The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-20
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
THE STATE FAIR RdCE MEETING A
SUCCESSFUL ONE.
Contests Well Worth seeing-Ihe Irac~
Record Broken Four Times-hed Leo
Enters the $50 List.

The Thlrty-Thiid Annual Fair and Race
Meeting OF the Virginia Agricultural ala
! Mechanical Society began here on Tues
| day morning. October sth. ana lasleu
through the week The programme was
piethoric with both harness ana running
| races, and no less than six events 0ere
| down on the scofo-card for eacn DAY.
COL Robert Hough. Of Baltimore acted
as starting Judge. with Messrs. II. =
| Chamolin and w r. Wickham as assoc
ciatcs throughout the meeting; whlle w
| j. Carter. OF The fichmod Times, START
| ed the runners. The timers were lang
| horne putncy and a. G.. Daingerneid.
| The sport was the best ever seen mere
and more fast miles were uottcu. Inc
track record at the diagonal selt was
| lowered four times during the week,
! and finally placed at 2Js by the chestnut
mare Catherine Leyburn, by onward III
an effort against time though thc same
cay the oh black geding Bert Sheldon
stepped two heats In 219 81 IN the z:io
! trot, which won.
Previous 10 this meet ting the track rec
! crd for trotters was pa - standlhs ~
the credit Of McAlistor by Blacks Ham
| bletonian and Mia Thompson. by Too
| dies. Jr. both Of whom won heats IN inc
| 2.27 class on October a. 1892, though the
dav and won by Three Tips. son OF sam
| Purdy, In 2:Ge, 2.25 IA. 2:ZS Il.
Ire fastest mile ever paced or trotte~
| over the track till october IT, 1871 was
| shown on that day by the bay stallion
| Hustler Russell winner of the free-ior-
all class, trot or pace, in 20, "a -
| 2lS -. though later. during the SAINT
! afternoon. Barney Denarest drove ihe
/ bay pacing gelding Rebus against time
| to beat the track record two meats III
! 2.20 and PA II. FL,
! Tho skies were dark and the rain fall
/ ira, fast or Tuesday morning, but by noon
| I, has cleared Oft and later the sun
| shoro out brightly. At O'Clock IL was
| decided on account of the condition OF
the track. 10 postpone the harness races
| tin the following day, but 10 80 ahed'
with the running part Of the programme
! AT 3 O'Clock the first event on the scoIe-
card was called-a mile dash for naldehs'
| al ases. which went to Elkricee' win
! the VeXatlOn seidihe seVoh'i al" -" -
| Worcester third.
TLere were eight entries in the three
quartev-mile dash. with gentleman jocks
up The race went 10 Flcience ~ BUSH
rod second ana Copperhead third. Time
;23 "a.
In the hurdle race at one mile, with
| gentleman jocks up, Moderator wen. L.
/ dy Lillian second, and Greenway thira.
! Time. 210.
Sharp At O'Clock on Wednesday the
2.sO o,ass. trottins, was called 1t proved
a strpight heat affair. The bay gelding
| Jack Lucas by Joseph Staten, having
the sreed Of the party and winning IN
| 90 2.33 81, 2.34; second money going
| 10 Gordon II. 10y King Nutwood, ana
| third 10 Lady May, by Jno. w. Daniel;
suzel BY Norfolk. getting the flag In me
second heat, which deprived her OF fourth
money.
The 2.27 class, tTotting for a purse or
$40 was decided I'm four heats, Annie
| Lawson. by Prince Orlon. taking the first
In 2.27 II: Lucy Ashby. by Jolly Friar
| the second In 2:2S 81. after which Annie
Lawson won the third and fourth heats
and race I'm 28. 2:2I II.
! Second money went 10 Lucy Ashby.
! third 20 Bodworth and fourth 10 Prin-
| cess CriOn There were five starters in
! the two-ycar-old class. trotting. which
| proved an easy victory for the bay colt
Gov Holt II the first heat he simply
logged home ahead Of his field In 25l
with Price Cox. by Phalanx. second Lu-
ccnn by Wilful. third. and Allie Mans
field fourth.
As is frequently the case with a field
! Of youngsters. the scoring was protracted
in the second heat, and Col. Houghs pa
thence was tried When the word was
given with Gov. Holt at the pole. he WAS
more than length back, and before
| reaching the first turn he was cut off
and soon went to a tangled break, after
! which Burns steadicd him and began
| rapidly 90 Overtake the field ahead OF
| him, when the ycungster made another
tangled break and was pulled almost 20
a standstin before he caught After This
Burns MADE no effort for the heat. and
! finished fourth. lie was called into the
stand after the conclusion Of the heat
and severely reprimanded; still il is an
open question but that he acted wisely
in not pumping the colt by driving him
| out. even thovXh he had the speed of the
| party by a number Of seconds
! This heat went 20 Allie Mansfield IN
PSI. In the third heat Burns took no
| chances ami landed Gov. Holt first under
| tho wire in 2;H IL which gave him the
race. Gov. Holt is a well grown and
! strOcly made hay colt by Pamlico. dam
| Blondetto. by Leland He IS owned at
Alamance Farm Graham, y. c., by Holt
q Scott, and promises TO make a uotter
There were hut three starters In tn
2.50 pace which went 10 Alderman Geo.
/ Med. Blake's chestnut mare Princess
Eulalie, driven by W. G. Bryan, in
straight heats. Time 2.36. 25. 2:S5 o.
! Queen Bess second and TriXie Lee third.
| Between heats of thc harness races four
| running races were decided, probably the
! most interesting Of which was the i've
eights of a mile dash for wo-year-olds
which went 10 the chestnut eelding Ped
| eree; ChevOr getting second money. and
| Chesapeake third Time ! N 81
| a dash of a mile and quarter, all ages
| brought out FIVE starters. Or. Jones I'M
! ished FIRST with Brighton second, and
| Cheapside third. Thursday was the BAN
| ner day of the meeting. The sun shone
out bright AMI warm; thousands nlled
I the grandstand and a dense crowd lined
| the stretches of the track and the in
| field.
\ field Of seven scored for the wort
| in the 900 class, trottlng. The first and
second heats went TO the chestnut geldins
! Clipper I'm 80 - and 2:23 j.. the time
| Of the latter heat being a reduction OF
| three quarters OF a second from the rec
| ORD of the gelding son OF Melville Chief.
! The big bay stallion Pantstone. who had
| finished an easy second and third in
! these two heats. now'took a hand in the
game and beat Clipper out the three de-
Gliding heats in 2:2i 81 1924 81. 2.23 -
Pantstone. the winner. Is a bay stallion
| by Plumstone. dam BY Pancoast. His
record is PIG Il but he can show a tnie
| handny in 215 or better. in this race
| Clipper got second money; the Pamlico
mare. Maggie Campbell, third. and Prince
| g.. by Suffolk Prince, third.
| The money winners ware W!lbooka.
| Julian May. and Prince ALBEIT For
purse Of $3.50 mile heats. running. the
| t,ttt e.rI1in-, aufetor first under.