The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-07
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEMEN.
Guy Fly and Human to Start at the
Norfolk Meeting.
The BLACK HAWKS AND HORSES
Little Bctz and Foal-Kingstown. Son
or KiIly aud Ruby McGrcGor.
Maud Adams and Shade
at Bcrryyiilc,


are being worked for speed over the ha4t
mile track at Glenlea Farm, near the
city. are doing nicely, and at least two
OF them, Guy Fly ana Human, 80 are
well advanced in their preparation and IN
shape 10 show a merry chp -fnen given
their heads and sent along some. Bum
horses are entered at the Norfolk meet
Ing, which begins on the 10th instant ana
continues four days. Guy Fly, a chesl-
nut stallion. six years old, by LORD Guy
out Of Virginia Maid, dam oil Moaul'
300 IL IS entered in the $50 class lio'-
ting. while Huffman. the brown gelulns'
by Quartermaster. out Of Winnie d. s''-
ter to Whitby. 2IS. is expected 20 contest
for the money In the 2:20 trot. Mosul, the
giant geldins. by Sultan, out of Virginia
Maid, by sam Purdy, is looking as me
as silk. and if he keeps right, when
Fletcher has great hopes Of his dolnb'
he should be factor in the ZlO class
purse 5000. 10 be trotted at ReadNliie'
Mass, in August. The bay geloing kos-
ter. 2:211-i by Almomedo, out OK heu
Rose dam Of Edith g.. Z.2o 49, 10y hel
Wilkes, is in good shape also Dul WIN
not be started uIl along in August ms
engagements include the stake LOT 81
trotters purse 500, to be- trottea az ,ne
Virginia State Fair at Norfolk IN OCTOBER
next.
Mr. Toonard d sale. Of the War De
partmcnt. Washington. D. g, who is also
a well known newspaper man and enter
tanning writer on various subjects, re-
Gently contributed to the American Horse
Breeder. the following clever and inter-
esting article. "The Blackhawks ana
Black Hawk Horses" which is repro
duced here I'm fun:
Along I'm 1850 Col. Richard Dulany.
wealthy planter residing In upper Lou
doun county. Va, purchased In vermont
one or more Black Hawk stations. ne
established them in due time upon Hls
farm, crossing them upon such mares
as he had in his possession, which latter
were mostly of thoroughbred ana sauuie-
bred ancestry.
only Col. Dulany trained the get OF
the stations mentioned. So well satisfied
was he with their get that he employed
along in 1859 and 60, a well.hnown New
York horsoman 20 locate al the farm
and train the Black Hawk colts.
When. in 1861. virginia Joined the South
orn Confederacy. all training on the Dn-
lanv plantation came 70 standstlll Inc
owner Of the estate enlisted ana sunse-
ouently became the colonel Of the flith
Virginia Cavalry which he comm" nu'u
with signal gallantry. He SUN ives Oh
his grand. estate Of several thousailu
acres in LOudOuu county, IN spite OF 'He
fact that he is covered Win 'he S0"i7
| Of sabres and bullets.
Along in 1867, a number OF young
planters. residents of Fauquier county
| I'm a spirit Of chivalry and romance met
at a little hamlet called Waterloo, IN the
above county. and organized troop
which they called the "Blackhorse cav
airy" It's membership was comprised OF
| tho flower Of Virginia manhood. EFeiy
member Of the troop was mounted on a
| spirited black horse and every morse al
| tho troop was OF Black Hawk blood.
When John Brown made his ralu INTO
Virginia the Blackhorse Troop was orue'-
ed TO Harpers Ferry 10 assist III tne
capture of "Old Ossawanamle' ana ms
darln, associates But II was all over
with Brown and his men, except 'he
hanging. when the troop arrived. Ihey
were ON guard, however, the day Brown
exnfated his crime upon tile scaiiold.
This over they returned 10 their respec-
ti,. homes. and from time 20 time drilled
and kent themselves I'm good fettle TOT
the gigantic contest that all thOughttul
men plainly saw was impending.
Nor did they have long 10 wait. Inc
election and Inauguration a. Abraham
Lincoln predpitated matters. Ana so IL
came TO pass that the Blackhorse CAV
airy became a prominent factor III lhe
civu war. and almost in a day rose 10
international fame Little did the Puri-
tam breeders Of old Justin Morgan and
| Of his grandson. Hilrs Black Hawk, an
| ticlpaie that in time they would inaGer-
| tentlv furnish a powerful weapon for the
| destruction of the Federal Union.
When the company was organized FOR
| the war w. il. Payne. Of Warrenton was
elected captain. Payne is descendant
OF the Payne who knocked Washington
down in the public market OF Alexandria
| Va. for an alleged insult, just previous
10 the disastrous campaign Of Braddock
on the Monongahela. W. II. Payne, at
the date mentioned, was q youthiul hre
| eater Of the most pronounced type OF
| the most restless energy and or almost
unrivaned courage. lie did what ne
| could 20 precipitate Nirginia's action 10
withdraw from the uni.n. and when the
act was signed hurried 20 the telegraph
| office to notify the BlackhOrse troopers
| Of the result He fought his way 10 d
brigadier generals commission before inc
war ended, but long previous TO Apo
mattox the Federal soldiers filled nm
90 uncOmfortably full OF lead that his
| present weight Is FAR more than normal.
| The wonder is that he survives, for some
| OF his wounds are of q most disiiguring
nature.
Well. nearly every student Of our ma
| tional history knows what the Black
! horse Cavalry did at the First Bull Run.
| He knows what n panic the cry The
| Blackhorses are comingi' created among
| the raw troops Of the Federal Army In
the retreat that followed from the Henry
| House plateau on that hot July afternoon
| in 1861. The Black Hawks were omni
| present on that bloody day. and carried
death, destruction and dismay wherever
! they appeared. They faced the cannon
and musket balls OF the enemy just as
| bravely as did their riders. and demon
| strated on tho battlefield, as they did
| generations before and afterwards on the
| road their indOmitable endurance, cour-
age and restless energy
When, subsequently, w. ii. Payne rose
| higher in command. a. ID. Payne, his
cousin, succeeded him. The Blackhorse
| Cavalry was now a part or the First
| Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lees old re-
| giment. But the troop never lost its iden-
tity. a. d. Payne. like all tho Paynes I
ever knew, was prominently fighter
| Ii was he Mo challenged John $. MOsby
at the close Of the war. Wherever the
fray was thickest the Black Hawks were
| always TO be found. They were with
| Stuart in the summer OF 1S62. I'm his dar-
ing raid in the rear OF McClellan's army;
! they participated in the two greatest
cavalry fights of the war on the plains
of Brandy station in the summer or 1865;