The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-05

80 sands Of acres Of
land are COM
prlsed in the limits of the estate, which
| has been handed down az an heirloom
| for successive generations in the
| Cameron family. The farm Is conducted
| as 81 breeding establishment and numbers
| OF thoroughbred and trotting. Cleveland
! Bay and Pcrcheroa horses find susten-
| ance ON it's broad acres During a recent
| call from the master Of Fairntosh /
! learned that he will hereafter devote
| his attention principally to breeding
| thoroughbred horses, II being his in
| tentlon 10 sell the products OF his es-
| adjustment as yearlings at the annual
| public sales. Colonel cameron owns the
| gray stallion Gray stone by King Alton
so. dam Geneva, by Lexington. Gray
Stone was kept this year at Mr.. Thomas
| Nelson's farm. I'm Clark county, and will
mako the season OF 1894 at the same
pIace Among other thoroughbred horses
owned bv Colonel Cameron are such as
! Emo chestnut colt. two years old, by
WUful. dam White Squall by Fall
sotto. Emo Is in the training stable Of
II. Bernard boswell, at Bullheld.
couple OF yearling hllies at the farm,
which are very highly priced, were pur-
chased at the Ellersie stud Farms an
nual sale last spring. Oneis Nlelo' pay
by Eous. dam Meta, by Imp. biilet ana
she out Of Juanita dam OF the winner
Carol Hazlehurst and BlueVal), by
Vanderer. The other Is a brown, also
NV Eolus dam Lady Grace dam Of Bay
Archer. by Romney, granddam Grace
Darling dam Of the noted Di8blO), by
Jonesboro. next dam Ninette, by Revenue,
and she out OF the eycr-famOus old Nina,
bv Boston. These FLIES are grandly
bred. They viii be placed In training and
should develop into crack performers.
After retirement from the turf they will
be placed I'm the stud. Esmeralda, bay
mare By imported Mortimer, dam Notre
Dame by Lexington. Annie g., also a
bav. bv Longfellow, dam by J. G. Brock
enridge. and Lady Hec chestnut daugh-
ter of Add E Koree. the brother OF Add
El Kader. are at Ellerslie Stud Farm,
where they were sent this season and
mated with imported CharaXus, the
sire of such good performers as Ma Belle,
Capstone, Laster, Charade, Hauemie,
Chateau. etc Lady Hec has a chestnut
flly one year old by Spendthrift which
has been christened Swannana. Esmer-
aida dropped a bay FLY, by Eolus, last
spring, which will be reserved for brood
mare. The tWO-year-old niles on the
farm number an even half dozen. Ihey
are all well-bred and good individually.
Bettina Is a bay by imported King
Ernest, dam Nicnac, by Macaroon.
Eonette. also a bay, is by imported
Eothan. out Of imported Castinette, while
Ulace, another bay, is by imported Uhlan,
out Of Straightlace. by Stratford. Wiltm
Hilda has the chestnut coat Of her sire
WiIful, albeit her dam HlIdegard was
bay daughter Of Lexington. GuyandOtte,
another chestnut is by Bertram, dam
Burgundia by Burgundy The last or the
sextette is Eoralda, coal black daughter
of the mighty Eolus. out Of Esmeralda,
the daughter Of imported Mortimer The
swing Of the pendulum at u o'clock, on
the night OF December 3lst, will mark
the dividing line. Then these fillies viii
be classed as three-year-olds. In the
spring OF 1894 they will be placed In the
brood-mare ranks, and mated with the
most approved thoroughbred sires with
I'm reach. That noted owner. breeder ana
turfman, Mr. Pierre Lorillard' contends
that fllies bred I'm their three-year-old
form make better brood mares as rule
than those not given a chance 70 as
sumo the cares of maternity till later in
life. If such be the case 1t Is 10 be
hoped that the master Of Fairntosh Stud
Farm may reap substantial returns from
the unions Of the daughter Of King Ernest
and Macaroon, Eothan and Uhlan, Niltul
and Bertram
Marlbourne farm. IN Hanover county,
is the home of Mr.. Julian NJ Ruihn.
The estate IS highly improved ana kept
I'm fine order. The farming operations
are guided ty the master hand or the
owner, and the broad acres yield aDuh-
dant returns Numbers Of horses, cat
tie. sheep and hogs find sustenahce on
the place. end are marketed at IAN
-
horses trace 10 My Girl a daughter or
HetzeTs Hambletoniau, and an elegant
road n are Of considerable speed, whose
breeding was lost on her sire's side
NV Girl received an infusion of the Dlood
which produced the great trottbs sire
Volunteer. and his younger brother, the
Hlfated Sentinel. 2.29 3d. who died ere his
worth as a sire became known. In 1882
Ny Girl WAS mated with a chestnut stall
lion owned in King William county
known as Bashaw, Jr., by Bashaw, Jr.'
2:24 "a, and In 1883 she produced bay
colt that was afterwards gelded' ana
christened Rokeby. Rockeby developed
into a horse of fine size, style ana hnlsn.
He is now owned at Laburnum ana
highly priced as a road and carriage
horse. e,,.
In 1886 My Girl produced a bay My
called Cigarette. by John Happy ana
year later dropped bay colt oy the
same horse that was gelded ana SOFA 10
Mr.. A. w. CARRIER. My Glrl Is SUN OMn-
ed at MarlbOurnc, where three Oh -
productive colts and a hiiy-s"o" "0'
worth as a brood mare
Adjoining Marlbourne Is the estate
known as Upper Marlbourne. siaH9
farm of over 500 acres, owned anu -,
In
Of Grain are grown on the place Which is
susceptible of the highest improvement.
rake ride on horseback through the
low grounds OF Upper Marlbourne' ana
an Immense corn crop will greet your
siobt causing YOU 20 wonder at tle
snlendid producing capacity OF the SUI
hundreds Of fine sheep, tat sleek Cd1-
tIa and horses find abundant pasturaBs
- ~ farp Great hay bins stored with
,,,irtcr stirnlies afford ample evidence
tbat the stock here are well cared lot.
Very pleasant indeed Is the county ~
this fine autumn weather, NHn1 ~
treatment extended the visitor at p olI'
Marlbourne and Upper MatlDo, ,.I
makes you feel that 'Old Elrglhla nus
pitality fingers yet as IN Gays VI S0'0'
Mr.. G. p. Van story. for twenty years
ct nroninent horseman Of Green's
boro. n. C., has removed to this city.
Numbers of high class trotting stock
have passed through Mr.. Van storys
hands during his frequent trips 10 trot-
ting horse centres. He is popular and
widely known and his accession to the
ranks of horsemen here will be wei
coined. ot
Captain 3. p. Wnliamsons approach,
ing sale OF trotting stock will be heiu