The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

orange tIltl won easily. AhOih'i IA'
Using young horse Is the Electioneer
missing young horse as the Electioneer
stallion Hugo, 2.21. owned by +. y. hoeh'
lie has been a show-ring winner at the
| Maryland horse-Show and the county
fairs. Linkwood Chief, 2lS, by farris'
2li If, IS a trotter and the sire OF uot-
tiers, and IL also one OF the best lockers
in this ncighborhood. The brown station
Happy Russell. 2.2l, is the champion sire
Of the State. He Is owned ana was
broken and driven in all his races by
l.. b. Emory. who also bred, raised. broke
and drove. until John u. Turner TOOK
them. Happy Bee 2:l4I- and Happy
Lady. 2l6l-s. both by Happy Russell.
Another good horse that has spent MS
life here Is the Woodford Mambrino stall
lion Hannibal, the sire OF Martin H.,
2lS: Sleepy Dave. 2:2l, ana others. over
in Virginia" they have just as many en-
gagged in the good work OF breeding the
trotter. but l am even worse posted as
TO details than 1 am in Maryland but,
/ do know they have them as j see them
at the fairs and races every fan. where
my business calls me as starting judge
and judge i'm the show ring. / cannot
forget that Sam Purdy. 2:2O i-2. is owned
in Virginia by my old friend DanGcrheld,
ana rccOilect he is the sire Of Miss Wood
ford 2.09 3-i Charley H., 2.lS IA, ana
Charley c.. 2:l3 IA. ! also remember an
ether great horse owned by my good
friend Chamblin. Of Richmond. ] refer
TO Norfolk. by Nuiwood. 2.lS "a, the sire
of the famous Miss Nelson. 2:l2 Ia. that
young Curtis. OF Kentucky. has had In
The Grand Circuit the past two or three
years. ChamblIn owns another good stall
lion in Egwood. 2:lS -. by Egbert. that
can out-show any horse | ever saw IN
tho ring. lie is the sire Of Lila, 2.&. As
! said before "the woods are iul OF
them" / know. for ! see them cNe.y
autumn in my annual visits and had }
known | was ever going 10 Wiiic O. line
for the papers / would have Kept some
notes. / have only written these low
lines for The Horsemans fifteenth an
nivcrsary number. ! may have overlook
ed somc OF the very best-if so, II Is Tn
tirely unintentonal as TO persons or
horses; but i think I have shown we are
doing some business in the horse line
down here in Dixie, that We arc good
in our class and getting better each
years
:. j.. Nelson, OF this city, has sold TO
Mr.. Frank y. Tilford Of Washington,
j.. c., the handsome bay mare Nelly
Jcwctt, by Jerome Eddy. 2:l6 IL, out OF
Nelly, 2:3O, by Green's Hambletonan.
This mare trOtted to record Of 2.35 as
a four-year- old. which does not represent
her speed limit by quite a margin. Mr..
Tiford is stopping at the Jefferson, where
ne viii remain for some time, and ex-
poets to drive his new purchase on the
road here.
Mr. j. Banks Holt. the courteous mas
ter Of Alamance Farm. Graham, y. c.,
former home Of Gentry 1903 81. Baronet,
2.1l 10 and other noted harness perform
ers. still conducts the establishment.
though on more limited scale than
formerly. and solely for his own pleasure
and recreation. Mr.. Holt writes me that
he is driving on the road the chestnut
stallion Gregorian 2:29 "a. and is simply
charmed with the son of Prince George
and Beltina. daughter Of Mansfield. lie
was the first stallion selected to place in
the stud at Alamance. and in form and
finish he is a wonderfully attractive
horse. A yearling colt by him out of a
mare, by Franklin Chief. paced quarters
in 80 seconds over a half-mile track last
season, and | learn that Allen Merrifield
has in training at Col. Bennehan Gamer
On's Farntosh Stud Farm, near Durham,
a two-ycar-old colt called Lord Banks,
that he thinks the best Of his age in
North Carolina. The dam Of Lord Banks
is Alice Collins. dam Of Maggie Camp bell.
2.2l II. Mr.. Holt has about half
dozen choice brood mares in foal 10
Gentry and Baronet, and after ioaling
they viii be bred 10 Gregorian.
Among those having foals at their sides
are Sue H., by Woodburn Hambleton.an
and Blondette, by Leland, out Of M,neuo,
by Kentucky Prince. Both have ;IEes,
the former by Baronet and the latter
by Gentry. 1t IS with pleasure mat l
learn of Mr.. Hollis determination to con-
tinue his breeding operations. as men Of
his character and integrity elevate The
sphere of The light harness horse.
Mr.. Clarence G. Burton, of this city,
has sent his bay stallion, Larry X, TO
Powhatan county, where some well bred
mares will be mated with the handsome
thoroughbred son Of Favor and Blue
Belle Larry X. is a horse of fine size
and conformation and Mr. Burton will
shape him up for some races next idll.
lie has been broken TO harness, and
makes a very clever driving horse.
Mr. b. W. Ford. formerly of this place,
but now a resident of Lexington, Ky. has
leased the well-known Orchard Park
Stock Farm. which is just outside of
Lexington, for a term of years. The
place was once the home of the late Col.
Richard West, and the famous stations
Robert McGregor and Egbert were kept
there. Mr.. Ford will remove all Of his
trOtting stock to Orchard Park. including
the great race stallion Trevilian. pos IA,
Castle Bell, and Cedric the Saxon. The
famous brood mare Miss Kittredge. dam
Of Trevilian, is in foal to Young Jim,
sire of her famous son. 1t Is Mr.. Ford's
intention TO campaign Trevilian again
this season and he looks for the son of
Young Jim to trot TO the stallion re-
cord.
Mr.. Jno X. Branch Is giving the bay
pacing geding, Branchwood, slow work
on the road, and later will place him i'm
training for seasons campaign. Last
year in W. G.. Bryan's hands the son
OF Woodburn lIambletonian was quite a
good horse, winning a race OF six heats
at Elkton, Md, in September and reduc-
ing his record TO 2:22 ii. the track re-
cord there. lie is now eleven-years-Old.
The bay marc Alice Burlcw. 2.z2 ii, was
one of the foundation trotters selected
by MI l.. Banks Holt TO form the AL
amance stud at Graham. She was cam
psigncd season after season through |
North Carolina. winning and reducing
her record during successive years. prov
ing a source OF pleasure to her owner, |
and the most popular campaigned OF her
day in the State. When Jas. L. Scott
took the Alamance Farm horses West IN
June 1891 the daughter Of Charlie Is. |
was among them. but not proving fast |
enough for the company she had TO meet, |
the bay mare was lett at McHenry's farm |
at Freeport. H., and bred TO Mambrino |
Russell, which resulted in shapely bay |
colt foaled IN the summer of 1895 at |
Alamance Farm. Though well formed |