The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18
HORSES AND H0RSEMEN,
yEWSY NOTES FROM THE STOCK
FARMS IN THIS TICINITY.
Iron Bar Wins AZ Buffalo and sk'ilfui at
Boston Death Of Car" Lrs-staton
and Pussy on For Cape Charles.

The farm mansion at Monttzeuma pre-
sents an attractive appearance ana IN
side IL is bright and CHEEKY. The spa
cious lawn is well kept and the shade OF
tho oaks and naples is refreshing these
hot summer days. Mr.. Joseph Lassiter
has ten or twelve horses In training Tor
speed. among them the stations General
Eastwood, 23o by simmons. and Robert
Ransom, 2:29 81 by Gambetta- The
former worked mile in 2:22 on Thurs
day. ana Mr.. Lassiter hopes to drive him
under 23o before the season ends.
Ruuragan. "A brown gelding two years
old. by Clay. 2:2j, dam by Lyle Wilkes.
Is nervous and high-struns. but acts INK
trOtter. as does PVare. brown md
four years old. by Don Pizarro. -;i4 o.
out OF Hoarhound. by Frances Aiexan-
der
4 big bay gelding, four years old, call
ell NascO. by Nasco. dam by Richmond,
has come 10 his speed rapidly. -Four
weeks ago a mile In three minutes was
the best he could show. but a few days
ago he was pointed for the effort ana
made the trip In 2.34.
Louis VIII. a bay gelding by Louis
Napoleon, a brown colt, full brother 10
the PAGER Joe ROwell. 2:3 u. and Laura
c, by Norfolk, are in Mr. LAssi'ers
string.
At Glenlea farm. In the same neighbor-
hood, Jno. Shillinglaw Is busy worklns
q string Of a dozen or more ranging III
age from yearlings 10 aged horses; Ihe
Whitby farm stallion bourbon Wilkes
went a mile I'm 2.5i on wednesday, anu
when ShilLnglaw gets the son OF aaron
Wilkes TO going square he Is liable. to
show quite a turn of speed. The bay
stallion omar Pasha, by Sultan, owned
at Daingerheld farm, continues to inn
prove and a mile IN 2:54 a few days ago
was easy work for him. Later he VIII
beat ..p handiy.
Nutwith. 2:2s il, that made stud
season in the spring and was gelded
this summer. is taking his work over the
farm track. The toppy bay son OF Nut
wood can materially reduce his record,
and looks TO be the making OF high1
that were in the stud last SPRING IKE
Nutwith, have both been gelded.
Mosul is rangy, handsome bay by
Sultan, and his dam is also the cam of
color and two years Old. lie is by Athel'
las, daughter. OF Phallas; 2lS "a
T. l.. stackhcuse. Of Marion ). c.. who
Glenlea track. has shipped for Cape
Charles. whore he has entries In the
events TO be trotted at the meeting
there during the coming week. At the
close OF the Cape Charles meeting Mr..
Stackhouse will follow the Virginia, Ma
iyland and Delaware circuit He has
four horses in his string: Lady Y, bay
mare, Z; Mcnio Princess. brown mare. 3,
by Anteros; Hagnon, bay colt 3. by An
teros. and Red Bud bay gelding, 3, full
brother to Red Rover p. 2:n "a.
The wen-known trainer. Mike Bergen,
has decided to again locate here. Ber-
gen is a very capable man In his line and
has developed some speedy horses. lie
has quarters at the Exposition Grounds,
and IL working his string over the half
mile track there. Among those in lis
stable are bay gelding. 3. full brother
10 Nellie ID. 2lS IA bay hlly. 3. by Nut
with, dam by POcahOntas Abdallah, bay
gclding, 2. by Odorico. dam by Sweep
stakes, and Our Fancy. by Egwood. dam
by Motion.
Judge Robert w. Hughes writes me as
follows concerning the thoroughbred stall
lion Martinez. TO whom several of the
brood mares owned by Judge Hughes. at
his breeding establishment Val Verde
farm, near Abingdon, Va. trace:
Martinez was bred by the Doswells at
Bulheld, from whom | bought him. They
called him Independence. and thought so
well OF him that they bred Nina to him
In 1865, but the famous daughter OF Bos-
ton did not get In foal. and she was bred
10 another stallion after / took him
away Martinez was bay. foaled in
1852. by Jen DAVIS out OF Irona, by Reg
lister. lrona was an Iron gray in color
and fine race mare. She made a good
deal of money for old Col. boswell, and
was favorite mare with him. He used
her as "A saddle horse in the latter years
of his life. Irona's sire Register. was by
imp. Prian. out of Black Sal by Prince
George. son of Industry by Sir Archy.
jon Davis was a son OF Bertrand Jr,
by Bertrand. by Sir Archy.
So you see that Martinez carried the
best blood OF the old Virginia long-dis-
lance race-horses. combined with the
best English importations Of the ante
war period.
I gave Tom boswell 81. 800 for the stall
lion. and CHANGED his from In
pendence (which the South had LOST TO
MAJ tinet. because we had failed. through
JeH- Davis the typ. Of Mart:nets.
Capt, r: j. Hancock writes me from
Ellerslie Stud Farm that he has lost. by
death from old age the chestnut mare
Cara Liza She was foaled in 1870 and.
by Censor out of Fanny Washington
and consequently half sister TO the noted
sire Eolus cara Liza hal dead foal
ten years ago. and had been barren since.
capt hancock has returned 10 Ellerslie
after visit OF several weeks at the
White Sulphur Springs.
Niator writes as follows in a recent
issue OF the Rider and Driver. about the
stock farms In Culpeper and Loudoun
ctrnties, Va:
Leesburg. August lN5
To the Editor OF The Rider and Driver:
The scenery Of Culpeper and ,Oudvun
counties is similar in It's leading features
me surface IN each is broken into zen
Tie knobs, low ranges of hills and fertile
valleys. bounded IN the horizon by the
elevated lines and hign peaks OF the
bihe Ridge Mountains and watered by
humorous rapid rNulets. The soil lis gem
orally loan and gravel red with iron
OF w.'te with clay, .he former being the
more productive The lines between these
Two kinds OF soil are often sharply drawn
ana are shoWa by the heavy crops on the
one ana the light crops on the other
some OF the fields have been exhausted
by bac farming. but there are few that
might not be restored TO fertility. Lime
stone abOunds. and blue grass is found
everywhere but In greater luxuriance
on the foothills or the mountains. Both
these counties are as We'll adapted 10
rearing tal strong men, handsome wo-
men ana sood horses as the famous blue
grass region Of Kentucky. The horses
nave good hoOfs. strong bones and en-
qualities for centur' past.
An hour and a IA on the Southern
Railway from Washington took me
through dozen thrifty villages TO Lees
burg. the seat OF LOudoun County. UCre
frierd waited for me with a carriare
ana IN Il few minutes a pair Of trottsrs
took us 10 the country mansion OF DR. O
shirley Garter. The house stands near
the edge Of plateau from when a
broad and gentle slope leads down INTO a
farming region OF extraordinary beauty.
dotted with wheat and corn fields, green
pastures ana stretches OF woodland. OVER
TINS one could see as for as the sight
could reach. \ cultivated taste and
wealth have presided over the diStriDa-
ton ana architecture OF the out build. ngs