The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-14
Of this city. and when right it is believed he
can beat 30.

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The old black gelding Jay Eye See. who
I made "a marx at 2.l0 IN 1894 at one time
held the fastest trottng record though for
single day oniy when be was dethroned
by Maud $ that hes been IN retirement
Tor "a number oi years was this season put
I % pacing. and recently made q record Of
! 2.lf at mat gait.
Mr. b. W Ford. of Lexington. KY. con
/ OF A. j. Ford. Isq.. OF this eity. proprietor
/ oi tords notel. is the fortunate owner Of
+ great tlree-year-oid trotung colt n Ire
/ william by Young jim son of George Wilkes.
/ 1922. For weeks past be has been spoken
/ of as possessing wonderful speed. On tho
/ 9Th instant be started on q stake race for
/ colts of bis age at Cincinnati and defeated
\ the field 10 straight heats 10 scoring record
/ Ot216. As bis owner was formerly resi-
| dent Of this CITY and be bears the name Of
/ one of our most prominent physicians, the
/ above will no doubt prove interesting %
many oil our citizens.
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/ Mr.. Henry Smith. the panstaking super
iuteudeut of Buffalo Driving Park, pur-
/ chased "a few years ago from Village Farm
/ the bay mare Sweetwater. by MambrnO
/ King. dam Gale mare. by Hamlin's Amont,
/ Jr.. and second dam by j. G. Wells. Tie
was modest IN bis aspirations and the price
/ paid was $500. He talked of breeding her
J 20 a cheap stallion. but 40 the suggestion
/ e MIR. Hamhn sent her 20 Chimes. lie has
now sold out of Sweetwater % DIT.
/ Smith, of Birmingham, Alabama,
bay FLY two years old by Chimes, for
/ $4,000. and 80 a gentleman ia Iowa wean-
ling sister of the two-year old FOR $1,000.
The mare Is again In i0aI by Chimes. and an
offer of 20 900 has been refused for her.
/ Mr. Smith has proited because be had the
courage 20 accept advice in selecting q
mare. ano then breeding her TO hlgh-prced
stallion.
The above, taken from the Turf Field and
+ Farm. only shows the Importance of breed
ing 20 frst-cass stations, and it is % be-
I hoped Virginia breeders and hOrsemen 10
/ general Will take heed and profit thereby.
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During the past week at an auction sale
held at Brighton Beach race track, New
| jersey. Mexico. bav colt tWO-year-Oid, by
Imported Chaxaxus, dam Ihomasia by Lotus,
brought $3.50. while Charcoal, black MY
two years old, by Chaxaxus. aud OF Miss
/ Mai Grace by EO.us sold for 8 600. Both
+ OF the above were bred by Colonel Ii. d.
| Hancock, of Ellerslie stock farm, AlOemhre
county. aud sold by him as o yearlln2.
/ The Chaxaxus-Eolus cross seems 20 pc q
/ golden one. rs evidenced boy the perlor-
/ 1nances of Mabeile. Charod, Lester Haul
/ ME and Others who have made a splendid
/ showing n the best OF company on the
great Northern tracks.
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| gJohn Happy. thoroughbred son Of i'm
/ ported Bonnie Scotland and Kathleen, by
! Lexington making him full brother TO the
/ great race horse George Kinney, formerly
| owned al Ashland, Va. is now located at the
celebrated Haggln ranch IA California lie
is being given good chance IN the stud
and his colts promise 10 show Mp well.
The free for al stallion race for purse OF
/ $4,000 trotted at Grand Rapids, Mich. on
the 18th inst. WAS Won by Alvin IN 2:l54,
2l44. 2.14h, the fastest three heats ever
/ trOtted ia "a stallion race.
Alvin was mentioned in these columns
/ last week as his sire. Orpheus, was formerly
/ held by bIr. w. H. Stith. of this CITY. who
/ disposed of him as previously stated Tor
about $500. The sale was made b Canadian
parties by General w. Il. Withers OF Lex
/ ingtOn Ky. for Mr.. Suth. 1t the last
gentleman still owned Orpheus he would
have an assured income from the services OF
[ that horse which will be much sought after
now that Alvin has proven himself such q
great performer.
The breeders of North Carolina contem-
plate forming a State Trotting Horse Breed
ers' Association at an early day. call has
been issued for meeting 20 DO held at
/ Reidsville on August 18TH AT the same time
an effort will be made 10 form North Caro-
lima. Virginia and Maryland trOtting circuit
Mr. James W. Bethel IS the moving spirit
/ in the enterprise. Dir. Bethel IS the owner
{ of the fine stallion Jolly fuar and mum Der
of elegantly bred trotting brood mares.
Dir. r. NJ. Pitcher, who owns the fast
( black stallion Elyslan Abdallah. son of
/ Lakeland Abdallah, full brother to Harold,
/ sire of the great Maud s., is now preparing
! him for the great stallion race 70 take place
/ ct the Fair Grounds tits fail. lie IS show
aba "a
/ very formidable competitor IN this race. AS
/ is we'll known bis former trainer, MrGeorge
Governor, of Lexington, KY, drove ham
/ repeatedly in 2.25. lie stated that If he
| kept sound and did not meet with an accl-
dent no should beat Z:ZO.
Three Tips. record 2:3O. winner of the
/ Virginia stallion race of 1891. is getting into
| fine form 10 is expected that he viii re-
1 duce his record considerably this foil. lie
/ has been entered ia the 1000 $50 stake 10
! be trotted IN Baltimore during October. 1t
/ will be remembered that IN bis tOuryear-
| old form last year he bruised tendon
which made him quite lame in tho race
| that he won from Egwood If this does not
/ trouble him ne should prove q valuable
campaigner this fall.
The horseman would do well 10 keep an eve
/ on the four-year-old Wilkes stallion Willis.
{ He is coming 20 bis speed very INbt. i saw
| him log a quarter yesterday morning easily
! In tbirty-eight seconds. the last eighth in
eighteen seconds His gait is as frctionless
aud as smooth as q well-filed piece OF ma
ehinery. His yearling FLY. Ellen Caskle.
referred TO previously IN these articles, IS
4 growing rapidly and getting into ex-
celent shape, and can now beat
The yearling State record Zllla s.,
the champion tWo-year-old that has been
quite sick. has nearly recovered and IS now
being logged preparatory to her fall engage
/ ments.
What a great three-year-old race We will
I have this fall with such starters as
| Irma by Norfolk. Zilla b. by WOODBURY.
| Hambletonan. By Lila 10y EgwOOd and
/ Eastwood by Simmons, all OF whom
can now beat 2.40 and by October
| should trail very close 10 $50
( This will 10 the best and fastest
! three-year-old race ever trotted IN this
State. and proves that Nirginians are re-
| cogniZing the value of high bred trotting
| horses and are trying to solve the problem
/ Of breeding the two minute trotter. As a
/ proof of this fact 1t will be remembered
that up TO FIVE years ago the three-yeer-o1d
record was 3.I5. 1t has been gradually re-
duoed by Maybee, 3:021l; Miss Thompson,
| 25f; Three Tips, 22414, and Little Belts
| 227]5.
A gentleman in this city has received o
letter from Captain Foxhali A. Dangerheid,
owner Of the late Sam Purdy record ZZOz,