The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-23
NEWS OF HORSES
AND H0RSEMEN.
At Foxhal! Stock Farm, the Home of
Great Stakes, 2:20.
VlRGlNlA-BRED TRoTTERs.
Lamp Girl tho Fas,es,-Mars Chan
Ectircd-Sale of Pressure Isle and
Sister Ina-Otlicr Items
of Interest.
VlRGlNlA-BRED TROTTERS,

AIR. T. C5vsI2gto7., who directs affairs
al the Foxhall Farm OF Captain John j..
lsoiS>r, Norto!H. Va. writes rne that the
h;'ottszf,s there arc all IN winter quarters
and doing nicely. Tac farm stations
Great Stakes, 2:2G, by Billy Thornhill, out
OF SW7eetstal.es, 10y Sweepstakes, and Fox
f!aI McGreSor, the son OF Robert Nc
GreSor ana Cleo. 2:I9 ii. by GaEIloetta, are
both strong aild, IN vigorous health. Fox
jlilI McCiG,eSor only began his career as a
sire this season, but Great Stakes has
been III the stud FOR several years and
sitS get are showing up in a manner very
satisfactory ssUt.s 10 Captain Roper and
Ma Ccy3ngtOn. Three Of his sons and
daughters, about ell thai were handled for
,speaG, entered the LIST III 1860. They were
loNiials. 2:I3 81; w. II N, 2:23 Ia, and
GypsEIlleS, 2:25 il. There are ten brood
mares at the farm ard the list includes
Captain ROPER recent purchase, Iieiice.
10y Neral. 3ut OF Grenada, by Onward.
Among others there are: SweetStakeS, the
6aEn of Great Stakes; Jessie Stanboul,
dam Of CIesEntay- 2:17 ii, by STEAMBOAT,
out OF AstTlo-sc by Alcyone. second dam
famous old Jessie Pepper; Frances, 2::29 81,
boy MusGoVite. out OF Venus, dam of Mon
oeye, 80 a good winner in Europe. Mime,
by Eagle Bird. OUT OF Cieta wakes. by
Wilkes Boy; Sunaarn, by Halnbletonian
-hfhlofsf', oUL OF -'lSLtt.S 4iS-!uE, Dy Zen
Bolt: Racket by Red Wilkes, cut of Rae
qIetue, by Enfield; Blanche Archer. by
S1aclbrino Boy. out Of Tributary. by TTi-
busle. and Lady kectOn by lIambletOnGan
NlsaaroriLGo. out Of Our Mary, by Lelaps.
Among the promising youngsters at
Ifoxhal are: Princess Eenton, u chestnut
NY. foaIef 1887, by Great Stakes, out Of
Lady Keuato!.. and MIR. Lindsey, Il bay
Eelding. foaled 1897. by Russell Rex. out
OF Iieiice. The latter is the fastest thing
CT his age on the place. Another good
prospect is a bay flly, faaleG 1898. by
Great Stakes, out of Tredelna, by Trevid-
aar1, EOS Ia, as is a bay geldtng OF the
same aige. by GuySlerwUod, out Of Jessie
CotaunDoul.
THE 1850 crop OF foals includes a bay
fiIly by Great Stakes, out Of Jessie STAN
houl; a. couple of hay colts by the same
sire nf Sunbeam and Helice, and a black
lilly by -Allelrton. 2:e3 Ii. out OF Mime
Mars Chan, one of the surcst jumpers
and GaneSt cross country performers ever
seen in -Americn, has been presented by
his owner. Mr. Chamb!et," Of Boston, to
a hunting friend, and viii never again
face he starter. Mars Chan was bred
near Warrenton, Va, and sired by Cir
cass!un the son of Alarm; dam mare OF
untraced breeding. During his somewhat
lengthy career on the turf he started for
end ten limos. third ten times and twenty
times unplaced- That is to say, he was
fwenty-lline times in the money out Of
forty-nine starts. In only one OF his great
number of starts did he fnli-a wonderful
Nv clean record-and then not over q jump
but on the flat between the last Two
1urnps in very heavy going, III when ne
probably stepped into a hole. His total
winnings were So 4 large sum Tor
,1,,-e,f 10 HIS hest per-
forrnance WAS in the International St2epie-
chase at three miles at Morris PARK IN
1897, in which he defeated Lady Raymond
Baroness, Decapod, Mill Boy, Erie Marcus
and the Duke of Abercorn, who met ms
death in this event. He met and oeht an
the best horses Of his time, except 9hi1iI-
Ian. and was in turn beaten by the worst
A curious career!
The bav mare Lamp Girl, 200, by
Walker Morrill,, dam Beruc, by 9lshe''
holds the record for NirSlnla-bred Iol-
tiers. although until the season OF 100
Miss Nelson. the bay mare by NOTION
son of Nutwood dam Miss ltaSSltef, SIG
of 2,utraced breeding, held that hohof'
having gotten her mark OIL 2.il Ii i,
1900 Lamp Girl was foaled III I693, ana
9,rr5 ny William 9 West, Of p2tancoch-
Miss Nelson was bred by Preston beINlh'
al This civ and foalcd at Acca Tarm
right near here, in 1889. Walker MofI~iI'
1,f3, vas foaieyl in 1863, died o. old age
aud GENERAL physical infirnlity at Balu-
more a few wears since after having
,,aesed Tho hest part Of his lie on the
Faster, Shore of Virginia Norfolk was
Ioalt.d in 1854, and brought TO Nhtby
Farm in 1885. where he died IN May,
1897 The. son of Nutwood passed away
AT an age when he should have been IN
Tho prime of his usefulness, but an in
curahle disease Slapped his vitality ana
as an act of mercy he was put TO death,
3fosul. the giant son of Sultan and Var
,-inia Maid, who trotted to a record OF
900 i. IN 1897, has been claimed as Nlr-
sinia bred. but the fact of il is that his
dam. Virginia Maid, was sent TO the
court Of Sultan in Kentucky, where she
remained several seasons, and the big
Eeldng was foaled there.
After Lamp Girl and Miss Nelson may
be mentioned Angelus 2:l2 Ia. the chest
nut gelding by Whitby, 2:1S Ia, out OF
Winnifred, by Brennan. and the two gray
eeldings Charlie G, 2:l3 IA and Strontia,
a:l4 L. both by Sam Purdy. which I be-
lieve includes about all Virginia bred trot-
tiers that have entered The 2:15 list.
though there are others that have earned
records OF 30 and better.
The Christmas issues Of the Horseman.
Horse Review Rider and Driver, and
Spirit OF The Times have been received al
his office. and each o: these well-lsnown
and popular turf journals is worthy OF
special mention. The two Chicago publ
cations. the lIorSelnan and Horse Re
view are devoted 10 the light harness