The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-30

bWdlhmcy AZ the DAVIS estate sale last
winter, and IS now in the string OF c. a.
Pusey, near this city.
Isaac Fleming drove the fast bay geld
Ing, Clayton. by Harry Clay. three heats
over the FleetTood Driving Park track
week aco In az. 2.l9 IL and 2l0. Clay
ton Is a model road and pole horse. as IL
his half sister, Mr.. Thomas -. Stokes
brown mare, Venturita, by Idol Gift. out
Of the dead matron OF Tuscarora Farm.
Star Maid. dam Of Clayton. 219, and Cur
RIO. 2.A1-4. the latter a full brother TO
Mr.. Stokes mare. Venturita.
Mr.. Horace l.. Smith. OF the Richmond
Agricultural Implement Company. has In
his possession three-year-old chestnut
colt by Prosper. dam by Telephone.
grand dam by Floyd. The youngster is
big. growthy fellow, and. though about
seven-eighths thoroughbred. can show
2.50 gait trOtting. and DO IL handily with
out ever having been trained. his only
driving having been that given him over
country roads. drawing a road cart. At
maturity he Will measure at least sixteen
hands high. and probably weigh over
eleven hundred pounds. while at his
present age he is level-headed and kind,
and prompt. cheerful roadster.
Mr.. John ID. Seabrght has lost by death
from prostration and congestion the i've
year-old bay mare Mooreheld Maid, by
Daln ont. dam by Young Columbus
Mr.. II. Fishers handsome fve-ycar-old
chestnut mare, by Norfolk. was severely
injured recently in "A runaway accident
The driver was thrown out by the cart
being overturned, which came in contact
with her left hind leg seyering the back
tendon. Dr. Harbaugh attended the mare,
and she will be rolegated to the breeding
ranks.
Dur.Tg a recent chat with MIR. Bernard
boswell tie conversation drifted 10 Ce-
rise and her noted son, Morello. Il I'M
derstand you used Cerise at one time as
a saddle mare?' Yes" replied Mr.. Dos
well. "she served me well for two years
IN fox hunts and cross country riding.
She was the most noted jumper In this
section. She was sent 20 my late fathers
place for training by Mr.. Hardy, OF Nor
folk. who died shortly afterward. and the
mare passed 10 his brother, Mr.. w G.
Hardy, who still owns her"
Ibid Ccrise show much promise
in training?' mo she was trou-
blcd with faulty hooks and contracted
heels, and Mr.. Hardy bred her to King
Bolt. the result Of the union being a bay
colt. called Cherrystone. who was quite
is now in the stud at Norfolk Va.
Her next colt was also a bay, by King
Bolt, called orion, that ] sold for 5000.
She was then bred 10 Wiful, and threw
the chestnut FLY Wild Cherry. with whom
L won several races and sold. She was
again bred 10 Wilful. and produced the
bay colt Parthian. Cerise was then sent
to Ellerslie Stud Farm by Mr. Hardy, and
bred to E0lus on shares with Captain
Hancock.
THE following spring she dropped a
bay colt now known to fame as MorellO,
probably the peer Of any colt Of his age
in the world In the fore pant Of 1891 he
was consigned 10 the New York sales.
with Il number of other Ellerslie bred
yearlings, and when put up at auction
the gavel fell at my single bid Of 500"
How did he impress you at the time" 1
observed "Well, not very fayorably, but
l liked his breeding and had faith In the
capacity OF his dam TO throw runners,
especially as her previous foals had done
wei in my stables"
"Were his hooks in bad shape?' "Yes,he
had bog spavins on botn and thorough
pins also. However, that gave me 10
worry, as / remembered Eole. whom my
father brought out, was troubled the
same way. After getting Morello home l
began breaking him with the rest Of my
yearlings and for months he was very
unpremising. Could not run an eighth
in sixteen seconds but he kept on i'm
proving at every trial till he broke our
track record. which was in the fall Of
1891. and ! then pronounced him the best
colt ever at Bullheld. Morello wintered
nicely and came out the following spring
in grand shape. His first start was at
Washington on April 18th. With 10
pounds up in a four furlong dash he won
easily in ffty-one seconds. Then being
asked TO price him l did so. and naued
5000. which was declined with the re-
mark that any colt in the race won by
him could be bought for $500.
'Three days later al the same place he
won another race and | raised the flg-
ures to S., 1000. and sold him to Frank van
Ness for $500 cash, and 800 10 be PAID
out Of his future winnings. My action IN
selling the colt has since been commented
ON and more or less surprise expressed
that / did not retain him. However, 1t
was early in the season and the fields l
beat were not even Of fair quality. That
his hooks were still under suspicion was
known TO such experts as James Rowe
Mcdonald and others, or else Mike Dwyer
would have taken him at much larger
figure than | named. IL is widely known
now that the great son OF Eolus ana Ce-
rise has stood the ordeal OF framing
made a fortune for his owners ana proven
himself the horse of the country, but still
hold the belief that my course was wise
acting. as / did, when circumstances
which existed are considered
Saturday. the POD, was a memorable
day for the house of Eolus when 10000
people cheered his great son, Morello, TO
victory, and saw him take world re-
cord and stamp himself the horse OF the
country by winning the Wheeler handl-
cap at a mile and a quarter, with III
pounds up in z:05. Weight and age con-
sidered, il was the greatest performance
on record. The first quarter was
run in "a seconds, the half In
ISIS. six furlongs in ia, and
the milo in 1885, The time OF the
race tied the record Of Salvador, who ran
the distance as a four-year-old. Had the
race been run over track like that az
Morris Park, the distance would hst |
been run from two to three seconds go |
err Such an experienced and obn,rban |
trainer and owner as John S, has, coit
remarked that Morello was 4 man Sal
he had ever seen; better q, TaraI vi
vator, while that good jcla DiotJo ia
rode the game old crcrsndest borse he
that Morello was tie none and held All
had ever seen, baife After beinr rested
the older horsSorello will be shipped
re" uaySwhere she has engagements,
10 Sala'os close Of that meeting will be
ana aSack TO Chicago, where he is en-
taAe' in valuable stakes. His winnings
e Washington Park amounted to sl3,5l5
Robert Bradley continues very sue
'essful career at Brighton Beach, and,
instead ~ shining his fahIge ~