The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-14
: COURT'Y' SMITH
SELLS / \. HUNTERS Il
Tic Witt Go Abroad for all
Eli Indefinite
Stay.
No BETTER lot IN AMERICA.
Sale WiliATakc Place in New
" Yo9rk: 81 Apr:iill, " III.
9Th.

Mr.. Courtland Hawkins Smith, NJ. F. II
OF Cameron Run Hunt, ana an owner Of.
probably theabest lot Of show horses ~
America, fns&determined to spend sonic
time abroad ,s ana consequently will dis,
pose IL his entire stable Of hunters.
Tho Times Dlspltci, has received tho
following letter from Mr.. Smith relative
to Tho sale,fthat will doubtless attract
buyers from ali parts Of the country:
Hicontemplating sojo,irn abroad, II have
decided to dispose Of my entire stable
tof hunters and show horses to tho highest
bidder at public Auction. at Nfessrs. Van
iTasseii and kcarney' grepositor No. $50
East thirteenth Street. New York city
April 9Th, Mt 8 p. NJ. !.
8R Tho lots Of about twenty head INCLUDES
q 4 grand q collection Of qualified hunters!
and tlo string Of show horses ranks los
easily as tho first stable In America
rcrs as Gnrnctt Ripple h. Lucy suther--5
land, b IS Top. 'C,happle Lee,
ROOM. ...Ijr-t Date" Colonel Haw y
lklnsp 10 Bar 'Dgunquit' and On New CIV
5zealni,d,,.s the Same winning wherever
shown III tho hotties company.
scr have spared no expense or timd B1l
collecting thfs string Of horses, " hlchs
has been @selectcd from many lluntireds
owned at yarious times by me. All have y.
bee Il 81 reg ulurly$s hunted by Mrs. smith
ana myself with tho Cameron, Run y,
hounds, ana are certainly well sonooscu
mounts for any one. s2s 81 u 4.
Noted Garrett Ripple
Iarnett Ripple is probably the best best
Known show$Sri hunter IN America
having wonain, all company, ind STA ding
almost alone. on account Of his W ndof-
Sf,,l con Formation rho gcldlng IS clean,
Thoroughbred @bred wIthal as kind and
gentle a s a cllild's pony. In the hunting
5tieldshe Is aSlbrilliant performer.
RlId1cy Sutherland. another thoroughbred,
is almost s we'll known In tho show ring
as her stable mate. she can jump any
country fence, and IL probably the most
cons steuts 4 hunter over tho jumps that
was #5cx hibited last season.
~ Tin Top and .Up.to- Date are quallitnesd
hunters OF high class. with blue ribbons ~
and champions to their!scretiit With "
out number y Both arc brilliant acro5ss
country. and H both have been used II as
whip horses sa- 81. s
$ Chappie Lee Is a typical ladies' hunter,
d weight carrier, steady, as handy ias q
cat III green going, and Il horse that is
seldom to he found In tho market. q dded
,to#thIs, She Is; EOf al excellent sporting
type, ana Should command a good price.
Fine Type q. Pure Bred.
palm Room a IS: probably tho best type
OF tho pure bred hunter in America .r I,
There are no faults To- be found.
Colonel 1IaN'kln ms sis \ ne ~ q S tho best
Charlie Inrkamp ever turned out an;l
lis q great lntddlcweight TYPE 1I ls Sts
clean bred. s "a ~ u
New Zealand is another ashing clean
bred 4 one, vi four years old. and with q
great future HeI 1 is a flne rformer
over the jumps, and 1withul ia kindly anu
|level-hcaded ,j5
u; no Bar and Ogunqult are both in
the heavyweight class, and both great
performers across country. Ogunquit Is
as good looking half-bred as ono can find
in q years time. y, ], Z,
Taketi as a. whole the lot, though
smaller In number than FoXhall Keene's
sale, far outranks any sale that 4 has
yet taken place. Ri .I& e.
The hunters are practically free from
sblen1ishes and are al Of tho highest
class. - They are not only winners in the
show ring. but have been properly
schooled over STIFF country behind q
recognized pack Of fox hounds.