The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-06-27
HORSES AND HORSEMEN.
INTERESTfNG NOTES FROM FARM,
ROAD. rRACk AND STABLE.
Whore Virginia Harksyway Lives. ~ Tide
water Farm. Other Good Ones There
sale Of the Exposition Grounds,

IfSnk To NlltiAos 70 - ''N"~
ably not over three miles, and seated he
hind n clever ~road-horsc,. the distance
As quickly covered. as the roads are Sooo'
With A farm Of over 100 acres TO super
Else, and a large practice 10 look AFTER
the Doctors life is a busy one, but hear
u, robust and OF superb physique. ana
= master OF details. affairs glide sinooth-
u along at Tidewatcr.
new training stable recently bulit'
fronts on the haif-miie track. over which
the trotters are worked tor speed, ana
nearby are a number OF paddocks lor
the brood mares and foals. though III oIy
seasons the wide range woodland pas
tuIaso is brought into use.
Peanuts are generally rcgarded as the
stap!e OF product OF Southampton coun-
IL. and the lumber business is very large
also. heretofore less attention has been
paid TO stock raising than in most sec
lions of Virginia, but DIR. Williams fancy
lead him 10 commence breeding horses
something more han tvc years ago, ana
the venture promises TO yield satisfactory
results.
Trotters arc given the preference at
Tidowator. and of the brood mares VIZ
ginia Harkaway IS the most highly priced
at the farm.
In color, a rich shade OF bay, OF fine
size and splendid muscular development.
handsome in form and finish. and OF
a type always TO DO desired, Is this ten
year-old daughter Of Harkaway and Bet
" by Messenger Chief. The first OF her
produce, now four ears old. owned by
DIR. Williams. is a good looking bay
polding. registered among stations as
Tidcwater. lie sired one foal when three
years old. and later was gelded. with
development this gelding would make a
superb road horse and "A trottcr.
Tidcwater has shown halves with ordi-
nary work in ia He is by Phalanx, son
OF Phallas, 2I3 "a Virginia Harkaway
has a sucking foal, a bay FLY, by Fitz
Lee. son OF Phalanx. She was bred this
season 10 McZeus. 2:l3. son of the crack
California sire, Mckinney. 2:11 Ia. as was
Margaret Walker, the seven-year-old
brown daughter of Gambetta and Nyack
by Cuyler. that has a bay FLY ut her
side by 1fdcwatcr. the only one he sired
before being unseXed. Red Beauty. a
brown. sixteen hands high and six years
OLD. by Red Wilkes, dam by Maxim. SEC
ond dam by Mambrino King, third dam
Leah, dam of Alcavala, 2;29, slipped her
foal in November last and was not bred
this season, but has been driven on the
road. She is "A PAGER and with very little
track work in 1896 could show quarters
in Sc seconds. Probate. a good looking
hay, by Onward. 2:25 Ia. dam Plaintiff,
by William Rysdyk. second dam Kittie
Fisher. dam of Carlos. sire of Roy. 2:30,
was purchased in Kentucky last spring
and left there. She foaled in May "A bay
colt by Norval. 2:l4 "a. and was bred 10
Guy Baron, a fast four-year old son of
Guy Wilkes. 2:l5 Ia, and Bon Bon, by
Baron Wilkes. sire of Rubenstein, 2:O5.
Bessie. a bay. seven-yoar old. by Wood
burn Hambletonian, dam untraced, is well
thought Of. because her thrce-year old
daughter. Miss Hunter. by Judge Cox.
son of PhalanX. is a trotter and well fin
ished and handsome. Bessie was bred
this season 10 Egwood, 2IS IL.
The younger division at the barn en-
cludes Ada Cox. a brown flly, three
years old by Judge Cox. dam Virginia
Harkaway: King Simmons. a bay colt,
two years old by Simmons, dam Oneida
10y Onward; a black yearling colt by Sim
mons. dam by Mambrino Patchen. and a
brown y~earling flly by Fftz Lee<Dut OF
Margaret Walker.
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Mr.. J.. d. Sale, the Washington. Cd.
c. correspondent of the Horse Review.
whose clever contributions TO turf jour
mails are always interesting. writes as
follows:
The recent death of Charlie C. 2:13 IL.
recalls TO mind the fact that his dam
Bessie O'MaTey,is still alive and draws
the delivery wagon Of the w~tA-known
butcher. George Gheen. OF this city. up
wards of six days in the seek. Like her
son she Is a gray. and shows every sign
OF high breeding. She has legs Of Bes-
semer steel. No better legs were ever
seen on any ANNA When Charlie =.
was foaled she was about five years old,
nnd now not far from twenty-four. She
was bred near Harrisonburg, Va. a very
pretty town in the upper portion of the
Shenandoah Valley. Her famous son was
also foaled near that town. Since foal-
Ing Charlie c., the old mare has thrown
twins by Bashtine. by Bashaw. Jr., that
died soon after birth; a colt by Happy
Russell. and a foal by u horse unknown
10 me.
Charlie C. made his debut as a trotter
within the district limits. David Sond-
heimer. the popular dealer. discovered
him when coming five years old at Har-
risonburg. He had nc reputation worth
mentioning as a trotter at that date.
But Sondheimer thought he saw something
IN tho cock-eyed gray and bought him
for a small sum lie passed from Sond-
heimer 10 a b~rickmaker named Childs.
OF this city. who drove him on the road.
Seeing that he showed signs of speed. ne
yielded 10 the opportunities of local
horsemen and had him trained.
l well recollect seeing him trot his first
match race along in 1867 over the track
of the Brightwood Driving Park. His
best time was 2;35. and the laity voted
him a wonder. Charley c. was the first
OF the get Of Sam Purdy TO attract pub
lie attention, and his performances
brought precious dollars 20 the pockets
Of more than one Virginian in financial
distress. Thereafter. Purdy's get were
fagerly sought for by persons seeking for
speed As for Sondheimer-well. for
many years he sold real Purdys and al
legged Purdys. mostly. however. of tho
latter sort.
Subsequently Mayor Dangerfold shift
ed Sam Purdy TO Culpeper Court House.
the county seat OF Culpeper county, where
he died I'm 1891, and where he is buried
m the inheld OF the track of the County
Fair grounds. Purdy was an exceedingly
sluggish horse. and II required a chain
"a induce him TO do his level best on the
track. Few of the mares he embraced.
until within three years IF his death.
were OF any special strains ~ iro.ting
blood. Most OF the mares owned bv the
planters that were bred to him wcr, Of
saddle strains. in which there WAS more
or less thoroughbred blood. For the
chance that he had P.lrdy was more
than an ordinary sire. and was far and
away the most potent son OF George N.
Patchen. Jr.. whom the readers az fh,
REVIEW will ncrhanc roc,u u., .4