The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-08
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
TR0TTERs AND PACERS ~ me
rRafSfsa STA BILE AT GLESLEA.
p.aff, of DomIno-At Oak Hiil-Nofes FRO"
windsor stud--sale of Red bea"'S-"e
Lynchburg Fair -other Items

Lynchburg Fair-Other ite"''
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ov.r the well-kept half-mile track at
c,snIoa Farm near the city. William Bass
:. WORRYING a good sized string or tro'ters
md nacers for speed. His horses aro
,ook,np well. but Bass is not bkeiy 10 s'a,'
out again before the fall, having 'anen ~
this season Che meetings at nc" oeine,
NJ ~ Norfolk. baltimore. Peterspurs anu
Piohmond. Human, 2:23 IA, the proWn
eelding by Quartermaster, oaiii Wiz nj
ID. by Hannis, that Bass won win q, 49, t.
tlmore and gave him his recoiu, ~ -
given slow work and looks ".n.
entered an the 300 stake, trottins Pufso
10 -, Norso,k this fall. and II the son
OF Ouartermaster keeps rishI nc VIZ
started there. c.,..,.
Among other members OF the Glenlea
Farm string are included bay , wneS'
2:25 IA. bay gelding. by Biack Wins.
Prince Wilkes. 1885 IA, bay geioine' ~
prince Charles. dam Miss Leggett, Dy
Mambrino Star. Mayo, black colt, g. by
R,ynee 2:11. dam Winnie Dam, dam OF
Human. Thol. bay filly, 3, by Egwood'
2:lS IL. dam by Woodourn nam
bIetonion. Guy Fly ches'"u. .o'
4, by Lord Guy, dam
Maid dam OF Mosul, 2:lS S-4-
IL. J..
10 Branchwood 2:22 IL, Doubtful, plack'
q PAGER. by Bald Chief, dam by yellow
Jacket Bay FLY. by Willis, dam by Car
los Trim. chestnut geldng, 4, by Hustler
Russell. dam by Bowman's Clark Chlet
Marie chestnut mare, s, full sister 10
Creel 2:29 ga. by c. +. Clay. Latrooe,
HACK. c. 3. by Trevillan. 2:OS IL, dam by
strathmore. Black fihy, 3. PAGER by Wo-
full Bay FLY. 3. by Egwood' Dam Dy
King Bolt.
Secretary G. w. Smith, OF the Lynch
burg Fair Association, writes very en-
couragingly of the prospect ahead TOT
successful fair and race meeting this rail-.
The Lvnchburg fair will last four days.
beginning on October 18th. The race pro-
eramme will be a marked feature and VIII
include running trotting and pacing races.
Mr.. Withers Z. Clark is the president or
the association and on the board or direc-
tors are such prominent and well known
citizens as s. r. Withers, c. w. Scott,
nj. IL. DOYLE, w. ID. Adams, c. H. Lums-
den. Carter Glass, J. r. Williams, ,. Is.
Younger, Geo. p. Watkins and William
Beasley. The last named gentleman VIII
act as chief marshall.
Mr.. Joseph IAsitter, proprietor OF the
i'm training at Montezuma Farm, near
the city. where he resides. Among those
being worked for speed are General Dash
wood. 2:29 ga by Simmons: Tulu, bay
Relding. by st. Just; Ben Hur, bay geld
ing. by st. Just; brown filly, 3, by Sim
mons. 2:2S, dam Miss Sontag, 2ZS; ana
Firewood, bay gelding, T. by King Nut
wood. dam Medina, sister to Mogul. 2l9,
by Middetown. When taken up six weeks
ago. FirewOOd could not show three
minute gait, but with a little work he was
driven a mile in 1854. week later he trot-
ted one in 2:40 and a few days since the
gelding stepped a mile in go and ala IL
bandily. Firewood is nicely gated and
large. rangy horse, able to pull weight.
lie is owned by Mr. Herbert T. Lipscomb,
who purchased him from Mr.. Lastter.
AT Oak Hill Farm in Henrico, Mr.. John
Wright has a bay colt. two years old, by
Electryon out of Black Maria, dam OF
Robert Ransom, 2:29 3-4 that has size and
substance, and that should learn TO trot
with handling. A couple of good looking
ycarling FLIES, one a bay and the other
a brown are both by Electryon from the
farm mares Hoarhound and George NJ.
Hoarhound is by Frances Alexander 2ly
from Ernesta, by Pacing Abdallah, and
George NJ, is by Lyle Wilkes, son OF
George Wilkes, from Hoarhound. Both
mares have foais this season by Electryon.
The latter was gelded and sold during the
fall OF 1896.
Joseph I.asitter has recently purchased
OF III. w. Fuller, of the c. and o. railroad,
a couple OF good looking three year old
geldings, one bay and the other a black,
and both by Alsatian, the son OF Sultan
and Alma Mater. that died the property
of p. S. and w. y. Talbert, Lexington
Ky. The black gelding is out OF a mare oy
Geo. Wilkes, while the bay is from Dane
ing Girl, by Guardsman, 2:23 IL, second
dam Coquette. dam OF Nutmeg, Z:lb ana
Col. Stevens, 2:2S ii.
Mosul. son Of Sultan and Virginia Maid,
stood fourth IN the summary when the
2:l3 class, trotting purse S2,OOO was ilnish-
ed at the recent Grand Circuit meeting at
Columbus, Ohio. 1t took five heats TO de-
eide the contest of which Oakland Baron
won two and then Rilma went on and
captured the remaining heats ana race.
Abnet got third money. The five heats
were trotted in 2:ll 81; 2:lO "a 2:lO IL;
PIP "a. Mosul finished 3 ) 8.
DIR ". II. Whitehead. supervisor of the
Rocky Mount Fair. TO be held at Rocky
Mount. n. c., in October next, writes me
the speed programme has been slightly
changed by the substitution of 2:2O class,
trotting and pacing mixed, for the 2:20
trot as first published. 1t Will be Tor
purse of 500, and is to be decided on
Thursday, the 18th instant, the second day
OF the fair.
Mr.. r. j. Reynolds, one OF North caro-
lina's largest tobacco manufacturers
resident OF Winston, and who breeds trot-
tiers and high class road horses for plea
.,,r. oud raoraatfop has the DrOSpeCt of