Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-10-29
.HORSESAND HORSEMER
Large Sales and Low Prices in The
Weeks Local Market.
Little Stakes SIN Winning Honors-
Row nuyors Coming Hero A
Noted stock Farm : Matter. OF q on.
erai Intcrosi,

The local horse market during the
past week has been marked by large
sales and low prices. More horses were
sold during the week than in any prev
iuos week of the season. Prices were,
however unusually low and buyers
eagerly took advantage Of the oppor-
tunlty. Transactions In mules have
been few, as there are not many in this
market, Prices In mules are ruling
lower here. however, than in Missouri,
as the heavy demand for mules by the
U. IS. Government has stlffened the
market In the West
ss As
Among the wholesale buyers who
visited the Norfolk market during the
past week we're u number who never
pought ut this market before. Among
these were Messrs. Swanson a. I2ey-
nolds, OF Danville, Va, who bought q
CARLOAD Of good general purpose horses
anu drivers, and Mr.. Geo. Il. Epperson,
OF Chester. s. c., who bought u carload
OF blocy-built horses for the Southern
trade.
"Clandon," the fast trotter (2:21A).
owned by Mr.. r. d. Fcntress, has been
turned out for the winter and sent tic
Maryland stock farm. Mr.. Fentress
will have her back In the spring, when
She will be put in training.
wv. l.. Bass, Acca Farm, Richmond,
va, Is taking n small string Of horses
through the North Carolina fair cir
cult, which opened at Raleigh. Among
the horses are Lucena, 2:26N, by Wick
life and Zilla b., 2:30, by WOODBURY.
Hambletonian
Among the Eastern Shore horses thai,
have made good records this season Is
lam, lamp GIL bay mare by Walker
Morrill,. At Tasley. Va, she won the
free for-all trot and pace in four
2:1SM.
The gray stallion Iron Bar, 2:11N, by
Temple Bar formerly owned by Mira
John j. Lindsay. of Richmond, and
driven TO his record by her brother, Mr.
John w Sale. was sold at New York a
few days ago to John Mcclure, Of that
city. Iron Bar will add another mem
Der to the list of Nirglnin horses that
are seen to good advantage on New
iork's speedway.
Star Pointer. 159h, has been def
nitely retired from the turf. as his bad
leg will never allow of his being trained
again His trainer, u. ]. McClay, has
placed permanently in the stud. He
has made 81 mark for IL light harness
horse that bids fair 10 stand for several
years.
Mr. l.. Banks Holt, of !Alamance
Farm, was one of the successful exhib-
TORS ut the recent North Carolina State
Fair. One OF the blue ribbons was
awarded to him for Grcgorian. by
Prince George, out of Beltina. by Mans
field. 1t was decided that he was the
best standard bred trotting stallion at
the fair Mr.. Holt formerly owned the
now w0rld-famed John Il. Gentry.
s'rt.'s
The North Carolina Agricultural So
ciety had good weather for its meeting
and the races were good. The 300 trot
did not nll and was declared off In the
2:5O class trot and pace October nth.
purse 500. Little Stakes, owned by CO.
lin Steele, OF Norfolk, and driven by
him, won In three straight heats; time.
2.29A, 2.29h, 2.29A. This is some OF the
evenest work that has been seen this
season, three straight heats without :,
quarter of n second difference In time.
In this race Matte Holt. Princetcll.
Rowdy Bob and Lady Phillips came in
In order named.
. The next day Little Stakes won the
23O trot IN straight heats, defeating
Queen Bess and Matte Holt. Little
Stakes is a bay gelding. by Great
Stakes (2.20), out of BERTHE Helen. by
Walker Prince. and is the first of his
sire to enter the list f-staaaa%a -speaa
lie Is owned by r. S. Cromwell, of
Norfolk. and was bred by j. L. Camp.
of Franklin.
BERTHE Helen, dam of Little Stakes. "a
again In foal to Great Stakes.
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The 2.35 class trot and pace at Rail
eigh's recent races was won by Skyl,nd
IN straight heats: time, 23Ols, 2.3oIs,
2ZS. Frlncetell took second money and
Rowdy Bob third. Skyland, the bay
mare noted above, is u very promising
w oods Hambletonian. She was driven
by Dyer. ca
A cablegram from Vienna. Austria
dated October 2ist. says: The race for
trotting horses from Berlin to ToGs.
Austria Hungary, a distance of 466
miles, was finished last night. 1t was
for purse of $1,000 kroners, and was
won by Baron Senft, who drove the
S-ycar-old American mare. Miss Ben
ton. The distance was covered in 40
hours. The twenty competitors left Ber
lin October 10Th at A. M A humble
OF American horses started.
&c 's..'
One of the finest stock farms of the
North Carolina section contiguous to
Norfolk is Avoca, near the head of the
Albemarle Sound In Berthe county, N.
Z. This great estate comprises 5000
acres of fertile, well watered land and
is owned by DR.. w. r. Capehart. who is
known far and wide on account Of his
connection with the Avoca steam power
hsherles ana the artificial propagation
of shad.
At AYnca farm IRA tho a.an1