The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13
ABOUT HORSES
AND H0RsEME|N|
Grays aid Whites Are No Long
er Seen Anywhere in Such
Great Numbers.
THEY ARE NOT FAsHl0NAB L.E
Eophone Wins-At Walton Stock
Farnl-Dcatl1 Of Ray S.
Other Items.

J'nquestionably the human eye and the
cookies OF the heart warm to the sight
OF a gallant gray horse. On nag Of no
other color to my mind does q rldcr
In pink so charm our gaze. and II THIS
be so In the hunting field. 1t Is equally
true on the race track, where the rich
ness OF coloring is even more marked,
or perhaps in the lead or to the wheel
OF a rour-in-hand team drawing gayly
q colored coach or break However, that
the color is not fashionable may be noted
by the very Of either gray or white
horses that are seen. Commenting on
them al exchange says:
While white horses are not fashionable
except for funerals Of the young, the
most fascination Of Anglo-Saxon trah1'
Stions cluster around the white horse. TO
day III the grand circuit we can think
u or a few grays, but not one OF the pure
white species. The battle ensign or flag
i or the ancient Saxons was pure white
horse. The galoping white horse Is the
device OF the House OF Hanover Tho
rampant white horse is the device OF the
House OF Savoy, descended from the
\ Snxons. Rorak, the horse that conveyed
the Prophet Mohammed from earth TO
the seventh heaven was pure white
horse Hence In al! Mohammedan coun-
tries, and In Japan, the white horse IS
still the popular color. And the white
horse is still popular in France The
great war horse that n Napoleon rode for
tho last time In the battle OF Waterloo
was pure white stallion. The &favorite
horse OF King Richard Ill OF England
S,,r 1,a 1shS refers
to him when he writes Saddle White
Surrey for the field tomorrow. The
winds that come on windy day crested
with foam on the lakes OF Killarney. Ire
land, ore POLITICALLY known as "O'Dona-s
hue's White Horse Tom Moore In his
famous 4. sl Melodies has poem on
the subje>c. But; poetry, mythology and
tradition have been cast to the obsolete
bow-wows In this country, and the white
horse is an off color Poetry and tradi-
ton have no commercial value.
6SEophone, brown gelding. 4. winner Of
the steeplechase at Baltimore on the 1th,
the opening day OF the Pimlico meeting,
was bred BY Robert Neville, Of Welbourne,
Va. He was sired by imp. Rigoletto, dam
iyesta, by Catesby, second dam Vestal!a,
by Tom Ochlltree. Rigoletto, who died
the property of Mr. Neville, was q noted
steeplechaser in France. and after I'M
:portation to this country sired a number
Of good crcss-country horses. AS stated,
from vestalia he got Eophone. while from
svesta, her dam, came White Carriers,
who ranked high among the chasers.
Charles III. Hurkamp. of Fredericksburg,
Va. brought out White Carriers. Dophone
Is now owned by the we'll known New
Workers, A. B. and J. T, Gwathmey,
father and son, who race under the nom
= ~ Fr# tnr7 ha
athmcy hall from Virginia, and hold
important interests in the State The
elder Mr. Gwa thmey, In addition to being
an owner OF steeplechas Is interested
In harness horses, and ranks ahead Of all
SVirginlans as an owner and amateur
reinman having, among others. now the
famous Tiverton. 2:0ik. the greatest: trot-
ting race gelding the turf has ever seen.
Walton Farm now ranks. as It has
probably done for fifteen years past, as
the largest breeding establishment for
trotters in the State. The farm is near
Falls Mills on tho line Of >the Norfolk
hundreds Of acres of land. Samuel Wal
ton. extensive railroad contractor banker
and man Of affairs in general, founded the
esta bl!shment. and 1t bears his name |
Red Leo, 1854 the son Of Red Wilkes
and Dictator Girl by. Dictator, heads the
stnn, and MS COURT. rs made IN OF choice
btind OF brood mares. During former
years such trotters as Catherine Ieyburn !
2:14l4; 3skilful. 2:17k; Wilboosn. 2:lsX, and
others. were taken down tho big line
but more recently the get OF Red Leo
have been handled principally, ana the
stoutly made bay stallion has shown his
potency as a sire, OF his get that have
made records during late yenrs are Mar
gle r.. s2I7A; ella Leo, 2:2oN Cassie Leo,
2:23A: Mary Bo!sseau, 2:24h and others,
all OF whom were bred at the farm while.
IN addition. the training stable Included
the full sisters Maggie Carroll. 2:lsA, and