The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-08
NEWS Of HORSES
AND HORSEMEN.
Trotters and PAGERS in Training
at Acca Farm.
RED LIGHT, 2:2I|-4, is THERE
Bachelor, Son of Arnon-virginia Hun
tiers at Philadelphia Horse Show.
Captain Wins at BaItimore-In-
teresting News and Gossip.
RED LIGHT, 2::2I|-4, is THERE

There are over twenty horses in the
training stable at Acca Farm and Will
liam T.. Bass is quite a busy man duIng
these early summer days. A portion of
horses are merely being logged. and kept
in shape for road work, but others
being given sharp work and If they
show sufficient promise will be taken to
the races later on The bay pacirkg
mare Joyful Maiden, owned by Mr. w r.
McComb. Bass had out in 1900 and 1901
and she proved a bread-Wlnner, as she
is likely to this season.
Red Light, the handsome chestnut mare,
owned by Mr.. S. G. Atkins, is another
mainstay of the stable She won sew
eral races for Bass in 1901 and trotteo
to her record Of 2:21 IA. This mare is
a, prime ktvorite with her owner and Will
be sent for low mark this fall.
joyful Maiden was sired by King Nut
wood. dam Happy Girl. by Petos!Sey.
while Red Light is q daughter of Red
Wilkes, Jr., and Moonlight, by Twilight.
The hay mare Medinawood. fun sister
to Firewood. 2:17 IA, by King NutWood.
out of Medria, by Middletown, gives
nrom,se Of going as fast as her brother.
who is now being driven on the Speed
way in Brooklyn The bay stallion Resi-
mol. by Alfred G., the sire Of Charley
Herr, 2:O7, dam Madge, by Hetzels Ham
bIetonian, is another promising candl-
date for racehorse honors and sass
is well pleased with him. win less
than sixty days handling. he can snow
better than 2:25, and at every WORKOUT 1-9'i
goes faster The chestnut stallion Estu-
ary. 5. who is bred in lines Of exceeding
richness, has been working miles around
2:3O with fractions at much 1aster
clip. Estuary was bred at famous Wood
Urn Farm He is a full brother 10
Marique, OLA. and by Expedition. 2lo
So. out eft the great brood mare wave
let, 2:24 H. by Belmont, second Dam
FAR famed Waterwitch, dam Of six IN the
list, by Pilot. Jr.
Among other members of the stable
are the well-bred youig mare Alice In
gram, 5. by Norfolk. out of Frosty May
| dam of the PAGERS Halo IL, ia "a,
| and Halo 2:15 Ia. by Joe Downing;
| Orphanwood, bay horse, by King Nut
wood, and Bourbon w. by Bourbon Barn.
| dam by F. F. "
| One of the most impressive locking
| heavy weight hunters ridden to mounds
about here is the black gelding Bachelor
| bred and owned by Mr.. Allen Potts. VINO
still has his sire and dam at the Ola
| homestead Castle Hill. in .A'hemar'e
county. Bachelor is a son of Arnon' ana
| Brunette by the great show horse ana
sire Mambrino King, second dam mare
| OF throughbred ancestry from the STUD
| Of the late General w. T. Wickham.
! With DR.. Gwynn Harrison up this rangy
| tlood-like black gelding won the point
! to point steeplechase at the recent spring
meeting of the Deep Run Hunt CLUB.
| The distance was four and a half miles,
and it was run in 11:40 Mrs. Potts, VINO
| was formerly Miss Gertrude RlVes, ana
| well known as one of the ablest horse
| women in the county, conditioned
Bachelor for this race. giving him most
Of the work required during the stay
| ine-up process across the country Arnon.
| the sire of Bachelor. is a bay. horse or
| exquisite quality and finish. He Is from
the lons of imp. Charaxus and Way
| ward, by Eolus. second dam Greclan
Bend. by Lexington, and while not over
large himself the majority of his get
| have grand size and finish along with
| it. which stamps the Castle Hill stallion
! as an adr,irahla horse from which fo
| breed hunters and cross country horses.
Mr.. Samuel Walton, Of the Walton
! Fam. Falls Mills, Va, has Maggie Car
| rell; 2:1S IA: Lutte Dawson. 2:30. ana Ella
Leo, 2:o0 Ia. all whom are out of the
same dam, Lucy S., the two former by
Jack Dawson and the latter by Red Leo;
| Mamie Sudduth and Maize H., also by
Red Leo. in the training stable of Wilton
| CT cenway, Havrc de Grace, Md, by whom
| they will be raced this season aud are
expected to give a good account Of them
| selves. IN addition to these Mr.. Walton
| has number of well bred young horses
! that are being given slow work at the
farm. among them being Edna B., three
years old by Red Leoj dam Tea Rose. by
Mecca; four year old geldins. by Red
Leo, dam Carinay by Calban. and a four
year old mare by Red Leo. dam Ruth
McGresor. The last named is full sis
ter to Cassie Leo, the young mare that
triaied in eli IL at Columbus, Ohio, last
sea son.
I Virginia horses made a very creditable
| showing at the recent Philadelphia Horse
| Show Harry G. Beattie, master of fox
| hounds of the Deep Run Hunt Club won
| in the class for lightweight qualified
hunters with the chestnut gelding. and got
second prize in the free-for-all. in which
! there were forty-two entries. CORTLAND
H Smith. Of the Hampton Farm, Alex
andria won first prize with the Lamb in
the class for lightweight green hunters;
second with Jubilee in heavyweight
green hunters class; fourth with Ogon-
quit in middle-weight green; second with
| Tip Top in lightweight qualified hunters,
| and third with Ogonquitt in class fit to
| become hunters. Charles H. Hurlsamp,
| of the Amare Farm. Fredericksburg,
got third in class for hacks with Amaret,
and a couple of seconds with Hornpipe in
classes for champion and middle-weight
qualified hunters.
Trainer Charles Atkinson, of the Fox
| hall Farm, Norfolk, Va. landed the 2:30
class pacing. in straight heats at the
Electric Park meeting, Baltimore. defeat
ing a good field and pacing the three heats
in 2:21 IA, 2:2o IA, 2:22 IA. Captain is a
bay gelding. five years old, and was bred
/ az Foxhall Farm !: by Captain John L.
Roper, who owned his sire and dam. The
bay gelding was sired by Great Stakes.
go. dam Ture Loves Sister, by Sweep
Stakes.
The bay pacing gelding, Big Jim. owned
! by W P Drewry, New York. died here
recently at the Deep Run Hunt Club
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