The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
NEWS OF HORSES
AND H0RSEAIEiN
The Raleigh and Winston Fairs and
Race Meetings.
AT The MAYFIELD STUD FARM
1t is n Great OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Wins at Baitimorc-Roster at
Rcadsille-Lucy Ashby
IN Good Form.
AT THE MAYFlELD STUD FARM

The dates of the annual fair and race
meeting of the North Carolina A@ricul-
tural Society, TO be held at Raleigh, the
State capital, having been fixed Tor Tues
day, October sd, Will last through the
week The premium list has been revised
and larger prizes win be offered for eX-
h!bits of live stock, agricultural and me-
ciranical products, wiliie the race pro-
gramme, which includes an attractive fea-
ture, merits special mention, as the purses
have been enlarged and are OF sufficient
size TO induce horseIr.en 10 enter literally
in the different classes, which are Tor
frotteTs and PAGERS and runners.
Both Secretary j. e. Posue and Assist
ant Secretary and Treasurer c. y. Den.
son are well pleased over the prospect
ahead and look for The most successful
fair and race meeting in the history OF the
society.
During the week following Raleigh, the
annual fair and races of the Piedmont
Fair Association take place, and will be-
gin on Tuesday, October 50th, and continue
through the week.
The first annual fair and race meeting
Of the Piedmont Association was held
last fall, and so successful was the result
that the management nave determined that
the forthcoming one shall be held on "a
much larger scale. and Secretary q. Z.
Webb is In high feather over the outlook.
At Winston, as at Raleigh, the amount
offered in purses for trotters, PAGERS ana
runners viii be about $500, whit addl-
tionaI amounts will be reserved for spe-
Gals, and some of the best horses ever
seen In North Carolina are likely 10
compete in the different contests.
One OF the most extensive and best
appointed breeding establishments in the
country is MayfeId stud farm, near Lees
burg, Va, in Loudoun county, which is
in the midst Of one OF the richest and
in
AIayf1eld was founded and is owned by
aIr- j Storey Curtis, the South African
millionaire. and, in commenting on the
establishment, the Thoroughbred Record
OF Lexington, Ky, says:
The four English-bred horses imp Savile
imp Contract imp Benvenuto and imp
Royal Stag, and the South African horse
imp. Mincecneat, are The sires in use in the
AIaytield Stud. of Mr.. j. S. Curtis, which
Is under the management of Mr.. Charles
Mott, at Leesburg, Va.
Imp. SaviIe was foaled in 1851 sired
by Hampton, dam Lillian by. WingTaVe-
Lady Blanche by Voltiseur, etc He was
the sixth and most successful produce OF
him dam. He is a bay horse sixteen hands,
with great driving power, as indicated
by his tremendous hind quarters, and
while ne has a powerful, beautifuil5--set
shoulder he does not show the weakness
of -'-niddlc-piece'' of his illustrious sire
Hampton. lie is a horse of fine conforma-
ton. with plenty OF bone and substance.
During his racing career in England. Sa-
vile ran in the colors Of the late Duke of
Westminster. He made his first appear
ance in the Dee. ] IL miles. for three
year-olds, at Chester, for which he ran a
dead heat with Rector, and in the deciding
heat Won by a length. His next start was
the Derby, in which he was unplaced, al
though he ran creditably, finished behind
Merry Hampton first. The Baron second,
Marby third Aintree fourth, etc. At Liver
pool in the Thirteenth Knowsley Dinner
Stakes, ] Ii miles, carrying 1S3 pounds
defeated Alligator, 119 pounds In the run
off for the Goodwood Cup, in which Savile
5. 105, had run a dead heat with ST Mich
ael, j. 12+, Savile was returned winner
by nearly four lengths.
At four. Savile ran five times, his best
performances being 4 second TO kinsky
for the Chester Cup and second 20
Timothy for the Alexandra Plate. each
carrying 731 pounds.
In his two years racing in English events
he ran sixteen times, Of which he woE
three, was second twice and third once.
He was sent to South Africa in the fall
OF his four-year-old form, where he ran
fifty-rline times in five years, finishing his
racing career in 1893 at nine years of age.
He won fifteen races, was second eight
times and third fifteen times. and in nearly
all his races in that country ne carried
top weight. His total winnings on the Eng
lish and South African turf amount TO
s., $50.
AS stallion he has been we'll represent
ed on the turf in Fhe country where he
ended mis- racing career. He has acquired
no little fame, being the sire of Sayiletta,
winner of the Port Elizabeth Nursery
and the South African Derby, while ne is
also he sire of Gay Hampton, winner of
the South African Nursery, the Port Eli
zabeth Derby and the South African Der
by.
In 1895 he was purchased by Mr.. Curtis.
who in a short time afterwards sent him
10 his present home.
The next to appear was Benvenuto, g
a conformation suggestive of the high