The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-11

owned by James G. Smith. The brown
stallion, now fourteen years old, is stout
ly made. hearty and vigorous. lie car
rles a record OF 2.364. made some wears
ago over the old Fair Grounds rack
IN a race against Money Hunter. o.,,iL
with regular handling he would have
beaten 2.0. But few OF his colts have
been trained. and those out OF inferior
mares. though occasionally he was bred
90 a mare or fair breeding. for instance.
Primrose. by Hetzei's Hambletonian, 10
his cmbrace threw the brown mare. Miss
thompson. 30 1-2. his only representative
in the $50 LIST. though his daughter,
Nelly D.. got a mark OF 2:31l5 lest uea-
son. and will land in the charmed circle
the coming season. The year book Gives
Toodice Junior. a. sired by Odin Bell
fownod here for years, and known both
as Toodics and Capt. WesD. dam Kate
Flight. by Red Hawk, son OF Red Eye,
hy Boston.
AFTER looking over Toodles. Junior.
s.~oiled over TO &. A.. Pusee's quarters,
,e,r tho grand stand. He IS wintering
Sorr head Of t~rotters. which he expects
e., csmnaicn during the coming season.
r. mo record the fastest of the
.~.r.effe is the c%uriOusly marked. queer
,o,tinr. small roam mare, Little Betz.
oo1r4 She is wilful. headstrong, and
r.rk pulicr. but seems TO take more
,traiv 10 Pusee's hand h a n other.
60 has been in his stable since the be-
,.~-trr Of her turf career. He gave
ter a -thrce-ycar-old record OF 2:2'l4
d, 1901. and drove her 10 her present
record last season. The little aughte
- o. w. Daniel has wintered well ana
s ulelv 10 beat go this year. The bay
~...f... %. ltr Iron DIXIE 1S
f,sfv and strong and looks as II ne IS
.tlo N lower his record Of 2:29 IA. which
r,neoe gave him last season. over a heavy
raif-mile track. at 1iagerstown, ND, IN
DO fourth heat Of a winning race. on
GOOD. mile track he can step a mlle
'ioso 10 900. The bay mare Sarah. by
,-o,narol. son OF Woods Hambletonian,
las becn logged all the winter n is IN
fno mink Of condition. she trOt'eu a
,ra, in 2e5 at Pimlico last year, and was
,~lven quarters handily in thirty
i've seconds. She is rangy, II
some mare OF much finish, ana
~erfect disposition. Sarah
las recently been clipped and looks III
40 co a race Of divided heats now.
me hav gclding Midway. three-year-
ola has grown and developed into quite
. bsrdsome colt. He is BY Bourbon
psron out OF Belle Davis. by Country
gentleman. Midway was bred by Mr.. Il.
Saunders. Jr.. of this city, ana sucn
GOOD Judges as Joseph Lassiter ana VII
liam 4. walker consider the gelded son
az Bourbon Baron a likely candldate l9r
A.. 90 honors. ,eoo
Amonr the busiest campaiSners or lS9j
vaa the bav gclding Barney. who began
,bo season with a mark Of 219 IA pacing,
which ne reduced five times In races
Gnailv landing at 20S "a, his present
record. HE performances place him IN
.ha front rank Of a brilliant coterie OF
harness race horses who lowered their
GODS as many as five times during the
season. in this list there are fourteen
trottor and five PAGERS. In the la,ter
division but two performers noldlhs
records better han $50, at the beginning
Of tho season accomplished the Feat meh-
toned above. One Of these was barney
and the other was Atlantic King. ZV5 90
who started with a mark Of 2:1S IL, which
lac reduced six different times TO his
present record. which is a second slower
than Barney's. Chaunccy, the dam OF
Barney. was formerly owned In Rich
wond. and driven on the road by MI.
George -. Bennett. At the time OF
her purchase Mr.. Bennett lived in Colds
boro. X. c.. where She was brought
from the West and represented 10 have
been bred IN kentucky. When Mr.. Bennett
removed 10 his city some years ago
from North Carolina. he brought the
gray mare along and placed her in
training. and c.. A. Pusee drove her a
mile in 2.91 over the old fair grounds
track. Soon after Chauncey was sold TO
chicago parties. but was again purchased
hy Mr.. Bennett and brought back here.
Pusee again took her in hand and drove
her a trial in 2.23 IL, over a half-miie
track. Chauncey was then sold 10 Peter
Gentry, of Danville. Ky. who bred her
% Barney Wilke and Barney was the
result. Mir Bennett is again residing at
Goldsboro, his old home, and refers With
pride 10 the performances or Barney
whose dam, though q natural PAGER, was
made to trot by the use OF weights.
Messrs. Thompson & Bland. OF Craw-
f0rdsvile. have sold To kentucky parties
hackney stallion County Member. II
reports be correct. County Member is "a
horse OF remarkable endurance. as II IS
claimed he covered the last eleven and a
miles OF a seventy-one mile drive in
forty-hve minutes. the road being up hill
and the load two %l15-pound men in a top
WAGON. The entire journey was made In
seven hours and three minutes. the time
vouchcd for by several gentlemen
IN unquestioned integrity.
Nfr. James Cox, BelcraVia stock farm.
llt. Jackson. Va. has sold to st. Clair q
OF Lexington. Ky. the slN-year-oid
chestnut stallion Sllyern. fun brother to
sIycrone. 2l9 81. by Aicyonc, out OF Sil-
,eriock. bv Mambrino Time. Messrs. 81.
Clair & Curry have purchased SilNern TO
tho place Of Dark Night, recently
,.id nv them Tor 5000. and exported to
Germany.
William A. Walker. OF this city, has
sod 10 .. r.. Ford. OF Boston. the three
,elr-oid nnv Dark Girl. by Dark Night
dam by Earker's Mambrino Patcneh'
by Brignoli. 2:9l-t
Dainccrneld stock farm. cuipeper' Va
sold 70 ". Adler. Baltimore. The ionr-
year-old pacing stallion Purdy Phot' oy
Purdy. 2.2ol-2.
SIR. Samuel Mcmillan. Kew York cits'
sold 10 Mr. J.. j.. Nclson' IT, Iu'-
rrrcr. Va, Clayrina, bay mare w
Harry Clay. dam by volunteer anu ["
chestnut My by Milburn. dam by Leia"u'
one OF the incest road horses IN Ne"
York city is MIR. Matthew Rtiey's pay
feldme. Clayton. 2l9. by Sayres, marry
Cay. 2.e9. out OF star Maid. by Jupiter
Ahdallah. Clayton Is equally az nome
booked single or 10 the pole. ne cn'ite'
o. race record OF 2:i9 In single harness.
ana one Of 2:l8 driven 10 the pole with
Reference. lie has been driven by the
eide ~ seventeen fast ones, and never
made a break. star Maid Is also the lam
o. he last stallion Currito. 2:3 II, whose
iui sister. the handsome brown mare
N%eniurta. is one OF the queens or the
Richmond boulevards. Venturita is owned
d. Mr.. Thomas ID. Stokes. OF this city
ana. like her half-brother Clayton. ~