The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
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clever road horses. At the fir grounds
track G.. ID. Austin is working "A good
string OF trOtters and PAGERS. a portion or
which will be campaigned this season. Mr..
Austin is q brother TO A.. A.. Austin, the
prominent New England turf writer.
trainer and driver. and has himself met
with good success in handling colts. n
branch Of the business which re especi-
ally fancies.
Among others I'm his stable are Rublco.
and Josiah Quincy both by Pinlico. and
some well-bred yearlings.
j. T.. Cook. who wintered a table or
runners at the same track has some good
looking two and three-year-olds n a
few older horses. which he IS preparing
TO race mp north.
A number OF the get OF the great race
horse Pamlico. 2:l0. who was purchased
as a two-year-old by Mr.. w. =. Batche-
lor and brought 10 Raleigh are owned in
and around the city.
Professor z. Z. Emery. OF the North
Carolina States Experiment Station owns
Rubico: G. y. Walters has Josiah Quincy:
II. II. Murray has the ray pacing mare
Annie Pamlico. now being driven on the
road. while her full brother Charlie Walk
or is the property Of l.. J. Walker. who
will have him handled for speed.
W. a. Robbins looks upon the hay mare
Erna VI. as one OF the cleverest OF the
get Of Pamlico. though r. T.. Crawford.
Of the Park Hotel. owns the brown mare
Pamlicole. whose dam IS Opal Lambert
by Mountain Boy, and she is generally
regarded as about the largest and shape
Hest 81 tho get Of Meander's dead son.
Mr.. Crawford formerly drove Famlicole
10 pole with Mambrino Girl. 2:30. but has
recently sold the latter 20 +. Hetts. OF
Raleigh.
one OF the fastest horses driven on the
roads around the city IS the bay gelding
William o.. I'm the stable Of John W.
Harden. He by Elevator. W. \. Nixon
has a bay colt three years old by Happy
King out Of Gretna Green. sister 10 Mat
rimony. 2:23 IA. and Roberta Medium. a
BAY mare four year old by Robert Me-
dunn. 2:29 IL. The latter though close
10 twenty years Old is owned and still
used as a road horse by DR.. Jas. O'KeeE
Thomas Turner has n chestnue mare by
ST. Just and r. L.. Johnston. the chestnut
gelding I~ngofar. by Pamlico. both four
year-olds and we'll proportioned. J. J.
Rogers owns Pearl Terry by Franklin
Chief and George MCGEE. a good looking
chestnut mare by the same sire out Of
Honey suckle by Happy Medium.
Mr.. Frank Strcnach has a prompt.
cheerful roadster in the six-year-old
borwn pacing mare Maggie. by Oberon.
son OF Messenger Durco. dam untracei.
w. p. Bachelor has about closed out
all OF his t%rotters. including the shapely
midget Corporal Trim. full brother 10
Allie Merrifeld's Little lobe. 2l9 II.
Corporal Trim has been gelded. Captain
b. p. Williamson. ge9lal and clever az
all tin es and probably the ~best-known
breeder I'm North Carolina. met with
financial reverses which necessitated the
closing out OF Fairview Farm. including
the stations Franklin Chief. Moondyne.
by Sherman and all Of the brood mares.
Captain Williamson still owns the bay
horse CUrrituck. by Meander and some
v eIl-bred colts and FLIES by Quartermas-
ter. 2:2l IA; Franklin Chief and other
sires.
Mr.. Timothy Paxton. who wintered his
stable az Alamance Farm. Graham. n.
c.. will train this season over the half
mile track at the farm. He is working
among others Virginia Menefee. b. T.. 3.
by Gregorian. dam untraced. Defender. 3.
by Gregorian. dam by Franklin Chief.
aud Annita n { " Bsroass. out Of De-