The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-01
NEWS OF HORSES
AND EI0RSEMEN
The Scene at the Norfolk Track
Quite Busy One Now.
KITTY R., 2:o8 IA, is THERE.
Virginia Well Represented in the Bi:
Stccpic Chase Il: Washington.
The Dcrp Run hunt
Club I;aceS.
KITTY R., 2:08 IA, IS THERE

The scene at the State Agriculture So
ciety's half-mile tack at Norfolk, Va, Is
quite a busy one now, ard a greater
number of fast trotters and PAGERS are
ouartered there than during any previous
season. \ large portion OF the horses
on the grounds have wtntered there,
while others have but recanuy arrived
The Track is one of the best in the South,
and is kept III iirst-ciasS shape. Inc
largest stable there is that oil Jolhi
Mariner. the principal owner Oh me
grounds and financial hacker OF the AS
soclation. who will campaign some soou
horses this season. That very capable
who has pecn very successful, hoih rs
= developer of speed and race driver,
viii do leaning Tor All. -hatihef'
as he did in 1898 and 1S39
Atkinson is well informed on peulsrces
and can drive a good race. The stable
includes the bay pacing mare nifty H.,
2:CS Ii who is faster than ner record IN
dictates, and looked upon as good enough
to win In select company. GeerS OLD pupli
The bay geldinS Walter s., 2:E L. VINO
has been set TO pacing and VIII be cam
patgned at that gait this season; Wllion
Roy. c:l4 Ia, pacing, by Wilton: MISS
Grace. els l., pacing bay mare, by Con-
stantine: Irene, 2:1S l.. bay mare, pS
eagle Bird; Norval M, 2:l9 ii, bay
reldinE by Noryal; Too Soon, ~ Ii,
bay Eclding by Allerton; Ieauon. chesl-
nut tilly, 1, by Allerton: the handsome
and very promising brown morse DO"
Bells. Jr., 5, by Bow Bells, dam Tampa
,,y Nl1twood, and seven others, loltelS
and PAGERS, without RECORDS. put resaioe"
as tbs. mailing of race horses and money
winners. John Seeley, who developed the
GREAT Racer Joe Patchen. go IA, Is at the
track with nine head. owned by Judge j.
L Seomaus, of Iowa. Judge AeoHnanS
has recently purchased, in conjunction
with T. d. Stout, OF dubuque, IOWA.
former owner of NutWood, 2:lS 81, a 1ine
s.r,n in Northern Virginia, and Wall breca
iro,ters on it Seeley's stable incluoes
Ainsnort1. 2:l0 "a, raclES, bay Gclolng'
1,y Parker son of Alcantara; Ahead, Z:1o-
- nacinC BY Ambassador, out OF Low
1and Girl, 2:l91-4, by Legal Tender, Jr.,
Frank Patchen, 2:l3 j.. pacing, black
..-elding. py Joe Patchen. and George
2 Peck, brown horse, by Joe Patchen,
out OF Adele Tyler. dam OF tour III the
list. In addition to these Seeley mas some
very PROMISING green trotterS ana PAGERS
ny prominent sires Of speed. w. Z. Eos
Ter, WHO tlaliS Aip!Ai
has a stable of seven head including
Rroker, 2:16 IL. pacing; the gray mare
sarn,:,ire. eli Ia. and others by sucn
a,res as Rubenstein. Alacanada, WIKI
sonian and Longworth- Several local
trainers are also qua.tered at the track,
among them Colin Steele, who has ten
ten or twelve trotters and PAGERS in his
stable, among them being Annie Mariner,
e-es1-4: Little Stakes, 2:24 Ia. by Great
Stakes. 2:2o and Dot, e:a Ia. Other stapIes
arc expected shortly from Tennessee and
Alabama and other Southern States,
which, will remain and take part in the
annual spring meeting which begins on
MAY 18th and continues four days,
Assistant Secretary Algernon Dainger-
Aeh3 forwards me the programme of the
spring meeting Of the Washington Jockey
Club and writes thar the prospect Is very
bright. The meeting begins Tomorrow.
the ID instant. and closes on Saturday,
the 11th. Over two hundred horses are
stabbed on the grounds, among them the
famous black mare Imp, who has seve-
raj engagements for this meeting. One
OF the most popular events scheduled Tor
the meeting Is the Spring Hunters Stcepie-
chase. to be run off on Saturday next
4he 5fh instant. The conditions and asi
OF entries follow:
steeplechase-For hunters. four years
old 4A4 ,-pHaru. Qua4i4su A0aes tas x444ss