The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-01
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Richmond Horse Shows Spleen
i8H did List Of En-
al tries.
LARGER NUMBER THAN EVER
q a High Character.
Some Great Road
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sf we are about to witness the fifth am
11ual exhibition Of the Richmond Horse
sa show Association and prospects all seem
bright FOR the most brilliant affair Of
B5 the sort Vet witnessed IN all this South
~ crr country. The initial effort of the
association took place in the old Audi
torium Building at the Exposition
HI Grounds in 1901, and this being destroyed
X BY IRE in 1902 the splendid amphttheatre
( now in use at West End Park was
erected ard the show held there that
Y year, since then the Richmond Horse
show has grown in Importance and now
being connected with those at Chicago
& and New York, has taken rank among
the largest In America I
Five hundred entries have been received
for this years show, which Is not only
i3S n record breaker in point of numbers,
a nit the horses to compete for the rich
offered in tho different classes
y include many Of national fame Certain
v ~ this applies with greater force to en-
tries in the harness classes than at
any previous show, while further It may
be said that those in the park hack
NJ saddle, hunter and Jumping divisions
form an aggregation Of SURPRISING
worth. IN addition to the great stables
81 high stepping harness horses there
ny will be some of the finest roadsters
"a sver seen here, entered by G. w. Wat
son. OF New York, and others.
THE latter is apt to prove pleasing
AS feature with those who fancy speed along
beauty and style, as at previous
shows here tho roadster classes did not
4. attract horses figuring as winners At
st5 the big shows. ss gg3
Many new horses will, Of course. be
seen here but that old favorites will
h be accorded willing recognition and IN
the jumping classes loud applause Will
559 greet the sight of such horses as Heath
III erbIoorn, the worlds champion high
4 Jumper, Rifle, Gray Rock grand old
81 IIornpIpe the roam son OF Young San
ford il cl1 Frost, Buck who has been
n before the foot lights season after season
XIX and IS yet a brilliant performer; Jack
" Frost and Red Raven. Hea l
with Donnelly up, will essay to break the
%5f record of 4 feet, nine Inches established
BY himself, as will Rifle and Gray Rock.
tsi Rifle has cleared the bars at six feet,
Aasix inches, and Gray Rock only lacks two
}linches of having jumped as high. Dom
9|snelly rode Hcatherbloom and Rifle,
i%while r. M.25Taylor, of Towson Md,
hwlo owns Gray Rock, had the mount Of
THAT honest gray son Of a thoroughbred
ltsire. Noted harness horses attract at
tcntionS always at any show but say
s what you may, the jumping classes please
6the masses and II is to the "leapers"
&s that the most generous applause Is
~ ~. al,
B1is ,likeylSto forget ever that splendid
XII performance OF Rifle on the closing night
S3of the show here in 1908. when the gal
liant bay with Donnely up cleared, the
IA bars at seven feet, two inches, after a
nasty fall just previous. and how the
performance was cheered to the echo by
thousands.
II Saunders Hobson, Of the banking firm
X of Hobson & Co.. has purchased the
4 richly bred chestnut mare I<itsy Blue,
~ 8. and placed her in the stud at Howard S
I'll Neck Farm. his country home, near Penn
Il berton, in Goochland county, Va, l<itsy
Blue is daughter of Victor Blue, son Of
Oakland Baron. 900, sire Of the famous
blind trotter, rhythmic, 2:O6 "a. Her dam
x Is Mildred Lee, sister to the dam Of
IA Henry Barrett. 2:l0 Ia, by Malnbrlno Rus
SELL second Gam Omega, by DR.. Spald-
ling, third'.'daih Hattie Fuller dam OF
Il Colonel Moss 2:273-4, by Strathmorc. She
~ dropped a foal this season by Kelly,
$751; and has been bred again to that
ron Of Electioneer and famous thorough
I bred Esther. by Express.
At the recent Talbot county fair,
\ Easton Md, the Virginia bred trottcrs,
& Charles Lee and Margic T.. were return
ed winers Of the 2:29 and 2:16 classes, and
the former reduced his record to 2:2s IA.
+ Both were bred and are owned by Samuel
Walton. Of the Walton Stock farm. Falls
Mills, Va. They are the get OF Red
4 Leo Walton FARMS premier sire, and
can go much faster than their records
( Indicate. Margio H. carries q mark OF
el6 IA, made this season.
Grandpa, 6, and Paulakcr, I. both Vir-
Iginia bred horses. finished first and Sc
cond in the steeplechuse, distance about
two miles, at Brighton Beach on We'd
nesday last. Grandpa was bred by a. s.
Craven, of Greenwood, and sired by imp,
Grandmaster, dam Phillippa. by imp
Darebn. while Paulaker is product OF
Robert Bradey's creenway Farm, VIII
cox Wharf, and n son of that sire OF
many and frequent winers. Aloha and
Pink H., by Proper,
The Ellerslie bred colt Keator. 3, by
inn Charaxus, dam Catherine, by Eolus.
i figured among the winners al Brooklyn.
Death, another son of the same Sire, is
row racing nj Louisville and earning
winter oats. Death, who was bred by