The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-24
NEWS OF HORSES
AND H0RSEMEN
At AIamance Stock Farm, North Caro-
lima, Where Gregorian Lives.
BLONDETTE AND OTHERS THERE.
Mr.. winners Home, The Horse Shoe
Sale OF Gray jacques and Gen
axuas-Kodras Being Given
Road Work.

The trotters owned by Mr.. l.. Banks
Holt of AIomance Farm. Durham. y.
c.. are for the most part big and strong,
and the picture OF rugged, vigorous health,
The herd OF Shetland ponies on the place
f. the choicest in all North Carolina. 1t
includes the stations Governor Peck,
prize-winner at the Worlds Fair, Chica-
go: that shapeliest of nidsets. Montrose,
who at six years OF age. stands but 30
inches in height. yet IS perfect horse IN
miniature, and Dupont, who is a beauti-
fully marked piebald, and was purchased
alone with Nontrose I'm Kentucky. The
brood-mare band numbers over forty
head. and only the colts are sold. the
6llies being reserved for breeding, Yet
so brisk Is the demand that even the
weanlings have all been sold. The little
creatures are allowed the freedom of the
place, and browsing about on the NH
sides. their coats Of various eoiors'
though mostly piebald, can be seen Tor
quite a distance, and presents one Oh lhe
most attractive sights AT the farm.
The weather has been so mild this fan
that the trotteTs and PAGERS In the DIG
training barn in charge OF the farm
trainer Mr.. william chatham. have been
regularly logged, both on the track ana
ON the beautiful woodland driyeways
which wind about the farm, and are kept
in nice shape.
Among those in Chatman's charge are
Gregorian, 2:2a 81. the good-looking son
of Prime George and Beltina, by Mans
field. who heads the Alamance stud. Inc
handsome chestnut stallion IS tractable
and clever in harness. and he Is frequent
~ used as q road horse by Mr.. Holt.
Gregorian's get are uniformly level-head-
Cd and kind. and while but rev or ms
get have been handled those have come
quickly to their speed. In addition TO
Gregorian. chatham has Giles Mebane,
an exquisitely finished three-year-old
brown pacing son Of John X. Gentry and
Winnie d.. dam OF Huffman. 2:2o and
Ginter. 2:2i IA. pacing. by Hannis Matte
Holt. bay mare. 4. by Baronet. out OF
Kills. dam Of Flare. 2:26 3-4. by Jay Bird;
Maid of Alamance chestnut FLY, 3, by
John r. Gentry out of Lou Graham, by
Melville Chief. bay filly. 3, by Baronet,
out Of Sue H.. by Woodbum Hambleto-
Man. chestnut filIy, 3, by John r. Cen
Try. out OF Blondette. dam OF Governor
Holt, 2l5. by Leland: Katherine Whar-
ton. black hny. 8. by Baronet. out OF
Coralyn: by Dictator; bay gelding
3. by John L. Gentry, out OF Lilly.
breeding untraced: bay FLY. 3, by
John r. Gentry. out OF Oneida Girl, by
Nacey's Hambletonian: bay filly 2. by
Gregorian. out Cf O. tina Green, by Ab-
erdeen: bay geldng. 2. by Gregg ian, out
Of Sue H.; chestnut gelding, 2. ~ Gre
gorian, out of Winnie D.. bay flly, !.
Gregorian. on. of Blondette. and chestnut
eelding l. by Gregorian, out OF Winnie
d.
In the brood-mares are Blondette by
Leland, out of Mmetto by KENTUCKY
Prince. Winnie ID. by Hannis. out of
Maude l.. dam of Whithy ? l.. ~ Fly
away: Gretna Green. by Aberdeen, out OF
Happy Choice. dam Of Matrimony, 2:23 "a
by Happy Medium: sue H., by Woodburn
Hambletonian. dam Alice. by Ashal and
Patchen: Oneida Girl, by Macey's Ham,
bietonian. dam Fatina, dam Of Jean Val
lean. PA. by Alcalde: Caralyn. by Dicta-
tor. and Lou Graham. By Melville Chief.
But very few mares were bred by Mr..
Holt in 1898, so there are but two wean-
lings on the farm, one of them being a
bay colt by Gregorian, out Of Gretna
Green. and the other a chestnut fily, by
the same sire, from Winnie ID.
To be ranked among the finest estates
in Northern Virginia is the Horse Shoe,
the beautiful country home of Mr.. JOS
eph Wilmer. in Culpeper county. near
Rapidan. station on the line Of the
Southern railway. between Charlottes-
vile and Washington. The farm man.
sion Is an imposing structure of the Co
lonial style of architecture. and from the
time Of your ascent and passage through
the broad portico. supported by It's i'm
mense columns and entrance to the spa
cious hallway, the impression grows upon
you that here is the abode Of culture
and refinement. Ushered into the large,
old-fashioned library, with It's high
pitched ceiling, TO the left Of the main
entrance. and your impressions are full
ly realized. The shelves are stored with
volumes from the pens Of noted authors
many of the works being heirlooms of
priceless value. inherited by Mr.. Wilmer
from his father. the late Bishop Wilmer
to whom they were either presented by
the authors or collected in his travels at