The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-29
NEWS Of HORSES | |! R!
AND HOR'S':E"ME|N. !.
Fast Growing De t3: ma 3Il'' for hunt
ers and Jumpers,
AND HORSE SHOWS ADD 10 u
Lamp Girl, Fastest Of Virginia 6red
Trotters, Now a Pacer-pr' o''e
lstabIe-saIe Of Captain
Helice and Foal.

Hunters and Jumpers continue ~ gro"
in popularity and this class - oAees
were never so much sought ai.e, ~ Nv. NV.
esrecially the Virginia Dreo - w.
Which mono find precedence IN III ~ ses.
cnd most select Of Northern niaAne.s. ~
all horse shows high jumping Is ueeloeuis
one of the most pleasing leaeu,a eiis
programme to the majority W. a.teiio
and the feats Of horsemaLsliip
are oftentimes revelation es'NS1S ~
the uninitated.
At the recent Upperyille and berryvllle
shows. which may add were highly
successful, buyers were on hana In plenty
and several sales were maoe 81 sui
figures, reaching in more thaii one la-
stances up into four figures. ne ma
jority Of these horses were hlgh,S charscc
Will, sthorou rhbred blood. mostly the get
Of sires of stud book lineage from mares
Of pronliscuous breeding that eia'snllt!es!
size and substance to their ploouce' tne
latter being fined down and gwen qualty
by the infusion Of thoroughoico oioooi.
This is Of itself a lesson to Our v1rglnls
farmers and should encourage them to
select stoutly made, we'll shaped rnases
and breed them to thoroughbred slres
and when of q marketable age ready sale
will be found for the produce possessing
size and soundness. And 1t IS mere that
the horse show will be found the great
est teacher and productive OF much gooo,
being free from objectionable surround .
ings that characterize many race tracks
| and thus leads the show ring 10 be patro-
nized by many men whose aspirations MT
them to fill the highest posltiohs III tnelr
respective communities
My advocacy Of the class OF horses
referred to does not indicate desire
Ito lower public estimation OF the mack
new. the thoroughbred, or OF the trottlnS
| bred harness horse, but Simply to impress
,ipon our farmers and breeders the Wis
dom of catering to an increasing demand
and incidentally to impress upon all the
good work that is being done by our
horse shows.
The management of the Richmond
Horse-Show Association, which includes
President J. T. Anderson, Vice-President
Harry C. Beattie, Secretary w. Q. War
then. Treasurer J. S. Crenshaw and
Manager C. w. Smith. and in addition
board of directors, made up OF the
best men Of Richmond are in high feath-
Ser over the prospect ahead for the sec
ond annual Horse Show to be held here
this fall. It will begin on Tuesday
night, October 14th and close the fol-
forum building, in which the show will
| be held, has been thoroughly remodelled
| and its seating capacity of ten thousand
| will doubtless be taxed to accommodate
| the brilliant gathering to be seen here
! all during the week. Tho entry List
| promises to be large and in quality the
i finest ever seen in the South Virginia
! is the stampinG-Ground.o OF the grandest
| of hunters and jumpers mostly the get
| Of Thoroughbred sires from general-pur-
| pose mares. and at our Horse-Show this
| fall an event of which the whole State
| is proud we are to see them at their
| best at
r. H Plant of Macon. Georgia, has
purchased at a long price the bay mare
Lamp Girl. 200. by Walker Morrill,, dam
| Berthe. The mare was bid Off by MI.
| O'Dell at the Fasig-Tipton sale at Ceve-
| land in May and later placed in the hands
| of Trainer Jerome Mckinney at Empire
| CITY track, who set her to pacing. and
at the lateral gait she has improved
right along. On the day Of the sale she
was shipped to Roy Miller, Mr.. Plants
trainer. at Hartford Conn.,, and will be
raced through the Grand Circuit. Lamp
| Girl holds the record for Virginta-bred
trotters and before the close Of the sea-
son is likely to have faster mark than
=
| long margin. The daughter of Walker
Morril was foaled In 1898 at Onancock,
on the Eastern Shore. by William c.
| West.
DR.. j. T. J. Battle, the well 7known
physician of Greensboro. N. C.. is
strong fancier OF the light harness
horse. and his collection comprises some
of real promise. He owns the big bay
1 3irc u.
Blue Hal. 2:14. dam by Bay Tom. 1851,
second dam. the dam of Dick. 2:1414. now
In the stable OF Gus Macy, Versailles,
XIV, who thinks highly Of him, and will
| take him down the line this season. Dr..
Battle also owns Bill Arp. bay horse,
| by King Nutwood. dam Sister Windsor,
by Windsor; Dora Battle. bay mare, q.
by Gambetta, dam full sister 10 Wl.k-
] ceps. 2:10A; a pair Of rangy. elegant bay
| geldings. both four-year-olds. by W1lko,
son of Simr1ens, out Of mares by Sims
| Clark Chief. and several well-bred
youngsters by good sires of speed.
The five-year-old chestnut stallion
| Estuary, owned by William a. walker
| of this city. continues to improve IN me
| hands of Trainer w. L. Bass at Acca
Farm. and is now Keeling off miles right
! around 2:2O, and very shortly will beat
2:15 should he keep right. On Wednes-
day las. he stamped half in los. Es-
tuary is product of Woodburn Farm,
Spring Station Ky. and one OF the
richest bred trotters ever sent out from
that famous establishment. being by EX-
petition, Pisa, son Of Electtoneer and
Lady Russell sister to Maud s.. 2:0SA;
dam Wavelet, 2::24A dam of Marique.
2:14A, and two others by Belmont; Sc
ccnd dam grand old Water Witch, one
of the greatest of brood mares oy
] Pilot, Jr.
During the recent series OF trotting
meetings around Baltimore, Charles At
kinson. trainer and driver for Captain
John L. Roper, of the zFoxhall Farm,
Norfolk. Va. won three races with the
fve-year-old bay gelding, Captain, by
Great Stakes, dam True Loves sister;
| by Sweepsta kes, gave him record
i a:20N, and sold him to E. E. McCargo,
of Philadelphia, and Richard NJ John;
/ of Baltimore, for $780, Captain had
never faced the starter before being
! taken to Ra1timores but showed up well
| in his work before being taken from tn &
/ farm, and if he keeps right should pac 4.
i right around 2:1O this season.
The good brood mare Helice. by Norvae
/ dam Grenads. by Onward. owned by NJ
i Robert Taii Norfolk, Va. has "a h1E
bay FLY at her side by Foxhall NlcGreE
| or the SON of Robert 6McGregor -; Il