The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-06

trotter. but she threw out a buncn on
one OF her hooks and was fired. she VIII
be w!ntcred well and placed in training
again next spring.
Tho fast-pacing colt Theodore Sheitoh'
PIP IA. has been sold by Ramey q Gen
try 10 Il. y. Robins OF Philadelphia. ne
is n full brother to Jno. r. Gentry. zoo -
and showed two heats In 2:lO driven by
Ramey before the sale. Price reported
5000 Gentry & Ramey also sold Jho'
r. Gentry TO his present owners, hoil az
Scott. Graham. n. G.
President Geo. Med. Blake, OF the
Richmond Riding and Driving Associa-
ton. has issued a call for meeting vi
1 visiting and local horsemcn at the EX-
change Hotel on Thursday hlght' 'he
10th inst, at s o'clock. The OBJECT Oh
the meeting Is to consider the formation
Of a spring circuit Of race-meetngs in
Virginia and North Carolina. The FORM
alton Of a circuit OF this kind would 90
much TO advance the horse interest III
both States and IT Is likely that the at
tendance viii be quite large.
The brown stallion Bursar, owned
Jointly by Capt. Orrs a. Browne. Cape
Charles. Va and II. =. James, James
Vile Va. won the 2.20 class. tfotting,
IN impressive style at the recent Gentle
! mems Driving Park meeting at Baiti-
| more He reached tho wire ahead OF
the field in straight heats, trotting the
third I'm 2.25. the fastest heat OF the race
| which is his present record. Rursar IS
n very handsome horse of good SIZE ana
| substantially made. He is four years old
| and fun brother to BrOOmal, 215, by
| Stranger. out Of Brooch. by jay Gould.
The bay mare Jila bred and formerly
owned by Mr.. Preston Belvin. Of this
| CITY, trotted 10 record Of 2:IS IA at the
I recent Hanover. Pa, trotting meeting.
Lila s. by Egwood. 21s 10. dam Haze.
| by T. T.. V. son of MambrnO Patchen.
| Egwood is the handsomest son Of his
sire. Egbcrt. and is owned by Mr. II.
G. Chambln. at Whithy Farm. Lila Is
the first of his get to enter the list Of
standard speed.
The bay pacing geldlng Velocity, by
Prince Belmont. out Of Sea GIFT by Red
Jacket. son Of Messenger Duroc, Is dead.
| He was bred by Mr.. J. II. Scales. Byrd
! Vile Va. and during the early part or
the training season i'm 1894 was owned
by s. b. Nelson, OF this city. who SOLD
him TO parties in Pennsylvania, by whom
| he was owned at the time Of his death.
| Velocity was five years old and earned a
pacing record of 2:2o in 1891. which he re-
duced to 2:2f Ia this season.
a full sister TO Velocity is owned here
by Alderman Geo. Med. Blake She is
! chestnut mare four years old. and called
Princess Eualio. Like Velocity. she is
! PAGER. and is expected TO make quite
| a fast mare
Miss Nelson. daughter Of Norfolk. and
Miss Lasslter, has been quite a busy cam
paigner this season I'm the hands Of Rich
ard Curtis She .,as been unplaced but
once I'm all Of her starts. and that was at
! Buffalo where she made a break at the
| half and caught the flag. In this heat
| Beuzetta got her record Of POS 3-f and
| beat klamath and Aunt Dclilah. The
| easiest race Of the campaign for Miss
! Nekon was probably that at Chicago.
where she beat Robbie +, Baronet, and
| others.
Miss Nelson is really a hgh-class cam
paigner. but like others Of Curtis string.
she has been ptted against company
| trifle fast for her. In her first race or
| the season she clipped a half second
from her mark Of 212 81. placing IT at
| PIP IA, where II now stands. She trot-
| ted a public trial at Cleveland In POS 81,
| and three heats in 21o are within her
capacity. Curtis won the 2.l3 class, irot-
| ting with her at the recent Evansville
Ind, meeting. and she is entered in the
| 2:1i class at Lexington, KY, on the lbtp
| inst
The bay stallion Great Stakes. by Billy
| Thornhill. dam by Sweepstakes. reduced
| his record 10 220 IL i'm the first heat of
| the 2:23 class trotting on Monday last
| at Plmlico the second going to William
| Hopps' bay mare Commercial Girl in
2:2O H. a new mark for the daughter OF
| Commercial Traveller. after which the
| bav gelding h. l.. T.. formerly owned
! by NJ II. White. HEREFORD \. G., took
the three deciding heats and the race.
| Time 2:2O IA, 2:0 IA. 2.2l. i. l.. G. Is
| bv Norwood and is now owned by Col.
! A. Loudoun Snowden. Philadelphia.
A great lot of horses are named 20
start in the TRANSATLANTIC stake for 2la
trotters at Lexington, KY, on Thursday
| next. and among them is Mrs. JnO. l..
| Lindsay's well-known young stallion,
| Iron Bar. 2.13 81. The gray son of Tenn
| pie Bar is q crack campaigner. and IS
| classed by grand circuit followers as one
| OF the greatest race-horses of the season.
| Some thoce material consisting of
trotters. road and saddle horses, VIII be
| offered at W J. Carter 4 CO.'S sale in
| this city on october oath and 18th. Among
| the corsignOrs are some of the leading
, breeders of Kentucky and Virginia. a
| more extended notice of this sale appears
| in another column.
Mr. James c. Smith, of this city, who
Is clos. out his string of trottcrs ana
! road horses, will offer some good ones
| at public auction on Tuesday morning
next The sale will be held at II \. NJ.
| on the Fair Grounds. during the first day
of the race-meeting. Some interesting
| facts are set forth concerning this sale
| I'm another column.
| Secretary Heber ker, Of tie Virginia
| Live Stock and Fair Association. writes
! me that the outlook for a very success
| full fair end race meeting at tfat place,
! October 10th to 18TH is very bright.
The exhibits of farm products and live
stock will be large The entries 10 the
races close On Tuesday, October Sth.
| The Fair and race meeting IF the state
| Agricultural Society 10 come off next
| week. promises 10 be q great success.
! The races filled well. and the contests
| viii be full Of interest \ snug number
| of entries TO the harness races were re-
| ceived. and a full list of thcm will be
found in this issue of The Times.
Smyth Brothers, OF the Southern Ba-
zaar, on Franklin street. viii sell at auc-
ton on Wednesday. a large lot Of we'll
bred stock. and among the offerings will
bo trottcrs saddlers, and fine business
| horses.
BROAD ROCK.