The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-14
HORSES AND H0RSEMEN.
THE GRdyE or SIM PCRDf At
DfTNGERFIELD STOCK FARM
Notes From Cuipeper-Tbe Cape Charles
Race Progranme->ew Record LOT
Iron Bar.

eight miles from Washlngt' n. Inc rouus
is laid through n beautiful section anu
fine farms skirt tho roadway on hthei
side all along the journey. As the routs
IS a direct one 10 washington, anu /" az.
are run al convenient hours II Is an easy
matter for residents OF the Piedmont sec
ton to spend a day al the capital anu
return home tie same night
CulpCper is a pretty town with a popn-
lation numbering close 10 two thousand.
4 strong sectional pride is cherished ana
while some OF the dwellings are quaint
end smack Of ante-bellum days there
IRE plenty Of smart and attractive MONIES
where more recent styles OF architecture
prevail and wner1 grass. shrLbbcry, beds
OF flowers. and grand old shade-tree'
flourish IN plenty. IN easy Walking us
lance from town. and Oh the site OF the
former Culpcper fair grounds, is Dam
ecrfieid Stock Farm, where the noien
stallion Sam Purdy wa last owned.
can't. Foxhall \. Daingerhcld establish
ed the place and resided there several
years before removing to Kentucky. His
son. Mr.. Algernon Dainaerfeld. whose ar
ticles on turf affairs and kindred sub
iecis ia the Southern Planter, American
Sportsman. and other journals, nave at
tracted attention, now has control oil the
place The site is a romantic one, ana
from the upper story Of the farm man
sion. the views Of the surrounding cOun-
try are simply grand. Six miles TO the
east is the village Of StevensDurg. which
is in the midst Of a section that Thomas
Jefferson pronounced the most beautiful
in all Virginia. TO the north of the en-
iuCncC on which the farm mans ION stands
and near a row Of training stables, In
grove of oaks and pines and cedars. is Il
mound of earth. 20 the ton ana sides OF
which Gins the tendrils of hOneysuckle
vines. and The space is enclosed by
v.h.tewashed fence This is the last
resting place Of Sam PuIdy, son OF George
NJ. Patchen. Jr.. and NJ hskey Jane,
daughter Of Illinois Meloc.' the bay
stallion trOtted 10 a record OF ~ II al
Buffalo August 2. 1876. when ten years
old, al tie Grand Circuit meeting there.
He was fOaled in California IN 1866. ana
almost a decade later, when nearing the
height Of his fame, he vas purchased
for a princely sum by a syndicate COM
posed Of Jan es X. Kcene end others. AT
that time he was looked pom as the
champion trOtting stallion OF the Pacific
coast, and after ciossing the Rocky
Mountains, his campaign of 1876 through
the Grand Circuit W 5 Il u Of glory. Ills
stud career only began several years later
at Harisonburg, Va, after passing 20
the ownership OF Capt. FoAhaH 4. Dam
gericd. then the class of mares TO when
the big stallion had access were Of ths
inferior kind but out Of the understood
Bessie O'Malley. with nc Their tr0ttins
Inheritance or speed he got the pcren-
NAL camplisner Charlie c.. 2l3 -. Will
from Mage. by Zirkle's II cinecr. came
another Grand Circuit winner in Strcntia.
2l41-2. Both are gray geldngs as rs
Charlie H.. that TN is9i earned a rec0rd
of 2.20 Il. which has been lowered two
seconds this season. His dam Is put
down i'm the year book a. untraced.
When mated with "a daughter of Orange
Bud, sen Of Middletown, he sired the bay
pacing mare. Miss WOOdfOrd. She b,-
gaA this seasons campaign with a marx
OF PIG II and reduced il five seconds In
the fourth heat Of a winning race al
Philadelphia, and 10 is likely that she
can pace to record OF 2:1O or better.
There are other good representatives
of standard speed to the credit Of sam
Purdy. but these are his most prominent
He was a horse Of pronounced Individual
ty, with plenty Ct courage and stamina.
and though twenty-five years Of age az
the time of his death. which occurred on
September %. 1891, brought about by an
attack Of collie, he was well PIE" ] ana
vigorous.
The fye-year-old stallion. omar Pasha.
son OF Sultan and Virginia Maid. dam OF
Nutwith, 2.9 II, by Sam Purdy. is now
kept for service at Daingerhcld farm. he
is a ransy, handsome horse over sixteen
hands high. and in color a dark bay. AT
three years old he trotted 10 a record OF
80 If. and showed three trial heats over
the half~mile track at the finn. which is
heavy, in 2:Sl, 2.2S, 2:29 3-4. He Will be
trained again this season and Mr. Dam
x, rheld hopes to see the bay stallion trot
close to 2.20.
Among the brood mares are Virginia
Girl a bay f3aicd in 1876. By Hetzefs
Hamtlet0nian, dam urtraccd. She is the
dam Ct Three Tips, 2.2j II. Virginia
Girl slipped a foal in February by Omar
Pasha. She y as MT bred back, but Is
being driven on the road. 4 recent pur-
chase is the bay mare Lost Call. she
is "A very handsome mare. eight years ola
by Boz rbOn Wilkes. dam by NutwOod
second dam by Mamtrino Patchen. she
has been bred TO omar Pasba. Josie
Cowan, a hay mare ten years old. by SAM
Purdy, dam by AlrOy, thoroughbred son
Of imp. Australian. has been bret 10
omar pasha. Her daughter. Zingerella.
RN -NNANAAlls sui VI NAANIhlf u 'NfTAAAA
i'm color. and three years Old, was sent
to Kentucky and bred 10 Baron Wilkes.
that has sired such horses as Rubenstein.
BarOnot, and oakland Baron.
Omar Pasha is being logged daily on
the farm track. and Or. Holmes. a bay
gclding three years Old. by Wills. dam
Dido, by Angus. son OF Belmont. gives
promise Of making a fast PAGER
At lelcwild Stock Farm, which is about
one mile from Culpeper, Mr. ). Russell
Smith has very highly improved place
lie breeds thoroughbred trotting, ana
French coach horses. The thoroughbred
stallion, PaliEurus is kept there. and as
he has size, substance, and finish. he Is
apt 70 make quite on impression on the
stock Of the section. Some good gen.
eral-prrpOse mares have been bred 10
him and the result has been a lot OF nice
saddiers, hunters. and generai-purpOse
horses. Mr.. Smith is the county treas
urer and has only during the past few
years turned his attention TO breeding
horses 10 any extent.
AT Brandy Station. five miles north OF
Culpeper. Mr. W. \. Bennett has a grand
farm Of 40 acres. He has among other
stations the pure white Arab horse EreD.
that was imported by Mr.. Minans. or
Baltimore. Ereb Is seventeen years Ola
but we'll preserved He Is nearly SIX
teen hands high and weighs LOO pounds
Mr.. Bennett also has a young stallion
four years old. by Falkland dam by Adj
minstrator. which he is breeding TO some
Oriom mares. OF the latter breed he
has three pure bred specimens rhey
are full sisters and by Zwanock. out OF
Olga.
Daisy Zwanock, the oldest OF the trio
is gray and sixteen hands high. while
her full sister Czarina Zwanock, is OF the
same color bat full hand taller Crimea
Zwan0ck, the Youngest. is a black ana