The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-02-11
Mr.. RIGGS, BRERp1Na PARM.
Nordley, Green Spring Valley, the Home
OF Some Highly Bred Animals-
The Place Credit to Bal
tirnora County

Last week THE UNION briefly stated that Mr..
T. Dudley Riggs, of Nordley Stock Farm,
Green Spring Valley, had attended the late
Fasig- Upton sale in New York city, at which
he became the owner of The Corker, highly
bred stallion from the Village Farm of Mr..
c. J. Hamlin. The sporting editor of the Bal
timore Sun gives some interesting facts about
The Corker, and also some other matters OF in
terest IN connection with Nordley Stock Farm,
from which we make the following extracts:
Trainer Ben White handled him (The Corker)
| for q snort time and pronOunced him the best
gated trotter in America. He stepped him
quarters IN 80 seconds and predicts that ne Will
| trot 10 2.12 or better the coming season. Fanta-
! sy's colt, by The Corker, was pronounced the
| fastest natural trotter ever foaled at Hamlin's
was prize winner. He won second at the Ma
tionakehow as a 2-year-old, first as a3-year-oid
and second as 4-year- old. ..r
| Rex Americus, he by Onward, by george wilkes
| Rex Americus has 4year-0ld record of Xix,
a ano n SIRE Of IL N the s mercsn Ree
VsThe Cookers dam was Lady IBountiful, sister
| to Lady of the Manor, 2.041. She is by Mann
brine Ring, by Mambrino Patchen. Lady B0un-
tifuls dam was Princess Chimes, dam OF Lady OF
and noTd 81 1ne y no e 81
| sire of 50 in the list, and dams Of %. Princess
| Chimes dam was Estabella by Alcantara, who
! was the dam of three in the list
1.-THE Corker is one of the most beautiful horses
| ever owned in Maryland His conformation is
fine ana his coat is glossy seal brown: me only
mark be has is a small white star in the fore
| head. He stands 152K hands and was foaled at
Hamlin's Village Farm in 1885,
HE Elll be candidate ior Dlue riPo th IN inc
which forces him to take red Will be more than
"Mr. Riggs. the proud possessor of this horse,
has been in quiet way establishing breeding
farm for several years. He has in the last rev
year, started some speedy ones at local meets.
His mare Sewing Machine was winner last sea-
son. taking pacing record OF z164.
mr.. Riggs purposes to follow at NOrdley the
principles upon which the Hamlins conducted
I'm the selection of the stallion The Corker to
head his stud he aimed to combine beauty and
conformationlwith speed, figuring that If any Of
his get is not up to race winning they will still
be of value because of quality. In selecting his
of his stock is standard bred and registered.
"Mr. Riggs also owns Judge Bevan, q son of
Jarl, by Allerton. dam Song Bird, by Strathmore.
Judge Bevan is to be put in race form for the
coming season. AT present the brood mares at
Nordley are in foal to Judge BeVan.
1.-THE Queen of the Harem is Annie AllendOrf,
by Allendorf, 2.19X. First dam, Annie Patchen,
by Mambrino Patchen. Second dam, Annie VOL
ford, by Frank Wolford. Third dam, by Lee
and Annie Wolford each were producing dams.
Annie Allendorf is a bay mare and was bred at
Highland. Her sire, Allendorf, is by Onward,
out of the great brood mare Alma Mater, by
Mambrino Patchen.
"Saquache, trial 2.15. is a sorrel mare by AL
crayon, by Alcyon, by George Wilkes Her dam
was Aurora, by Orange Duroc, by Messenger
Duroc. Aurora's dam was Lady Paul, by Jones'
s'Song Bird is roam mare 1871 hands, by Jay
Bird, out of Sonnet, by Strathmore; Sonnet's
dam is by, Blackwood: Song Bird has IS never
Sewing Machine is roam mare, PAGER, 2.lSx.
by Jay Hawker. who was the greatest young sire
In the West. He died early, having only sired
Qh0uf q DOZEN n0lfa- all of which 9Doe0V.
Sewing Machine is out of Lady Saxon, by Cedric
Saxon. She Is one of the few mares of Jay
Hawkers' get, and is highly priced accordingly.
""At Nordley there Is "A youngsters. bred as
bay Ally, foaled in June last, by son of Jay
''Sorrel gelding years old, by Mambrino King
dam Song Bird. This colt won first in the year
ling class for standard breds and first in the
heavy harness class for yearlings at Timonium
ssorrel gelding yearling, by Mambrino King.
clssses with Song Birds colt at Timonium.
bay FLY, coming years old. by Red Raven,
he by Red Robert, dam by Blackhawk. Also
yearling full sister and 2-year-old.
bay gelding, years old, by Red Raven. dam
a Hambletonian mare. Also yearling full
"Gray gelding, coming years, by Red Raven.
This colt Is candidate for heavy harness hOnors,
and has a full-brother yearling bay stallion.
but it is the intention of Mr.. Riggs to devote his
attention exclusively to the harness horse. The
thoroughbreds are Glen Ella, by imp. Taragon,
out of imp. Rose of California"
Circuit Court. Before Judge Fowler
Joseph E. Smith and wife VS.. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company; bill for injunction
argued and held sub curia.
Before Judge Burke-Wm. W. Burton vs..
the County Commissioners of Howard county;
verdict for plaintiff for $777.20.
John s. Royston vs.. United Railways and
Electric Company removed on defendants
affidavit to Circuit Court for Howard county.
William ]. Oeligrath VS.. Frank j. Kerns and
the American Bonding Company removed on
defendants affidavit to Circuit Court for How
Wiinam r. Todd vs. same and same; re-
moved to Circuit Court for Howard county.
The petit jury for the December term was
finally discharged on Monday,
On Wednesday Judge Van Bibber heard the
case of Edward P. Hill against Gustav w. Lur-
man and Horace Slingluff. The plaintiff en-
gagged the two defendants to sell the Bellevue
estate in the LIST district, and it was sold to Mr..
John r. Bland for $35, 900. Both of the defen-
dants claimed to be entitled to receive a COM
mission on the sale. Mr.. Hill filed the suit in
order to have the matter adjudicated. After
hearing testimony Judge Van Bibber decided
that Mr.. Lurman was entitled to receive the
commission of 1875 for selling the property,
which belonged to the Munnikhuysen estate.
New Church Incorporated.-There was
filed for record on Tuesday last in the Clerks
office at Towson, q certificate of incorporation
of the new Methodist Protestant Church which
is to be built at Bosley and Allegheny avenues
Towson. The incorporators are William s.
Dunphy, Samuel W. Bayne, Clarence w. Nc
Master, j. Alexander Parlett, John Wesley
German, hester N. Edwards and Rev. John l..
Straughn, the pastor in charge, or such other
minister as may be for the time being duly APP
pointed in charge of the church. The incor-
poration is to be known as THE trustees Ofthe
Towson Methodist Protestant Church of Balti-
more county, The deed for the lot will be
put on record shortly. The price stipulated is
81, 200, of which sum Mr.. Arthur L. Bosley,
from which the lot was bought is to give 5000
and the church 5000. The contemplated inn
proyements are to cost less than 81, 500.
Annual Meeting of the Maryland Steel
/ Company. annual meeting of the direc-
tors of the Maryland Steel Company was held
at the Sparrow's Point offices on Monday.
Those who came from Philadelphia were
Major Luther s. Bent; President E. G. FELTON,,
of the Pennsylvania Steel Company; Mr..
Frank Tenney. secretary of the Maryland Com
pany; Mr.. r; G: Hoffman and Col. Walter >.
Franklin of Baltimore. Routine business only
was transacted, the old board Of directors
being reelected. In the absence of President
Frederick W. Wood, who is in Cuba, his
brother, Mr. Rufus K. Wood, the general agent
/ of the Maryland Steel Company, was host.
AItcr Lu6 LucctluS ouO o ohOAO oPCSOiOh Va
the plant the directors, accompanied by few
friends and several ofthe heads of departments,
repaired to the Sparrow's Point Club where
| luncheon was served.
Do Farmers Prefer Dogs to Sheep Pc.
L.. of Gainesville, writes as follows to The
| UNION: II see that farmers clubs and far
mers' institutes are being held all around to
discuss farmers interests, but see no mention
of sheep. raising. If you ask farmer why
more attention is not given to sheep-raising
most of them will say they cannot go into the
business on account of the dog. So it appears
that worthless dogs are preferred to sheep-cul-
| ture, and we must conclude that dogs are con-
| sidered more valuable to the farmer than sheep.
| When we consider the vast amount of money
| lost both by the farmers and the State result
| ing from the dog, and the human lives that
| are yearly sacrificed that the dog may live and
| be proteced by law, it is truly astonishing"
| Many Cattle Perish in Flames.-The
barn on the Rogers estate, occupied by Mr..
| Henry Brown, q dairyman on the Reisters-
! town road, owned by Mr.. Frederick w. Field
ner of the Baltimore bar, was entirely de-
! stroyed by fire about 10 O'Clock on Sunday
night last, together with Is cows and large
| quantity of prOvender, etc. What caused the
| fire is a mystery When the fire started the