The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-08
HORSES AND H0RSEMEN
SOME or JHE TROT7ERS IN WINTER
QUARTERS Al AcCA FARM.
Notes from Petersburg and other Places.
The oceancechee Farm Stsbic-Princc
Belmont Bought by Mr.. Blaze.


There are over thirty head on the place
owned by various parties. Some or tnem
VIII De logged on the ROAD DURING inc
winter months and later shaped up LOT
the early spring troiung meetings.
Among those with records are the bay
stallion Willis. 1884 "a. by Jay Bird, That
trottcd In z.25 during tho past season,
the blaN maze Miss finney, I,Ls L. ny
Anderson. 2.2N l-2 ard Iilla H., 2.1o hoih
hy " oOoburu Hamuit touian, ana can
don. 2A 3-i. by &. h.. Clay z.lh. Inc
latter has been gcldcd and Bass looks
for him 10 make fast morse next sea-
son Gintcr. two years old, by quar-
ttfmastcr. dam Winnie d.. sister 10 Whit
by. 2ls Ia. owned by Mr.. Cnas 4. Stokes.
has also been gelocd 81" IS brown in
color ana full brother 20 human mat
trottcd miles in 1.l' during the past sea-
son in his thrce-year-old form, driven
10y Richard Curtis Ginicr Us himself
good gated ana quite promising. y
black Ncariiug colt hv Rupee. 2.ll. out or
enters dam. Luiic NJ, by l.lyslan 40
dallah. (iOssic r.. by Three rips, go l-t,
Suzcl. by Norfolk krcol. "a bay ycarling
colt by Egwood, and Louise, 10y Mtcd-
burn HamblctOniau. are running out ~
paddOcks. me latter D. full sister 10
EranchWood PAGER, Do IL, ana Is IN Io"i
Bass is an excellent care-taker and
conditioner. and with opportunities none
too plentiful. he has brought out some
Tie gave Miss Nelson. 2I2 IA. her FIRST
lessons iu harness as Ncdrlin. ana
banded the Grcat daughter Of Noriolk
T. her two-ye ar-old form This season
b. has marked ana won races with Have
iOk Jr 2.l2 ~. Miss 'flnuey, 2.2l IL
Hilla b.. 2.30. and others.
That clever amateur crtNer, Mr.. John IS.
Branch. Of this city, who breeds henl
harncss-horscs for pleasure and rccrca-
ton has his ncatly-kcpt private stable
FUN of good rOa1stcrs now. 10 pole
Mr. Branch Is driving the big mares
Norfolk Belle and Wood6ce, both by
Norfolk The former Is out Of Belle. darn
Of BranchwoOl 2.22 l-2. while the latter
had for dam May pee. 10y Carlos The
bay pacing ecldnc BranchwoOd. 2.22 IL
is being driven I'm single harness ahe
IL viii take very fast horse 10 hcad
Tho son of Wo0dhurn HamblctOuian down
the snOw-path this winter. Ihiol,
shapely bay ycarlins. daughter OF Es.
wood, out of Dorothy. is Roon gated ana
fast at the trot and should develop INTO
an elegant mare Quartz. a brown two
vear-oid son Of Quartermdstcr, has been
xelded recently and viii be driven on
the road He IS out OF Minnie a SUI
perh road mare OF untraccd hrcedlne
Nomadc a brown hlly three years oid
by Nominator. rs also out OF ANIME.
The latter dropped in the spring nay
colt by the Hackney stallion Lancer, ana
was bred 10 Pawnee son OF st"mpoul'
and the great brood Minnehaha.
Mr. John McCauiey. of this city, mas
sold TO William t. Bass, Acca stock
Farm. re gray mare MISS tlnmey, -
Pr IA. 10y Gray Eagle. son of Walker
Morrill, Miss Finney was driven by
Bass 10 her record i'm winning race az
baltimore this season. Ina her Work she
trotted trials close TO 2.-0.
Mr. W. G.. Ilinson. Charleston, ;. a.,
has claimed the name Estetoc for the
chestnut colt foalcd 1895 by Niagara, out
OF Rizpah Mr.. I1inson is a large cot
ton planter and one Of the most actVe
and influential mcmhCs OF the SCUM
Carolina Agricultural Society.
During half century. probably before
the war. the New Market race-course
near Petersburg. Va, owned ana con.
trollcd hv the late o. y. Hare. Of that
CITY. was one of the most noted In the
state. on the place were bred. owned
and trained some of the greatest run
ming horses Of that period. win lh'
beginning Of the war, racing was Su
perdod and after the cessation o. hoatl-
tiles the farm was devoted to agiicui-
tural products and the track ploweo up.
Now, after many years Ct qule' uut' ,i'''
IS again "A scene Of life and activity on
the place. although the harness-horse
fills the place of the thoroughbred.
New Market was recently puIchas'I
10y Mr. g. A. fittz who has butt "a 500
lalf-mile track and clubhouse ana
stables have been added The Peters
burg Driving club has the use OF the
track. and during 1886 trQttng meetings
VIII be given. MT, w. Lover riba ,1,
OF the place. and is wintering a stable
of horses on the grounds Mr.. CooEer
has driven 10 their records RED Line
2:l5' Indiana Belle z.zt -. hsn,oIS .;
2.2S Ii. pacing by Strathmore, ont OF
Rirolette 2.22. Ellis. 2.26 IL Nat Bruen'
pos 10 and others Among those IN ms
string now are Wilkes Pennington, 10Y
Wilkes Time. Midway by fhalanA
omen. bay mare. by knghthood. oam
ora Lee. dam OF Foley. 2.l5 "a, etc, nv
q Nj. CLAY. Jr. Royaltie. by Roy Wilkes
ZOOS IA. and Kit. by Mambrinc MargraNe.
The demand tor good horses at heters-
burg has been stimulated since the re-
opening of the New Market race-track.
lis proprietor. Mr.. G.. \. Fittz has
nuInNer OF well-bred ones, ana rs MN
self an expert hOrseman MI. r. X. w
dcrhiu owns and drives for pleasure puI-
poses Nathan Wilkes. 2..5 81. by kcd
Wilkes. while ~. .. ". MattoN, or thc
Union Transfer Company, has the Day
mare Vida b., by Almont NJ oHt OF
Mary Ben, dam OF Irbana Belle. 30 It,
and Rex, 2:29 ia Capt. W. ). McCance
has been identified with the horse inter-
ests of the city for many years, ana usu-
ally has several good roadsters IN MS
stable.
The Edwards Brothers. Of Wilson, \.
G. are the owners of very piomislhs
young horse in the brown stallion NNhe
T.. hve years oiu. ny b1ulD i,', ,' o''
out OF Kate Messenger by messenger
Chief. These gentlemen also have among
others. the Empire W, by Empire NiiheS'
dam by Abdalbrino
ported Gienelg and Item, 10y LcNlns Ton,
was owned during his turf career 10y Mr.
James X. Kccnc from whom me DAY
stallion passed TO capt. foNhdll a. 'aiH-
Eerneid, and later so Mr. A. 6. Danger
field The latter tra0eQ the son ~ Cleh-
clg with Mr.. j. III omas Goode ior bur
gundy. a chestnut son OF imported BON
ME Scotland. and La Blueite, py import
ed Australian. Burgundy Mr.. DANGER
Neld traded Mr. Robert Lait. OF Amherst
fsr the trotting-btod mare DIDO, hy An
gus. son Of BclU ont pido's daushlcr
Chicita. by Crittcnden, now owned 10y
Mr.. Geo r. Light. OF Charlestown. W.
va. was bred 20 Aberdeen and produced
The bay stallion clan Alpine That paced
TO a record OF %, during the past sea-
son. ,...,,..
about by the flight Of time are interest
ing 10 think over Parera EraNa writes
as follows to the Kentucky Stock Farm
from Woods took, Va.
"Wo are In the centre OF the FAMOUS
Valley. Our country Is one
OF the finest in the state The hall-mile
track - equal 70 the best IN any cOlh-
Try. With several trainers and about TWO
dozen trottcrs at work. one would al
most imagine himself in the Blue-Grass
Section Of old Kentucky This country
was one of the first n not t.ie very nist
TO begin the breeding OF the standard
bred trotter. il would be useless now 10
orrer the services Of any other kind OF a
stallion TO the breeders OF this section
Even the old-timo farmers VIII patronlle
no other breed, claiming THAT TINS class
~ horses. by proper selection as 10 size
and type. are by FAR the best horses for
farm use and are much more ready sale
al decidedly better prices IMAM any other
horse they can possibly bfeed we nave
perhaps more standardized trotting stall
lions In this county than any other coun-
~ i'm Virginia one breeding establish
t1cnt has some FIVE or six. ktuCN,
the fast fun brother TO the great tN-