The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-07-16

TX ~ ~ the bIONU ktlh-
iekLYl~pNG A ing Roy. 2:26 IA.
,,dr old quarters at the EXPOSITION
, 70 Meeting her driver, Joseph station;
tsos arer the mare returned home. l
shoI1, Sio, in regard to her recent per
eleh Al belmont Park What kind
forias,.,, and you get in the first heath
OF - one. Ella Vertner drew the
n "A tdrd position was allotted me-
Itf r.,,,rg OF lead 10 the quarter in
bIc ,eochlng the half-mile pole In
~ then | drove easy. letting the
49,, mare make the pace. Going
'hpe-t che turn / took my mare back,
- 4, the home stretch che began 10
p some. beating Ella Vertner by
~, and finishing easy In 217 IL. was
.s,,. nelson distressed after TINS neat
~ che cooled out nicely ana was
~. for the fray when the bell tapped
core ND FOR the second heat. Long
". ,sslous scoring in this heat worried
rars As IL was. she fought Bar
.rsr The whole Journey. and finished at
.is heels In 2:20 "a She would have
,ssen This heat but for break near the
Ice and then. too, the bay son OF
Monte Cristo got the best Of the send
m The third and fourth heats / laid
,y, hui made drive for the NTH, thinking
I could win II. However. at this stage
:, the game. Turner came in with Dud-
lev Olcott. who had basn laid up all dur
lax the race, and won the heat, though
Miss Nelson was well up at the hhish'
A. she was in the sixth and seventh
which OlcOtt captured" Did MISS Nel-
con show signs Of distress after the racer
asked. well. very little. II any she
vent the first quarter OF her record
gff ia | observed.
ard reached the half at 2:S liz
galt and could have finished the
nile under 2.i5." Is Miss Nelson looking
weu1 "Oh. yes she is perfectly clean
and smooth with voracious appetite.
She eats eighteen quarts Of oats day,
with a good allowance OF hay" Where
viu she be started next7 THAT has not
been decided yet She will be kept here
some weeks. and then shaped up proba-
tly n start at Suffolk, Va, and one or
two other places. after which she will
IN her fve-year-Old form she should
prove a race mare OF free-for-all calibre."
A recent letter from Mr.. W.D. Adams.
Jr Of Lynchburg. states that the three
year-old baly colt. Baron Russell owned
by himself and Mr.. John NJ. Otey, Is In
The training stable Of X. c. Bedford az
Washington. ID. c.. who considers him
very promising. and hopes 10 give fast
mark Baron Russell was bred by Col
onel r. c. Stoner, OF Paris Ky, and
sired by Mambrino Russell out of Flight,
hv Baron Wilkes. 218. next dam Lam
berfa dam OF Jingles. 2:2S 80, by Daniel
Lambert. and she out Of Fanny by
Young Columbus. Mr.. Adams thinks the
road and trotting horse Ia gaining In
popularity in Lynchburg. albeit the roads
and driveways around the Hi City are
not the smoothest 10 be found. Mr.. +.
Doyle has a nice three-year-old colt, by
sultan. sire OF tho wonderful PAGER. Sala-
din 2.O5 "a; the magnificent STEAMBOAT,
207l-e L. r.. Morris brown mare Ouida
has foal hy Kentucky King Mr. W. u.
Adams. Sr. has bred his mare Ethel r.,
by Sam Purdy, 2.20 H. 10 Jolly Friar son
OF William l.. Mr.. Adams. So. while fond
Of the trotung horse. also cherishes quite
a strong fancy for the thoroughbred. In
1891 he bred the fine mare Lady Buford,
by Red Robin 10 Captain Hancocks i'm
ported Charaxus. and the following
spring she dropped IA nice bay FLY, which
Mr. Adams stll owns. In 1891 and 1892
Lady Buford was bred 10 Mr.. A. y.
Payne's fine stallion. Jim Gray. and, as
q result OF the mating she foaled a
chestnut filly in the spring OF 1892. and
dropped another foal OF the same sex and
color during the past spring. and was
bred 10 the imported horse Water Level,
owned by w. J. Ficklin, OF Charlottes-
vile, and Thomas S. Martin, Of Scots
Vile
Messrs. Samuel Walton, Of Tazewell.
and James II. Wingate Of Roanoke.
were IN the city during the past week.
and visited the different breeding and
training establishments around here. in
GLIDING Whitby and Acca Stock Farms.
Joseph Lassiter's and Joseph Stations
string OF horses at their respective head
quarters. Mr.. Walton IS the owner OF
fine collection Of trotting bred horses
az his farm In Tazewell county, including
me Young stallion Leo Wilkes, by Red
Wilkes; Lutte Dawson, by Jack Dawson,
and number OF others equally as well
bred, and as good Individually Mr. Win
gate has been a breeder and owner OF
DON thoroughbreds and trotters for years
past and is a well-posted student OF
prligrees and performances.
Horse owners and fanciers throughout
the South will learn with pleasure that
br W. IT. Harbaugh OF this city. has
established a veterinary infirmary, where
NAs
both scientifically and humanely. During
recent visit 10 the institution ! was
strongly impressed with the system OF
Aleiene and ventilation prevailing. being
20 complete that not the slightest odOr
could De detected throughout the build
Ing which is finished with hard wood
and cement. The patients being treated
received greater care than that allotted
70 many specimens OF humanity. No
cases OF n contagious or infectious type
are allowed TO enter the building. The
Establishment OF such an institution en-
tails the sympathy Of all who would aid
ana ameliorate the condition of the
highest Of brute creation. and reflects
credit alike on the skill and humanity Of
The founder.
Mr. Samuel T. Nelson Of this city has
purchased Of John d. Seabright the bay
My Nelly D.. foaled 1890 by Toodles. Jr.
Cam by Romney This filly is very prom
sinE and should easily enter the 2:30
list this season. Mr.. Nelson has also
purchased from William Harmon, Of Nor
iolk. the eight-year-Old brown stallion
Harold Allen. trial 3:3i and quarter in
ulry-six seconds, by Harold Mambrino,
son OF Harold
hr. W. D. Adams, Jr., Lynchburg, Va,
mas sold TO II. c. Redford Washington.
j. c.. al Russell. chestnut colt foaled
$50 by Mambrino Russell, dam by Strath-
more.
Richard Curtis left Lexington, KY, re-
Gently with his string OF trotters for
Bay City. Michigan. all OF whom were
ia splendid condition and able 10 earn