The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-09
TIE TIMES: RICHMOND. VA. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1898.

field" logs down a lane and through a
rHfe-wnN aI oroWufn tnGttncf and Iott'
ling each other, he must be a gentle
ln... rnd Wal. nIr tutA Without tsnttng
or rushing. lie must DO all this ana be
willing 10 stand for hours at the covert
side. even when hounds are rushing about
after q fox Inside ana the wind aud rain
Is chilling him 20 the bone after "A fast
gallon and be- willing a. stand till ms
rider wishes him 10 30 On. Then when
the fox does az last leave the covert, the
horse has 90 gailOp after tho hounds; IN
the great majority. OF eases an he has 20
do is 10 80 at a moderately fast gallop.
and as p nave explained above. occasion
| aiIF Iumn r small fence OF frOt 40 tu "a
! gate and lot his rider lean over and open
| ~ 10 the fence o. large. Now would not
the American tr0tter be just the LOrse2
0 forgot 10 say he must be able to
| jog home mani miles after hie day work
without being leg-Weafy ana stumbling,
and then eat all his supper and be ready
TO repeat the work in three 0r four days
time) A horse, ,such az ! have describ-
ed, II good looking. able 20 gallon about
a threa-minute gait. able To- carry some
| 22i pounds and able 10 jump a hurdle
say three and Onc-half fect high or 4
] ditch eight lect Wido soils from some
$500 TO $3.50 10 5000. and j have known
them to 20 up 90 5000 Auat the Amer
lean trotter can De- tdurnl go jump /
know. as one Of the leading hunters IN
England last year was iH American fr0t-
ter taught 10 jump, and ie used 10 lead
the field over the largest jumps in Lcices-
tcrshlre. 4 former driver III mine told
mo he. for a bet. some years ago. rode
an American PAGER who haQ never seen
a jump before in n run with f0E-hounds.
trying to jump every fence as g. came I'm
his way. and got through at the end OF
the run. although he had several falls.
The high-acting trotter. ~ too slow, sells
in England already as a heavy harness
horse for a good price. and this year at
the horse shows has carried an before
him in the heavy harness classes. The
trottor who does rot step high Is at
present Of very little account 20 turn
into a heavy harness horse. and scarce
ly pays for sending over, hut this is the
very horse for q hunteri The English.
who will have nothing but high actors
for their harness horses. dislike the
high actor as a hunter For "a hunter
they like o. horse who only lifts mis- feet
high enough 20 be safe from stumbling.
II d hunter steps high he is called "har-
messy" which is a term OF reDrOach. II
tr0tting horse breeders imported u man
or two from an English steepie chase
stable. or who had been "secoud horse
man" or "whip" in an English hunting
establishment, and got him 10 teaching
horst8 TOO slow Tor racing aad not
high actor cough for heavy harness, TO
jump. j think they would ina a. ready
market in England. just half q dozen
fences. consisting OK the following, would
DO 10 school over: a low gate, made TO
knock down; some rails q bank with
some brushwood on top; q double. and
% small ditoh would do. OF course tho
first few lots would not sen wall. as
there is such % prejudice in England
against American horses, but the Eng
lsh dealers would most likely buy them
and sell them 90 their customers az n
profit, and if they turned ont Wei, would
most likely get uD o. trade With the
States. a man who used Co pay very his
prices for Dis "huutcrs" was looking one
day at "a horse which d 6clie- was s1cw-
ing him. The dealer had the horse jump
cd over "a lot of fences. trOtted, cans
tered. and ealloged. ctc. Tho purchaser
thon said. "Is TINT alg" Tho dealer was
|a8t0aished and said. "Why. what more
DO you want; he can jump any fence
you put him az. win not turn his head
40 anything and galiops FAST enough To-
win a race" The purchaser said, You
have not shown me if he can stand still,
and that IS The principal Trims I'm a hunt
err
That rs quite n valuable piece Of in-
formation ana advice. lt is well known
that the few I.ngIshnen who saw Azote
2.i GA at once pronounced him am ideal
horse from the huuter-upe standpoint
Nr. Wlnans knows what he is talking
about. and II be has thus enabled tho
Review to put sumo OF It's readers in the
way OF increasing their business Doe Will
have added 10 the long list Of good
deeds done by him on behalf of the
horse ud American h0rsemeu.
1ir. samuel walton. OF Walton Farm,
Mills, Va, has quito "a good young
mare in Maggie Carroll. the five year Old
daughter OF JaCA Lawson zlO la and
s.. by Young Jim. Beginning the
season with a mark of Z.32 IL, and traln-
-d and driven Jy Tom Cannon, she has
been placed in five out of six starts,
first money in four and earning
d record Of 2:4) II. She won at Norfolk
last week and at Prospect Park. Baiti-
more the previous week, and when Tiglt
and ht she can show 215 over @ fair mile
track. Maggie CAROL q quite a small
mare. being under ID nanIs i'm height,
put is blood-like and handsome and
should make @ good roadster.
Mr.. Joseph Lasitter. Of the Richmond
Horse Bazaar. has quite a trotter fin the
i've year old bay geliing FirewOod. 22i
- by King NutW00d. dam Medina.
~ Middletown. In his first race. trotted
1t Grcenvile. y. e., last fan, the bay
won in straight heats and got a
mark OF 29 Il which was reduced 70
:Z6 II in a winning race at Cape Charles.
Ia, in August last At the Gentleman's
Driving Park, Baltimore, FireWood got
ourth money I'm the 2:27 class. while at
Norfolk last week be stood for second
nnneN I'm the aamn cLles won hv NInrria