The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-25
NEWS OF HORSES IS;
AND HORSElNEN
Steeplechasers and Hunters at the.
Amaret Stock Farm.
.lARussE, BY clRcAsslAN, THERE
Death OF Colonel Tom PnrJcar-Vir-
cinia Maid and Foal-snlc Of Al
bert c., tho Famous Outlaw
Trotscr-Ot,lcr Items

Ar. Charles II. Hurkamp. OF the ANA
ret Farm, Fredericksburg. Va. Reports q
greatly Increased demand for line park-
saddle. hunters, Jumpers ana hisH slep,
ping harness horses; in TACT Inc ueiii. LIN
FOR good specimens of these classes mas
Just about exceeded the supply ana as q
consequences the volume OF business TINS
season has exceeded that Of any previous
year at A1narct. That good steepiechase
mare. White Carriers, the daughter OF
Inn Rivoletto and Ncsta. by Catesny'
who developed into a performer OF hish
calibrc, and the prize winning nSh
1u7n,er, King pin, bay geidlnS o'
1.ongmore, from a mare by King Pin, me
son OF Lexington. both received 1helr
rirs1 lessons at Amaret, and were orousht
out by Mr.. Hurkalnp. who captured the
blue ribbon with King Pin at the New
York Horse Show In 1928. The stable OF
1horourhbreds and hunters now in win
ter quarters at Amaret is the largest
yet collected at the farm. and several
of them have shown form enough 10
entitle them to consideration when class
cd with crack performers. taken as d
whole, the stable is well worth looking
over, and from it may be developed ON
ers approaching the cal!bre oil Whlte
Carriers, and King Pin.
The thoroughbred division Of the stable
includes La Russo. 8. an elegant grown
mare OF exquisite quality and finish. whose
head and neck are almost beyond crit
1cism La Russo stands full sixteen
hands in height and weighs 1850 pounds
while her conformation suggests the abli-
fly to carry weight and her turn OF speed
should enable her to win in good COM
pany. This mare is being schooled over
the Jumps as are Tannis. z, a bay Geld-
ing by Hanover. out OF 1LonEcloth, Wy
ILongtaw; Hurry Up. G a bay seld'ng bS
aIoyesold, out of imp. Haste. by Energy:
Loyelorn, a. q brown fil.y. by imp. Esher,
out of Lady Love End. by Troubadour;
Silver Maple =. chestnut geldinG, by
Forest, out of Dina, by Kosciusko; Prince
Midas. 3, a bay selding. by King Midas,
out of Queen of the Forest 1y Forester,
and Norton, g. a chestnut silly. by Ord
way, out Of blanche c.. full sister to
the cack jumper Duke of Westmoreland,
BY Wi!lful.
Among the heavyweight hunters and
hi.h jumpers are Dom Paul 5, a bay
geld!ng; by Young Orion, who is 1871 and
weighs 1115 pounds; karsten, 6. bay
geldSng by Brennan, who is grand look
horse. 49,. weight 1850 pounds. and has
cleared the bars at six feet: Messenger
&. d
sire both of whom are over sixteen
hands high, and weigh over 1850 pounds
while among the light hunters and park
saddle horses are such Clever specimens
as Cadi. G. chestnut hay gcldinS, by
Eric, out Of May Carew. by imp. Dali
nacardoch; iBreakaway, 4, bay Gelding,
by Brock. out Of Tempest, by Hazard
Short. and St. Julian, a.. a chestnut geld
ing, 4, by bohemian. out of mare by
Brennan.
Referring to the well-known horseman,
Mr.. Thomas Puryear, formerly of Ciarks-
vile. va, where a number of other rela-
tives now reside. the Spirit Of The Times
says:
Mr. Thomas Purycar, widely known as
"Colonel Tom died iof apoplexy last
FRIDAY on his farm near Eatontown, N
J. Born In Virginia eighty-1ive years
ago. Colonel Puryears passed most of his
life until the fall of fhe Confederacy In
Columbia and Charleston. Away back in
the fifties he bred and owned famous
thoroughbreds. The success Of Morris
and Ten Brock with Prior and Pr;oress
Induced him to take that good slayer.
Charleston. to England; but the morse
broke down before he had won any long
distance races.
Besides Charleston, Colonel PuTyear
owned acongaree. Rappanee, Highlander,
Charley Ball. Censor and the grand
brood mares Mill Creek and Columbia.
Censor and Mill Creek were captured by.
the Union army, but after the war they
were returned to him through the in
fluence of Colonel John A. Logan.
In 1866 the racing stable Of Thomas
P,Iryear 6 Co. was formed. Messrs II
G. Mills, George Denison. David Crawford
ar1,o f-arn M
Such fine racers as Onward, Delaware.
NarraEansett. Rutherfurd and Grinstead
belonged to this stable, and its victories
arc still remembered
Colonel Puryear trained Spendthrift for
Mr. James Il. Kecne When the colt was
beaten by Falsetto at Saratoga, some
critic said that Spendthrift had too
much work. TOO much Falsetto." re-
piled Puryear sententiousy.
In later years he went to England
during the time of Pierre Lorillard's
horses. Parole and Iroquois. We're being
prepared, and gave his valuable advice
regarding their handling.
In appearance and manner Bolonel Pur-
year was a southern gentleman Of the
old school, Had he been a duke he would
hayc been cited as an illustration of the
theory that courtly manners and digni-
fed bearing are to be found only among
those born to the purple. Yet in these
characteristics and in the qualities that
inspire them. no wearer of the purple
ever surpassed Colonel Puryear.
His death leaves Mr.. John Hunter the
dean of the American turf. Mr. Hunter
began racing in 1856, Colonel Puryear IN
1852 The racing fraternity could have
better spared younger man.
In Virginia Maid. the Grand-looking bay
daughter Of Sam Purdy and Peach Bios
som. by Orange Blossom. Mr.. Louis
Becker, of Baltimore. owns one of the
choicest brood mares in Maryland. She
was bred by Mr.. William Ellison. of this
city. who bred her dam and owned her