The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-19
.EOPHONE. SON. RIGOLETTO

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ters-O,her Items of
Interest.
In addition to the Irish bred stecple-
chasers Delivery and Pawnbroker, i'm
ported this season, Mcssrs. A. B. and j.
Z. Gwathmey, father and son. of the
Cotton Exchange New York, own among
other good jumpers the Virginia bred
horae Eophone. 6. by imp. Rlgolet'o.
out OF Vestalia. by Tom Ochitrce, whom
they purchased from J. Il. Widener, of
Philadelphia, some weeks since, and won
him out In his first race. Mr.. Cotton
Is the NON de plume" under which
the horses from the Gwathmey stable
are raced. Eophonc was bred by Robert
Neville. Of Melbourne, who owned the
dam vestalia and the grand-dam Vesta.
the latter daughter, of Catesby. Brad
to Rlgoletto, Vesta produced the chestnut
mare White Carriers. who was brought
cut in 1870 by Charles H. Hurkamp, o.
Fredericksburg, and developed unto q
crack steeplecraser.
The gray mare Grandma, 0, thorough
bred daughter OF imp Woodlands and
Pomona, by Ten Brock. formerly wei.
known and successful performer al Ire
Virginia and North Carolina fairs and
race meetings, is now in the stud, where
she was placed by her owner, Il. ;.
Engcking, Of this city. and bred IN l9O2
&c cherrywood. the full brother to Mo
relic, by Eolus. Last spring Grandma
dropped bay fily, which died, by Choir
rywood, and was bred to Robert Brad
lcy's good stallion Aloha, sire OF tho
American Derby winner, Robert Wad-
dell Mr.. Enzleking has refused several
tempting offers for Grandma by parties
wishing to own her for a brood mart
one Of them being from hensuckiah
who was willing to give s1.2pO Tor the
blood-like daughter Of Woodlands.
Joseph s. Montgomery, the Fifteenth
Street commission merchant, Is driving
on the road the nice looking three-yea"-
old Chestnut filly by Victor Blue. son OF
Oakland Baron. 2:t9K. dam Mildred Lee,
sister to dam OF Henry Barrett, 2:lo1s. bS
Mambrino Russell. This filly is regis
tered as Kisy Blue. and was bred by
Captain James r. Rogers, Paris. Ky.
AT his clever home of over hundred
acres in Henr!co county. near the city.
Mr. Montgomery has nice yearllng MY
by Patchen wilton, dam Saline by Ash
land Wilkes, who was bred by III. j.
Schwartz, Jr., also of Paris. me Patcheii
Wilton filly is entered in the Hartford
F,uturity and Kentucky Stock Farm
nurse. She is handsome and we'll formed.
and. with development. is likely to make
2 trotter.
wealth. 2:17H. the big brown stallion
by Gambetta Wilkes. 2:loi4. out OF Mag
nolia by Norfolk. owned by Soiohel W.
H. Chapman, Gordonsvlllc, Va. won
with ease the e-forall trot and pace
at the recent Culpeper Horse Show and
race meeting. The time was not fast
on account OF heavy track. but the son
of Gambetta Wilkes was in good shape
for the effort and acquitted himseif
ha ndsomely The stud season Of Wealth
has closed, and he was shipped during
the past week to John Collision. at
cumberland Bar. Nashville. Tenn. Cold
ston is a brother-in law OF the famous
resnsman. Edward F. Geers. and Wealth
will be campaigned by him. The brown
stallion has shown two minute speed IN
his work and Colonel chapman looms tol
him to pace to record OF 2:lo OF pet-
ter before the close Of the season.
The smoothly turned, handsome little
brown gelding Rubico. 2:23A. who was
cannaigned for several seasons and
driven to his record by George NJ. Har-'
den. OF Raleigh. and during the past
winte- exchanged by him with .. NJ
Arrasmith for the bay pacing horse.
Iohn r. Moore, by Hal woodbridge, is
now owned by William II. Osborne,
president OF the Kelley Institute, Green's
horo N. c., and used as pleasure horse
Nv Mrs. Osborne. As will be recalled,
Rubico was sired by the great race morse
Pamlico. 2:10 dam Ruby w" py MnrE-
lessor Frank E. Emory, Raleigh. y. 2,
where his dead sire was formerly owned 4
AIR. w. c. Marshall. editor Of the War
renton yirginan, and well known as
breeder, owner and horse show eXhlp,'
TOR. has returned from "a visit TO Judge
w r; Bennett's breeding establishment
Weston w Va, where he spent seve-
"a, DAYS inspecting the richly bred Dand
~ trotters and PAGERS. numbering over
y hundred head. AS the head OF the
arm of Marshall & Thompson, at war,
renton. Mr.. Marshall has been ihteresteu
In breeding both thoroughbreus anu mar
ness horses for years past hapt's s III
stallions in the stud as Tournament, MS
crare son of Eolus, and others repre-,
santinc the thoroughbred division ana
troiting sires OF equal prominence
Roth President Heineken ana aec:
rctary j. Jenkyn Davies OIL .ile ',i,oe
uyi,,iom Horseman's Association, Ma
naas Va are in high feather over the
,,r,e,bt nrospect for most successful eH-
,,ihition Ia be held there on Wednesday
nna THURSDAY, the ed and 2Sd instant.
when some of the highest types, OF nun
ters, Jumpers and high stepping e, harness a. t,
horses ever paraded on tanbarK III the
South may be seen,
The Manassas Horse Show Is probably
the most important open AFFAIR IN me
Virginia circuit. and is always wen
partonzed, the local attendance mems
large while quite a delegation is usually
seen from Washington, Baltimore and
other points North
rhe catalogue and prize list of the
Orange Horseman's Association, orange,
va. has been issued by Secretary u s.
pIcketts. and quite handsome publica-