The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-16
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEINEN
FatherIess Arrives Safely at EIlers-
lee Farm.
The SON OF PoNoMY IS FINE.
AT the Hundred Farm-The Central
Carolina Speed Prosramme-sos-
ter Wins at II artlord-Lamp
Girls New Mark.

Major George Crisman, OF Crisman,
Rockingham county. near HarrIsonburg,
who is one OF the best-kn ana most
prominent breeders and farmers in the
Valley OF Virginia, writes me as follows:
send you pedigrees of some OF my
horses that you may see on what lines
I am breeding. AT the time OF the re-
cent Rockingham Horse Show at Harr1-
sonburg my saddle-bred stallion. Mont
rose Squirrel had been sick with dis
temper for two months consequently
was looking badly and not in shape Tor
exhibition, but he Is a grand colt ana
his breeding canot be excclled In the sad
Gie-horse line An offer OF 81, 500 for MN
as q yearling, and one OIL Sz,on as
tfree-year-oid, tempted me strongly 10
part with the younEster, Dull wait ~
keep him to cross on flliies oy Ieheie ,
Miles. which think will be productive OF
fhe ,nost satisfactory results. General
Miles as YOU remember. took first prize IN
the class for saddle stations at our Horse
Show am also breeding draft horses.
and with them at the Horse oho"
captu, ed blue ribbons in the classes 1or
two and four horse teams and yearlins
colts. With sons of the Imported Per
cheron stallion Brilliant I am matln.
half and three-quarter-bred mares Oh ule
same breed and am pleased with the re-
suits obtained In my breeding operations
] insist that the foundation stock shan
not only be well-bred. but good indiVid-
ually as well. In addition to my saddle
stallion Montrose Squirrel. the son OF
Montrose and homola, by Black Squirrel
have the bay mare May Queen. foaled
1893, by Forest Denmark. out OF Mamie
Monday, by Roscoe. son of Blue Jeans
This mare walks. trots and canters uncer
saddle while know of no finer driver.
She has carried two men weighing $40
pounds on her back over dirt road-roush
and flilly most of the way-eight miles IN
forty-tive minutes. finishing strong. ana
shelving no sign whatever of distress.
have three of her produce in the bay FLY.
a blue-ribbon winner. two years old by
General Miles; bay gelding, one year
old, BY the hackney stallion Sir Roser,
and a sucking flly by Montrose squirrel
while she now appears to be IN 1oai 10
General Miles, to whom she was hred
this season. In addition 10 these hd.e
SOME eood-looSing youngsters by Mont
-oso Squirrel General Miles and Sir
Rogers out Of mares of mixed thorough
1ra6 and trotting blood. One of my best
trood-mares is Lucy, by the trottlng sire
sam Prriy. 2:2H IL out OF Jenny Llnu,
Ivy Tam O.Shanter, son OF the great face-
horse Planet
Ar r. Cox. of the Hundred Farm
Bermuda Hundreds, Va. who was 80
severely injured by a kick from q morse
last winter has recovered and among lhe
callers at The Times ONCE CURING INC
mast week. while en- route homeward from
New York While there MI Cox disposed
~ .,rne fine road and harness horses
al SATISFACTORY prices The a,rses at the
hundred Farm are doing well. end all
fold there are close to forty head of trot-
ting bred animals on the place. The nine
year-old brown horse Judge Cox, by ina
lanx. son of Phalanx. 2:l3 ga. dam Kate
Messenger, by Messenger Chief, heads the
stud and his get have size and finish and
come to their speed early Tom Cox
t1,ree-year-old son of Tom King and
Kate Messenger Is we'll thought Of at the
farm and was bred to a few mares in the
tpring. His sire. Tom King, was gotten by
Phalanx from Mambrine. dam of Fanny
Cox 2:o0 and Pressure Isle, 2:29 3-4, by
Mambrino King. Anderson. the bay colt
two years old. by Phalan1. out of Lalla
Anderson. 2.2S IA. by Woodburn HANDLE
tcn,an. Is large handsome and of so
much promise that he will be kept en-
tire he was bred to three mares this
season. The brood mare band includes La1-
la Anderson. 2:23 IA. by Woodburn Ham
hietonian. dam of Hampton. who Slipped
her foal by Judge Cox and vas bred back
Helie Cox. the full sister to Judge Cox.
who dropped bay colt in the spring by
whfthy. els IA. the sire of Angelus.2:12 ii,
md was bred to Anderson. Alice. by
Pressure Isle. POO Sd. ont of Alice Hornet.
by Woodburn Iar,lbictonian. dropped a
brown colt. who Is natural pacer, by
Judge Cox and was bred hack: Bermuda
Bells. by Phalanx, out of Nar'brine. drop
ped a hay colt by Tom Cox and was bred
to Anderson.
Among the younger animals at the farm
are Belle c., the brown marc. five years
old. by Judge Cox, out Of Bermuda Belle
who won at Baltimore and other n'aces
as two-year-old and viii be trained and