The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-14
HORSES AND HORSEMEN
4 NEW TRACK and WOODLAND
DRIVE AT ALAMA NOE FARM.
Some Notes From Raieieh-Mr. Arrssmith
VIII Train at Reechee-Trsining
Operations at the Exposition.

bright spring days Is q busy one, ana
extensive improvements are being rapidly
pushed forward. The new half-mile track
is almost completed and viii soon DC
ready for fast work. The stretches are
long and wide and the turns wen thrown
up. A woodland driveway Of nearly TWO
miles. with roads especially CONSTITUENCIES
for Jogging horses in training VIII soon
be ready for use. The underground mas
been removed the forest trees trimmed
and paddocks built for brood mares anu
young stock. At the lower END 10 a iaAe'
FED by living springs. which VIII be stock
~ with fish and driveway bullt across
me dam. The farm Is the most noteo
ore in North Carolina. or In the South
fsr that matter, ami it's trio Of stations
ara All IA fine condition, and sach one
Is expected TO take lower marx. Johh
n Gentry g0s 80 holder Of the pacing
stallion record. IL IN the hands OF NJ.
L. McHenry. at Frccport Ill, VINO VIII
train and drive him during the COMING
season. ~.
Eiebt or ten mares will be sent West
from the farm and bred TO the great
son of Ashland Wilkes, and among them
are Winnie d.. sister TO Whitby CHS l-D'
Blondette. By Leland. dam by Kentucky
Prince; Marantna, by Maceys Hambleto-
MAN, dam Fantine, the dam OF Jean val
Jean (2ID. Flare (2.26 80. By {. +. cay
dam Kills, by Jay Bird, ana Mamie
Wilkes. by Messenger Wilkes (2;Z'), dam
I.ambertna, by Daniel Lambert.
Baronet cal I'D Is as highly finished
and handsome as OF yorc, but has grown
much stouter. His owners look FOR MN
TO beat 210 this season, and when the
opportunity is given the bay son oil Ba-
ron Wilkes and Lamerta is very likely
70 do H..
Races of divided heats are to his liking.
Twenty-Five mares will be bred to him,
and on May 18th his stud season viii be
brought to close. His first crop or
colts are TO be seen at the farm THIS
String. and they are highly satisfactory.
Gregorian (2:Z 80 is d very handsome
horse also, and much faster than lis
record. The chestnut son of Prince
George and Relt.na sires good-lookins
colts. and with handling they should
learn TO trot fast. In the new brood
mare barn. where the box stalls are
rOOmy, well ventilated and lighted, a
number of the farm mares are nursing
newly-born foals by Baronet and all OF
them will be bred back TO him.
MIR. Scott is jogging ten or twelve
horses and some youngsters are being
broken to harness. Among those in the
former division are Baronet cal ~;
Burdell. black stallion. T. by Bonnie Bay,
dam Bliss cen 1-z) LISA (2l6 3-D, by
Patchen Wilkes, dam Lady Shaw, by
Rochester; Pepper Sauce. bay FLY. 3, by
onward, dam by Mambrino Patchen;
Bonnie Ethel. brown hlly. 3. by Bonnie
Boy dam by Sherman; and Choctaw,
chestnut stallion, T. by Melville Chief,
dam by WOODBURY. Hambletonian.
Five of the get OF the dead Pamlico
G1W are being handled. They are An
ME Pamlico. gray hlly. 3. dam by Robert
Medium t2:20; Governor Holt, bay colt,
,. dam Blondette. by Leland; Hugh H.,
brown colt. .. dam by Henry Clay; Pam
lette. chestnut colt, ., dam by Ben Frank
lin. and a bay colt ,, dam by WOODBURY.
Hambletonian.
Mr.. Scott expects to leave home about
the last of May for Freeport with Baro-
net. LISA Rurdell, and one or two others,
where he viii Join McHenry. and the sea
sons campaign Will be mapped out.
The close OF this season both Gentry
and Baronet will be brought TO Graham
and retired 10 the stud at Alamsnce
Farm.
Quite a number Of good road and trot-
ting horses are owned and bred at Ra-
leigh. n. c., and the interest increases
yearly At Fairview Farm. near the city,
Captain b. L. Williamson has the stall
+
Mo0ndyne. by Sherman G8 ~: Curri-
tuck. by Meander and d band of WE'LL
bred brood mares. among them daugh-
ters of Happy Medium, Mountain Boy,
Highland Gray, Pagan, Gillg, Aristos
ana other sires A couple of two-year-
old hllies. both bays, ny Pamlico. one
called Erna Al. and the other Indian
PINK. are owned by Captain Williamson
and highly priced
The great race-staiion pamlico was
owned and kept in the stud at Raleigh
for several years and a number OF his
get are owned in the city and vicinity.
The brown filly PamlicOle, three years
old, and out Of opal Lambert, by Noun
tain Boy. son Of Daniel Lambert. Is
owned by MIR. r.. II. Crawford, OF the
Park Hotel she has at her age more size
than any of the get OF the dead stall
Hon. She ia very handsome and highly
finished and took first premium In her
class at the North Carolina state Fair
last fail. She Will be handled this season
and should learn to trot fast. MIR r.
IA. Murray. of the SeabOard AIRLINE has
TWO Of his get. both out Of a faVorite
road mare, Nelly Baker. by Robert Me-
dunn G.29). one of them is Annie Pam
leo, gray filly. three years old, ana the
other q chestnut colt, one year younger
1he former Is not large, but she is likely
20 prove one OF the gems of the Pamlico
family. Nelly Baker, the dam of Annie
Pamlico. rs gray mare. seven years
old. whose dam h Latte Lee. by Brown
Chief. She is being driven on the road
10y MIR. Murray and has shown a mile
better than 2.i5 with only road WORK.
She has finish. nerve force, vim, and
pure trotting action.
Mr.. ia. H. Lee has the chestnut lilly
Cole LOvell. three years Old out OF
Nymph, by Reyeilcr and the brown colt
Hugh L., two years old, out of MOlie
Hooper. by Henry clay.
At Camp Mangum Farm. near the city,
owned by the estate of the late Major
X. 5. Tucker. are also two of the get OF
Meandei's famous son--viZ., "A brown My,
three years old, dam by Roanoke ana a
chestnut colt two years old, dam by su-
pcrb.
on the same farm are owned the thor
oVgnbred mares Jennie Mccarthy, 10y
Duke OF Magenta. dam imp. Genista by
Hing Tom, and Contcnta. by John Happy.
dam Finalza. by Virgil
4 chestnut colt. one year old. Is by
imp Chara1us, out or Contenta, ana
bay colt OF the same age is by hson. out
OF JEANNE Mccarthy Both mares VIII be
bred TO Prize. thoroughbred son OF imp.
SirachinO and Sequen, by imp. Eclipse.
At the fair grounds just outside OF the
city Romeo Riggs has four head of trot-
ters Ia training. They are MacAlen,
chestnut gelding one year old, by Allen