The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-12
Bitten the Premier at WoodIawn
Stock Farm,
AMULET, BLANCHE AND LADY F.
Long Distance Racing in California
Tom Cannon's Stable OF IrOttcrs'
The Norfolk Meeting.
other Items.


garry. since his retirement TO the stud
has filled out and developed into quite a
handsome specimen of the thoroughbred
sire Carrying the coiors az Robert Brad
lev. The brown stallion commenced hls
turf career u.s. a two-yoar-old and was
raced almost continuously season after
season tll seven years old when hls re-
tirement was enforced by an ailing for
ward Lex The son OF BIaZes proved himself
about the gamest campaisner seen LOT
n generation or more ana AIDED many
thousands OF dollars to DIS owner DanH
account Bitten ls now ten years Old,
ana OF the few colts sired by him but
two Of them have been trained, one ocins
the chestnut cc.dIuc BOncy Roy, real
good performer and one of the most con-
sisfcnt tW0 years Odds of 1885, The brood
marc band at WooIlawu includes the
AGED chestnut matron Amulet. bred at
Bunneld by Major Thomas W. boswell
and gotten by King Bolt, out EcilpIc'
by imp. Eclipse. second dam the famous
Nina. By Boston. Blanche. out Ecliptic.
Alarm out OF Fanny Hall by Norfolk;
Gioriana. a bay. by Bend or. dam Sadie
eomers. by Alroy. ang Lady f., chest
nut bv imp Kyrlc Daily. ont of Assyra,
by Lever. an Of whom were bred ga l,eS
20 Bitten. Al the beginning of the year
the well bred mares Florrio. 10y Hanover,
out OF Marguerite. by imp. Eclipse. and
Miss Lou. by Onondaga. ont Of Bandusia,
by Bend or. both in foal 90 Bitten. were
also owned az WoOdlawn but Florrie was
sold TO the Hon. w C. Whitney and
shipped 10 Lexington. Ky, where his
stud IS kept while the Orondaea mare
was so severely injured by a Kick that
she was put 90 death. The younger de
vision az the farm includes four three
ycar-oids all by Eicvc the dead son n
Eolus. and they are Nire.'oue. q brown
nily out OF Virgo E0ndino a chestnut
My out Of Juliet: Captain Conorer q
chestnut relding ont Of Lady F. Occu-
pon. a chestnut cclding. out OF Gloriana,
the two-year-OlI Chalybcate. % chestnut
FLY. bv Buhbler, out OF lfygei0, hy
Duke % Monfr0so. chestnut lilly. by
King Eric. out OF Annie Tar by Duke NJ
MOutrOsc. and three yearIuEs by Bite
zen ont OF Florrie. Glori7na and Lady
T. The chestnut Eoidngs Saint Victor 8.
by ST. B'aise. ont Of Miss Dance. by
War Dance and Clcon. q. hy Eon, out
Of Lady y are also Ownel at the farm
and are being schooled over tho jumps hy
Mr. II. c. Doafue who looks FOR thom To-
develop into high class cross country
horses. able 20 take mp weight and so
distance.
The following clipping from tho Turf
Yield and Farm relative t0 l0ng-lisfance
FACING viii be read with interest by dovO-
tees Of the oid-tme four-milo race horse.
and numerous others a7 wei:
The Thornton Stakos-f0ur milCe-run
At Oakland. Cal. on February 22d was the
18th renewal of chat popular event. and
The Bachelor. g. hv Judge Murray. dam
spinster. by spriuelrook. won easily in
Tle H. clipping three seconds from the
time 81 FelowCrft. made az = raf0ra.
August o. 1884, which has for twenty-five
years stood ae the best time ever made in
8 race az the distance. Tire Thornton
was first run Ga lN5 at the old Bay Dis
trict track, and the following year the
Same track was the scene Of the contest.
Since that year 81 has been run under fhe
auspices OF the California Jockey club
az the Oakland track. The record Of me
race S.: 1876. Glead hv ST. Saviour
Mistake. 1852; 1s5. imp Star Ruby by
Hampton Ornament hv BEND or 13 e-ft
1&-. Schiller, bv imp. So. Georre-Fraulein
bv Wandorer. sos 1-2 track muddy. 1888
Judge Denny by T0neo-E lle OF N1utura.
by Jns johnson. 1.02 a. Lucretla Borg
az Oakland on May ~ 1890. ram four
miles AGAINST time in AN and wiped Oct
Ten proerks Cd, 2-1 against time at
louisville Ky. September q. l,t. tie
former best ON record.
& great one. os was tha G of Iucrefa B0r-
ria. and gives both fourmles records 20
the oakland track AT the Iugleside
track. under The auspices of the Pacific
Coast Jockey Club. .u 1885, The Splecklcs
Hardicap-four wiIes-was won by imp.
Candid bv Splenlor-Canary. in 7.A IA.
1891 the Ineic..l. slaros-four Wiles-wcnt
20 Little Bob by Surram-Daisy $. in
1924 10. and tho second renewal Of the
Jncie iic. il l> Is was won by Wheel or
Fortune in 7.-s 3d. California is the
home OF four-mile r1clne. and 80 D.. Zee
froshiug 90 know thar the present gene
ration OF California urfmen are enthused
with long-dlstauce racing and not Wiling
20 bury Boo oblivion The memories of Nor-
folk. Thad stevens. Rutherford. Wilddle.
etc From the four-mlle races OF late
wears the lesson is taught that they are
popular with the iace going public. that
the race horse of to-day can go the dis
lance and that aH racins associations
should emulate tine California clubs.
The wcu-kuown trainer and driyef'Iom
Cannon. now GO the mile track of The
Piedmont Driving Association at Reds
Vile N. G.. writes me that The stable OF
trottors u his charge have wuiered
nicely he SIS working eight head for
speed. with Is view cf shapiug them for
the seasons campaign. Ills stable One
oluces Maggie Carrcl 2.20 Is, bay mare,
~ Jack Dawson 2l5 IA. dam Lucy 3,
b Yogng Jim. This mare is under nf-
teen hands hirh but OF exquisite quality
and very beautiful in form. She 81 much
faster than her record indicates. and
Cannon looks upon hcr as lrst-class pros
pect for the coming season. and BIER per-
formances ln l>8 amply Justify his good
opinion OF her. Lutte Dawson, 2.50, bay
mare. fan sister % Maggie Carrel who
trained off during the carly part OF 1905.
bur should Doe good enough 90 win money
tn her class this season. Ella Leo. 29
bay mare. Dy Red Leo. 2.2e l-4 dam Lacy
s. This mare trotted a trial On 2.2i l-Z In
Jsq, and was placed in nearly every race
in which she started " She keeps right
,he a. Ukelv 90 trot 90 O. low record and
make q good money winner Mamie
Sudduth. bay fly. Q. fun sister 10 Ella
Leo. Is good faltcd and promising and
viii be started ga few races this sea-
son Mi Ada. 900 l-2 bay mare. T. by
Mimic. dam Ada wilkes. by Denver
WAkes second dam Jewou. dam Of Cam
BETA wilkes 219 If. etc, after a Jet
UP Of two years has rounded 10. and
cannon regards her as one Of the best
prospects in his stable She trottcd 20
her record as a four-year-0id and eQuailed
a al i've, proving her>sif O remarkably
coslstent performer. lu addition 20 these
Cannon has among others. the black
mare. Ilipa by Wilkes Boy. dam by
BlackwoOd. Jr She can trot IN 2:20 or
better has no record. and VIII be shaped