The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-11
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Il Was Oakland, California - Mr.
Atkinson Buys Young Nobleman.
Virginia Chief at Plain Dealing.
Foxhall McGreEor.
The fail circuit of Virginia and North
Carolina fairs and race meetings, which
begins Norfolk on October 3D. and, con-
tinues through the week, is already at
tracing the attention Of horsemen, ex-a
hibitors OF livestock and farm products
and numerous others, as Wen. rom ON
Norfolk the scene shifts to Raleigh, stheh
to Winston and from there to Weldon.
The purses at the Norfolk meeting VI" VII
be Of the uniform value Of $500 each LOT
5trotters and PAGERS, while those LOT l rl-5
ners will range from sl0O to 500. AT
Raleigh, where the annual State fairs ana
race meetings are anticipated for months
ahead, and big crowds gather from al
over North Carolina, the purses Tor mar
ness races will averag e $500 each, Whlle
sums varying from 500 to $500 Will pc OIL
fered for the runners. Winston VIII lo!-
low Raleigh and the successful meeting
of last fall, wl:ich was the initial one OF
the Piedmont Fair Association, nus
prompted the management to oner much
larger purses for both harness horses ana
runners, which will place it on an equal
footing with the older associa tons at Ra-s
LEIGH. On to last fall no fairs or race
meetings had taken place at Weldon Tor
at least a decade, but. even after the sea-
son had become we'd advanced, MAJOR
II L.. Emry, president Of the Roanoke
and Tar River Agricultural Society, Win
John ]. Sledge. secretary, and J. J. Dan
iel, treasurer, came to the front and ar.
ranged programme, which was success
fully carried out. Handicapped by RAIN
on Tuesday and Wednesday, the attend
ance was very light, but on Thursday
over 10000 gathered on the grounds,
which brought money into the treasury,
and a substantial balance was LETT after
defraying all expenses.
Mr.. n. n. Dyer, Chief Of Police, Roam
oke, Va, writes as follows in asrecent.
issue of the Horse Review:
noticed recently in the Review an ar
ticle from Lynchburg, Va, in Which the
writer saw tit TO say that Iynchbnrs
had several trainers in the past lew
years, but none of them, save one, VINO
was I, good mechanic. I wish to show
that the writer was talking through
his hat or trying to injure SOME one.
He did not sign his name to his article
and it is generally considered that such
articles are not worthy OF notice VIII
not let this pass unnoticed. Last season
George T. Dyer. OF Roanoke, va, as
sisted part of the time by w. Z. Dyer
also of Roanoke. developed two OF the
best green mares ever drought 1h,o eiiis
State. In August. Mr.. Craddock OF
Lynchburg, bought sky.and Girl, 2:2S,
BY Simmons. dam Mamie Woods 80. by
Woods Hambletonian, bred by r. -.
REYNOLDS, Of Winston, n. e. she mao
never been trained at the pace. ohe
won money at Lynchburg, fincastie'
Raleigh, n. c.; Winston. y. q. Colum-
Ebia, S. O.: Jacksonville. FHa- Biu1lsWich.
Ca; and took her record at Raleigh. Nr.
Over bought of DR.. Philips, of Tennes-
see, a green mare by Cuckoo ZIG IL, dam
by Brown Hal 2:12 He raced this mare
successfully at above-named places,
starting her eight times. and was only
once behind the money, ct JacksonEaile,
Fla, being distanced, owing to her mop
+bles breaking He also won with JACK
Cook. by Cen. Wilkes 2:21 ga. giving him
. mark OF 2:29 10 over threc-eightns
track With these green horses he won
with all of them, giving Lady Philips a
record OF 2:19 IA. He also had the run
ming horse Il1ondyke, who won some
good races iii fast time. In 1888 ne ran
the llalf-mile track at Knoxville, Tenn,
a mile i'm 1:43 -, which is probably
worlds record.
George F. and W. c. Dyer have own
cd, developed and sold some of the best
horses ever brought out in this State
In 1888 they sold Timber Girl, 3, by
Sinms 2:oS, dam by Bayard, to David
Phillips, Bradford, Pa, who wrote me
last June that she, would likely beat 2:l5.
He informed me he had entered her ex-
tensiyely in stakes, but she took sick and
=. Il 1cf Ay1r1 a
Dyer Bros sold to j. L.. Tarlton, Lex
inston KY. the brown pacing mare
Laura D. 2:o2 10. The writer saw her,
in October. work a mile in 2:1S IL, last
half In lis; last quarter III so IL seconds.
Mary D., IN, by Cheyenne 2:O9 IL, IS
green but one Of the very best IN the
country. November list she worked a
mile in 2:13 and a quarter in 81 Sd sec
onds. She is a candidate for the NJ. q
M. and other stakes for green trotters.
She is held by her owner at 5000 and
is worth it. They sold at the same time,
to Henry Bosworth. Valid. a green PAGER
with a four-year-old trial. over half
mile track, in 2:20 Ia, timed separately IN
a racial the above stated facts can
be substantiated. I know Of no trainers
in The: CID Dominion who can snow as
many good ones developed by any other
trainer All of the above, except Skyland
Girl, were bought green and developed by
the Dyers. Geo. T. Dyer is at Winston,
n c., with a good stable. VIC. Dyer is
at Roanoke with two of the best pros
poets the writer has seen for years.
On Saturday, the Sd instant, in driz-
cling rain, over heavy track DR. Il. %
RoweN's bay. gelding, Imperious, five
years old. sold by Morello, son Of sEolrs,
out of Helen Scratch, by Scratch, the son
of Kentucky. by lexington, won the
Burns handicap the classic event Of
the California turf, at Oakland. Rosi-s
mantle, the chestnut mare, by imp. Cha
raxus, out of Ethie, was. second, and
+Fcrmero third. The distance. la miles
was run in 2:10
The value 5of the stake is $4,000, of
which the winner takes $1,000. The track
favored Imperious,5 who is essentially