The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-21
HORSES AND H0RSEMEN.
STEEL EYES, SON OF PLANET. AT
FATRNT0SH STUD FARM.
Mr.. Biske's sa'e OF Thoroughbred Mares
steeple- Chasing Re,ived-Aurus by To-
ius Out of sample,

about ten miles north OF Durham. The
boundary limits OF the estate extend for
milos and there are three railroad sta
tions on the farm With the exception
! of q short stay In Florida. Colonel Gamer
| on has spent the winter on the place
and has about regaincd his health. since
| the advent Of spring new fences nave
been nut up. padd0cks laid of, and other
! Improvements made.
The sunshine was bright, but the air
| was chilly as ] strolled through tle
! stables and paddOcks al fdfulosh Two
weeks agO. The thoroughbred horses are
J kept 10 themselves and In a roony noN-
| stall was the aged gray STATION steer
| Evas son OF Planet. and Laslese, ny
| INN. Glencoe. lie was a good race morse
in his uav ana in the stable OF the
! late August Belmont won the Saratoga
| stakes and other events. Very rev
! thoroughbred mares have ever been mated
with him. but his get out OF common
mares make good harness AoIses VII"
| fine trotting action.
| He IS nearly sixteen hands h'gn, ana
! weighs 200 pounds. and when led 20 hal
ter his action is bold and free, and might
readily be taken for that Of trotting
| lfaIlion. He is enc Of the last SURVIVING
sons Of the brilliant race horic Planet
His dam Eagitss produced the good mare
| Lizzie Lucas formerly owned ny MAJOR
! Thomas W. boswell. az Bullhtld ana her
/ daughter Car.se mated with E0ius. bee
/ came noted as the dam of the great
| race horse Morclo. I'm the brood mare
barn Uhlace, a bay four years ola hy
! imn Jhlan. dam straighuacc. by
| Strgtford, was nursing bay lilly ps
! inn. The Jacoblte foaled on March
! 25h. GuyandOttc. a chestnut four years
! old hy Bcrtrum. dam Burgundia. hy Bur
gundy. foalcd on April lst. bay lilly hy
| Eon. EOnotte. bay four years old, nN
imp. Eothan. dam imp. castinet. by
/ Hampton. f0aied on April 81. chestnut
| colt by imp. The JacObitc. Bcttlna. bay
| four years old. by imp. King Ernest
! dam Nicnac. by MacarOsn. and Lady
| Hcc chestnut mare eleven
years old by Add El horee.
dam Little Mary. by Jonquh were uoth
Inn f1a 10 the same stallion. Nlltul tii-
da "a chestnut four years old. oy Wilful,
out - Hiidegard. by Lexington. was bred
in 1894 10 imp The JaCob.te. but did not
/ prove in fOal Annie g., bay seventeen
| years old. by Longfeliow. dam Salne
/ Trovers. by John g. Ereckinri0se. and
! Olivctte. "a chestnut. fourteen years old.
! by Dalgetty, dam Lady Beaumont hy
| orion. were in f0ai 10 EOu.
Esmeralda. "a brown. boy imp. Mortemer.
! dam NOtre Dame. sister 20 Norfolk, by
! Lexington. Is at Ellcrslie. and was bred
| last season 10 EOn. a trio of richly bred
| three year old fiiies, an by EolGs. owned
at the farm. and that Will DE bred this
| season are, Eulalia, Il bay, out OF
! Lady. Grace. by Romney. NiellO. brown.
out of Nita. by imp. Billet, and Eoralda.
/ black. out Of Esmcraila The yearAnss
are three IN number all chestnuts in
color, and by imp. Charaxus. out Of Is
meralda, Annie c.. and Lady Hcc
1 inc HI1
! by Colonel Cameron are seven OF the
get Of the great race stallion pamlc0
2lO, and five of them were bred on the
| farm. The fastest of The lot so far is the
brown mare Maggie Campbell. 2.25 IT,
! She is ia the stable of Allen Merrield, at
! Baltimore, and is expected 10 beat 80
this season. Two fun sisters to- her.
! Ocracokc. 3. Crowatan, .. and their dam
| Alice Collins are owned at the farm.
where the latter is now in foal TO Orrn
| H., son of Stamboul. and viii be- bred 10
/ Baronct. 2ll IL. a couple of tWo-ycar-
| old chestnut colts are by pamlicO. one of
Rosa NJ. hy Hannibal. ami the other
! out of Ella. by WoOdburn Hamhletonian.
| Lord Banks is q bay colt. one year Old
| by Gresorian. 2.24 81. out of Alice COL
Inns and kremncl is a bay FLY of the
same age by the magnificent race stall
! lion kremlln. 2W 81. ont OF Little Nelly.
| The latter IS by Jerome Eddy. PIG H.
out OF Nelly 2.50. by HambletOnian 1.5s
| She is I'm foa 90 Bar0net 2ll IL, and
| viii be bred back. Ella. bay mare. nine
| Years Old by WoOdburn HambletOnian.
| dam Ellen. b. ScafhelOck. thoroughbred
| son of imp. Eclipse. and couple of
chestnut mares Dog sherman Morgan are
an in foal 10 Norfolk sire of Miss Nell
! son, PIP 81, Santeetlah, a bay mare five
years ola. hy lamlco, -lo, dam by
Woodburn Hamhletonian has a bay My
! ly f-Wool, -.l> -. She has been shipped,
along with LysOl. bay nlly three years
| OLD. by jolly friar. dam Annie Blns-
] ham. bv NOolhuu Hamtlcionian. io
/ Whithy Farm, and both viii Dee bred 90
Norfolk
/ over hundred head 0i horses are own
Cd al Fanntosh. and among them are
/ thorouenbreds. trottcr.. coach and draft
( horses.
Mr.. Edward ". Emory writes me from
| POPLAR Grove Farm. Centreville. Md, the
home Of Haunv Russell. 2.Y I-l. that a
| number OF me farm mares have dropped
foals bv him and Anteean. son of Anteo,
! and they are an doing well.
Among the mares bred in lNi TO- The
! latter was Bessie OAallpy. dam of that
J .,,oJ Afreif5j,t-lg44 tsf9D9jegDI Charlie g..
/ 3ls ID. Eessic O.Mailey is owned by o..
h. Ghcen of Washington who has a
/ velrliuc lilly out of her by Happy Rus
/ SEN. that gives promise of making "a FAST
! mare As q sire of early speed and came
naiauers of maturer years. the brown SON
! of Manbrino Russell has gained "a great
rcuutation Ills laushters Haruy Zee.