The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-01-21
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
clrrxry HANCOCK P<sSEs AWAIT
CEDAR Lawn FARM.
r.mIlco's Brilliant Campaign OF 1898
sale OF saginsw--Mr. Boyians ee'-
lection of Thoroughbreds'

, tho mast year. when the bay son of
.,.,,acr proved himself about the best
.,ee horse OF the season. barring the
,senomenal Direc,um 2s5 IA. Mr.. w. L.
,..cbclor purchased Pamlco from ms
,reedcr. c. u. Wescoti. OF Fairhaven, YER
.,ont in the fan OF 1887, for 500. The
.ol, was then two years old and had
,,,rfed in one race. n stake for colts OF
,te are. and had saved his entrance money,
b, having been previously purchased by
ar Batchclor. That was in September.
III. and the day after the race the little
CHOW was shipped TO his new home at
raleigh. y. c. At that time Mr.. Pomeroy
r,nducted a public training stable there.
and carly in 1885 Pamlico was placed in
lis hands. No regular work was given
him during the first half Of the year on
secoupt OF a curb which was permanently
removed by firing and blistcriRg.
In the fan of his three-year-old form
fhc colt was given a mark of 2:3I, by Mr..
Pomeroy. over a slow half-mle track,
with but little preparation. as he had
recoived less than thirty days regular
r,rk previous TO the performance. The
,xhibition convinced Mr.. Bachelor that
~ had in the snugly built son or Meander.
and the Daniel Lambert mare Birth
dav. the making OF a very fast horse,
ana he determined 10 give him an oppor-
unity 10 display his proves. In the
summer OF 1889. at the close of his season
An the stud Pimlico was shipped TO the
late James H. Goldsmith. How he was
sent by mistake to Hartford. where the
Goldsmith stable OF campaigners was
quartered instead OF 10 that of Master
Reinsman's farm al WashingtonNiiie. NY,
IS generally known. II the fail OF 1899,
Pamlico was started in five races and
won two OF them, the last one being
contest of seven heats, he winning the
last one in 2.2S - at that time considered
on unusually noteworthy performance for
a four-ycar-old. His campaign Of 1890
was "A very brilliant one, he defeated all
the best horses Of his c,ass in Grand
Circuit battles, save the crack Prince
Regent. lie being fresh and keyed up for
a battle royal. while a succession OF
sharp contests had taken the keen edge
from Pamlico's speed. The sefson OF 1881
aud 1872 ne was kept in the stud at Mr..
Batchclor's home. In August Of the lat
latter year, half and controlling interest
in the stallion was sold TO T.. ID. Spur.
Of Lexington. KY, for $1,000 The season
cf 1893 was prolific in furnis hing supreme
D. great contests on The trottirg turf. but
Che campaign Of Pamlco was one OF
surpassing merit and brilliancy. Starting
thirteen times he won eight first money.
and got a place in each of the other
starts save one, reducing his record from
gi6 "a 10 30 y. He was timed sepa-
raiely in a race won by Directum, at
Lexington. in 2:0S "a and at Terra Haute
he trorted the third quarter of a second
heat IN thirty seconds.
While famlico WAS battling against
1itans of the turf. and ably holding his
own his diminutive throe-year-old son,
Little lobe, out of an Indian pony for a
dam. took a race record OF 2:2g IL at
Raleigh over the same track that his
sire got a mark OF 2:37 on, five years
previous. If memory serves me correctly.
Pamlco Will be the only stallion with
race record as low as 30 II to appear
as a producing sire in the forthcoming
yearbook.
The late Capt. A. G. Babcock cherished
strong fancy for high-bred horses, and
for years past had been a breeder of trot-
ting stock. He bred and owned the bay
stallion Fauquier, by Hetzels Hambleton-
ian. lie at one time owned Grace Oar
ling Thy Jonesboro out of Ninette, by
kovenue), dam Of the noted race-horse
Diabio, the suburban winner OF 1893.
While In his possession, the daughter Of
Jonesboro was bred TO the trotting sire
Hetzel's Hamblctonan. and produced a
bay FLY also known as Grace Darling,
that Is sim owned al Cedar Lawn. Grace
Darling, the younger, was bred during
successive years to Sam Purdy. 10Y,
Omar Pasha, son Of Sultan, Nutwith,
2.29i5, etc. In addition TO these. Capt.
Babcock bred and owned number of
other horses we'll known here by Hetzels
Hambletonian, Eysian Abdallah Willis.
son of Jay Bird etc. Capt. BabcOck
amassed q cOmpentency in commercial
pursuits. and since 1850 had led a retired
life at his farm, having been forced 10
give up business on account of III health.
He was the architect OF his own fortune,
a man OF great energy, and the highest
integrity, whose word was as good as
his bond. Ills deeds of charity were nu-
merous and thoroughly unostentatious.
Capt Babcock was in the sixty-ninth
year Of his age He was well-known and
counted his friends by the hundreds.
There are many who viii recall pleasant
hours spent at Cedar Lawn strolling
through the stables and well-kept pad
docks Capt. Babcock's death creates feel
ines Of deep sorrow. Sweet be his sleep.
The Bennett Brothers. of this city. have
sold 70 parties here the bay gelding Sagi-
Medalia, by AlectO, grandam Helen Me-
dunn. by Happy Medium. and she out Of
Helen McGregor. dam of the producing
sire, Almont Rather. Saginaw was pur-
chased at the HARRISON sale held here
last fall, by $. j. Nelson. who sold him
TO the BENEFITS. He Is n well-formed.
handsome youngster. and Is looked upon
as quite n prospect for trotter. as when
little more than broken in his yearling
form he trOtted quarters in a. seconds
Saginaw has been sent to North Bend
etock-farm and placed I'm the training
stable of william Hewitt. who will handle
him during the coming season.
The bay mare Queen Nutwood, that
took a record Of pa IA AT the State Fair
meeting here last fall, driven by Joseph
station. has changed hands. DIR. J. W
MADEIRA. of Lexington. Ky. has disposed
OF her 10 Eben Clark. Allentown, Penn.
The first racing known 10 have taken
place on this continent was between the
colonlsts OF Rhode Island and Virginia,
with the famous PAGERS of those days,
long antedating the age Of newspapers.
An instance OF transmitting large size
and peculiarities OF hair growth is con-
spcuous in the mare Oregon Beauty. she
weighed 200 pounds. her name was nine
feet. and her tail eleven feet long.
Her son, oregon Wonder. weighs 1,45O
pounds. his name Is sixteen feet, and
his tail twenty feet In length. The third
IS Montezuma, and is now in California. 4
lie f. four years old. weighs 1900 pounds,
and has name five feet long. and a tail
seven. All OF these are light chestnut.
with names and tails as white as hair
ever gets 10 be. So far as any one
knows these animals are OF Clydesdale,