The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-10
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSE.M|E=N'
Eddie Jones, Son Of MoreIIo, Won
the Winter Handicap.
WAS RUN AT TANFoRAN PARK.
Trottcrs and PAGERS in Training liere-The
Durham Fair Association = MIR.
Beattie Buys Cherry.
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Review, Chicago relative to the Winter
Handicap, run at Tanforan Park, Cali
fornas greatest race course, will be like
ly to interest the readers of The Times,
as Eddie Jones, the winner, is a son OF
our own famous Virginia bred Morello,
while Charentus, who holds the record at
the same distance, was sired by the Ell
lersie stallion imp. CharaXus and bred
by Major r. S. Tucker, of Raleigh, n. c.,
who owned the dam Contenta, a daughter
of John Happy. And incidentally 1t may
be added that John Happy, the son OF
imp Bonnie Scotland and Kathleen, by
Lexington, though bred in Tennessee, was
formerly owned by ]. j. Carroll, Ashland,
va, from whom he passed to j. s. Hassin
California, where he sired Contcnta. Mo-
relic WAS likewise taken from Virginia to
California where he sired Eddie Jones and
other good race-horscs:
"The Winter Handicap. run at Tanfor3n
Fark near San Francisco. January 18th,
is considered the greatest race ever run
in California, and one of the sretcst ever
run in this country. The distance was
one mile and asGuartcr and it was run
by the winner. Eddie Jones, who carried
us pounds. in 2:0i 81. The record for q
circular track is 2:0i made over the En-
pire City track, New York, by CharentuS,
last October. Charentus was afour-year-
old and carried 104 pounds. Eddie Jones
is now technically a siX-year-old. Ac-
cording to the scale adopted by the West
ern Turf Congress he carried six pounds
less than weight for age. while Charentus
carried eighteen less. III comparison Ed
die Jones performance was the best-eS-
peciai!y as it is said that he got off last
and was separately timed in 2:o3 IL.
1--WE note this performance because It
was so extraordinary and also because II
is interesting to record that Eddie Jones
is A son Of the famous Morcllo. who early
in his threc-year-old form. and with III
pounds up, won the Wheeler Handicap,
at Washington Park, Chicago. july =,
1893 running his mile and a quarter IN
2N5-a mountaineering performance an"
one which, considering his age and the
weight he carried, has never since been
euualed no better illustration of the
truth.of the axiom Breed to the Winner
could be adduced. Morclo died but a
wear or so after being permanently retired
To the stud. He got d few colts, ana 1t
is said that a greater proportion OF them
have been winners and hlsh-class horses
than in other like case of record. Mo
relic was by Eolus, a great race-h"f5e
and a great sire; his 9randam was LIZZIE
Lucas. one of the best race-mareS OF hef
day. and his third dam was EaSiess, by
imported Glencoe. Eagless figures IN mum
Ious trotting pedisrees she IS the th!ro
dam of Who Is 1t 2:10 1-A-holder OF the
record (2:12> for three-year-o74 Se!dlnss-
and the fifth dam of Tuna ~ Il.
The horses trotters. PAGERS and rum
ners at the different tracks in TINS N!cln-
itv have wintercd nicely. and most OF the
trainers have begun to jog them regular
" and VIII soon send them along at
some speed.
Some arc being worked over the half
mile track at the Exposition Grounds,
others at Gleniea Farm, where w. l..
Bass holds forth and his stable includes
len or twelve head, among them being
the bay pacing mare Joyful Maiden,
2:25 IA. by King Nutwood: Red Light
Maid. by Red Wilkes Jr, dam by Iwl-
light: Marie, 2:30 IL, by Jolly f'rlar, Gam
by Sam Purdy and others. Al the mile
track of the Deep Run Hunt CluD George
R Richmond has Steed. 2:22 II, pacing,
bv Marvellous: Big Jim, PAGER by Brown
Hal. dam the dam of Elk Tom. 2:l1 IA,
and the bay gelding Leveret. by \. L.
kempland out of Laurel B., dam OF
I.aurels, 2:15 IA. Over at Gienlea Farm
are the stables of James c. Smith James
Fletcher and w. X. Mathews. The for
mer includes the giant trotter Mosul,
2:09 Ia by Sultan; Cordova, 2:25 IA. by
Monocacy; and the brown gelding HUI
man, 800 a. son of the dead Quarter
master and right now regarded as one
of the fastest trotterS and best pros
poets in the State. Fletcher is working
the bay pacing geldng Smith O'Brien,
2:19 Ia, and one or two others, While
Mathews has McZeus. PIP, the full
brother to Coney, 2:03 81: Miss Bird, roam
JD:..
Judge Witt. brown gelding, 3, by McZeus,
dam by Gambetta; and q bay colt 2, by
McZeus dam by Miss Bird.
Robert Bradley. of the Greenway and
Centre Farms, Wilcox Wharf Va, spent
couple of days here last week while
en- route to Washington, where he went
to arrange quarters for his stable of
horses to be shipped there and started in
the races of the Washington Jockey Club
at the Bennings track. His string will
include over twenty horses, most Of
which are two and three year olds and
bred by himself, among them being
number of the get of Aloha and Bitten.
The veteran turfman is growing gray,
but he is recognized as one of the
gamest of sDortsmen, and few owners
are better liked.
The newly-organized Fair Association
at Durham. n. c., has commenced work
on its grounds near the city, where a
grand and other buildings will be
erected and tirst-class mile track built.
Mr.. J. w. Burroughs is the secretary of
the Association, and it is the intention
of himself and associates to make the
affair up-to-date in every respect. The
management will endeavor to make it a
tirst-class winter training-place for North
ern horSemen Durham will join the
North Carolina Circuit of fairs and race
meetings, which commence at Green's
boro in October and continue on down
the line, taking in Burlington, Raleigh,
Winston and Charlotte, the latter, like
Durham. being new acquisition to the
circuit.
Mr.. George D. Bennett who is an ex-
tensive buyer of horses and mules on the
big Western markets, spent several days
here last week at his sales stables. 1917
East Franklin Street, of which John S.
Whaley is manager and salesman. AS an
owner, breeder and dealer, Mr. Bennett
is one of the best known men in his
line in the South More than twenty
years ago he took the well-known Blue
Bull mare Iona Guffin 2:23 IA down the