The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-20
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
BROODMAREs AND YOUNGSTERS AT
OCCONEECHEE FARM
Notes From ElIerslie-The New Berne Fair
Races--Baronet, ::1IIl. at Home-Ssls
of Gladys, Fanny Roswell, etc.

The scene At Occoneechee Farm is
busy one during these short days OF WIN
ter. Norkmen are placing the hhishihS
touches on the new cattle barn, Whlch Is
an elegant structure OF its kind. Nelther
PANS or expense have been spared 10
make IT complete in every detail. Inc
plans were furnished by Professor ITDy,
or the North Carolina Agricultural ana
Mechanical College. at Raleigh, VINO with
his class, Will make personal Inspection
OF the building when. finished.
The farm herd or Jerseys Is choice
one. and particular attention was pald
TO the selection OF each individual Inc
elegantly bred bull Meridale Buner Is
owned a t Occoneechee, and Mr.. carr mas
faith IN his future
Extensive tobacco interests at durham
occupy Mr.. Cars time. but DAY at the
farm near Hinsboro is always source
OF relaxation from business cares.
The roomT box stalls in the Dig horse
barn are all occupied by the pand OF
brood mares, every member oil Whlch
is now at home. Nora Patton, bay by
Albert w, 2:2O, out Of Reta, by George NJ.
Patchen, Jr., was bred in 1894 TO onward,
but did not catch, and this season Mr.
Carr thinks OF mating her with Alcan-
tara.
Octave, n bay by Princeton, PIG 81 out
OF Myrtnla, by Glenview, Is neaVy IN
foal to Madrid, and will be sent to Nor
folk. sire Of that good race mare MISS
Nelson, ZIP 81.
Trouble a bay, by Bona RIDE out OF
the dam OF Gene, 80 is In foai 10 Bafo-
net, 2ll II, and Will also be sent to the
court OF Norfolk. Belle Latimer, pay,
nv Melville Chief. out of Beck Collins, by
Woodburn Hambietonian. IS in ioal to
Madrid.
Flinty. a large chestnut daughter Of
Albert w. 2.20 out OF Silica. by Algona,
the sire of Flying Jib. 2:0i slipped twin
foals last fan by Baronet. 2ii - ami
Mr.. Carr thinks OF sending her 10 the
court Of Director, sire of such cracks as
Dircctum. Z.O5 ~, and direct. 200 -
The latter got the wonderful pacing colt
Directly, 2.O1 81, at two years oid.
Vashti c.. a ncryy. c0mpactly punt
daughter OF the dead Pamlco, 2lo. and
Kentucky May, by Kentucky friucc' Is
IN foal to Onward, 20 IL, ana VIII be
sent TO Baronet 2Il -.
Consolation. a superb chestnut ddush-
ter of Norfolk out OF Beck Collins, by
Woodburn Hambletpnian. is In ioal 10
Baronet. and will be bred back.
Dearest, bay of pronounced lndiVldu-
ality, by Madrid, dam Of Devotion, by
dam of Pastoral Pilgrim and Nilliers' IS
i'm foaI 10 Samantace. son of Norval, and
will be bred TO John r. Gentry, 2M "a.
Kaola Wilkes, brown. by bourbon
Earon. out of Irene, by Editor, was pred
in 1884 TO Baronet. but did not eaten.
GLADYS, a brown. Dy Alcantara, dam
May Bee dam of Wilkes Bee, 2:2l, Is In
foal 10 Noryal, 2:li3-i, and Will be sent
TO Onward.
Magnolia a brown. and full sister TO
Consolation, was mated in 1894 with Baro-
net, but did not catch, and VIII be sent
back.
Ida Wise. a bay, by Rajardo, dam Eve.
by walker Morrill, dropped a bay flly
last fall by Temple Bar. 21I3-i, and
Skylark. a big roam daughter Of Jay
BIRD. and Nymph, by Reyeller, Is in foal
to Baronet.
There are but three thoroughbred mares
at the farm, viz: Miss Walton, by En-
qurer, out Of aAlry Morgan, and her two
daughters, WaltoOna and Wenda, both by
Ben Himyar. full brother to liimyar'
sire Of the big money winner Domino.
Miss Walton is in foal to imp. order
WaItoona to imp. Cavalier, and Wenda to
EOIus In the spring the trio VIII be
sent to Ellerslie. and bred to imp. Char
aXus. Miss Walton and Waltoona nave
yearllng FLIES by order and Cavalier
There are six of the get of the great race
stallion Pamlico owned at the farm VIZ:
\ cOuDle of twO-year-Old colts, one
bay. out OF Maud Morgan, and the other
a bay. out of Belle Latimer. and three
two-ycar-old FLIES. while Eufaula -
bav. three years old, whose dam Is
GLADYS. completes the seXtette. Euiaula
G.. Is highly finished and promising and
If trained should make a campdSncr OF
high calhrc.
Mrs skinner, a bay tilly two years Old
bv Norval. son of Novice, by Madrid, Is
stoutly built and fast moving.
De Lisle, a very handsome bay My
three years old by Norval out of Intel
by Madrid, will probably be bred IN the
spring. Her full brother, bay colt
two years old, is also owned at the farm.
lie is called Zeta Psi, and Will be bred TO
a few mares I'm the spring.
The trotting-bred yearlings are seven
i'm number. They are: L. y. c., hest
nut colt by kremlin, ~ 81 out OF Con-
ISOLATION; Marie Reed, a chestnut hlly by
Kremlin out of Magnolia; Doodle Bags,
a bay colt, 10y Lancelot, 2:3, out of Sky
lark; Mamie Parrish, a bay iilly by
Lancelot, out OF Flinty; Mary Arthur, a
bay lilly by Madrid, out of Octave; Min
ME Tucker. a bay hly, by Noryal out OF
Gladys; and Lilly Parrish, a bay fllly, by
Gregoran, 90 ST. out Of Trouble.
Mr. j. X. Fitzgerald is the farm SUI
perintendent at Occoneechee, while Mr..
j. T.. Kerr has charge Of the dairy and
poultry departments.
4 pleasant letter from Captain Il. j.
Hancock, the master of Elleslie stud
Farm. states that the horses are all do
ing nicely Captain Hancock himself Is
stll suffering from the effect OF Sc
we're fall last summer.
Eolus Is tWenty-seyen years old, and as
fat as a ground hog, Captain Hancock
says. He can eat twelve quarts OF oats
a day, with a full allowance OF the best
hay to be had. His stud season will be-
gin on February 2Sth and as the brown
son of imp. bennington and Fanny
Washington is well preserved and exceed
ingly vigorous for his age. be Is likely 10
be good for several seasons yet. Imported
Dlomed got Sir Archy, his best son, when
he was tWenty-eight years old.
Imported Charaxus is nineteen years
old, but active, vigorous and free from
blemshes as a yearling. His son, Tom.
Skdmore. ran It mile in 20 and a frac-
ton over the Shcepshead Bay circular
COURSE, which, with the beating That Cha-
rade gave the great Tammany. with IL
pounds up. Then ne has 10 his credit
as a sire such performers as Hammle'
Chateau, etc. Eon is one OF the hand
soonest big horses in the land. He stands
full sixteen and a half hands high, and
4 weighs close TO fourteen hundred pounds
He is ridden seven or eight miles every
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