The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-11-20

Nil list or WINNING
III NV sires for the
IG1 n year 1892. He
(ZN/' has had placed
10 his credit. by the performances OF ms
sons and daughters. the snug sum OF
sS24 40. OF this amount $3.50 was won
by his two-year-old son, Moreilo' "ho
got first money fourteen times OUT o,
seventeen starts. winning the celeorateu
FtIturity stake. valued at Nl,OO 10 the
winner. also the first and second divi-
sions OF the Sea and Sound stakes, run
Off on the Sheepshead Bay and MOTIFS
park track. Morellos successive Veto
ries not only place him at the heau ol
winning two-year- olds for the year out
cause him to rank as the peer OF any
colt OF his age that mas yet appea' eu
In addition TO Morello others OF the get
OF Eolus have performed creditably IN
good company this season.
THE premier sire Of Ellersne stud' IN
Albemarle county. is growing ola grace
fully but the laurel wreath rests upon MS
brow as Il did back in the eighties, wheh
his son, the splendid race-horse Eole' IN
the Gebhardt stable asserted his prowess'
Mr.. James Rowe, formerly OF FRED
erickeburg Va. but who now resides IN
New York city. in which vicinity he has
made such an efficient starter OF run
nino horses on the board OF control
tracks was selected as associate judge
M Thoroughbred and Arab horses at the
New York Horse Show in company with
General w. II. Jackson proprietor OF the
widely-known Belle Meade Stud FARM.
Tennessee, and DR.. Smith, professor OF
veterinary surgery at the University OF
Toronto, Canada.
A disastrous railroad collision occurred
at Cincinnati, o., recently, when a car
load of valuable thoroughbred horses
were being shipped on palace horse-car
by Messrs J. A. and a. II. Morris, OF
New York, TO their ranch in Texas. None
of the horses were killed outright, though
a number Of them were very seriously
injured among them the stallion I'M
ported Lovegold, the most valuable or
The lot. he being so badly injured that II
will probably be necessary TO destroy
him. The loss, 1t is said. will amount
70 between $4,000 and $4,000
The bay mare Grace Napoleon, who
came out last year and made a trotting
record of 290 was bred the same sea-
son. and this year, after weaving her
foal she reduced her record to 2:l4 IL
She is by Louis Napoleon (son OF Noiun-
feer). dam Kate Wilson, by Hiatoga (49S),
the latter a descendant Of the Hlatoga
pacing family. which originated In Vlr-
ginia.
The blood Of the dead Virginia sire,
Uetzel's Hambeltonan, is breeding on
daughter of his is the cam Of the chest
nut stallion Manipulation 2:29 10 by Nut
wood. 2JS "a. who entered the 2:3O list
This season. Another daughter, Gladys.
20 the embrace Of Jersey Wilkes, dropped
the bay mare Chequerta, 2:27 IL at three
years; was bred that season, and last year
dropped a foal. This season as four
year-old she WAS again put in harness
and reduced her record to 2:l6 3-4 in the
third heat Of winning race and had she
not met with misfortune would have gone
several seconds faster. Virginia Girl is
the dam Of the chestnut stallion Three
Tips, by Sam PuTdy who cut his record
down from 2.3O TO 2:25 IA at the recent
State Exposition meeting. The brown
mare Miss Thompson, by Toodles, Jr,
chipped two seconds off Of her former
mark of 2.261- at the same meeting
Major Miller. a granson of the old Ches-
terheld county stallion, already a pro-
ducing sire, has increased his list by the
addition of the bay horse Prince Miller,
record 2.20 ID, made this season also.
Lady KOrkle, another daughter of Het-
zel's Hambletonan, is in the great brood
mare list, and, bred to her own son, this
came Major Miller referred to above as
the sire of Prince Miller, 2:20 IL, produced
that game little campaigner, Ida Belle,
2:23 Gladys also referred to above as the
dam of Chequerita, 2:16 81, produced
foal by Axtell PIP, that was considered
able 20 enter the 2:3C list this season as a
yearling. Tile records Of light-harness
performances made during the year are
not yet completed, but when the returns
are made up it will be seen that the blood
of HetZel's Hanlbletonian, who was n fun
brother to the illustrious Volunteer. prob
ably the greatest sire of trotting race
horses that ever lived. and the Inflated
Sentinel, 2:29 ga, has made a very repu-
table showing, and that with the poorest
Of opportunities.
The black stallion Idol Gift, 2:29 IA, re-
duced his record to 2:2i in a race against
other horses at Versailles, Ky, on the Sd
instant. The performance was made over
heavy track and 10 an old fashioned
h!gh-wneel sulky, which inclines his
owner, Mr.. Frederick Akers Of New
York. to believe that a mark below 2:20 is
not beyond Idol Gifts capacity under IA
vorable circumstances. He has this sea-
son entered the list of producing sires by
the performance of his son, the bay horse
Currito, 224 IA, who is a full brother OF
the brown mare Venturita, owned by Mr.
Thomas ID. Stokes, of this city. Venturita
IS herself a Il st mare. With five weeks
handling she tIotted an easy mile in 2:45,
and with further training would go into
the 23o list, thereby adding another to
her dam. Star Maids. list Of standard per-
formers. the latter being a double pro-
ducer. having TO her credit Clayton, 219,
and Currito, 2:241-4. Venturita is in foal
20 Sea King (son of Lord Russell sire OF
the new stallion king Kremlin, 2:O7S-D,
and the prospective produce should be
very valuable.
During the past week at the New York
horse show the blue ribbon for the hand
soonest trotting stallion on exhibition was
tied TO the head stall OF Messrs. Rumble
e. Whites elegant stallion, Quartermas-
ter. 2:21 IL (son OF Alcyone and Qui Vive.
by SentineD. he defeating Haldane and
Mambrino King the latter one of the
greatest show horses in the country. His
son Frisco also captured first premium
offered for the best two-year-old trotting
bred stallion. Quartermaster is grand
individually and by breeding and a race
horse of tested merit like most OF the
get Of his sire, the dead Alcyone, who
seems 10 have transmitted much OF his
own matchless form and finish to his
son. the premier sire OF Ridgewood Stock
Farm. That he should occupy the proud
position as show horse, held in years
past by his lamented sire, should be plea
SAINT news indeed 20 Messrs. John X
Branch and Charles F. Stokes, of this
city, each OF whom during the past spring
sent matron TO the court of the black
son OF Alcyone and Qui Vive. by Sem
tinel.