The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-02
last fall has encouraged L

last fall has encouraged the management
to put forth strenuous efforts toward their
second annual show, to be hetd IN eicto-
Der The premium list has been re-
yised, and much larger prizes VIII be Oh
fered, while extensive improvements ars III
progress at the big Exposition buildlhs'
and its seating capacity is to be increas-
ed to ten thousand The Horse Show IN
terest Of Virginia is an important one, and
richly merits liberal patronage and sup
port, as it is a source of education in the
equine world so free from objectionable
features that it has been lifted TO
plane far above the ordinary.
One Of the fastest horses seen on. the
snow path during the recent slclshIns
carnival in New York city was the V!r-
g:nia-bred geIding Angelus. ZIP Ia, who
was bred by II. NJ. Hewitt. North Bend
Farm, near NVcyanoke. rms tan ches-
nut gelding is now eleven years old and
was sired by5Whitby, 2:1S IA. dam Winnl-
fred by Orion, the brother to Planet, ny
h,evenue. next dam Nelson, dam of Roy,
. 20 Angelrs trottel ohis record at the
Cleveland Grand Circuit meeting, July
/ 31st, 1896.
The Leviathan trotter Nosul, 200 II,
the unsexed son of Sultan and Virginia
Maid who was bred by William Ellison,
of this city, also figured as particips.ht
lin this carnival, and showed that ne
retained his speed Mosul is a year Eout1s-
I or than Angelus, having been foalea III
1892
/ Among the thoroughbred mares Owned
| by the South Africa: millionaire =.
Curtis. at his Mayfe!d Stud, LecsburS
Va, is imported ,Thyra. .. chestnut 1oai-
Cd 1899 by Kendall out of Pctrarchna
,,.l, NOV al Il onnlS AnScS, ny
| Macaroni q full sister 20 this mare re-
Gently sold for $500 imported Aitlce-
meat heads the Maytield Stud IN TINS sea,
son. He was bred in South africa ana
is a son of ST Augustine from Cuttet by
Nuneham Imp. Benvcnuto, by 1ialopilie:
ont of Queen of Diamonds, by King or
rnnps. is the other sire :, &c, II, n ,,Tza
General William T .Towncs. Of New
York city whose stud of thorn'iGhnEeds
/ is kent a his farm Stokcsland, Va. owns.
amol,s other g vel. h1ss l hv '' IMP. st.
Riaise, out of Olitipa. by imp l4eaminstoh,
and she out of Oleata. by Lexington the
son Of Boston. General TONNES VIII t snip
ST. olga this season to the La 13etie etu '1
of H. p Headley. Lexington. AS., am,
breed her to Ornament. the famous son
Of imp. Order and Fictorlnc by o,ioh-
daga.
dingtnn are the sires in use by Robert
Neville at his Loudoun county hreedin s;
& establishment near Melbourne. which is
right in the midst of one of the richest
grazing districts in Virginia Contract rae.
is a son of Economy 1d.fWeddlnS KING;
by Hampton. while Arlington was sired
by Me! Ton. dam Annette, by The Speaker.
Contract won the Prince of Wales stakes
and .Ebor St Leger.
F-reseo. by Eolus, out of Gladiola.
nv imp. s lensarry and Charade. the son
OF imp. Charax1s and Ada Belle. by Eolus
are among the Virginia bred stations now
IN the stud in the Blue Grass Region"
Of Kentucky. Both horses were bred ut
sfar-famed Elierslie Stud. charlottesville,
Va.
Recent winners at New Orleans. include
!. the Chestnut mare Miss Soak, by imp.
The Jacobite. dam Lizzie NJ. by Eolus,
who won L 1-1d miles in las. finishing
ahead Of Tragedy. ARA and half a dozen
Others. Miss TSoakswass bred in the Fort
sChisEell Stud of j III. NlcGayoci, Max
sooM - BROAD ROCK.