The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-17

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burg Va. who has been at The farm
for several months, and hc.n "cnotlcd
10 60 all the gaits Will DC sent home
this week and placed i'll tho 2toI. lie
is q great mover and all exceedingly
handsome horse.
The prospect for 4 large se;.son with
the Glen Cove saddle stations Highland
Rose and Golden Denmark was never
better. and the indications arc tl'at both
horses will be well patronized. They arc
in grand shape, and tit right now for
the show ring. DR.. J. G. Ferneyhough
has recently sold d A-year-old chestnut
gelding by Golden Denmark, for $3.50, and
a brown mare by the same sire for $3.50,
the purchasers being Virginia parties,
which indicates that the horse interest
in Orange county is alive.
At Tanforan Park. Cal, William Ack.
bay gelding. ), by Aloha, dam Wilinette.
yards in 1:47 IL. defeating Artila, The
Singer and Rapldo. William Ack was
bred by Robert Bradley, Wilcox Wharf.
Va, who brought him out last season,
won several races with him at Chicago.
and then sold him. after which the son
OF Aloha, was taken to the Pacific coast
At this same meeting one day later
a
Geldin.s hansen, !. by Branile, ont of
North Anna, who won at a mile in :43.
and defeated Tappan, SANITY and Gold
Badge. North Anna, the dam of Nan5en,
was bred in The Bulltield stud, by the
late Major Thomas w. boswell and sired
by imp. Strachn out of Ecliptic, by
imp. Eclipse, second dam of the famous
Nina. by Boston.
in the handsome bay stallion Pressure
Isle, 2:29 IL an excellent road-horse, but
the services of the big son OF Norfolk
and 9lamhrino are required for the stud,
and there he Will be placed until the close
of the season. when he will be taken up
again and used pleasure horse, Tor
which his speed, good looks and docillty
place him high above the average driver.
Presquc Isle. dam Mambrino, It daughter
OF Mambrno King, sire of the dam OF
The Abbot, 2:M Ii, produced the fast
pacing mare Fanny Cox, owned and cam
pagncd Tor several seasons by L. NJ
Hewitt, Weyanokc, Va. Among the
mares TO be bred to Pressure Isle this
season are several good ones owned by
Mr. Lyme and others by breeders i'll that
SECTION. an z ,as. -
The horses in George r. Richmond's
stable at the mile track of the Deep Run
Club are all in good shape and looking
fine. One of the speediest trotters in
his string is the bay gelding Leveret, by
A. L. Kempland, out of Laurel b, the
dam of Laurels, 2:l5 Ii, who has grown
strong and rugged, and Richmond looks
for him TO show some fast miles this
season. Another member of the stable
that has shown great Improvement is
the bay pacing Big jim, by Brown Hal,
the sire of Star Pointer, 1853 Ii; dam,
the dam Of Elk Tom, Ell Ia, who is owned
by W. 7. Drewry, No. IS Leonard Street,
New York. Big Jim is mastodon in
size, but speedy, and, when just right,
able to fast.
The best c-year-old at Mr.. Thomas NJ
Hewitts North Bend Farm, Wcyanoke,
Va, is Il black FLY, with white legs, star
and diamond on nose, by Whitby, 2:lS Ia,
out o: the wellknown campaigner Miss
Thompson. 2:2O L. by Toodes. Jr., the
sire OF Nelly d. 2:1S ia. Both sire and
dam OF this tiliy are owned at North
Bend, and were trained and driven TO
their records by young William Hewitt
who is jogging few good ones at the
farm now. and may start some of them
III races this season.
Mr.. George y. Gaines is wintcring a
trio Of good prospects at Glcnlea Farm
Longstlider, 1895, dan" Lucy D., by Jack
sonviIle Rhode Island; a chestnut tilly,
by Robert Ransom. Dam by Jack Daw-
son, son OF Director. and the brown geld
ing Roommate, zig IA. by Rumor. 200,
the son Of Tatticr. Roommate has Win
tered in grand shape, and Mr.. Gaines
looks for him to lower his record and
win some good races this season. He
is a large. handsome horse, and much
than his record indicates
All Gray. the nnita bred colt, by Jim
Gray, out of Nj. atte by Eolus, recently
worked three tights in IS 1-2 at Licking
ton Ky. the best performance so far for
the distance there. All Gray was bred
by a. d. Payne, Charlottesville, owner
of the sire and dam, the latter being
also the dam OF Artillery.
Recent winners at New Orleans include
the chestnut mare Miss Soak, Is, by imp
The Jacohite, dam Lizzie N. By Eolus.
who Won at Il mile and seventy yards
i'll Isl over slow track Miss Soak
was bred ii the Fort Chisweu Stud, Max
Meadows Va. by ]. H. McGavock.
RPn Rock