The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-08-07
NEWS OF HORSES
AND H0RSEMEN.
Crisp Notes from the Road, Track
and Stables.
TROTTERS AT GLENLEA FARM.
Some Promising Green Ones There
Gfnter is Now Fast PAGER
Death Of Morocco, the
Brother Of MOrcIio.


Farm william J.. Bass is working string
OF dozen or more trotters ana PAGERS
for speed and has them i'm nne shape and
looking we'll a recent addition to nus
stable is the bay stallion Marian Crais
2.8i if. by Nuthurst, 2l2. out OF Mistake
2.29 ~. dam of Sally Br0nstOu. p, Z.l3 3d.
by Marshall KleDer. second dam the IA
nous brood mare Lady Ieiser dam OF
L0ttie Lorriane, 200 "a. etc. Bass has "a
couple OF good green trOttcrs, probably
the most promising pair TO be FOUND 30
any ono stable in Virginia. in the hFe-
year-od bay gcldings Underwater and Kos-
ter. the latter having been recently pur-
chased and placed in his hands by Ar
A. b. DOunan. for years past one oi the
most liberal patrons of .hc light harness
horse in Virginia. ana former owner ol
such good ones as Miss Nelson. Z-ll Is,
Whtby p. 2.lS IA. Human. 2.-o l-i' Hoa-
noke Maid. 2.22 l-2, ELLA e. l.N, ana
others. Tidcwafcr, who is by Ph3lanX,
a son Of the famous race horse PhaAas,
2.13 80. has shown trial this season in
2.N. stepping the final eighth of The mile
in ~ seconds 216 gait and doing Dr.
handly. while Roster. whose speed was
principally developed by road work in the
hands of his late owner. Dr. Charles j..
Siegel. has trottod in better than -.2lfoFer
the Gienles Farm track. which is several
seconds slow. The two mares Red
Light, 2:32 a. and Marie. who has 100
marx. are also good prospects. They are
owned 10y Mr. S. G.. Atkins of the big
wholesale grocery house of Davis g. At-
kins. who, later on, viii drive them on
the road
Bass stable includes. Marian Craig
2.3l Ia. b. D.. by Nuthurst. dam Mistake
by Marshall Kleber: RED Light, 252 a.
ch. m. e. by Red wilkes. Jr., dam hy
Twilight; Marie. D.. m. g. hy jolly Friar
dam by Sam Purdy, Dragant. b. g. A. by
Temple Bar, dam by Patterson. Roster
b. e.. 8. by Almomodo. dam by Red
Wilkes; Tidewater. De- g. 3. by Phalanx,
dam by Harkaway. john Arlington.
PAGER b. g.. b. by clan Alpine dam by
Odin Bells Sweet Marie ch m- O. hy
c. i. Clay. dam by Blacks Hambieton-
ian. b. r.. A. by Rupee dam by Dictator;
ch. g. 2. by Egwood. dam hy King Bolts
D. c.. 2. by Willis, dam by Woodburn
Hambietonian.
George r. Richmond and VI. T. Bergen
also have quarters at Glenlea. The former
has Human, 2:20 l-4 by Quartcrmastcr
dam Winnie j., by Hanuis and Branch
wood. 2.22 IL, pacing by W0odnurn Ham-
bletonian. lie viii probably start the
former at Cane Charles. Va. next week
and then follow up the Eastern Maryland
and Delaware circuit Richmond had
what appeared 90 be most promising lOt
OF horses early I'm the season. but O. por
ton of them including Guy Fly, by Lord
Guy. out of Virginia Maid, dam of Mosu',
2.09 Ia. LOudOun. by Norfolk. ana the
throe-year-0ld bay fly, by Bourbon Bar
an. Of rrrH4 off D
were let up on. The latter was bred to
Toodles. Jr.. sire of Nelly D.. 2.lS ia. and
Miss Thompson, 2.Z0 1-2. M0sul, 300 l-l
the eelded son OF Sultan and Virginia
Maid. who So seventeen hands high and
weighs close TO 1.2N pounds. is in Ber-
gems hands and appears TO be going
sound Bergen developed the bay gelllns
and fitted him for his campaign of last
season, when he trotted to his record.
The hve-year-old brown geidlng various
~ referred TO in different turf journals
as Genta and Center. but whose real
name is Ginter, named for that great
public-spirited citizen and philanthr0pist
the late Major Lewis Gnter Of this city,
who has attracted considerable attention
on account Of having been converted from
the trOt 20 the pace this season ana has
shown phenomenal speed at The latter
gait, was bred by the late Charles H.
Stokes. also of this city. a Weil-known
capitalist and one OF the best informed
students OF pedigrees in the State. Mr.
Stokes bred his dam Winnie d., by Ham
MS. and owned his grand dam. Maud j.,
daughter of Tlyaway. and dam of tine
pacing stallion Whlby. 2IS H. the sire
of Angelus, PIP IA. As a throe-year-oid
On the fan Of 1886. az Norfolk. Va. in
the hands of w. j.. BASS, who trained
and drove him that season, Ginter trotted
TO q record of 2:3l 1-2 and soon aftcrWard
AIR Stokes placed him ia the hands Of
". G.. Bryan then the lessee OF Acca
Farm. who acquired an interest IN The
gelding and sold him during the forepart
of 1897 to John Ecamer. OF Philadelphia.
his present owner for whom, just prior
10 the sale. Bryan drove the son OF Quar-
termaster trial close TO 2.2o. Glnter is
full brother of the well-kn0wn brown
gclding Human. trotting record 2.2) l-l
now I'm tho stable OF George r. Richmond
at Glenlea Farm, and himself knew MOTH
Ing but the trOtting gait until june 9th.
To show how easily horse can DO con-
verted from one gait 90 another is shown
in the case Of Ginter on the date men-
toned, Reamer who trains az Belmont
track, Philadelphia. had his ten-ounce
shoes taken off and q set just haif the
weight substituted. ana then DE slipped
on a pair Of hobbies. He JOBsed the gtld-
ing three days on pace and then speed
ed him 20 a cart. the first mile in $50,
the second In 2.45 l-2 and The third in 2.22.
Glnters Improvement after this was very
rapid and a week later he was given an-
other trial. After pulling a cart around
the track in 25O he was hitched 10 a
sulky for the first time and logged easily
in 2:36. lie was then given third mile
and finished i'm 2:l5 the latter half in l.Oi.
and final quarter i'm So seconds. Resmcr
was not satisfied however. and after
cooling out, Giuter was given a fourth
mile. this time making the circuit in
2I3 l-2. the latter half in los l-2 and final
quarter in % u seconds. 4 number OF
timers caugh the last mile ia 2.l2, ana
Reamer said ne could have easily beaten
21O had ne kept close 10 the pole.
After a soiourn Of twelve years in New
York city. Lincoln Clark the c0lored
trainer ana driver Of tr0tters. has re-
turned 10 his native heath at Phoebus
va. and opened restaurant and barber
shop I'm a nice building recently erected
5v himself. During his residence in the
metropolis Clarke managed 20 accumulate |
1uite a little competence. which he con-
yerted into cash and has invested in real !
estate at Phoebus A careful painstaking |
handler Of harness horses Clark picked up !
a number of well bred trotters at .ow
prices and I'm most instances with their |
speed only partially developed and they |
,ieldcd him handsome returns on the orig. |
mai investment lie now has the brown |