The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-01
col, stakes at your Exposition win be

all colts bred and owned outside OF the
is also unjust discrimination against
breeders inside the state. For illustration,
we Will say A buys a colt the first OF
April, and he Is eligible TO trot.
April. and he is barred out. Why? Be-
cause the directors and racing committee
think he has not been owned here long
enough TO become acclimated. or 10 be
claSsed as Virginia colt. CO.. racing and
colt stakes are the main factors In build
ing up the trotter in Virginia. l claim
that the above conditions are great
injury 10 the breeding interests OF the
State.
We advertise TO the world that we are
breeding second-class horses, that we
are afraid 10 trot our colts against the
OF Nirginia suffer when they go TO sell
their colts.
The conditions will cut down entries In
the purse races as well as the stakes,
and cause great financial loss 10 the So
ciety, as breeders outside OF the State
Will not bring their purse trotters 10
the Exposition when their colts are barred
out. and | am satisfied the society will
lose over $1,000 In entrance money. and,
instead OF having great races with the
crack trotters OF all States there. and
big crowd to see &C. they will have a
little second-class sport and light at
tendance.
! will say in conclusion that to build
up the breeding interests OF the State our
colts Will have TO meet those OF other
States: that II owners OF other States will
go TO trouble and expense TO come here
TO trot us, we ought TO open the doors
wide, and extend 10 them a hearty well
come
A little money may leave the state. but
Citations that cater to the public by Sc
curing the great trotters for their meet
ings. are the ones that come out sue
cessful I'm the end Though we have not
been breeding frOftQrg long In THU
ton, our breeders don't asfs TO trot our
colts under cover. We don't ask that a
wall be built around the State to keep
other colts out. but let Virginia be re-
fine horses, when the great horses OF
other States come here to take the meas
ure Of Boston and other great ones.
] now ask for a change-that no section
be barred-and as part Of the committee
are willing 10 make the change. / hope
the others won't stand In the way
] say what ] do for the good Of the
cause. and desire nothing but the hearty
goodwill Of the directors, and the success
Of the Exposition.
That prominent and widely known
fancier Of fine road and saddle horses,
Shelby T. HARRISON, writes me from his
home at Lexington, Ky. that the horse
market Is firmer and more active. Ever
energetic and on the alert, Mr.. HARRISON
has recently purchased from Brook Cur
~ n superb lot. numbering an even dozen
trotting geldings Mr.. Curry purchased
them from Mr. w. l.. Simmons at Ash
Grove Farm, where they were bred. They
are by such sres as Young Jim, jay Bird,
Eagle Bird Betterton, and Chatterton,
out Of richly-bred and producing dams.
The ffteen-year-old stallion, Simmons.
record 2:2S owned by the estate of the
late w ii. Wilson, at Lexington, KY,
has served ninetytwo mares this season
at a fee Of $50 EACH which, summed up,
gives the snug sum Of $l3,N0-a handsome
realization on a stallion at any. time.
The black son Of George Wilkes and
RlaclS Jane. by Marbrino Patchen. has
sightless eyes. but his get are trotters
and make race horses Of crack calibre.
Simmons is now controlled by Mr.. Harry
X. McAdams who for a number OF years
was identified with Abdallah Park. at
Cynthiana, Ky.
The diminutive trotter Little lobe. by
Pamlico. 2:1O IL. out of an Indian pony
that took three-y ear-old record OF 2:Y Ia
at Raleigh, n. c., last October has low
cred his mark to 223 IL. and has not yet
reached his limit. Later in the season, II
he keeps right on, he is liable 10 beat
2:20.
Volunteer was foaled in 1854 and died
in 1sos, but his get are yet dropping into
the 2:3O list. as his son. Mexican. recently
took a record of 2:2 IL at Newburgh. y.
y. This makes thirty-three performers in
900 and better for the mighty son Of
HamhletCrIdn ana IadN Patriot.
Altivo, by Electioneer, out Of Dame
Winnie, is showing quite a turn Of speed
at the trot and will likely take q record
Of 2:20 or better this season. He is full
brother TO Palo Alto, POS 81 who, like
his sire and dam, has passed to the un-
known.
The chestnut stallion Eolic 60. by
Eolus, out Of Majestic, by Lexington. has
been put TO steeplechasing and won a
race at st. Louis a few weeks ago.
During the course of a pleasant chat
with Judge r. w. Hughes. who was here
last week, l learned that he had recently
been TO Val Verde stud Farm, and found
his brood mares and young stock all in
good condition. Eric, thoroughbred son
Of Duke of Magenta, and imported
Second Hand, by Stockwell, has served
all Of the farm mares, and Judge Hughes
thiaks their produce should make race
horses. The following thoInn"- bred f"nls
have been dropped at Val Verde this sea-
son: April 18th. bay colt, ST. Luke, by
Young Luke, dam ST. Mary, by imported
Highlander: April 22d, chestnut colt. Pen
atty by Pardon. dam Emma Creamer,
by Atilla; April 18th, bay filly, Patience.
by Pardon. dam Willy Nilly, by Lord
Gordon; April 18th, bay colt. Repentance,
by Pardon, dam Alice Milton, by Abd-el-
Kader Each Of these mares was bred TO
Eric. MAY Carew, by imported Dalnacar-
doch, and Birdsong, by Lord Gordon, were
bred for the first time to Eric. Kate
Didn't by Pimlico and Goldie NJ, by
Miner, were barren, and bred to Eric.
The mare Fredq 10y Nireilian, Out Of
Kate Ward, by King Alfonso. purchased
by Judge Hughes last winter, was also
bred to Eric.
There was foaled at Raleigh, n. c., on
April 10Th, property Of Major r. S. Tuck
err. a chestnut flly by Eon dam Jennie
Mccarthy, by Duke of Magenta. Mare
bred to Ben Himyar. Major Tucker has
claimed the name Jeneona for this FLY.
Mr.. r. H. boswell purchased at the
recent sale of the ChesterbroOk year
lings. at the American Horse Exchange.
New York, a bay colt, by The Pard, out
of Heel and Toe, by imported GlenelG:
price. 5000; while at the Foxhin sale of
yearlings, a bay colt, by Wilful, out of
Babette by Iroquois. fell to his bid Of
sl25 Among the Coldstream offerings at
the same time and place, Mr.. boswell Sc
cured a chestnut colt. by Hanover, out
Of The Niece by Alarm, for $500
Capt. r. j. Hancock. Elershe Stud
Farm, Overton. Va, has claimed the
following names
Nlola. for brown flly foaled 1893. by
Eolus. dam Mia, by imported Billet
Merry Maid. for bay FLY foaled 1894.
by Eolus, dam Mermaid, by imported ST.
Blaise
Eostree. for bay FLY foaled 1894. by i'm
ported Charaxus, dam Eolee, by Eolus
Ninos. for bay fly foaled 1894, by inn
ported CharaXus dam Ninone, by Eolus.
At the Belle Mead sale of yearlings,
held in New York the bay FLY by Ben
dor, out OF Ollie, by Virgil, went to
Pitts & Dorrier for 500. and they are well
pleased with her. These gentlemen are