The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02
HORSES AND
HORSEMEN.
Washington Jockey Club Stake
for T hrce-Ycar-Old
Stecplccl,asers.
BRILLIANT |. AND RADIANT
The Blooi,1it1gdalc Junpcrs--Dr.
Kerr's Young Choristcrs.
ss Allen Beard.

1t wiiebc Of interest to both breeders
in Maryland and Virginia to note that
the Washington Jockey Club has an
nounced a stake for thrce-ycar-old stee-
plcchascrs 10 be decided at It's forth
coming fall meeting. This action will
at once prove popular and will be we'll
the early development OF steeplechasers,
in which particular field 1t seems that
Virginia breeders of tlroroughbrcds are
likely to receive substantial returns for
years to come. This has been demonstra cG
4 by the careers Of such we'll knbYn per-
formers as Lard Of Glover, one OF the
highest class chasers America has ever
seen, and but for his untimely retre-
Enlent this season would have been taken
to England. Charawind who ranked Ias
the best horse In California last win
ter; In,perialist, j. f. Lanes perennial
winner. and o theirs OF lesser note. The
Washington Jockey Club follow: Stake
for threc-year. ODDS, two miles, purse
$1,000. Added weight for age and sex al
81owance. Horse that has never started.
three pounds. Ten dollars to enter $40
to name. and $40 to start. Entrance.
allsfecs. and 800 to winner, s2oo to second
horse. and 500 to third. @ n
Castle Hill Farms * stable OF show
horses, owned and exhibited at tic Vir-s
Fgi7iin Horse Show this season by Mrs.
Gertrude Ryes Potts, Of Gotham, has
been rema rkaby successful, and no horse
taken down the line was more admired
than Brilliant, brown fly 3. by. Arnon;
Thoroughbred son Of imp. Charaxus, and
Maynard. by Eolus, dam by a horse
~. roa,,o jn.,l,f nrcH ca in n
OF the famous stallion Of that name, own,
ed by John Minor Bolts. Brilliant won
eleven blues at four shows, and during
the season has carried off twenty ribbons
Ii, as many classes! Radiant. the brown
fly, 2, is "a full sister to Brilliant, and,
like her, is possessed Of exquisite quality
and finish. They are driven double now
BIZ Mrs. Potts and make a charming pole,
team. Brilliant and Freight, the chest
nut mare by Torchlight, will he S hoWn
at 2Lynciburg and then brought to Rich-
Amol1d, where both mares arc entered along
with a couple OF heavyweight hunters.
Both of the latter we're sired by Arnon
and are full bro Their and sister to Bache-
Tor. One Is called Benedict and the
other SDecieste. X s
II Jrry &c. IBeattie, vice-president OF
the Richmond Horse Show Association,
Z NJ. r. H., OF the Deep Run Hunt Club
and patron of outdoor sports, is a busy
man these fine autumn days at Bloom
In gdae Stock Farm where, he has a sta n
BILE Of hunters. jumpers. and steeplechas-3
ers Mr.. Beattie schools, the horses him
self and prize winners OF real class have
been developed by his clever hand. He.
has no " about dozen head in his stable.
Among the lot is Elevator and the big
gray son Of sEleve and Kitty was never
In better shape Pablo, chestnut geld
ing, z. BY. Abb Ell Ilader, Jr., Is develop
ing into a fine heavyweight hunter, and
lie is we'll thought Of. Carnation, a
chestnut nlly, 8, is by Rover, the sire
! of that good high jumper Buck, a win
#ner at the big shows and owned by Mrs
& a. E. Deltr;ck. Of New York The thor,
4oughbred division Of the stable includes
Deep Run, the bay geding, by Kasson,
dam Faustina, by E;olus. and southanna,