Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-04
J B 3 AlH D IHORSEME EN-
l' lss|E'' S alee i Mark the Past Week
is Shipments Coming.
) ~ oted Farm .castlcton," tho
Hone q winners :, A Speedway ra-
caats 4 virginia Breeding Goes to
Z, Psannsy anins

d Is 7t sssss
] ii orse sales for the past week in the
local Sll1ai.k We're fair, but not up to
ne ii cures of the previous week.
SIS ~ III Nyeree also not i'll particularly
4 grea lemahd. and prices were about
t tfaS3 saiIis for several weeks past.
81 inns received here Friday and
,sesAtsrd lay state that there are on the
]. wa Is ayS Norfolk from the West the best
4 lofs55 Of big horses ever shipped to this
Few people in Norfolk probably know
G That Mr., +. Ford, the genial propric-
Z S9rySo of the Gladstone Hotel and well
y EIsoo.Si1 5as a hotel man from Maine TO
IlsesHaS. is the owner OF one OF the finest
Is slGckS farms in the United States, yet
y such is the fact.
s..l M r. Ford is the owner of "Castleton,'
= stnesformerf home of the Castlemans, one
S 81 he finest estates in the blue grass
IS s e!li tGtf kentucky. This estate com
ssfprises 161S acres of choice land, all in
syl1ie grass, and has running through it
many fine living streams. The build
SenGs and all the improvements are III
Ssa,tSeepin g with its former prominence,
II lQlfshere is bred some of the fastest and
~ pllluest blooded racing stock in Amer
RS In 1895 Mr. Ford sold off his stock
n A9l ND leased the farm to its present ten
"a g u, Mr.. James Il. Keene, known all
sslsoXers the world MS "FoXhalr lSecne.
si.N fr.gf Ford has not lost his love for
lSs;s pseeedy equines. and now has in his
81 sta bles 81 back of the Gladstone four
& siioeautiful and high-brcd horses that he
SsEstkteeps for his private use and to give
n n ~ friends an occasional taste of speed.
/ yY hen leisure permits it seems not inn
bable that Mr.. Ford will secure n
lllce tile farm here convenient TO the
i FIT y and indulge to a greater extent his
s 4, love o., for high bred horsellesh.
$50 ssssss
Turf, Field and Farm, in it's great
/; historical number. gives fine half-tonc
pictures OF .T'air Vision" Fair Vision
" nd aF!oal, = Bonnie CAL and "Glidc
& and &F'oal,'' three of the great favorites
sat eCastleton Farm. Fair Vision is a
chestnut mare, foaled in 1856 by Tou-
3SlShet, adam. I1nchantrcss, by Scottish
Chief, out of Lady Love, by Blair Athol,
Il to- and is the dam of Horoscope, Miss
n tlls,enny and Runaway Girl u:O9 1-5).
"a mp. Glide is a bay mare, foaled 1884.
sSloye'Chippendalc, dam Duvemay, by
;5I3ea dsman, out of Cachuca. by Volu
8 Gelr, and running to the famous Eng
( aishg niare Pocahontas. Imp. Bonnie Gal
~ As 81 brown mare foaled 1889, by Gal
Sxopin,i dam Bonnie Doom. by Rapid
III esli,sass1s by Glad
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n The Virginlan-Pilo acknowledges the
Il receipt of quotations on the Brbollyn,
Il suburban and Brighton Hahdcaps
81 from Goodwin Bros, of 1if0 Broadway,
New York. Among the horses from
the farm owned by Mr.. "A.
N Ford, OF Norfolk, and leased by Mr..
Jnmes L.. 1Seene, arc Voter" and
s. Charonac," which are entered in all
AZ three OF the races '"roddy," of the
same farm, entered III the first two
81 races. has been withdrawn.
Ssiii.y atssas
G3s Among the horsemen who visit Nor
4 folk With their strings in the racing
h season few are better known than Mr.
x i. Banks Holt, proprietor of lAlamancc
# Farm, near Graham, n. c. He is one
ss of the heaviest buyers and breeders OF
,4s North Carolina. Wln. chatham, his
farm trainer. is now jogging on the
road and on the haf-mle track at the
y fnrin, Matte Lynn Holt, bay mare, o.
Ss by Baronet, 2:l14. out OF I<ellis, dam
or Flare, :26K, by jay Bird; Giles
ssg Mebane, 4, grand looking young
30 stallion of exquisite finish and beauty
" by J ohm II. Gentry, out Of the great
ggorood mare Winnie D., dam OF Hull
. man. go, etc. by Hamnis; Mary Walden,
i3s bay tilly, a, by Baronet, out of Sue H.,
us by WOODBURY. Hambletonian; ELIZA In
gram, chestnut filly, A. by John r.
"a Gentry, out OF Blondette, dam of Gov
y ernor II olt, 2:15, by Leland; Anna Will
5ss liams, bay fllly, 4, by John r.. Gentry,
& out OF Oneida Girl. by Thomas r., sec
sSi ond dam Bantina, dam OF Jean Val
"a jean, 2:14; Catherine Wharton, black
81 fly A. by Baronet. out OF CoraIvn. by
s5S Dictator; Maid of Alamance, chestnut
s7~AllY 4, by John r. Gentry, out OF Lou
7s Gra1iaiiiSS;, by Melville Chief; Ethel
s.; Harding, bay flly. 3 by Gregorian, dam
III Gretna Green, by Aberdeen; Lima
C'lark, bay flly, Q, by Gregorian, dam
b SBlondette, and Annie Coleman. chest
nut filly. 1, by Gregorian. out of Win
sS.snie d. Some OF the best of these we'll
s8Ssbred horses Will probably be seen ut
orfolk's spring and fall races
sas;I'f;5sfs sss IS
Albert c., 2:16M, we'll known Vir-
rs MIA bred trotter, was sold few days
sSHss ago at a $Fasig -Tipton sale to f. a.
stsDohrman, of Isittsburg. The purchaser
A4aSy7jll use him as n road horse. Albert
sHs 1s,sS is under the ban of the National
Trotting Association, and cannot COM
pete on the association tracks. On the
~ New Y orll8 speedway he has recently
efeated such opponents as David b..
Luxon, 2:tlH; Glenncre Boy,
~ ss2 Az Clayton, 2;15A, and other speed
+. ssTay favorites.
Patrons Of fairs and race tracks
aS have become familiar with all sorts of
N guideless wonders from guideIess
b pacers to guideless rhinosceroses Mr.
Fred Spoerhase. of Now Ulln Mimi.
slSS has something new IN the way of at