The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-11-15

gray horses have fgurcd on the
American turf Is it because Mes
senger, the alleged fountain head of
speed at the trotting gait, was a
flea bitten gray7 One thing is sure,
the gray horses of the trotting turf
have been the staunchest and sturd-
lest of race horses. Not only on
the race course has ne won distinct
ion, but in the various departments
of labor. Superintendents of street
car stables will tell you that the
gray horses will do more work aud
last longer than horses ofany other
color. Whether worked to street
cars or express wagons, the family
carriage or the plow, he has been
distinguished for beauty or endur-
ance. There is a general idea that
Australian horses of gray color arc
the most enduring because they are
not SO susceptible to heat. How
ever this may be, for some reason
or other the Arab of the desert is
moro partial to gray horses. The
white horse is the most fashionable
horse of the desert. If the theory
can be established that all the re-
nowned trotters of America have
descended from Messenger, then
Messenger is the most illustrious
gray horse of the age, for his blood
has given to the world the greatest
race horses ever known.
In 1892, R,llo, 2:2S1 gray colt,
held the fastest record of any year
ling gelding. Manager 2:O9a, gray
horse, in his two year old form held
the pacing record 2:16a, for two
year olds, at three years old he held
the three year old record for PAGERS,
2:1l3. Strong Boy, PIP, gray horse,
held the four year old record for
PAGERS. Steve Maxwell, gray horse,
holds the two mile race record of
44S3. Lady Smith, gray marc, two
mile saddle record, 4:59. Charlotte
Temple. gray mare, the three mile
race record of 7:42. Lady Suffolk,
gray mare, the four. milo saddle
record of 11:15. Gen. Taylor, gray
horse, the 10 mile race record 29:413;
he also holds the 30 mile record, l
hr. Al min. 50 sec. Chancellor,
gray horse, holds the 80 mile record
l hr. 5S min. Some of the greatest
brood mares in the world are grays.
Mss Russell, gray mare, the best
daughter of Pilot Jr., is the dam>of
Maud S. 2:Os4, Nutwood 2:184 and
Lord Russell, sire of Kremlin 9Th;
BaSha,o Belle, gray mare. is the dam
of Strong Boy, PIP, and grand dam
of Manager, 2;O94. Lady Blanche,
gray mare, is the dam of the gray
horse AIcryon, 2:l5, and haywood,
2:29t. We will pass on and ment-
ion some of the gray ghosts of this
year, the lists of which is headed
by Guy, 2:94; Manager, zoos; Kit
ty Bayard, 2:124; Jack, 2:124; Hope
full, 2:143; So Long, 2:134; Shoofiy
Gyp, .2:l53; Sally Clinker, 2:169;
Edith sprague, 2:154; Abbie ",
2:164; Dandy jim. 2:174; Swectzer,
2:174; Novis, 2:l74; Tommy, 2:17aa;
Engineer, 2:174; Dodd Peet, 2:18;
Bill Lindsey, 2:1sg; Silvertail, 2;l8aa;
Pedro L., 2:1s4; Addie Belle, 2:1s4;
Lady Belle, 2:19; Lees Pilot, 2:1O;
Senator A, 2:194; Bobby Burns,
2:194; Lilly, 2:19a; Georgia Wood.
thorpe, 2:194; Minerva, 2:19a; Black
Diamond. 2:193; Strontia, 2:193 and
Racine, 2:20.
We have just heard good story on
one of our sanguine young Repub
licans in this place. We won't give
his name, for he couldn't stand the
taunts and jeers of his friends.
The story goes, that said young
man called on his young lady, who
by the way is staunch Democrat,
few evenings before the election,
and attempted to entertain her by
telling her of how many Democrats
he had bluffed off by offering to bet
$50 on the election. The young
lady informed him that if he really
wished to place bet on the election
she had that amount of money to
lose on the political result, and
urged that he produce his check.
But there was too much reality in
it for the ardent young politician
and he wilted.
A BIG TIME.-The Democrats of
Gallia county, Ohio, will have a
grand ratification on Thursday
night. The city viii be Illuminated,
and there will be fire works and red
fire, parading, cannon firing aud