Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-12-16
Fart Accoman Horses.

Fast Acroman Horses.
AcccmAc county, on the Eastern
Shore. Virginia, was to the front in
great shape last season with winning
harness horses and a review of that
stock i, of interest. With Lamp Girl,
Sport, White Tips. Bursar, Little
Guy, and other fast harness horses,
the owners won many races. The
, rivalry they aroused became 30
strong that match race was finally
arranged between Lamp Girl, trot-
ter with o record of Q. l4f, and Parker
s., the Baltimore PAGER, with a record
of 2 O84. Lamp Girl was the fastest
trotter south of Maryland. and
Parker s. the PAGER with the fastest
record owned in Maryland. AS was
told in The Sun. Parker 8. beat the
mare, going one heat in 2.15. Novem-
Der 30. The mare was less than two
lengths behind him 1t was great
performance for each, considering
the lateness of the season.
A scientific man, who visited The
Sun office, was told of the remarks
BILE performances. of the Accomac
county (vireinia) horses. he said,
"This il impossible You may find a
Sadie Bell or Little Bets phenomenon
once in awhile, but you cannot raise
race horses in that locality 1t is out
of the question. They do not, nor
cannot, raise the oats or other grain
TO develop race horses. No race horse
can thrive on salt grass. I know the
country well, and speak advisedly "
A visit to the county by a horse
man from this city proved conclu-
sively that the scientific man was
away off in his assertions. The salt
grass forms only small part OF the
habitable county. The roads are
fairly good and nearly level. The
horses haye been bred with good
judgment, the Stranger and Morrell
families predominating, though there
are other good breeds
Mr.. a P. James owns Bursar. This
horse is his premier stallion at his
stock farm at GAINESVILLE. He is by
Stranger, the only son of Goldsmith
Maid. Stranger sold for $4,000.
Bureaus dam was Brooch, by Jay
Gould, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian
Stranger was the sire of Colonel
Kuser, who won the championship
of Europe, and is now owned in
Austria.
Walker Morrell, through Clay and
other sons, has produced some game
race horses in Accomac county. 1t is
the ambition of every young man IN
the county to own q fast roadster,
and the indulgent fathers who had q
like ambition, and satisfied it, have,
TO a man, given their boys promls-
ing colt each, and the result is that
speed can be found in tumble carts
or between buggy shafts.
An evidence OF this was shown ct
the Tasley track on Thanksgiving
Day. A little runt OF horse was in q
race that day with j. R. The little
fellow was a PAGER. he had been
very busy during the morning haul
ing pinestraw from the woods. In
this work he was hooked to. a tumble
cart. Then he was driven several
miles in heavy top buggy to the race
track. His owner, Mr.. Smith, had
never driven in race before, but he
started his PAGER and won heat
race, taking the 1st heat in 80 and
the last in 2 341. Then like the MEM
orable Rhoda, he was hooked to
top buggy and had fine time going
home, racing several miles on the
road with other fast road horses.
When it is taken into consideration
that the Accomea county race horses
lack the advantages in training which
horses near the big tracks get, and
vel are able to go on the circuits and
win race after race, as they did in the
season lately closed, the scientist is
up against hard facts, and facts win
like Accomac nags.-Baltimore
Sun.