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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12

alike. The best and the worst. each IN
his way, appreciates the value Of beau
| tiful, spirited horse. Master and man
| know 1T sight the points Of the thorough
bred, and both glory in the proud blood
which produces the noble animal. It is
in this fraternal spirit that the quality
and the generality. the rich and tho poor.
can talk horse together. and will gath
or at the amphitheatre next week in their
| best clothes and In their best humor to
adn:ire and applaud while tho beauties
and the braves OF the tan-bark arena
prove their blood and breeding In the
competition Of the show ring And 1t will
| take some good horses to equal or sur
| pass the performances Of the great ones
seen by the list Of last years winners,
| which follows:
ROADSTERS.
Roadsters. for horses four years old and
oyer-First, sLucena. owned and driven by
". Bailey Saunders: second. Aibemarle.
exhibitor George Cole Scott; third. Rus
sell Rex, exhibitor Leach and Bristow.
Horse and runabout: horse to be 14.3
and not exceeding 49,; horse to count 90
per cent. and runabout 10 per cent-First.
Lord Algy; second, Premier: third, Elsie
Venner.
Horse and best appointed road rig
First prize, Albemarle. b, g., Is hand, S
years. exhibitor George Cole Scott: sec
ond. Russell Rex, b. g., 1872 hands. 10 years,
exhibitor Leach and Bristow; third, Luz
cena. b. M, SO banda 5 years, exhibitor
W. Bailey Saunders.
Local class. for horse shown to gig or
cart-Ffrst prize, st. George b. E.. 49,
hands, years exhibitor William Reuger:
second. Martha Boiling, blk NJ. 1871
ha1sds years exhibitor r. N. and g. L.
Carteri third, Topsail, b. e., 1871 hands.
6years. exhibitor J. St George Bryan
Local class, horse and runabeut; horse
to count so per cent. runabout 40 per
cent-F1rst. Sapho. s M. 1872 hands, s
years exhibitor Barton H. Grundy; sec
ond. Martha Boiling, b. NJ. ISL, exhibitor
T. N. and S. L. Carter: third. Auburn, oh.
m, 1872, s years. exhibitors Branch and
Potts
HARNESS CLASSES.
Horses in harness. conformation and
quality so per cent, action and style Of
going 50 per cent.-First, David Harum,
b. g., exhibitors Wyeth and West: second,
Lord A1gy, exhibitors Wyeth and West:
third. Ace Of Spades. blk. g.. exhibitor A.
St John Boycott. driven by Mrs. Boy
colt.
Horses in harness, over 15.ss--First prize.
Champion, oh. g., 16 hands. II years. ex-
hibitor Walter George Newman: second.
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whers I Mva. Thea msa In black csotns.
come out OF little boz IN the middle o.
the arena and p1y open my FOOD TSP
and inspect my teeth. and PICK ny
feet and look at then and ask me wnotN.
er I'm married or single, and al tna1
sort Of thing. These indigntttes are hu-
initiating to one Of my tender dispose
ton. And never hear word on en-
couragement. It's all about ruchinss ana
laces and chifTons, and grenaolnes. ana
isn't Mrs. eo-end-so l1orrid In the pulp!o
gown with the yaller dounce9.
Sometimes they take me ana put
saddle on me. Then a large man cAmos
on me. dashes into the arena ana 1aos
a fork about two feet into my personal
feelings to make me wiggle. II usually
succeeds. When DO Ewiggle ne tries 70
hold me. and that only adds to the COM
plications. He doesn't seem to think that
I have any purpose In life except TO
wiggle for him and let people examine
my hooks. Then after while another
man comes along and pins some sort
Of a ribbon on mc-ttlat is, II have
wiggled suff1ciently-and l get applaudsd
for something that hurt me awfully.
Then get out OF the ring and 60 back
to my oats.
OR other times they put large fences
up all around In the most unexpected
places and ride me at them full tilt. and
just before they get there they stab me.
and, Of course. I jump. ANY man would
do the same. Then If T jump high enough
and don't break anybody's neck-which
is pity sometimes-they pin ribbon on
me for that.
This being a prize-winnar at horse
shows isn't what it's cracked up to be.
For me a nice quiet life, Tar from the siren
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I am horsA
LAKE all other horses am square
beast with leg on each corner. also
wear my head in front which may seem
strange thing to say. merely call at
tention to these details because in the
hurry and hustle OF this week, when I
become King there will be 50 many
pretty girls there that nobody will notice
mo. IT'S the Horse Show. you know. and
they won't do thing to me.
q Personally. between you and me, don't
think much OF these horse shows. It's
too much work. They curry mo and scrub
mo and curry me and pat me and curry
me some more until I have had all the
kinks combcd out OF my person. They
then hitch me up to something and put
q bit in my mouth and turn me loose to
straddle round the arena and nobody
ever sees me at ell. I might say here
that I don't like the style In bits thi9
year; they are very unbecoming. "A man
sits In little wagon, which is tied to-
me and every once in while he touches
me with his whip lash and think it's
a horse fly and try to go right through
the promenade rail. That's the sort OF q
huckleberry am.
Then If / prance and snort and cavort.
and really show any desire to cut soma
Ice and get run for my money. the
man in the wagon begins to pull on tbs
reins and cuts my mouth all the way
back to .ry ears. whereupon he IS APP
plauded for his skill In handling me.
That is, they applaud when they see me
at all. There are SO many colors and
SO much noise and chatter and music
that get all tangled up and don't know
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NORTH CAROLINA STATE AGR,,
CULTURAL FAIR,

Raleigh. N. c., October, 29-3i. 1902.
For the above occasion the Southern
Railway vii! sell special round trip
tickets to Raleigh. n. G.. at one fare.
plus so cents. FOR the round trip. which
includes one admission to the fair. APP
plying from all points within the State
of North Carolina; also Norfolk. Rich
mond. Lynchburg, Danvil.e and inter
mediate points In the State Of Virginia.
tickets on sale October 18th to Goth, with
return limit November 3D.
"A very low rate will apply for military
companies and bands in uniform: twenty
or more on one ticket.
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has been a winner at the different shows
this season. When right and ut Deep
Run jumps in grand form. and IS nkeiy
to be among the winners here
Mr.. C. C. West, of Wyeth 6 West, OF
the Mountain View Farm. has his head
quarters at Baltimore, and usually SPENDS
his winters there One OF the best known
organizations Of the Monumental CITY,
is the Overland Hunt Club. of which Mr.
West has been the NJ. F. H. for two sea-
sons past, and was. during the past week.
reelected to the same position.
Secretary w. Q. Warthen, who also nils
the responsible position OF passenger
agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio RAN
road here. makes most efficient OFFICER,
and the splendid entry list is strong
testimonial to his energy and courteous
attention to exhibitors and patrons aliKe.
The classes for roadsters have been
we'll patronized, and prominent entries
are the standard bred and registered
trotters Lucena, Serpentine, Fidgree ana
Russell Rex Lucena carried off the
blue ribbon here last year as the prop
erty Of Mr.. w. Bailey Saunders, and is
still owned by him. She is shape!y
bay mare, eight years old. and has
trotting record o; 90 IA. IWickliffe. her
sire. is a richly bred son OF George
Wilkes, while she is out OF the great
brood mare. Happy Princess. 2:2S Il, dam
Of Stormcliffe, 2:13 IA; Lucena, 2:22 Ia,
and Happy Dan. s:2s IA, by Happy
Medium
Serpentine IS ehandsome brown mare.
ten years old, 15.s bred by James A
Graham. formerly Of Biggsville Ill. but
now of Gould Hill Farm. Hanover Court
house, Va, is owned by A T. Griffith.
She was sired by Mambrino Boy,--out
Of the noted producing dam Remem-
brance. daughter of George Wilkes and
Ella Dean, by Corbeau. Remembrance
was owned by Mr.. Graham and died at.
Gould Hill last winter, her death being
due to the decrepitude of advanced age.
She has gained distinction as the dam of
Virginia jim. 2:141 IA; Remember, 2:21 ga.
full brother to Serpentine; Ell Banecia,
who at fourteen years old reduced his
record this season from 2:2o IL to 2:17 IA,
and the producing sire Tennessee Dicta-
tor.
Fe!igree, the nice looking chestnut
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on Wednesday and Friday evenings.
The same exhibitors figure In both
classes and they are Mrs. Albert Young,
New York; Wyeth and West. Mountain
View Farm. Marshall. Va; G.. w. c..
Drexel. Of Philadelphia, and DR.. +. D.
Owsley, OF Chicago. The latter has 9
fine country home in Albemarle county.
Va, and his exhibits at Charlottesville
In August included some real high class
horses. The teams of DR.. Owsley and
Wyeth and West were both entered at
the Albemarle show and attracted much
attention. albeit, the blue ribbon. went to
four handsome bays owned and driven by
CORTLAND H. Smith.
Among the entries in class 2S, ladies
saddle horses, 14.3 and over. to be ridden
by ladies, are ]. D. Mathews Van
Gray. chestnut gelding, by Jim Gray.
dam by Eolus; Ltghtfoot. the elegant
black gelding. 3, by Fesler. from }. -.
AIcComb ard Brothers stable; Mrs. Al
len Potts Royal, by Arnon, the SON Of
imp. Charles, and Maynard by Eolus;
DR.. F. D. Owsley's Gray Dawn and
Robin Adair, handsome bay gelding. s
years, 15l15. by Tecu1nseh. Robin Adair
is the entry of that accomplished horse
woman, Mrs. Blair Johnson, of Warren
ton, Va, who has shown him In the
ring and carried off trophy after trophy
with the bay geiding this season.
The Deep Run Hunt Club will keep
open house this week in honor Of the
Horse Show. Widely know and deserved
ly popular is this organization and Wis
1tors will enjoy the warm hospitality OF
the club. The club house and grounds
are nicely Kept and located In the midst
of lovely section. No body Of men has
ever done more to improve horse stock
OF a single section than the members OF
this club have accomplished in bringing
the hunter and jumper into prominence
here.
In class 80 to be judged on Tuesday
night there ere thirty-four entries. and
the field will consist Of e great lot OF
horses. Among them will be seen the
flower of the hunters and Jumpers OF the
South. The greater part of these horses
have shown the ability to perform in
sensational way over the hurdles and the
field is made up in part Of leapers that
have been pitted against the best to pc
seen at the big shows and won. There
is Jubilee, the big black son OF Prince
William; Kathleen, Buck. Elevator, Bach
elor. Buckle, Red Light. the sensational
Amaret, Eornpipe, the massive roam son
Of Young Sanford Up-to-Date. The Lamb.
Tip Top, Mrs. R. G. Shaw's Queen Bee
and others as worthy OF mention. ana
from this latter division the blue ribbon
winner may come
An innovation here will be class 81. for
the best pair of hunters owned by the
exhibitors. To be ridden over the resu-
latior Jumps abreast. Performance and
STYLE Of going only to be counted. Prom
inent among the entries are Tenant 4
Tenants Jubilee and Lottery, Garter y
SCOTS squeedunk and Chipmunk. Lewis
G. Youngs Buckle and Pathfinder. NC
Comb & Lyne's Duke of Somerset and
Sensation IL, Hampton Stock Farms
P-.rrister and Sea Gull, c. W. Smiths
Chipmunk and Garnet Ripple, and Allen
Potts grand old mare Brunette, who Is
1e.1 in height. and her black son Bache-
Tor. the 1872 seven-year-old gelding, by
= - BROAD ROCK.
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STATE COUNCIL, j. Q. U.A. "a.
Norfolk, Va, Cctobsr2Iss, $3.50 Roune

Norfolk, Va, Cctobsr2is., $3.50 Round
Trip via Norfolk & Western Railway.
Tickets will be sold October 18th. 10th
and 21st. good for return passage untl
October 25th The Norfolk and Western
offers three daily trains In each direc-
ton. For tickets and further infoEuase
ton apply to Richmond Tansfer CONF
pany. sos East Main Street: Ticket
Agent. Byrd Street Station. or at Com
PAWS office. SsS East Main Strest; John
%. wagner, City Passenger and Ticket
rsnt C. II. BOsLE1.
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MISSIONER SCHOOL.

Miss Rose Sweeney. principal OF the
Westover School, is native OF Nees
Virginia, being q granddaugh1er OK Sas'ss.
Tbonas Sweeney; a daughter OF Hon..
Al Sweeney (both deceasedl. of Wheel
ing. and a sister Of the present Mayor
of that city. Miss Sweeney Is a woman
at rare mental attainment. broad cul-
ture. and musical ability of a high order.
she RESIGNS; the position OF associate
principal of the WoInan.s College OF
R;chmond. va. to come TO Us with sin
cere. regret on the part of President Dr.
Nelson. as wei! as tho faculty and pupils,
who feel a personal loss in her iefyine,
Miss Sweeney, before leaving tfie clsSs
=, Nod at the Cable Corpaays warS.
,.s,n,r,s and selected fine Conoger Piaiso
- he used in the musical department. Of
the Westover School
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jumping contest for ladies' hunters. y
of the most brilliant description.

OF me most OCSSl1pl1UlA.
w. S. Forbes & Sons, whose private sta
tles are in town. but most of whose
horses are kept at Mon .ebelle .ar1e. near
Bon Air, have entries in various classes.
Among the horses to be exhibited BY
them are Filigree, Moody, some me hunt-
c1s. jumpers and high stepping harness
horses, and the handsome black seidios
Darkness, by Gray Squirrel, who was i,u:-.
chased in kentucky especially to eSalolt
in the saddle classes.
The high jumping contest. the conclud-.
ing event OF Saturday nights show. should.
furnish a contest well worth seeing The
trials will begin at Tour feet six inches.
and raised to point not exceeding i've
feet six inches. The entries include j.
p. Du!aney's Bachelor. W. V. Thraves
Fearless II. Arthur Fl. Fnlton's Lady
Bell Mrs. Dietricils Buck G. ii. HUI.
kamp's Alnaret, Robert N. Taylor's Gray
Rock and Easter.
Vice President Harry c. Beatue OF the
Richmond Horse Show. who is deeply In
terested and takes leading part in its
counsels. will figure quite largely as an
exhibitor, but for the most part OF hunt
ers and jumpers. Among other horses
entered by Mr.. Beattie is the big bay
gelding. Deep Run. a thoroughbred, son
OF Kay - and Faustina, BIZ Eolrs. who.
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REMEMBER
The Grea. New York Horse show,

The Great New YORK Horse Show,
November II 10 81.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany's ninth annual personally con-
Quoted excursion to New York. account
the Horse Show. leaves Richmond saSaTs
day. November 18th. AS New York i5
crowded during Horse Show week. early
application should be made to secure good
steamer and hotel reservations.
JOHN T. MAYER, Agent
1912 East Main Street
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12

some big bargains in California Dsied
E,ruits. California .,ectarines. per pound.
10 cents; California peaches per pound.
cents; California. Pears. 9 cents pound.
California Plunss. y cents pound; can
fornia Extra Large Fancy Pruaes.
cents. pounds. % cents: medium,
size Fancy Prunes, Z cents or pounds
9 cents: Good Prunes per pound. cents.
Sun Dried Apples per pound. s cents:
sun Dried Unpealad Peaches. cents
pound: Evaporated Peeled Peaches per
pound. L cents: Sun Dried fine cut
Peaches Il cents pound; Dried Dam
sons per pound. L cents: Evanora ted
Apples per pound. 10 cents; ssra med
Honey per pound. Is cents
S. ULLMaN.S SON. Three Stores.
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pyrH,Ans. MEMORIAL SERVICE
Members OF Damon Lodge. No. ., wish
i,r tickets for the memorial service. can
or,Yaia same by calling on Brother q
Bernard Burton. care The caaie Conn
nanyl No .l3 East Broad Street.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12

Before securing apartments for this
winter. write for rates A. the Henry
Clay Inn. Ashland. Va. E;1iiroad fnci1-
ties unsurpassed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12

has been a winner at the different shows
this season. When right and MT Deep
Run jumps in grand form. and IS likely
to be among the winners here
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12

Hunters and Jumpers. champion class
The best performance over successive
Jumps, 4 feet 6 inches. to count-First.
Buck. exhibited by Mrs. A. e. Dieterick,
ridden bv Fl. c. Beattle: second, Black
bird. exhibited by Wyeth G. West. rid
den by c.. e. west.
High 1umn-Ffrst. Amsr-t, owned and
ridden by Charles n. Hurkamp: second.
owned and ridden by G. G. West: third.
Buck, exhibited By Mrs. A. z. Deiterick.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01

beyond the borders of Missouri and
the nation; man in whose record of
more than thirty years Of continuous
service there is not one black page.
He has been retired to make room for
a successor who owes his promotion
more to his political activity than to
his fire fighting ability which, how
ever, is not inconsiderable.
This official decapitation of
faithful servant who has done his
full duty at home, and startled
Europeans with the exhibitions he
has given them of the efficacy of
American apparatus and men, is only
one example of the folly of allowing
partisan. feeling to govern in affairs
municipal. 1t would have been
equally sensible to have discarded one
of the engines, because the maker
chanced to oppose the election of the
successful candidate. A good chief
is certainly as essential as good
engine, and the people are as much
entitled to the services of the best
man, as of the best device.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
Cbe Conservative.

order as General Smith is alleged to
have issued, the country will read
those facts with avidity.
If the Inhabitants of Samar are by
nature so wild and ferocious that
the soldiery is forced to adopt such
drastic tactics, the fact is surely of
value, solely from historical stand
point. The history to be studied by
generations of unborn Samarites will
be much better balanced if the chap
ter containing chronological report
of the operations of the Waller puni-
tive expedition is followed by an
other chapter containing ample JUS
tification for the remarkable methods
employed by those in command, and
it is the data for this chapter that is
now very much in demand.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
Neither meaning
less invective nor
purposeless denun-
"BEEFING."

citation will cause the promoters of the
beef trust moments uneasiness.
Spumescent oratory or denunciatory
editorial lucubrations are alike power
less to cure this, or any other, evil.
The editorial table fairly groans be-
meath its load of exchanges containing
columns Of lugubrious twaddle about
this monster; not one proposes rem
edy, or gives a sufficiently lucid descrip-
tion of this new species of octopus to
allow of plans being made to destroy
him.
When the beef trust is old enough for
US to judge its character, it will be
overcome, if it needs overcoming; but
the author of it's downfall will be man
with purpose and a plan. Neither
oratorical nor editorial maledictions
have the slightest effect upon an octo-
pus, simply because an octopus is con-
structed to withstand them.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
Many tart dish
NICELY BLENDED. becomes palatable

MANY UdTC ulsu
NICELY BLENDED. becomes palatable
w h en- sweetened,
and the element of acidity adds to the
delight of the epicure. And when
battle SCARED veterans of the lost cause
meet in reunion to sing "Dixie" and
America" the singing of the former
gives added sweetness and strength to
the latter. "Dixie" without america"
is little relished by many Americans,
while america" unaccompanied by
the sorg of the Sunny South is not
spiced to the taste of some who reside
in the shadow of the palmetto. Blend
ed, the airs of the North and South are
emblematic of reunion Of two once
mutually inimical peoples.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01

Everybody over
WANTED-THE ten" in this coun-
FACTS! try is pleased to
learn that General
Smith will be tr led for the crimes
committed by subordinates in COM
pliance with his directions
But, because good citizens unani-
mously demand a full investigation of
this most deplorable affair, it by no
means follows that they cry for the
conviction of the accused Quite to
the contrary, if there is circum-
stance or. chain of circumstances
which could possibly justify the pro-
mitigation of such an extraordinary
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
The charges of
extravaganza in the
transport service
find substantiation
TRANSPORTS
OF PLEASURE.

in the following list of expenditures in
connection with the refitting of the Han
cock: One small brass bed, $44; four
pillows, $16.4O; three bat curtains,
$627O; 235 yards of carpet, $471.5O; one
chair, $46.75 three chairs, $l32; skirt
round commanders bed, 1886. These
are but a few items.
Americans do not favor a niggardly
policy in dealing with faithful guard.
ians, and money expended for their
comfort and convenience is little be.
grudged by those who realize that the
lot of sailor is hard enough at best.
Consequently little exception would be
taken to the above if it was thought
that the gallant commander of the
palatial Hancock could secure SIG. 40
worth of added repose by resting his
over-worked head upon those downy
pillows, or stretching his soldierly frame
upon the $44 brass bedstead. If his
morning grog will taste the sweeter be-
cause he sips it while reclining upon the
soft, yielding cushions Of that $46.75
chair, or even one of the three which
cost $132; if his tired eye finds relief in
resting upon those $62.7O curtains and
that 1886 bed-skirt, or his gout is in
measure relieved by treading $471.5O
carpet, the country would unhesitatingly
declare the money we'll spent I; but there
is every reason to suspect that the prin-
cipal beneficiary of all this luxurious
ness is the contractor who supplies the
furniture and draperies, and as he is
not naval hero, nor yet public serv-
ant, common citizens are somewhat
dubious as to the advisability of allow
ing preferred contractors to take passage
for the island of Monte Christie, upon an
American transport.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01

The injection Of
PARTISAN NUM- politics into munic-
CIPAL GOVERN ipal campaigns is
MENT. as needless as it is
fruitful of evil.
Factional feeling has prompted the
recently elected mayor of Kansas
City to remove Chief Hale, the vet
eran fireman whose fame has spread
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
Once upon a time
there lived a man
who had a herd
PERvERSE.

of swine to be tended, and we'll
to be walled up with stone. The swine
being wild and unruly, he selected
slender youth of remarkable activity,
and known to possess keen Judgment
and foresight, to watch them. The we'll
being deep and the stones heavy, he en-
ployed at this labor broad backed lad
of great strength and endurance. After
instructing each in his duties, and
cautioning them not to interfere one
with the other, he betook him to the
village to market some fat cattle, we'll
satisfied that upon his return he would
find the swine feeding quietly in their
pasture, and the we'll far advanced.
His cattle going quietly, and pur-
chaser being quickly found, the farmer
was enabled to reach his home at
much earlier hour than he had expected.
Imagine his surprise to find the stout,
sluggish youth toiling laboriously after
the swine, which he was unable to come
up with or keep within bounds, while
the slender, active lad tugged with might
and main at huge stone which his
strength hardly sufficed to stir.
Leaving this picture of another
country and another day, turn to that
of our generals who are appointed to
fight, but insist upon talking, and our
senators, who are chosen to talk and
reason, but persist in fighting.
But, after all, senators and generals
are but great, overgrown boys, and as
the old-tim peasant chastised his per-
verse servants with his staff, so the
president must inflict punishment upon
those generals who ,0iH talk instead of
fighting, and those senators who will
fight instead of talking.
The Conservative, 1902-05-01
A close observer
will not fail to note
DEPENDS.

tions over the high price Of beef and the
corresponding increase in the value of
fat cattle, emanate principally from the
manufacturing centers. The agricul-
turalist may, for once, view the situa-
ton with great equanimity 1t makes
vast difference whose OK is being
butchered.