The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-15
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
NEwsY NOTES FROM TEE ROAD,
TRACK AND STABLE.
The Thoroughbreds ut Bioomingdsls.
Some Of the Trotters and PAGERS In
Training Around Herr.

A canter on horseback out the Hermit.
age road, past Laburum. and the A. p.
Hin monument, then by Bellevue, West
brook, and other neat country homes In
that vicinity, and you reach the entrance
to Bloomingdale marked by pillows OF
masonry, on which iron gates are swung.
The roadways through the place are OF
macadam. and the coy farmhouse and
outbuldings are very attractive to the
visitor.
New barns have been put I'D for the
herd of Jerseys. and the farm brand OF
butter is fit for the most fastidious cpl.
cure.
Mr.. Harry Beattie, who directs affairs,
is about as well posted on pedigrees OF
Jersey cattle as with those of thorough
bred and trotting horses. He is an ex-
pert cross-country rider. and schools his
own horses over the jumps. His special
pride is the brown stallion, Eleve, by
Eous. out OF Ninon, daughter OF War
Dance The son of Eolus Is a horse of I'm.
pressivc form and high finish, close TO
sixteen hands high. with neatly.turned
blood-like head and neck. His turf ca.
reer was checkered. still no proved an
iron campaigner, and won number Of
good races.
Eleve has been in the stud but a short
while, and has been bred 10 only few
mares. still the yearlings by him now at
Bloomingdale are clever-looking lot
well formed and racy looking. All Of
Mr.. Beatties mares will be mated with
the brown stallion this season. Virgo,
dam Of a number Of winners by Add FL
Kader. out Of Eciiptc. by imported
ECLIPSE. has a bay filly now at her side
by Eleye, and has been bred back; so has
juliet, By Botheratlon, out OF Joy, by
Catesby. She has a chestnut fllly by Eon
Amulet, by King Bolt. also out OF Eclip-
/ tic: Natalie b., by Wilful out OF Lucy
| Hunter: Lady T.. by imported Kyrle DAILY.
| out Of Assyria, are in foai 10 Eieve. and
Miss Heimdal by Heimdal. out Of Lucy
| Hunter, 10 EOn.
OF tho half dozen yearlings owned AZ
the farm. all OF which will be sent North
ana sold later in the season, 4 very clever
| looking bay colt is by Eleye out OF VIM
tage Time. By Luke Blackburn; a mise
| pay FLY is by the same sire out OF Amer
| Tea. By Spendthrft; a racy-lookng chest
| nut FLY Is by Eon, ont OF Natalie B.. os
| Wilful. a couple Of good prospects. one
bay FLY, and the other a chestnut colt,
are both by Eleve, the former out OF Am
ulet. by Klng Bolt, and the latter out OF
| Lady T.. by imported Kyrle Daily. Tho
largest Of the collection IS bay colt by
Kasson, out of Faustina, by EoIus, sec;
ond dam Warlass, by War Dance.
Along with Mr.. Beattie's lot are cou-
pie OF very bood-like youngsters owned
by Mr. William NJ Leathley, and both by
| Fleve. one q bay colt out Of Blance, by
Alarm. and the other II chestnut flly out
OF IHfatuatlon by Telemachus.
A 1affr.fo ~ rTHmfafTK Glliod. nom
browns. IN the string Of atr. 7. Il. boswell
at Bullfeld are La Viyandere: @ by
| Helmdal. out Of Wariass. by War Dance,
and La Cantiniere. by imp. The Jacobite,
out OF Warlass. The names were chosen
! FOR Mr.. boswell by the Jockey Club of
New York. Both lilies are we'll entered
| in stake events.
The trottlng and thoroughbred horses
at DR.. W. V. Croxton's Belmont farm, In
King William county, are In good health
and doing well. Young Lewis Croxton
has charge Of affairs, and in addition "a
farming operations is handling some
jumpers and runners.
He has concluded 10 mate sill OF the
farm mares with thoroughbred sires, and
will handle the produce for saddle pur
poses The chestnut geldng. Curritoman
by Yorick, dam by Eclectic, son of Plan
et IS being schooled In the hunting Held
and over the jumps. and takes to the worn
as cleverly as you please.
The well-known steeple chase geldinl
Tom c., by Heimdsl has been turned Out
for several months, but Will be taken uT
and worked again, and should win his
keep during the summer and fall months
Young Croxton has firm seat In the sad
die and is one Of the cleverest gentleman
jockeys IN the State.
To-
land county, reports a bay or brown coll
foaled Feb. % by Branch (Stiletto)' dan
Blanche c., by Wiful.
The Turf. Field, and Farm says:
"The Maupin I'll has passed 'botf
houses OF the Virginia Legislature. ha'
been signed by the Governor. and Is nov
in operation. II prohibits gambling an6
selling or making books, pools, or mutuai'
at all times In the State Of Virginia, blu
allows agricultural associations and rid
| ing and driving clubs or associations 4
offer purses or premiums for trials o
speed between animals. IL is lawful u
race. but a misdemcanor. punishable b,
a fine Of not less than 500 or more thai
81 ,O0O 10 sell pools or make BOOKS OF
races. a companion bill. to prohibit win
ter racing went through the Legislature
without opposition. The grasplng specd
lators i'm control OF the two tracks a
Alexandria are responsible for this condl
ton Of affairs IN Virginia. The agiicul
ural association and other tracks In III
old Commonwealth will now have 70 sc
along without the revenue formerly DC
rived from pools and some OF them WI
he compelled to keep close 20 shore, ou
he improved horse will scarcely disappea
from Virginia soil. The agricultural raj
associations will modify their prosramm"
| H. 80 nd 4
a be hoped that the morallty-loving peo
ole win dock to the tracks in greater mum
hers than ever before. and thus contribut
IN the ability Of those who hang up prize
n nav them. Virginia Is a fine grains
state and Il has one thing TO be Thankful
for From this time forward II Will no
be troubled with the men who lose n
opportunity TO degrade sport.
Mr.. Il. Z. Kline, of Smyth Brother
ana Kline. proprietors Of the Southern
| Worse Bazaar, has returned from an ex
tended Northern trip. Mr.. Kline attend
cd the Kellogg sale OF trotters in Ne'
York. where his brown pacing mare Cai
RE W. 2ls ii, by Royalty. was sold. Sh
vas purchased by J. K. Bathgate, New
ark. y. j.. for $40
Mr.. ". r. Lewis. OF Milton. \. C.,
irving 10 pole on the road very cleve
cam made up Of the bay gelding, JudG
Aiken. by Jolly Friar, and the bay mare
Jenny C. Harden. by fayette wilkes
A visitor here last week. but for fe'
hours only. was Mr.. James +. Scott, FOL
.nerlv Of the Almance farm, Graham. }
q The late home OF John r. Gentry
o.a3-4 Mr.. Scott was en- route for Le'
lngton. Ky. II plans are matured, he ma
lease a farm In the bluegrass region, an
commence breeding trotters again. M
scott already has his eye on well-know
trotting sire. His home is at Franklin
ton. y C.. where he has nice farm, an
-. ,rail hired brood mares In foai