The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-11

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badly more fine pleasure teams are kept
and greater number Of amateur gentle
men drivers guide their charges down
the road than In any place of a like popu-
lation in the whole South. An esteemed
friend OF mine, a prominent merchant OF
the city on the Dan. who derives great
pleasure in owning and driving good ones
mt all times, sends me the following
newsy items: To begin with, Messrs. c.
l.. Warren and II. w. Hoeomb own and
drive daily the chestnut geldlng Charlie
Preston, 2:3i IA Mr.. John W. Boswell
can be seen out daily behind the nand-
some bay gelding Harry. that has trotted
three heats on a poor half-mile track,
taken right off the road. in 2:45. 2:46 and
2:46 1-2. Mr. ]. L.. Edmunds takes his
afternoon spins behind the good-looking
black mare Anna Bethel, by Red Jacket,
son OF Messenger Duroc. This mare Is
fine individually, and can go right out
and show a mile In 2:45. Mr.. w. A. Hol-
land. owns the handsome chestnut mare
Maud L., by Almont Boy. She trotted
mile In 2;43 at three years old. Both
Anna Bethel and Maud l.. were bred
and believed to be in foal to Mr.. Charles
y. Noels handsome young stallion Extra
light, by Starlight (sire Greylight, 216 L.
&C.. dam Violet dam Morelight, four
year-old record of 2:2S and trial 219 at
five years., granddam Miss Barton, by
imported Trustee.
I;xtralight is n grand individual. very
handsome and stylish. possessing the size
and power TO go down the road al merry
clip Mr.. Noel is an enthusiastic road
ite. and amOLg others in his stable Is
the promising three-year-old colt Nelson
Page, by Prince Belmont, out Of Swanan-
noa, by Melville Chief, 2:32, next dam
Lucy L.. by Woodburn Hambletonian.
Mr.. o. w. Dudley takes his airings be-
hind Meh Lady, a bay daughter Of King
Bolt, the dead scion Of the great Lex
ington family. This mare IL one Of the
finest roadsters to be found anywhere.
Though sired by n thoroughbred. she can
trot a quarter ia forty seconds, and
has shown an easy half mile In 1:2j.
One Of the best known road horses in
the city is the chestnut geldlng Cherokee,
by Red Jacket, formerly owned by Mr..
Charles II. Conrad. and now In the stable
OF Mr. J. =. AGREE. Cherokee has started
in a number Of road races without a
single defeat. Mr. Charles II. Conrad.
owner and admirer of the light harness
horse. does not ride so fast now as when
he took his afternoon spins behind Chero-
kee and other fast roa1sters Neverthe-
less. be takes pleasure in seeing others
brush down the road while seated him
self behind an elegant coach team made
up Of a pair of brown geldings one Of
them by Count Wilkes. sire of Georgette,
1927, &c. The road brigade Of Danville
COmnrlCpS Liz
tiemen, whose names and horses will be
mentioned at another time.
A draft Of yearling and two-year-old
trotting and pacing bred colts. FLIES and
geldings were sold by public auction at
the Exposition Grounds on Monday last
The lot was consigned to Samuel Is. Mel
son, OF this city, by Reiger & Dunn. pro-
prietors Thornhill Stock Farm, Midland,
Texas. Most of the offerings were low
IN flesh and unbroken while their breed
iEg was apart from the blood lines which
rule the fashion at this time. consequent
iy prices ruled low Quite a good at
tendance witnessed the disposal. which
included Messrs. II. b. Chaffin, Charles
y. Stokes, Joseph Lassiter William Eli
son, w. e. Grant Buck Page, DR..
Charles Siegel, w. II. Nelson, James Bell
Charles II. Epps and others.
A bay yearing f1lly by Vivesse, son Of
Alexander, 2:2S ga, fell to the
bid of William A. Walker for
$780, the top figure Of the sale.
while Mr.. Lassiter secured two-year-old
black colt, by Vivesse. for $40, the lowest
price obtained. The following is a par
tial list of the sale, with prices attached:
Vassie Wilkes, bay flly, foaled 1892. by
do
"a. Walker. 5000.
Bessie Dunn, black FLY, foaled 1892.
by Vivesse, dam by Leonard Drake S. L.
Gowan $780,
Pansy brown flly. foaled 1892. by Harry
Almont. dam by Dictator, William Walk
er, 1896.
Belle OF Thornhill, brown hlly. foaled
1892 by Vivesse, dam by Sweepstakes,
Joseph Lassiter, $40.
Maud Collins. bay FLY. foaled 1891, by
Vivesse, dam by Brown Pilot, Charles N.
Goodman, SIS.
Laura Greene. black filly, foaled 1891.
by Star Hal, dam by Billy Davis, Andrew
Krouse, s65.
Never Smile. bay colt. foaled 1892, by
Vivesse, dam by Fergus McGregor
Charles N. Goodman. $3.50.
Libbie r., chestnut FLY, foaled 1892. by
Vivesse, dam by Haw Patch. S. B. Mel
son, $50.
viene. black hlly, foaled 1891, by vi
vesse, dam by Leonard Duke, Joseph Las
sitter. SO
Wild Almont. brown gelding. foaled 1891
by Harry Almont. dam by Farrant, Ben
nett Bros. $780,
Fanny Roosevelt. bay filly. foaled 1892
by Harry Almont. dam by Joe Young
2:i9. Gentry Bros, sos.
Gerthwith. bay filly, foaled 1892. by vi
lvesse, dam by Rushville. James Bell
wood $50.
Among the entries to the training stable
ut Acca Stock Firm during the past
week was shapely brown yearling colt.
fresh from the paddocks of a noted New
England breeding establishment known
as Ridgewood Stock Farm where that
Elegant show horse Quartermaster, 2:21 IA.
the conqueror in the show ring at Madi-
son Square Garden, of the great Mambrino
King, holds his court. The youngster has
been christened Billy Moore, and is own
ed by his breeder, that well-known expo
nept of horse lore and pedigree expert,
MIR Charles p. Stokes, Of this city. who
bred the youngsters dam and owned his
granddam. Billy Moore is entered in val
liable stakes in the North and West. Both
his breeding and individuality entitle him
20 consideration; got by Quartermaster.
dam Winnie d.. by Hanns, 2l7 "a;
granddam Maud L.. 2:3l pacing, by Fly
away. Winnie d. Is full sister TO the
fast chestnut stallion Whitby, with a
record OF 2:A IA at the lateral gait. The
blood OF producers and performers OF
race-horse calibre enters the pedigree of
Mr. SfOkee' Handsome colf and ,,rdo. -