The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-30

On Wednesday last, at Electric Park
Baltimore, the 2:f5 class trottinS furnished !.
the sharpest contest seen there this sea-
son. There We're four starters III the chest
nut stallion Bid Eye. by Prince Belmont,
Dam Sue Burglar. by Burglar, owned by
r. L. Smith Cfreenviile, N. c.; the bay
geldng Baron Wood, by Baron FoSey,
dam Prussia Girl, by Prussia owned by
NJ W. White, Hartford, ;. c.; the gray
geldng Pug, and the chestnut Seiding
Charles D. Jacob. The contest. furnished
q duel from start to finish between the TWO
North Carolina horses Baron Wood Won 1
the first and second heats IN 2-ibtt ana /
215A reducing his record Il full second
in the latter heat after which Bird Bye
took the third and fourth heats IN 2:l6 L.
and 2:I1 Ii, when Pug got the fifth heat
In 2:fSI-4 with Charles d. Jacobs, Baron
Wood and Bird Eye finishing behind him
in the order named, but the Prince Bel
mont horse was game enough 20 come
back, win the sixth heat in 20, when
gave him the race
The annual fair and race meeting of
the Virginia State Fair and Agricultural
| Association, which begins at Norfolk on
! Tuesday and continues four days. promises
TO be a big success. The interest mani
tested in it is general, and entries in
large numbers have been made to all o.
| the departments. The exhibits Will be
! fulI in all lines, and some of the choicest
| stock in the country viii compete for
houors. Herds from the famous Bit
; more and other great farms will be on
exhibition as Will the choicest poultry
| from various States. There has been a
| large demand for space in the main ex-
! lIibition hall, which IS built entirely OF
| iron, steel ard glass, and is the largest
! building of its kind in the country. a
t. Ia.
; s,r-amme which includes twelve trotting
and pacing races, for which the purses
are OF the uniform value of 500 each.
There VIII also De running and hurdle
races, for which liberal purses are offered.
The bay stall;o1 Great Stakes. 30.
who heads the Foxhail Farm stud of
Capt. John L. Roper, Norfolk, Va, IS
making d good showing as a sire OF speed
this season. especially when it is CON
! sfdered how very few OF his get have
been either trained raced. His list of
new performers includes Foxhatl. 2:19 81;
C;yDstakes 2..223 IL. and ". Fl. N, 2::124 Ii.
I, The black IS small bay geldtng. 9 years
old, whose dam is by Lyle Wilkes He
trotted to his record at Baltimore on the
list instant, where he won two heats
in the 2:49 class, but not stayed up for 4
bruisins contest, lost the next three heats
and race To Sereeter. although the small
son OF Great Stakes was well up in each
| Of them. W. Fl. n. is a member Of the
! stable of Ira C. Nelson. OF this city. the
owner of the black gelding Crow, 2;;215 Ii.
| Both Crow and w II. y were driven TO
their records by Charles Atkinson, OF
| Norfolk. Va,
On Tuesday last at Readville Mass.
/ the bay mare Lamp Girl won the first
| heat Of the I'll class, trotting. in 2101-s,
! a reduction OF a futi second in her record
. and the second heat in 2. LIZ. after which
| the bay mare Alidalia. by Sir Ealter.-Jr..
! won the next three heats and race In 2:12 II.
2.10ai. and E212H.- BY trostIng to her record
/ of 21Glt in this race Lamp Girl becomes
| the fastest of Virgiaia-bre trotcers. dis
! placing the bay mare Miss Nelson. 2-l1iii,
| by Norfolk, who has held this record since
| 1886. Lamp Girl is seven years old, and
| by Walker Morrill, out of BERTHE, By Sig
(, net. She was bred on the Eastern Shore
| of Virginia by William C. West, OF Oman
cock.
| AT the Southern Interstate Fair. which
| will take place at Atlanta October 10th
| to a7th. inclusive. one OF the most attrac-
! tive features viii be the horse-sheW. OF
| which E j. Tranter is uanagsr. and he
/ has determined TO make feature OF the
| jumping classes. 10 which entries are seilc-
/ tied, and special inducements VIII be
| offered This should attract the attention
/ of breeders and owners in Virginia, where
hunters and Jumpers of the highest class
are bred and owned in greater number
than in any other Southern State. special
i freight rates are offered by the railroads.
4 and horses may be returned free OF
charge
. At Electric Park. Baltimore, on Tuesday