The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24

! change in reference to Captain c.. B..
benson. secretary and treasurer of the,
North Carolina State Fair and race
| meeting, is reproduced here ir order to
show the good work of that well-llnowns
gentleman who is popular with numbers
of campaigning horsemeh:
One Of the best known citizens of the
State is Captain C. 8. benson. of Raj
egh, and though his connection with
the North Carolina Agricultural Society
as it's treasurer, he has come into con-
tact with the thousands who annually
visit Raleigh during the State Fair.
Captain benson is writer of ability,
and his pen has been OF great service in
telling of the splendid deeds done in
North Carolina. on whose history he IS
an authority AS an eloquent speaker
! he has told before ENTHUSIASTIC audiences
| of the South in days of war, and Of it's
great men and their deeds. AS secre-
! tary of the State Board Of Charities he
| has been the means of doing incalcuIa BILE
good. and the deeds of his life will be
! told when coming gentrations take up
| the burdens we have laid down.
| He is still energetic In all that goes
| to make up an idel citizen. and it Is
to such men that the tSate points with
pride.
! A valued correspondent sends me the
! following communication with the request
! that it be published in this column:
/ When you weld you pen in the interest
| of our horse world will you endeavor to
impress upon people who claim to be civ
| ilzed, intelligent human beings with the
| terrible wrong committed in docking the
tail of a hor? The dainty lady who
| would faint at the sight Of a nutiate1
! frr~ 1eI hSrJ cCin IN
| tucked cut in dainty galore and drive a
horse with only like the rabbit. "a little
| bunch Of hair The POOR tortured beast
| flies swarminG and vainly endeavoring
! to keep them off with what tail they
have-out in the pastures, no projections
| There should be a law passed that from
! 1902 all horses that are locked, the own-
| ers and the man who does the work to
be sent to the penitentiary for five years.
Another item, don't think I am trying
| to tell YOU your business. but why not
| for the happiness and well being of the
| future generation of horses. reject zero
bate rares-the blind especially, and
blood and bone diseases We want good
| horses When the farmer wakes up and
finds out his old blind mare can't have
colt, oh,no! why a mare with good eyes
| will take her place. One good horse raised
and broken we'll is worth more than six
railways.
~ dear lover of horses, I am, the best
friend man ever possessed. Love them
and your love is returned three fold Be
your lot that of a prince or peasant. UP
or down. makes no change in them: true
ard tried. doing for what we cannot do
for ourselves.
An ailing leg has at least caused re-
tlrement during the present season or
Cold Bur. the son of Bursar. 2:l7, that
vas bred by W. c. West. Onancock Va
The handsome chestnut geIsine has been
consistent performer right along since
MS hrst race In June. and T. Albany.
on July 3lst. got second money in the
heeier Hotel Stakes, and a new record
or Z:la12. reduction of 81 seconds from
ms former mark. AT PouGhkeepsie on
the eth instant Gold Bur won a couple
of heats in the 2:17 class. trotting. and
| then his leg caused trouble and the chest
| nut gelding caught the flag. Gold Bur
; is one Of the best looking trotters ever
sent out from Virginia and well bred,
too. as his sire, the dead Bursar. has
gotten speed. and the dam BERTHE. pro-
duced Lamp Girl. zoo. the fastest OF
Virginia bred trotters.
One Of the most highiy-prized brood
mares in the noted Ellerslie Stud OF r.
]. Hancock & Son, Charlottesville. Va.
is Mermaid. the chestnut daughter OF
Imp. st. BIaise and Palmetto, by Virgil
BY Eolus she produced Merry Day. the
chestnut horse with lightning speed and
many victories to his credit. now mem-
her OF the Annita Stud of A. D. Payne,
of Charlottesville, while by Eon. son of
Eo1us. she threw Eonic. winner of the
rich Burns Handicap in California this
! season. Minotaur. bay colt. .. full
brother to Eonic, won at Brighton Leach