The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-03
HORSES AND HORSEMEN
NO SPRING RACE MEETING TO BE
HELD HERK-DECLARED OFF.
Tho Glasses Did not Fiji. Was the Cause.
Col. Cars sale-W ork-outs at Glenlea.
Mr.. CAROLS Brood Mares.

| Riding and Driving Association, arrived
at two months ago, to hold spring race
meeting here, was made puolic, the
scheme has met with general favor.
A very attractive programme I'i har-
| ness hoses and runners also was pib1sA-
cd, with liberal conditions attached, ana
| Tuesday. April 18th, named az the date
| for entries 10 the harness races 10 close.
| All along the outlook has been regarded
| as very bright and rosy; antcipdtlons
| OF some high-class sport were cherished
until Secretary Brine announced during
the middle of the week that the entry-list
was vey light, and that only three OF the
harness races had filled, the remainder
| dive IN number failing to do SO. then
IL was decided by President Blake to CAL
a meeting of the Board OF Directors.
which was done at Y o'clock on Thurs
day. at the secretary's office, and the
meeting declared off.
| a portion OF the board were strongly In
favor of giving a two-days' meeting, IN
stead Of the four days originally sched-
| uled. but the majority ruled, with the
result already mentionell
1t is very likely that the decision was
wise, as under existing circumstances
without large entry-list the meeting
would have brought the association In
debt, and declaring the races OF seems
10 have met with the approval OF the
majority OF members \ cash balance re-
| mains in the treasury, which is hkeiy
| to be utilized In the near future
| Mr.. L. Banks Holt the master OF Ala
! nance Farm, at Graham, y. C., has beeh
quite IN for several weeks past. but has
commenced to improve The death OF his
brother. the late Ex-Governor Holt, OF
! North Carolina. was a severe shock 10
Mr.. Holt, who IS himself one Of the best
known and most highly-respected citi-
zcns Of the old North state. and hosts OF
| friends will look forward TO his entire
| recovery to health with anxiety.
one Of Mr.. Hollis sources Of recreation
and pleasure is the collection Of trotting
bred horses at Alamance. though small
compared with that kept at the farm
while John X Gentry, 1908 "a; Baronet.
| 21l II, and LISA, PIG 3-4 were owned
there.
Fred. Burns is doing the training now,
and has some promising youngsters in his
string, including Drosera, a chestnut colt
! .. by Gregorian. out OF Blondette. by
| Leland. Defender, a chestnut colt, ?, by
! Gregorian. ont OF Franklin Chief mare;
a yearling flly, by Baronet. out OF tie
same mare Josiah Quincy. brown colt
g. by Pamlico; a chestnut colt. by
Pamlico n bay FLY. 3. by Pamlico, dam
Miss Mitchell. by Bright Chief n bay
by different sires.
Burns is ado jogging the chestnut stall
| lion Gregorian, 2:Z9 81, by Prince George,
and the roam mare Lady May 2: % IA,
| by John w. Daniel son of Walker Nor
| rill.
The consignment Of trotting-bled
brocd-mares. colts. and fllles, made 10y
Colonel Julian S. Carr, Of Durham, y. C.,
10 the Woodland q Shankln sale, M
realize satisfactory prices, though they
were all in fine shape, and appeared to
! good advantage in the sale ring.
These, along with other consign-
| ments, numbering about 100 head in all,
were sold. The buyers were mostly local
horSemen and bidding vas slow. The
highest price brought by any of Colonel
Cars lot was 500, for which the brown
mare Gladys, full sister TO Wilkes bee,
2:27 II, by Alcantara, fell 10 the bid OF
X. +. Jones. and like sum Was realized
for Octave, a good-lOOking bay, daughter
OF Princeton and Myrtilla, by Glenyiew,
in foal to Alcantara.
MeQssen, a 4-year-old bay mare by
| PamlicO, out Of Consolation, brought $50,
while Consolation herself, big chestnut
daughter Of Norfolk, with a bay colt al
her side, by Baronet, brought only Ssj.
| Flinty, Chestnut mare, years old, by
| AibNiL W hiil D44lAaf bF AiEVl4df NtAN
for Sl20, though She had a trotting trial
Of 1896 TO her credit. with limited hand
! ling. Skylark, roam mare, by Jay Bird,
| fell to a bid Of $50, the only offer for her,
| while Nashu c., brown mare, by Pamli-
co, out of n daughter OF Kentucky Prince,
went for $50. She was heavy in foal 10
Simmons, 2:2S.
De Isle. a shapey. handsome bay
mare, years Old by Noryal, out OF Lin
tel. by Madrid, sold for 1855, and FOR
| $3.50. Magnolia, a rangy, brown daughter
Of Norfolk, with a bay colt at her side,
by onward, went also.
Dearest a 7-year-old bay mare, by Ma
| drid, out of Devotion, by BlackwoOd, Sc
cond dam, Cathedral. dam Of Pilgrim,
| 2:lO u. and two others, brought but $50,
| and Nora Patton, good-looking bay
mare. by Albert w, out Of Rita, by
! George NJ Patchen, went for $50 less.
-Four head of thOroughbreds were also
| sold by Colonel Carr. the lot comprising
| two brood mares and as many 2-year-Old
! FLIES. The average on these was less
| than $40 o.
The Cox Brothers, Of Bermuda Hun
| dreds, Chesterfield county, are handling
string Of trotters, made up Of aged horses
and some colts and FLIES. by the farm
Sires, PhalanX, son Of Phallas, and Judge
Cox, a brown son Of PhalanX. In the
! younger llAlSlOA are some good prospects
for speed. Mr.. r. T. Cox does the train
ing and driving at the farm. lie be-
lieves in size, style. ana finish, and il
now preparing a lot OF horses bred at the
| farm for the New York market. among
| them some clever matched teams, the get
| Of PhalanX.
one of the handsOmest stations around
| Lexington, Ky, where there are many
good ones, is the bay horse King Nut
wood. a son Of Nutwood, out of Distress.
| by Dictator. He IS owned by Dir. j. W.
Madara. OF the editorial suaff Of the Ken
lucky Stock Farm. The Doctor closed out
his stud OF trotters during the past win
ter, retaining only King Nutwood. The
latter Is the sire of "a number of colts
and FLIES that are owned in Virginia and
North Carolina. The owners OF these
will hear with pleasure that the bay
son of Nutwood is making a highly
creditable showing as a sire Of speed.
! He sired one foal at years, which was
Queen Nutwood that won her race and
trotted to a record Of 2:2i IL at the Nir-
ginia State Fair I'm October, 1898. Nut
wood, Jr., another of his get. that trotted
into the list of standard speed last sea-
son, is out OF Lady NJ. by Almont. Lady
NJ. is owned by Mr.. Harry G. Beattie,
! of this city. The fastest of King Nut
woods get IS King Albert, 4, PIG IA.
! The fastest miles worked so far this
season around here have been trotted and
/ paced at Glenlea Farm. During the past
| ,...rt< NyDlio - Jacc drove tho Iay a.aefnp