The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-05

Mr.. John d. Seabright. who was for
many years connected with Mr. John B.
Davis, and later with Mr.. Joseph p. Davis.
IN the management OF the Richmond
Horse and Carriage Bazaar. has. since
the death OF those gentlemen. assn ned
charge of the establishment. He will hold
regular sales OF horses. including trotters.
thoroughbreds, road horses, etc. Mr.. Sea-
bright is young man OF push and energy
and has had ample experience TO fit him
for the position which he assumes.
MFR. James Cox. OF Beigravia Stock
| Farm, Mt. Jackson, Va. has sold 10 John
II. Madden, of Lexington, KY, the two
year-old chestnut flly. Polly Remington.
by Robert McGregor. 2:17 IL, dam Lizzie
chump by Strathmore. second dam by
Clark Chief, third dam by Alexander's
Abdallah.
MIR. Cox's breeding establishment is
| located in Shenandoah county, near the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. where he fas
such weil-bred stations as Kelly. a full
! brother 10 Express. 2:H, by Electioaeer,
dam Esther. by Express. thoroughbred
son Of Endorser.
Belview. 2So IL. by Belmont. dam by
Volunteer.
snvern. full brother to silverone.
| 219 S-4. by Alcyone. dam Silverlock. by
Mambrino Time. Silverlock is also grand
| dam of the crack two-year-old hlly or
last season. Silicon, 215 "a. Mr. Cox has
| also a collection Of brood mares Of the
! most approved strains OF trottiRg blood.
Mr.. w. II. Nelson. of Manchester, Va,
has sold 70 DR.. II. d. Ferguson, of Hall
| fax. ~ c. bay colt fcaled In 1880 by Egg
wood. 2lS. dam Belle of Richmond. by
Daniel Lambert; Mary D.. chestnut mare,
foalod I'm 1886. by a son Of Blue Ball.
Also the well-known brown mare Spider,
foaled in 1873 by odin Bell (sire OF Sadie
| Bell, 2:2O, dam by Hetzels Hambletonian.
| During recent trip to North Carolina
Dir. Nelson made the following pur-
| chases:
I Pansy F.. bay filiy, foaled in 1890, by
| Superior. son of Satellite; Daisy, bay filly,
| foaled I'm 1890 by Superior, dam by Wild
| fire; Red Dor, chestnut gelding, foaled In
! 1889 by Hathorn. dam n Facing mare,
breeding unknown; Mildred Lee. bay FLY,
foaled in 1890. by Money Hunter. 225 IA.
dam Lily, by FlyaWay, and stylish
brown gelding. combined saddle and
harness horse.
The bay stallion Medinah. formerly
owned by Mr. Preston Belvin, Of this city,
and consigned by him TO the New York
| TattersalIs sale in December, was knock
| ed down 10 f. Burke, of Olian, n. Y, for
$500. The horse has again passed through
the February sale Of the TattersalIs
| Company and this time falling to the bid
Of Bernard Levine. Of Goshen, N. Y, for
800.
Arion. 2lo ~. is being driven double
with Houri, 217. the fast daughter OF
Onward, 2:25 IA. The pair cost $4,000
A prize was offered the party by the
Tattersalls Fasig Company who came
nearest guessing the amount brought by
the great California sire, Sidney. 219 3-4,
at the Cleveland. o., sale. They ranged
from 5000 20 sos 900. the average guess
being $4,000. The managers Of the Va
lensin estate were disappointed, rs they
expected the stallion to bring at least
10000 Sidney was purchased by George
II. Hammond, of Detroit, Mich. on whose
farm he will become the stud companion
of Simmocalon, 219.
Monroe Salisbury of California who has
bred. owned and campaigned such great
ones as Director, 217; Direct, POS 1-2;
Flying Jib, 2O5 "a; Directum, Oil H.
&c. is always on the search for phenome-
nal speed He has secured and will cam
paign this season White Cap, a green
PAGER. who is liable TO take as fast a
record as his former mate, Flying Jib
The pair, driven by their owner. Captain
Griffith, Of San Francisco, a retired sea
captain paced quarter, hitched double
in % IL seconds, and finished the half in
1:O2 IL.
prominent trainer says: For leg
wash use soap liniment and witch hazel.
Never bandage until you have your horse
cooled out and ready to put in the stable.
If you do not put them on he will go
just as fast. Iodine is good for some
things, but usually it is safer to put 1t
| on some one else's horse.
The PAGER has come to stay, and he
| grows more popular each season. The
side-wheelers were strongly represented
last season in the grand series OF contests
in the free-for-all, and the fast classes
| as well, also in the number OF new per-
formers which entered the 2:30 list. In
the latter division the band numbered
over six hundred with records from 2:SO
down to the 2:O5 ga of Flying Jib.
Mr. Walter Gratz, well-known among
| Eastern turtles, recently died Of pneu-
monia. in New York city. Mr.. Gratz was
best known among horsemen as the
owner Of the Suburban winner Of 1885,
viz: the Virginia bred horse. Elkwood.
| by Eolus. out Of Minnie Andrews, by
| Victory.
Title Russell. by Scathelock. out OF
Daisy, by Cracker, son Of Boston: Calash,
| by Imported Phaeton. out Of Blandina
by Lexington. and Cers. by Imported
Moccasin, out of Lizzie Lucas, by In
| ported Australian, were bred to Eous in
| 1892. Title Russell and Calash are owned
by Colonel r. ]. Hancock, at Ellerslie
| Stud Farm. while Cerisi is the property
Of Mr.. Charles Hardy. of Norfolk. The
produce Of this trio Of distinguished
thoroughbred matrons, will be full brothers
or sisters to the crack performers, Rus
sell. Eolian and Morelio.
The Hackney interest In Virginia con-
| tinues to increase a good representative
| Of that breed i'm this State, is the I'm
| ported English stallion Hopeful H., owned
! by Clendower Stock Farm, in A1bemarle
| county, Of which Mr. w Gordon Merrick
| is manager. Hopeful III. is a rich chest
nut, foaled 1889. sired by Canvasser. out
| Of Lady Florence, by Great Shot. In his
yearling form he received high COM
mendatlon at the London spring show
among thirty-foT others. In his two
| year-old he captured second prize at
Madison Square Garden. in New York
| city. while last fall at the Virginia State
| Exposition he took first premium in his
class. and attracted much attention.
BROAD ROCK.