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

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eight horses. Al bAyD and blacks IN COLI
or David liarurn, q prize winner In the
harness classes here last year. 10 Prob
ably tho best-known horse b the sta6lA
8N11ir1 and Fashion make A crack pair
with SUPERB action. manners and good
loolzn Thea there are the heav1weighta.
Lord Radiance. Patience ana an M.
named black eeldinG, while there - .
mare Of f1,eh-class n Lady Masgery. the
leader OF the epoTung ta11dem.
The stable has entries IN tbs classes
for hunters, 5unkpurA park saddle, single
harness. tandem and four-in-hand d.
yilons. Mr., West does the riding and
driving and his work was among the
clcverest seen here IN 1901. notable fea-
ture being his taking the black mare
sold for export to Europe, over tho
hurdles at st1 feet and an inch.
President J. Z. Anderson, of the Horse
Show Association. has been an indesatig-
able WORKER IN tbs cause and to his ef-
forts 1t may be sRi1 great measure OF
the promising outlook Is due. A liberal
nalron OF the hunter and housekeeping
harness horse. he has owned a number
Of high-class specimens during recent
years and has ever been willing to pay
liberal prices for those that he fancied
His private stables shelter clever col
lection and few amateur owners are more
Jealous in UNFOLDING the sport In its diff
ferent branches. Though only able to
ride at top weight Mr.. Anderson rides
regularly to hounds during the hunting
season and ia generally seen IN the thick
Of tho fray He is also a clever reinsman
and may be seen frequently driving his
housekeeping harness horses singly and
tandem He has horses entered In DIFF
fereat classes and 10 likely to carry of
share Of the prizes.
In conformation. 1aultless form and
elegance Of style and action, the black
Eelding, Lighfoot, three years old, bred
and owned by j. B. McComb e. Brother,
Of Giencorc Farm. Somerset, Va, Is apt
to prove one OF the attractions of the
show. Certainly he Is likely to do SO If
he retains the form that enabled him to
win all along the line Of open-air Vir-
GINA shows during the summer. but
the vagaries of form In the show ring
as on the turf. are uncertain and such
may prevail in Lightfoot's case. This
elegant black gelding was sired by the
saddle stallion F'essler from trottinS
mare by Castleman the son Of Wood
ford Mambrino. 2:2l IA, and his own
ers have refused to part with him even
at tempting figures.
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Mr.&C w Smith, manager of the Rich
mond Horse Show. is a resident OF War
renton. and one Of the best-known horse
men in Virginia AS a manager and di-
rector Of horse shows his equal is not
to be found in the whole South. and each
year his territory widens. During the
present season he has followed the Vlr-
GINA Circuit, and, under his manage
rent the shows at Charlottesville and
F1IVrarrenton were pronounced successes.
as the Richmond Show will be without
doubt. and the same is lekly to apply
to Lyachnurg,. The latter comes Off dur
ing the week following Richmond. 1t is
said that Mr. Smiths ability as man
arer was show at Varrenton. where de-
tails were carried out with exachtude
and the promptness Of action was a
Among the entries to class 80, open to
all hunters and jumpers, and class 80 Tor
heavyweight hunters. to be judged Tues
day night, is the Laburnan farm geld
ing Elevator. winner Of the high-lump-
ing contest at the spring meeting of the
Deep Run Hunt Club in May last, ridden
by his owner, Mr.. J. Stewart Bryan
This big gray son Of thoroughbred E1eve
and Iitsy. a trotting-bred daughter OF
f. F. V, Is in fine form and takes to
his work with relish In disposition
and manners the gray gelding is we'll
nigh perfect and seems willing to do all that
is asked of him. Mr.. Spencer Carter
will have the mount on this son of Eleve
in the show ring here and is likely to
land him in the winning division.
The entries of Mr.. and Mrs Allen Potts
will attract attention. as they include
a blue-ribbon winners in that grand old
mare Brunette, by Mambrino King. and
her coal black son Bachelor, the big.
fine gelding. by Arnon. that won the
Deep Run Hunt Club stecrlechase here
last spring.
Mr.. Potts Is one OF the leading spirits
OF the Deep Run Hunt Club and has at
different times acted as NJ E. H. while
it is generally conceded that Mrs. Potts
is one of the ablest horsewomen in the
Her riding at the Horse Show
here IN 1891. when she won with the
chestnut gelding Buck in the high