Mr. T. y. Mathews. Of Manchester Va,
has sold 10 W. G.. PllintOn Of Piiknton
station. Richmond and DanVllle railroau'
I0whatau county, the bay colt Norwood
foaIed 1889. bred by y. Il. Selden' ESD
Richmond Va. sired by Brennan lthor-
ouehbred son OF orion, full brother TO
Planet. FNcheQucr. etc), dam by Anu
El-Kader. Jr, granddam by Commodore
S0u of Boston,, -Sranudan 10y In
ported RowtOn. In Norwood Mr.. FliRih-
ton has secured young stallion or APP
proved blood lines and individually as
good as his breeding. lie is one OF the
very few thoroughbred sons that breIi1ah
lett behind HMM fact, the writer uoes
lot recall another male scion III inns So
ton OF the splendid chestnut StaillOh tIi"'
for years Travelled the circuits OF Chester
field. Amelia. Dinwiddie and Powhatan
counties. the latter being the county VI
his birth. where he was foaled on the
farm of that courtly Virginia gentleman,
TIE late W w MichauX, Esq, VINO preu
him. Norwood through his dam, dauSh-
Ter " bd-El-kader, Jr., son o. ADu-Il-
kader by Imported Australian, gets an
Infusion Of the blood Of that great horse
while through his sire Brennan (who was
by Orion. and he Out of Nina by Boston,,
he inhcrits the highly priced Imported
Trustee cross (as orion was by Revenue,
son Of Imported Trustee and Boston.
The blood Of these three horses, import
60 Trustee Boston and imported Austria
Han, have been Of inestimable value In
Of in