The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-06

walked unsteadily back to the grand
stand
He was a hard. cold man., said one
who disliked him thoroughly and nad
reason TO. but / must say that the
earnest thoroughbred he ever owned did
not have his courage. lie has lost mil
lion and half. and has never complained
OF a horse Of jockey, of a foul or Of
a Judges decision. Whenever l lose a
big bet and feel like playing the baby.
look up there at old Nike. alone in his
old age with his fortune gone. his great
horses gone all his power gone. with a
face like flint and never a whLmDer.'
Secretary w. =. Dillon. OF the Virginia
State Fair and Agricultural Association,
Nerf0ik, Va, anticipates great fair
and race meeting 10 be held there this
fail. the dates of which are October 5rd,
Nh. 5th. and 9Th. The sum of S6,oW in
purses Of the uniform value OF 500 each
will be distributed among trotters and
PAGERS. and the contests between these
will furnish sport Of high order Liberal
premiums will also be ohered Tor I'VE
stock and farm products, the display OF
which promises TO be a most Interesting
one.
A D. Payne. Of the Annita stud. Char
iottesviue va has recently purchased
the following thoroughbred brood mares
from Hon. Thomas S. Martin. Scottsville.
Va. Fdmonia a chestnut. by Eolus, out
of sun Maid by Add Fl Kader, and car
ronade. a bay. by Gunnar. out Of Annie
nv Uncle Vic both with folds at their
sides by imp Water Level and bred 70
Castawav. H.: from w. J. Ficklin, CHAR
lottcsville Sarma, a bay, by imp. Mus
covv. out of Sarmienta, by Longtaw,
with a bav flly. foal of 1899. at her side
bv INN. Water Level. Sarma was not
bred this season. Among the good things
in the stable of il. d. "Curley Brown
who has been racing at Brighton Beach,
are Merry Day. by Eolus. out of Mer-
maid. by imp. St Blaise. and W2terhouse
the aptly named son of imp. Water Level
and Miss House by imp. Kyrle DAILY
who was bred by W. }. F1cklin, Char-
lottesvine va. Merry Day. who was the
sensation of the meeting at New Orleans
las, winter. was bred In the Ellershe
stud. Charlottesville, by Captain r. J.
Hancock.
At Erie. Pa, on July 26th. the hand
some bay mare jamie s., by Egwood, OUT
Of Belle Of Richmond. by Daniel Lambert
won a couple of heats and got second
money I'm the 2.26 class, trotting. the race
going TO Moquettum. The daughter OF
Egwood finished first in the third and
fourth heats. the time OF the latter being
2.22 IA. a new mark for her. jamie >
was bred 10y II. G. Chambin. Whitby
Farm, near this city, who owned her
sire and dam.
Col Thomas w. Holloway secretary OF
the South Carolina State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, has issued the
premium list Of the 3lst annual fair of
the society 10 be held at Columbia on
November 9th 10 10th, inclusive. The an
nuai state fairs rank among the most
notable events of the year i'm the Palmetto
state. and many thousands gather in CO.
umbia during that week. Col. Holloway
IS widely known and a veteran I'm the SER
vice OF the society. and has nlled the Of
fee Of secretary for many years with
credit.
Espionage, the good fly by inspector b,
out of Sunmaid, is sun winning at the
Chicago tracks She was bred at famous
Relic Meade Farm, Nashville. Tenn. from
whom her dam Sunmaid was purchased
from the estate of Major Thomas w
boswell. Buliheld Farm, Va, by whom
she was bred. Sunmaid was by Add FL
Kader. from Sunbeam by imp Leaning
ton second dam Ecliptic by imp. Eclipse,
and she out OF the famous Nina by Bos-
ton.
Mr.. James Schwartz, of Raleigh, y. c.,
tf.afH 40
Happv King. out Of Gretna Green. full
sister 10 Matrimony. 2:23 3D. by Aberdeen.
Gretna Green, the dam of this PAGER IS
a member OF the brood mare band at Al
anance Farm. Graham, ~ c., and IS
likely 10 become prominent as pro-
ducer of speed.
y. Lorillard's famous race horse Pa
role. the hero of TWO continents, now in
his 9th year. is enjoying a life OF free
dom al Rancoeas Stud Farm, Jobstown,
y. j.. the breeding establishment Of Mr..
Iorirard. The grand old gelding looks
Sleek and fat. while his legs are abso-
lutely without a blemish OF any kind.
The chestnut gelding. Gun Metal, 4 by
Eon, out OF Amy. by Hindoo, recently
won al Hawthorne Park, Chicago at one
and quarter miles in lis y. defeating
Ellidad, Woodraager and four others
Gun Metal was bred In the Ellerslle Sud,
Charlottesville. Va. by Chas. X. Harri-
son. Baltimore. who owns his dam. Amy.
In tho handicap for three-year-olds and
upward. one mile, at Brighton Beach on
July 10Th which was won by Cambrian,
Charentus, by imp. Charaxus, out OF
Contenta. by John Happy. ran second and
Gray Jacques. by Jim Gray. out OF JAG
dueline By imp. The Jacobite, second.
Time 1:1.
BROAD ROCK.