The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-22

Rock. by Hetzels Hambletonian, brother
Reavis reports that Henry Ward Beech
er ESQ, by Roanoke. and Broad Rock
both made very satisfactory stud seasons
The roam stallion vassar. by Vatican,
(2:29 l-2). that took a three-year-old trot-
ting record OF 2:2l "a at three years. and
mark put oF IL Ra eem as to iOq have se WSr
OF speed at the lateral gait this season.
At the recent Windsor meeting he paced
heat In 200 IL and repeated In the
same time. defeating the gray stallion
Guy. 206 81 Nassar is fun brother to
Belle Nara. tr0tting record of 2:0S "a,
While his sire Vatican bears the same
fclation 60 the brown stallion WOODBURY.
Hambletonian. formerly owned at Whit
10y Farm, I'm Chesterfield county, and now
kept al Grantland Farm, near Richmond.
The bay stallion Harry Pennington. by
Aaron Pennington thoroughbred son OF
Tipperary, recently reduced his record
TO 2l5i2 In the third heat of "A race. Harry
Pennington's dam is OF untraced breed
ing.
The following editorial in recent
issue OF the American Sportsman, Is 20
the point and IS worthy of perusal.
1t is to be regretted that there are
Few writer's on the trOtting turf that
are not liberal enough to believe that
man has a perfect right to admire a
gaiioper or hackney as well as a trot-
ter or PAGER. Mems tastes Iun in all
Oil ectons and no man Is true lover
OF horse that can not admire a high
style hackney or a first-class race horse,
as well as those that perform in harness.
Time and again those scribes have writ
ten eulCgies about eve necked rabbits
that wear polSes, hobbies. tee weights.
irdescrib6 bic bits etc. Such a scarecrOw
should not be allowed on a track Time
and again those 8; me scribes have gone
out Of their way To poke fun at the
nINknHX
since an item appeared in a Western
paper saying that the man was "A luna
tic who would give Sl4.7OO for Bonfire
OF course the writer of the article never
saw the horse and perhaps rover Will.
Those that have seen him. however, know
that he was one Of the highest types
Of stallion In his class that has ever
been seen IN this country. His action
rs as pure as any trotter that ever turned
around in company There was scarcely
rs much waste action to IL as Directum
SHOWS when at speed and had he been
trained II would have been an easy mat
ter for Bonfire TO have stepped a mile
better than 2.W
In his field the hackney is as useful n
horse as any that is now being bred. lie
does not conflict with the trotter in any
way. as he pulls carriages, hacks. dog |
carts and all that kind Of thing. The |
trOtter and PAGER is now a racing machine |
and when he does not come up TO that |
standard, he must sell as q light harness
road horse. Everybody does not admire |
them. sun everybody that has a soul |
big enough for a pea to rattle around in, |
cannot but admire the highest type Of any |
animal, whether 1t be n dog. cow or horse.
II is a hard matter TO arrive at perfection, |
but those that come near II should be APP
plauded and no one should go out OF their
way TO poke fun at them In their efforts
to excel in their particular fed
one Of the sensational PAGERS Of the
season Is the bay stallion Coleridge that
in 1882 took trottlng record of 2:23 y.
AT the recent Indianapolis meeting he
started in the .. 80 class pacing, defeating |
a good Held and winning the event IN
21l IA. 21Q IA 215 Coleridge is a bay
stallion. six years old, by c. T. Clay, 2IS,
uam Susie Wilkes, sister to Whipsaw, |
: ~ 80 by Red Wilkes grand dam by Cor
beau, SO, sire Of Billy s, 2141-4, etc. Susie
,,sd I,Hfs Is also he ,grard dam OF me
promising two-year-old colt Chckadee.
by chichester, 2:25 II, owned by $. b. Nell
son, OF this city. Chickadee's dam being
a daughter Of Paladin tSOn Of Rysdvks |
iambletonian), out Of Susie Wilkes. Chick
1dee was recently driven a trial by Joseph
station, in 2:37 and his Improvement con
tinues.
a recent fire at Mystic Park. Boston,
proved very disastrous In it's results. In
an incredibly short space Of time five noted
tn,dl4nefS We're burned. others bddlN ln-
lured. An auction value Of over $500
fated AZ $1,000 bv conservative judges OF
horse flesh. Barney Demarest, at one
line trainer for O. J. SchOOlcraft. at Rich
mond' Va. but now of Baltimore, was
lhte a heavy loser as the PAGER Hadley
IT., 2:l5 IA, and Gilmore 2.2l Ii were both |
iestroved while Charley g. 2.l5 il. was
sam Purdy, was singed Charley c. was
he only horse that eXtricated himself |
rom the burning stalls. He kicked down |
he door and got loose. BROAD ROCK.