The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-09

Cleveland or Buffalo Though transferred
from his North Carolina home TO the
blue grass region OF Kentucky, Pamico
remains an object OF intense prlde 10
Major Batchelor. who will watch with
keen interest the Career OF the handsome
bay stallion in his renewal or Graho
Circuit battles.
T.. G.. Nevins, Of Winona, MINI, has a
white Percheron gelding, monster IN
size, which stands nineteen hands hlBh
and weighs 900 pounds. lie is well FORM
ed and shapely all around. differing IN
that respect from the usual run or horse
flesh reaching great size, which are, as
rule, ungainly. He will be shown at
the approaching Columbian Exposition,
when. 1t is expected, his weight Will reach
5000 pounds.
The handsomest two-year-old colt at
Palo Alto Stud Farm is called Telephone.
by Palo Alto. POS ga. son Of Electioneer
and Dame Winnie. thoroughbred daughter
of Planet Telephones dam is Telie, by
General Benton. out OF Texana, also n
thoroughbred mare. by Foreigner Palo
Alto at one time held the stallion throne
and was a race horse OF the highest cali
bre, and the pride OF Senator Stanford's
heart. His death was more regretted
than that OF any horse that ever passed
away at the great breeding establishment
on the Pacific coast. where Electioneer.
Dame Winnie and Palo Alto all sleep
beneath the sod.
A. II. Moore. the trotting horse mag
nate Of Philadelphia. owner OF Director.
217 and other great lights OF the turf.
has imported a sumptuous set Of harness
from Liverpool. IL is heavily mounted
with gold and months were consumed in
its manufacture. II was made from
special designs furnished the maker.
The bay horse Russell. foaled 1r8s. by
Eolus out OF Title Russell. by Seattle
lock, owned by Messrs. ]. A. and A. II.
Morris. of New York, is IN training at
Morris Park. Russell was bred by Colo
mel r. J. Hancock at Ellersle Stud Farm.
and has been winner OF high-class events
since his advent on the turf. and in the
all-scarlet OF the Morris stable he should
render good account Of himself this
season.
Colonel Bennehan Cameron OF Durham.
~. c., has booked little Nelly bay mare
foaled 1889 by Jerome Eddy, 2:1Gi5. dam
Nelly, 2:3O, by Green's Hambletonian TO
Kremlin. 2:O7%.
Mr.. Julian S. Carr. also Of Durham. has
booked TO the same sire Consolation
chestnut mare. foaled 1855. and Magnolia,
bay mare. foaled 1890. These mares are
full sisters. got by Norfolk out of Beck
Collins, by Woodburn Hambletonian
Consolation and Magnolia were bred at
Whitby Farm. in Chesterfield county.
Va. where Norfolk yet reigns as premier
sire. and where WOODBURY. Hambletonian
was owned. prior to being sold by Mr.
II. c. Chamblin, the master of Whitby, to
w. E. Grant, Esq. of Henrico county.
on whose farm the brown son of Bel
mont and Vara is doing stud duty. Vara,
the dam Of Woodburn Hambletonian, is
also the dam OF Lord Russell sire Of
Kremlin, while Norfolk is a son Of Nut
wood. who is by Belmont, Nutwood being
out Of Miss Russell, the dam Of Lord Rus
sci. Thus ii will be seen the produce OF
Mr.. Cars mares by Kremlin, though
springing from the greatest five-year-old
race stallion that has yet appeared, will
be considerably inbred; however. inces-
tuous breeding has in numerous instances
been productive Of the highest results.
Kremlin holds court at the home Of his
owner. William Russell Allen, at Pitts
field Mass The stallion was first limit
ed to sixty mares. though his condition
is so vigorous that he will probably be
allowed to serve eighty. which. at a
service fee Of $500. will net the snug sum
Of $4,000.
Mr.. J. ]. Carroll, Of Ashland. Va. has
had the following thoroughbred foals
dropped at his farm On March 18th. bay
colt by Heimdal. dam Fantena. by Eolus,
and on March oath, bay colt by Casson.
dam Virgo. by Abd-el-Kader Both
mares bred back to Heimdal.
William L. is a bay stallion, foaled
1882, by George Wilkes out Of the great
producing mare. Lady Bunker, by Mann
brine Patchen. Lady Bunker is the dam
Of the great sire Guy Wilkes, PTS IA. and
III Mahdi, 2:25 IA. who died just as his
worth as. sire began to assert itself.
William l.. is the sire of Axtell. PIP;
Emperor Wilkes. 2:2OA. and Alexis, 21S.
Last season, at ten years Of age, he was
placed in training. and trotted trial
in 2:2O, and this season In the hands Of
Lyle Simmons he is expected 10 get a
mark below 2:2O. His son, William L.,
Jr.. is owned by Mr.. c. c. Taliaferro, at
Mason. Orange county. Va. while an
other son. Jolly Friar is doing good
work in the stud Of Mr.. j. w Bethel, at
Reidsville, y. c. The George Wilkes
Lady Bunker family is a great one and
each year adds to its renown.
Mr.. William Ellison, Of this city. has
sent Virginia Maid, by Sam Purdy,
2:2O II; dam Peach Blossom. by Orange
Blossom, 2:26 ID, to Kentucky to be bred
to Castle Bell, son Of Bell Boy. and Soto.
by Onward. Virginia Maid is the dam Of
Nutwith. 2:29 II. by Nutwood. 2IS "a.
The two-year-old bay colt, Hector. re-
Gently sold by Mr.. r. b. boswell, Of
Bullfeld Stud Farm, to Fred Gerhard
Of New York. is reported to be in fine CON
ditiOn. Prior hpinP taken from D,,1I-
field. Mr.. boswell considered Hector
equally as promising as was the noted
MOrello at the same age, his opinion
being formed by the yearling trials Of
Hector last fall
The youngsters breeding entities him
to develop into performer of high order
He was got by Heimdel, son of imported
Mortimer. dam Gem. by Duke of
Magenta. and she out OF the famous
mare. Second Hand. by Stockwell, the
emperor of English stations. Second
Hand was also the dam of the good race
horses Evile and Esquimau.
Major Samuel Walton, OF Falls Mills
Va, has engaged Thomas O. Forman 10
handle his stable Of trotters this season
Mr.. Forman for two years past train
ed for Major II. c. Mcdowell Of LeXing-
ton, KY proprietor of the famous Ash
land Stock Farm, the home of the noted
trotting sires Dictator and King Rene.
Major Walton's farm in located in Taze-
well county, near Graham, and Mr. For
man will have good material to work on
in Leo Wilkes (by Red Wilkes, out Of a
Dictator mare) and others by such sires
as haywood. Mecca. King Rene. Young
Jim. Jack Dawson, &c. Major Walton
has been n purchaser Of trotting stock
In Lexington and other places for a num-