The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-16
,rned loose in the paddock is a trotting

turned loose in the paddock Is a trotting
wonder.
Mr.. Lassiter's brood mare, Black Ma
ria Sdam OF Robert Ransom), foaled IN
1874 by Strader's Cassius Al. Clay, Jr..
dam by Stockbrdge Chief, has been bred
TO Electryon tson Of Electrotype, by Elec-
tioneer). Black Maria IL probably the
sole representative OF her sire In this
State. who was foaled In 1852. and died
thirty years later at the famous Fairlawn
farm, the property OF General w. I.
Withers.
Captain James N. Williamson. or Elon
College, Alamancc county, y. G., writes
me that he has n eedlng by Red wilkes
that can beat 2:i0. which he uses as a
road horse. Captain Williamson reports
the stock interest In his section as con"
SANITY increasing. He Is not much In
the horse business at present, but the
chances are that like other wealthy
cotton factors in that section ne VIII
soon invest Alamance county is rapid
~ coming TO the front as nm important
centre for the breeding OF high class
trotting stock, and prominent among
those who have labored TO build up the
interests are SOcn men IN H. ipdnrS 4iOie'
Junius II. Harden and others.
The noted trotting sire Egbert. foaled
1875. by Rysdyks Hambletonian, dam
Camptown. by Messenger Duroc, son OF
Rysdyks Hambetonian, grand dam Miss
Mcleod. by Halbert (colD. also son OF
Hambletonian. has been sold by w. j.
Hawkins. OF Lexington. KY, to Mr. f.
Nj. Mills. OF Des Moines, Ia. for $4,000.
an advance Of $500 over the price OBJ
tanned for the stallion at the Woodland IL
Shanklin sale IN February last. when ne
was purchased by a syndicate headed by
Mr.. Hawkins Egbert has ffty-three
representatives who have made them
selves standard by performance. forty
five trotters and eight PAGERS. seven or
the former and three Of the latter being
members of the 2:20 list. He is probably
the most intensely inbred horse 10
Rysdyk's Hambletonian in the land, yet
the dam OF his fastest performer, Eg-
thorne. was sired by Thorndale. grand
son OF the mighty progenitor which first
saw the light at Chester However, Eg-
bert is indebted 10 no single strain or
blood for his success, his half hundred
or more performers Of standard rank
being out Of mares representing many
different blood lines. Egberts most
prominent representative in this State Is
the Whitby farm stallion. Egwood, who
is q member of his sires 2:20 list. Eg-
bert will be taken to Michigan at once
leaving unfinished the season commenced
at Lexington.
Mr.. g. B. Nelson, of this city. has en-
tered the brown gelding Roy. 2:30, by
Harkaway dam by Boy Dick, in the
2:27 class, to be trotted at the Baltimore
spring meeting at Pimlico, while Little
Betz. 2:27 IA. also owned by Richmond
parties has been entered by c. A. Pusee
The names Of Roy and Little Betz APP
pear among thirty-seven others In the
same class Mr.. Nelson also expects to
start the brown mare. leila B., In the
2:4O class at this meeting also
In addition 10 Norline entered by Mr..
J. II. Harden. of Big Falls. N. c.. in
the 2:27 class at Pimlico. Mr.. Harden has
also entered Charlie c., roam gelding;
pedigree not given.
The thoroughbred mare Ethelda, by I'M
ported Moccasin, out Of Estella, by i'm
ported Australian, has been bred TO the
trotting stallion Expedition, 2:l9 1-2. son
Of Electioneer and Lady Russell. sister
Of Maud S., POS ga; Estella to the en-
brace Of the great trotting progenitor,
Mambrino Patchen, through Alma Ma
ter. dam of the noted trotting sires AL
cantara and Alcyone. The dam Of that
Virginia wonder. the running-bred Mo
relic, was also by imported Moccasin out
of a daughter Of imported Australian
viz: Lizzie Lucas.
The great trotting stallion Lobasco,
record 210 ga In the third heat Of race
at ST. Joseph. Mo-, In 1882, recently died
at the home Of his owner, James G.
Ladd, Of Beatrim. Neb. His death was
caused by laryngitis. He was bay
horse foaled 1887, by Egmont, dam Fleta.
by General Hatch. He possessed both
courage and great speed, and was con-
sidered a likely candidate for champion
honors In 1893. Being well-bred and the
possessor of extreme speed and splendid
individuality, his earning capacity In the
stud was large, consequently his death
will be a great loss to Mr. Ladd. Lo-
basco's sire. Egmont, is full brother TO
Meander the sire of that other noted
race stallion, Pamlico, 2:16 "a, number
of whose colts are owned in Virginia
and North Carolina.
Brook Curry mas IN training At LcAihS-
ton, Ky, the promising four-year-old
black stallion by Wilton, PIG IA. out OF
Lucille Blackwood the dam Of Egwood,
2lS IL, and Eggnog 2:25.
Among the horses in training belonging
to NJ f. Dwyer at the grounds of the
Br,okly Jockey Club are Calando bay
colt. by EOlus, out Of Calash. by I'M
ported Phaeton and Charter, chestnut
colt by Imported CharaXus, out OF Ada
Belle. by Eolus. Calando is n full brother
to that good race-horse, Eolian. while
Charter bears the same relation TO
Charade, all four of whom were bred by
Major Hancock at Ellerslie Stud Farm.
A recent issue Of 1.-The Spirit of the
Times" refers to Mr.. James Rowe, form
erly Of Fredericksburg. Va. as the king
Of starters, and stating that Mr.. Rowe
recently appeared on the grounds OF the
Brooklyn Jockey Club. seated behind a
novelty In the way of motive power,
this novelty being a pair of fine white
mules, which were the centre of attrac-
ton among a large crowd OF horsemen
that had gathered to examine them with
critical eyes. Green Morris pronounced
them the finest team of the kind he had
ever seen. One of them was pure white,
while the other differed only in having
three small ridges of brown on her quar-
ter Both were finely finished, and not
unlike a thoroughbred In general con-
formation. Mr.. Rowe found IL quite a
difficult matter 10 find the pair as he
wanted them for Ode Wolff Hoppers
new comic opera. Each OF them has been
given a name suited to their new voca-
tons in life. The all white hybrid is
InI Il 4 III.