The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-09
was bred back to Norfolk this season and

this year and aftef short season next
spring viii be placed In training. MT
Nelson owns bay weaving bay colt by
Temple Bar, 2:l7 "a, out OF Florence
Barker, by Patterson, son OF Haroiu'
whose future he regards as very promis-
ina. The colt led by the side OF a sau,
die horse shows a good open gait anu
can step right along.
The gray geiding, Charlie C., 2:l5 IT,
was sold at the recent New lOrh lat'e1-
sails sale OF trotting STOCK, ior si'i-1' ~
Frank ID. Herdic. the weil-kho"h pooi
seller, OF Wllliamsport "a
Charlie G. is twelve years old and by
I Sam Purdv. dam Bessie OMalley, by
Davis O'Malley He was bred by WIN
field Liggett. Harrisonbnrg' va, and has
been campaigned for some time by Bar
ney Demarest who gave the geidins MS
present record In winning race inns
| season.
MIR. w. 6. Forbes is driving his fine
chestnut mare Filigree, by Mambrino
Dudley. 2I9 "a. out OF Electa by Elec-
| tioneer. on the road. The daughter OF
ex-Secretary OF the Navy, Tracy's IA
| vorite stallion il i'm the pink OF condi-
ton and can brush down the road at
| merry clip. she dropped a bay colt in
| the spring by Egwood. 2:1S 1-2. which is
an extra good individual, but was not
| bred again this season. The chestnut
| mare. Lady Dudley. four years old, by
| Norfolk, out Of Filigree. trotted a trial In
2:35 Ii during October. Mr.. Forbes Is
driving Lady Dudley on the road also.
She is rangy. stylish and handsome and
a superior roadster.
Mr. W. L. Saunders, of Claremont. S.
! c.. has faith in the future OF the thor
| o2ghbred. Notwithstanding the unccr-
tainty Of affairs pertaining to the big
! race tracks adjacent to New York city.
Mr. Saunders breeding establishment Is
known as Palmetto Farm. and comprises
! 400 acres OF land. At the head Of the
stud is the chestnut stallion Niagara. QO
by Luke Blackburn, dam Ivy Leaf, by
] imported Australian. Niagara Is "A stout
| ~ made horse and was very speedy dur
| ing his turf career. Among the brood
! mares at Palmetto farm are, Panorama,
| a bay O1) by John Morgan, dam Ian
| tara, by Captain Elgce. Charlotte, a bay
| 90 by Barton. dam ATLANTA, by John
Morgan. Broncho Queen. bay 90 by
! Bocacio. dam ATLANTA. Leah H.. bay
! (2W by Asteroid dam Norah. by import
| ed Sovereign Leah Il. is the dam Of the
! winners John c.. Chicora, Homespun,
etc. Virginia, a bay "a by imported The
! JacObite. dam Sappho. by imported Great
| Tom These mares were all bred in the
| spring TO Niagara. Push, bay flly (3)
| by Powhatan, (son Of imported Glenelg)
! dam Georgia e.. by 81. Martin. Virginite,
| n chestnut FLY ~ fun sister TO Virginia
and Actrice, chestnut filly 2D by i'm
| ported The Jacobite, dam Actress. by
Barnton. have all three been reserved
| for the stud and next spring will be bred
| to Niagara.
There is not street-car horse in Buffa-
10. The last trip behind battered team
was made the other day, and now the
| electric buzz reigns triumphantly. OF
course we herald the transformation with
| delight. for 1t is rapid transit the world
| over and We must not linger behind
the procession. still. there is another
| market gone--a steady local demand for
some 1900 horses yearly. First, the BIZ
| cycle craze cut the horsemen's corners
pretty closely, and 1t looks as though
they would keep right on shaving closer
| and closer: now the street-Car COmpa-
MES have turned a cold shoulder TO our
| breeding Industries, while our English
coachman thinks and dreams of bang
tails TO supplant our boulevard roadsters.
| | confess the outlook is not very rosy.
| You can talk about silvery Innings and
| all that but It doesn'i buy oats and hay
and pay trainers bills. The supply Is
greater than the demand to-day. At
East Buffalo you can buy horses for from
$50 to 500 all day long and go home
with a pOcketful Of invitations to come
| again. In fact. every branch Of business
is slow. Real estate is ought of sight.
! Perhaps ii is wise the curb bit was put
on so severely. There is no telling where
| we would have ended if the boom had
not collapsed. Stop breeding common
| mares-anmals that have been tried and
| found wanting. no matter how much they
cost or how elegant their breeding.
| Breed only for style and speed combined,
| and If you do not get trotter or PAGER
of merit, you will run a chance for Il
| gentlemans roadster. In the wild rush
| for speed, too many of us have over
| looked every other qualification. | have
| been looking for a gentleman's roadster
| sound afraid Of nothing, city broken
able to so in 2H0, with plenty of knee
| action, size. style, and solid color, for
| two months for customer who did not
| restrict me In price, and, SIR. / have
| not found the animal yet This shows
| that the market is not Over-supplied with
| fine goods, but with shoddy, cast-on ami
| mails, plug campaigners, runaways. home
| ly brutes with imperfections in every
joint No wonder society has the hack
ney craze. While there has been more
fraud in that breed of horses than any
| other they have hit up tOppy, stylish
beed that catches the eye Of the fair
! sex, and II is the women who train the
thoughts OF men and outline the frolic-
| some fads of fashion.-Frank c. Smith
in The Horse Review.
| Mrs. Dangtry. through the death OF
| the Duchess Of Montrose, becomes the
| sole lady owner Of race-horses i'm Eng
| land. She races under The assumed name
| OF Mr. Jersey. Her stud consists al pres
| ent of twenty horses In training Among
| them are such celebrated animals as Mil
ford, chestnut horse OF wonderful sym
! metry, and winner OF $4,000 in one season
| in stakes; Nobleman, a grand brown horse
| winner of several cups Carrick, who
has carried off several important races
this year; Montpensier. and others. Her
| trainer, sam Pickering, takes the great
est interest in his fair employers horses.
| ana hopes. next season, with the aid
| OF a dark daughter of the famous mare
Sea-breeze. to obtain a share of the clas-
| sic honors. Mr.. Jerseys colors are fawn
| and turquoise hoops and turquoise cap.
!
| Mr.. w. 7. Halls first auction sale of
| trotters came off at the Banner stables
| here on wednesday. and attracted a
! large gathering of BUYERS and others
| During the day nearly 200 head were sold.
| consisting Of trotters, PAGERS roadsters
| general purpose and work horses. The
| highest price obtained was s275. for Lon
| NJ, a black mare. six years with n pac-
! ing record. 2:3l. and sired by Kosciusko
| A number OF fair road and general pur-
| pose horses went at prices ranging from
| $3.50, down.
1 Nr lI,n hac thnrntf~hiW soI ~