The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-11-26
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEMEN
The Deep Run Hunt Club Races an
Enjoyable Event.
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.FAUSTINA, BY EOLUS, WINS
she is Twelve Years Old - Sale Oh
stephen Brown and Marschon,W no
Went to Boston - Prominent
winners of the Season.
FAUSTINA, BY EOLUS, WINS

ON account Of the limited number Of
.ntries received the annual fall race meet
.ng Of the Deep Run Hunt Club, hXed
for Saturday, the 18th Instant was ue-
olared OF as far as the general pubic
Was concerned, and special programme,
ne entries closing at the post prepared
for the entertainment OF the members
IF the club and their guests. Favored Dy
superb autumn weather, the meeting was
ono az the most enjoyable yet furnished
by the club, and Oveg>ti five hundred per-
sons gathered on the bedutiiul sfouhus
10 witness the contests. Previous 10 the
races the annual dinner was served TO
farmers over whose land the CLUB rides,
and over forty sat down TO the taole'
After the conclusion OF the race pro-
igramme. the members and their invited
guests repaired to the clubhouse wnere
an elegant lunch was served. Messrs. NJ.
NJ Blacker and Langhorne Putney served
as Judges. Dr. c. w. p. Brock as timer,
while ". J. Carter, assisted by Colonel
G. Percy Hawes. started the horses.
The half-mile fat race. for farmers
horses. went 10 +. r.. SCOTS Starlight
J. r. Walton's Charlie second. and J. A.
Childrey's Black Bess third. Time. Bog
The next race for horses owned by mem
bers Of any recognized hunt club gen.
tlemen riders. purse SO distance half
mile had six starters, and the winner
turned up in w G. Schmidts chestnut
celding. Herman the Great. ridden by
Mr.. Lewis Croxton. Miss Borcher's brown
mare. Mimi b.. by Imp. Water Level, out
~ Sarma ridden by Mr.. II. Epps, second,
and Mr.. II. c. Beattie's chestnut gelding,
Touchdown. By Eolus. out Of Wenda, by
Zen Hfmyar ridden by Mr.. Beattie. third.
1me. .52h.
The third and concluding event on the
card. a steeplechase. distance about two
and half miles. brought out four start
ers. only two OF which went over the
course. The winner turned up in J. d.
Mathews bay mare. Faustina, thorough
bred daughter Of Eolus and War Lass
dam OF Hiram, by War Dance, ridden BY
Mr. Thomas Martin, while Mr.. J. T. An
dersOns chestnut geldlng Eolic. by Mo-
doc. son of Eolus. riden by Mr.. n. G.
Beattie. finished second. DR.. J. A. Whites
chestnut geding, Gamecock, riden by Mr.
Lewis Croxton, and DR.. r. L. Tritton's
bay gelding, Deep Run, riden by Mr.. Mil
ton CroXtOn. also started. Gamecock re-
fused 10 take the jumps, while Deep Run
dropped out after going a portion OF the
route. Inc time, o:4oA was very SLOW.
Faustina, the winner, was foaled In 1851
and has been kept as a brood mare for
number OF years; In fact, she was taken
mp and placed in training this fall after
weaving a foal by the trotting sire, Rob
ert Ransom, TO whom she was bred in
1898 by her former owner, Mr.. William
Reuger
Next on the programme were the jump
ing contests. The "Westbrook Cup was
not competed for. as there were not sufii-
cient eligible entries. The contest for
the "Mirador" was. however n great sue
cess. The condition was that this cup,
which was given by Mr. r. G. Shaw H.,
OF Dedham, Mass. should be won twice
by the same person. The cup had been