The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-18

Acca Farm sale Of trot;ing s'ock At that
time. In his four-year-old form. he was q
very handsome horse, OF high finish and
atyle. and now at six years old he IL de-
scribed as having developed into a grand
specimen.
last season are all In foai.
William Bass IS KEEP; busy at Acca
Farm. during this fine weather. lie Is
working thirteen heads from yearlines
to aged horses. In his string is Branch
wood. Us, pacing. WINS, 2:Si S-i,etc.
Mr.. J. c. Van sicl1ler. Caioctn Val
ley Stock Farm. North Fork. Loudoun
county. Va. writes me that ms pay
stallion Benoni. 2:2l IL. has been placed
In the stud He Is eight years old, STANDS
sixteen hands high weighs 100 POUNDS,
and has trotted half In los. Benoni
is by Pretender (son Of Dictator hrst
dam Sport. dam OF Westfall. 2.2s H. Dy
Onward. 2.25 Ia. second dam Missal, by
Hero OF Thorndale. third dam Siren, by
Edwin Forest. and fourth dam the
famous old Waterwith, by Pilot, Jr.
The entries 10 the exhibition classes
made by Mr.. Julian S. Carr's Occoneechee
Stock Farm, Hillsboro, y. c., at the
recent New Berne Fair made almost
clean sweep IN the show ring.
Mr.. NJ l.. McCown, had the farm eX-
hibits in grand shape and captured half
dozen blue ribbons with the bay stallion
Tom 2:27 H. by Melville Chief, the bay
FLY DeLisle. by Noval, PA S-4, the chest
nut gelding. Peacock, by Robert Me-
dunn. 2:9 II. and others.
Laburnum Farm has sustained quite
Of
chestnut gelding Capt Mountioy CD, by
Norfolk. dam Kitsy, by f. +. v, son
OF Mambrno Patchen
Mr.. s. b.. Nelson, Of this city. has made
the following sales 10 Mr.. William Hines
The Black flly Lula ID. (3). by Nutal-
wood dam by Garrard Chief. This FLY
is good-gaited. handsome and stylish,
and with handling should learn TO trot
fast. TO Mr.. j. ID. Mathews, Manches-
ter. the brown gelding Nobby o., by
Nobby, dam by Lincoln Chief. This fell
low possesses grand style and IS an ele-
CANT combined saddle and harness horse.
Mr. William NJ. Singerly, Of 'The Phila-
delphia Record" and part owner Of the
great colt Morello. writes me from the
city of Brotherly Love" that the chest
nut stallion Three Tips. 2:25 Ia. Will not
be placed In training this season on ac-
count Of being troubled with a bad leg.
Three Tips was formerly owned by Mr..
Preston Belvin, Of this city, and is by
Sam Purdy. 229 ~, dam Virginia Girl,
by Hetzers Hambletonian.
Bowerman Brothers. Of Lexington, Ky
have sold TO Mr. Ed. DeCerneau. New
York City the bay mare Eggnog. 2.25
O, by Egbert. dam Lucille Blackwood
by Blackwood. This mare IS exceedingly
handsome and very fast. She has been
q n lstrf "a Him 1r-frr
George Starr, who will train her during
the coming season. Eggnog is fun
sister to the elegant bay stallion Eg-
wood 2lS -, owned by Mr.. II. c. Cham
bin, Richmond, Va.
An exchange has the following: While
the year 1893 was one Of unusual de-
preston in all lines of business, il was.
nevertheless, the greatest trotting and
pacing year the world has ever known. 1t
rs estimated that the grand total Of trot-
ting meetings for the year was 1,7O5. The
number of days trotted 5,7i2. and the
value Of stakes and purses given &,125,375.
In view Of such startling figures. repre-
senting the enormous earring capacity
Of the light-harness horse on the turf.
it is self-evident that the depression in
breeding affairs is only temporary. AL
ready there is a break in the horizon
that rs the fOrerunner Of brighter days.
AT the recent sales good horses brought
remunerative prices. Buyers are securing
the country for the right kind of horses, |
and whenever one is found he brings 100 |
cents on ST. At the first day of latter |
Sails Lexington sale nineteen undevelop- |
ed colts. the get Of Baron Wilkes. aver
aged Ss04.
Under date Of March 10th Mr.. Arthur
B. Hancock writes me from Ellerslie
stud Farm that Mr.. J. Z. Kittson. Of
has sent the following I
'chly-bred mares to be mated with Eolus:
Hadiola. by imported Glengarry, dam
Waltz dam of Glidelia), by Lexington;
Vivacity, by Virgil. out of Bradamante
dam of The Bard. by War Dance, and
he great race mare Wanda, by imported
Hortemer out OF Minnie Minor. by Lex
ngton. Wanda is fun sister OF Winnifred,
sire Of the grand colt Sport The fol-
owing fOals have been recently dropped
II Ellersie. On March Sd, a chestnut
lily by imported Charaxus. out OF Ethie.
lister Of Eolian by Eolus; March 9th,
b chestnut FLY. by Eon, out Of Eocene.
~ imported Charaxus; March 9Th. a bav
'olt by imported Charaxus. out Of Jennie
<eene dam Of Tom Skidmore) by Eolus.
Mr.. Hancock states that all the foals
lropped this season are getting on nice
v. and that this balmy spring sunshine is
loins them a world Of good.
Henry OF Navarro. by knight Of Ellers-
lie. is reported TO have been heavily
packed in John Paynes book on the
Brooklyn Handicap
BROAD ROCK.