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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

Il" Governor N
was grandsondi
Ta2well diedlt
( Grigshyss add
\ ing now to A
l7D to 1900 wei
est, all benri1
TIM t8sthis cOui:
cation, ,tllougl.
to have LANDED.
previous. II
5Epotsylvnnia al
were. John. I'll
min; the last; |:
tors. lie Slnu r
@other countiest
Bof Absolem M
and lBenia1ni1
9Then BelbaH,
aDabney. sOnsl;
died 1851: aalsdt
Elizabeth, Dd,
Carr. Pornfoi'
mund Waller
Waller, and /.
comes !grandsas
Ir., Grailville.k
seems to GhaveI
1.-THE records IL
Essitions 6of gtrlls3
deeds, wills ~
j Then comes II
brother TO HG
Then we llaTs
and Leonard ~
Waller: and tt
descendants, IA
AIMS, 'MildreG
makes q con
same names
Walters nade5
the noted fnk
near them; thi
lards. Chew, \
ing down witt
the many prort
States of the |
history. john
cient clergynlt
Woodford COUP
WAS n Baptist.
a Journalist. \
| Baptist prenct'
was called In +
MAILER" and 4
| Is said to llN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16
Floyd----Wa1ton.

war,ted-The names OF Governor Floyd's
grand parents. He married q Miss Pres
ton. a Mary Lee Floyd married Parke,
Parke walton and connections Of Mary
Lee Floyd with Governor Floyd.
Hole ombe. 3 1,
would like 10 know tho parents Of
John Holcombo, 1ather of Grimes f1ol-
conlbe, / of Prince Ed ward county. VlrS1nia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16
Spartan Story Revived.

A missionary at Itamada ~ pan writes
that he attelnpIed ie ,cpnaale with the
mother snf N soldier whose funeral he wa s
attending, But shG said to him; You
should oongiatulate me. is II mot Tire
greatest honor my son could have had
to die for his countryf' r a s-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

jails y, a, Tlrgila 1la days before le Yves
ser, he ylid Jealous work The "a use of
i qaa goi,t e asgrss q ss
ssyhkre che died. The lVnllels or the
North, lrhpnas M c10. !, who was Governor
OF {. 1onnset " and the celebrated
eftis NIrsf,ia lsr s. may er a liars
of tie vsst also from M the e. Old $50,
1ninion. were numerous. III we examine
1t will he seen that Francis
iess5 an g wife R Raya ana A Me
Waller ", i, who was born s1727.
MS iGra nGis m owed Sto South Caro- lima.
III aa sayRk aliera as on lie is' S
aternal side: But the render Is referred
to tho SpgtsylVallia Teeprls, recently
issued by essrs. Fox. 3Dllffield g. Co.,
be given, and In tho III 'w6fx referred tSr 10
many interesting facts are ITO be met
with IN connection with the various n1cm-
beers there given. ~ a
given are from Burke's Ipcrnge, fntld the
|sa me- as stated in cooperis General Arm
= ffheyf are described a., sable. three
argent. Motto: sHie I'll frueius britatis
tree ppr on the sinister aidc ap cscutcb-
ton pendent, charged with the arms of
Frame a1asm, With labsl three Points
Gifts is ,the fruit of virtue) Burk gives
also: Azincouit, KS vas the pendent es-
,cl!tc heon was "a part OF arms $of, Duk Q
of Orleans .afwhieh he lost Mt the bat
the house sof Waller.
NJ here was Il House of Waller, also in
County IS nippera y. relapd but they
We're entirely dis tine t, shayng no con-
nection WITH the E irgininI line.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

Editor Genealogical Column:
Kindly give me through Your 5column
OF the Jones. hnfly Of .Vir-
slutionary War from Spots ylvanla county
Ills sname WAS either bI,er, or 4 Ntin-
Tree ono married n Miss Powell who
was from Wales and went to lcSEaysonl
Cor ITorhlss). Respectful Z, FL
Richlnpnd, Va 4,
Yes. much can be found An The ifpotsyl-
.xa1,ia Records, recently issued, concerning
the Jones family. IN our next ayill be
given a tlist OF all the llnmes theme found
of the family. \, 95 y. e M. 5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

tlcton Waller Ta2Wel!
[iold BENZ. Waller. Henry
Philadelphia, 1899 (see
Is Mt Ills ,funeraD Turn.
.btsylvania records from
ia many names ofainter-
! conclusivey to the fact
was 8;theirGorigina 10;
.the emigral1t Is stated
|early ono hundred Years
IN VALLEY. gentleman.
inty, died 1887 His sons
has, William and Benja-
Ith his wife, were execu,,
4ids in King William and
flcre are also tho names
Ter, Agnes, Ann, Aylette
Gr., son of 1.-The first
L Bowler, Curtis, and
/ sThomas Waller. who
IA gilters, Agnes, Sarah.
Inv: ahe had also sons.
Ipnfl John Mailer. I'd
'as son of Colonel I2hn
! Isevera1 Aposittpns. Then
4 aGeorge Waller. George,
him. THE name snf john
Uttered more tlnrgely 3into
I any other, holding 90.
Ind mentioned in cases 81
isyltness TO suits;
hn Nichotlemus. who was
hnmin Waller, Jr., l7W:
IJuseph Mailer. Leonarf,
hes, and last, Philadelphia
many. daughters of these
|, Marthas, .N1arys. Mary
iNancyss and Ph9ehes.
|nunl recun'repce of sthe
every gen ration. nhe
o,,noctjons will, many al
lies of that daT living
loendletMls. sNdasons, BAL
ller1ali and Others. Com.
the Mime eenth Century
nent names given ITO Other
,nlily, are tcoilspicupus AZ
[siEhtfoot NNflllsi. an an.
I, 81 New Hiork. born ], "
NJ. 1s0a, and died in 1854
the West, ans
John Mailer. tho iilotet
II az spotsylvania. .yYh J,
arly life, t,SWetprllg ia cl
'irrhe Devils 5+Adtutant,'
. laid in -four q lffe t,r'
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san Antonio, Texas
Pickett.

Editor Genealogical Column: .6
Sir the history of Alaoatna by Al
bert q, q Pickett, the author sta ties that
EI1is grandparents, James Pickett and
Mnrthn Terry. had removed from Caro-
line county, Va. their birthplac e. to- M
son county, N. 81 c. ss Do s3y0n know ANY.
thing uf tho History OF this family OF
I,icketts. ana DO any Of tho branches o3
the family now live sin ~ virginia !, (, :,
aNVythcyille. VA. Z. s5A .Sya
we d mot know tslle fill Shistory,n f the
Picketts. There are still descendants OF
the family Sin virginia, 4 from whom you
might get the DESIRED information.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

family from Aurcd dc Waller ale s OF Newar rt
COUNT, Nottingham who dielI11s3 tsee'
Davd IoW Mhem ae
Of the Rolls 70 King, Edward lii. for
thirty years, Thiz David died without4is-i
Groom bridge. Kent. who married a
sex. and lad Richard Waller. a II
the Duke 8Of Orleans. land thus obtained
from Henry isV an addition to his 9crest
ef the ar1ns:of the Duke. being spel,dant.
his descendants have ever since borne. S55
John sWaller, ancestor of Robert Waller
lI,sq,s OF "A gmondesham sI3 ucks. who 1nal-G
den. OF i1I den, Bucks. and sister of
q SON. sthe celebrated poet, Edmund Wall
Ter. OF Bcaconsfleld. Bucks. Ills beat!
cal circles, ablished him as poet Lau-}S
reate ito the King He married tvice,,i
apd died 9s beng buried
estates 8hy his second OF his sec-l
tates by his fsecond dang ter, OF his Sec
ond wife, Edmund. who. bearing no y ts- I;
son Of DIR Stephen Wal lor, the selninent]
ESQ narIiod Mary, dang Sof s.Iohp1I
was descended Colonel Wallor, .tthc ennis
| grant from Bucks com IS. 1Ing lnTid who
settled in fSpptsylNania, Az 3nbo III
the founderleof the family in 5the seolells.s
A lie at once pecpme proIainen e nd 5%a ls
A clerk Of; the County II e had three sons,
il William J Ohm and iSHenja min lleT the
last married NJ thu eMa v spsor ~
1G and 4 !, ~
A Council OF III !kinia, and was then judge
II OF The Admit Fly onrt and also member
az hi osIeTttif sufGes M althn lleri
was DALI Efters she
Il being ,jbcs,l III and died 417SS.
Iaa|betS Sa sarpe her daugh Ter, m NJ :,
ricd athas cele( tltedh Horny gIaScoii,,.nll
Il ylIart la1gNer, }Fnennber OF, IA onse Of Bur
/ ,Eesses 3.nd 3ins onvention Of 4hf Was a.s
4 the progcnitnEof al the me vs. -
Il TazeWells, wifi followed. a. g4s$
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.aRulnlpaSs.

Bumpass.
Can SOU tell snny thing relating ito history.
Of the lEunlpnss family, of Runlpa6s Sta
ton, Louisa county, Va and .obiige *
z q ~ Miss REDTORD, 4,
sos N. 40th ST., West Ph delpflia, Pc
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

HIS. Another married a. Mr.. Merlweather,
Elo left n number 3of children, all OF
Eholn moved South. except one, who
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

Dspatch, IKIchmond: 3.
Can YOU give me any informant Ion in
regard to the Woodward family. Three
brothers. phllemus. Richard and HENLEY,
IA re supposed to have settled IN New Kent.
n W "a. nv. c. s
eJrbanna, Va. $500 ~
The earliest name iof Wood wn I'd - !.
SpotsylVanlns county. 174s. He gave to his !
daughter by deed ut gift, MARI Wood I
EwnrdD 'one negro snild GOODS fand chat
posed this WINS her marriage porti on.
Gan anyone furnish other Irccords.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-16

10 sthe Editor snfs The ARGUS: IL
Dear Slr, The FOL lowing. is so remark
able an instance 4of q 3ngeV!ty In a family,
consisting 5Qf Ave lsi5 yers and one brother,
nov livihg, tthAt II a m ind uced to send It
ITO fyou for publ caf ron IN your useful pa
Evening star., 1905-10-22

1t was not truly run race. and the mystery
of it will never be explained.
Il have had many offers for Sysonby. but
fond of some OF my other horses. Kingston.
Voter. Cap and Bells, Disguise. Commando
and Foxhall. for instance but Sysonby is
days the Tidal, Commonwealth and Reali-
racehorse?
Il thought lot of Foxhal and Domino
but l believe Sysonby occupies a higher
him to England am sure that he will win
everything there, for / know the English
horses, and there Is none like him."
-
X
Trainer Rowe is equally enthusiastic. Il
have been called a good trainer" he said
the other night, but it takes good horse
to make a good trainer, and Sysonby is the
best. have never known a horse like him.
As docile and tractable as kitten, he does
not show a single bad trait. which Is pc
culiar in a racehorse. Most of them are
cranky. Sysonby works hard and seems to
delight in his racing. 1 am satisfied he is
the greatest horse the world ever saw
Billy" Lakeland was asked one time his
opinion of a certain vaunted horse. He
answered dryly: when man has good
coon dog-a really good coon dog, you
will always see a lot of coonskins nailed on
his stable door,
Sysonby certainly has 'coonskins nailed
on his stable door"-to the tune of $1S9. .S53.
Evening star., 1905-10-22
Records at Belmont

- - f4.ffs
special Dispatch to The star
NEW YORK. October 2I-So many rec
ords nave recently been made and so many
nave been equaled that there IS still sus-
p'eioh among some Of the brightest of the
racesoers that all Is not right with the
new course at Belmont Park This. too
despite the fact that the turf authorities
have seen fit to have the course surveyed
especially to satisfy this feeling. How.
ever, gossip Will not down.
In sporting circles this week II vas yep-
eral talk that something must be the mat
Ter when horses of the caliber OF Kia-
mesha and Aeronaut can cover ground In
such remarkable time Neither of tha
horses named has ever been noted for
possessing any more than the average
amount of speed and at times It is hard
enough for them to win races Now both
are record holders-that is. they equaIed
records made on tracks that had shorter
turns than has Belmont Park
One owner remarked that It was hardly
falr to compare the records made on the
main course of the track with records that
nave been made on courses like Graves
end or Brighton. They are only a mile in
circumference, while the oval at Belmont
Is mile and a half. This makes the turns
at mile tracks much shorter and sharper
giving horses racing at Belmont a big ad-
vantage when records come into consider
alton.
Take. for instance. the race of Kiamesha's
She ran mile over the main course. She
had practically only to make one big sweep
ing turn to run a mile in l.37 %. The
question is could she accomplish the
same thing were she to negotiate the four
turns at such a course as Brighton? Surely
any fair-minded racing man would say
that she could not: that n mile there in
something about l.:l9 would be her limit.
For some time, however. the talk that
the Belmont course short has been in
the air and the managers evidently were
aware of 1t, for they had Surveyor John
Mclaughlin measure the distance between
the various posts. The gentleman is the
representative OF one OF the big railroads,
and a couple of days ago he reported on
some of the shorter distances Mr.. Nc
LaughIin says that the distances are cor
rect in every instance. and he put in a sup
Elementary report In relation to the longer
distances. Again he says that every pole
is in it's correct position. This makes the
records established at the meeting sound
in every particular, so that the probable
reason for them is no doubt due to the
fact that the horses have only to make
practically one sweeping turn in races or
a mile and furlong and under
Evening star., 1905-10-22
Corbett's Slow Ball

Special Dispatch to The Star
CHICAGO, October 21.-'It was funny
wav I discovered a slow ball. remarked
Joe Corbett recently. recalling the Old days
when he was the premier pitcher of the
National League.
when l broke into the game with Bal
timore had a good fast ball. and my curve
bail was as good as anybody's. In fact. l
think had little better curve than most
pitebers. and / used to depend on my fast
hall and curves to win games would
shoot curve at the batter which he would
break his bat reaching for, and then l
would push up fast one close 10 the latter
which would drive him away from the
plate BY mixing them up used 10 man
age to hold my own. / had seen pitchers
ma pinulate a. slow bali successfully, and l
experimented with it some In practice, but
7 never had the nerve to throw one at
batter in a game until ] pitched at Pltts-
burg day
"F'red Clarke, who Is still with the same
club. was up l think he must have fouled
off a dozen balls. 1t was NOT DAY ana a
close game and was sweating like steer.
I had tried everything / knew on Clarke.
had fed him all the curves had and put
up fast balls for him TO hit at, and he
fouled them all. / didn't know what to do.
Then the thought struck me TO try slow
ball didn't know much about 1t, but
said to myself that he can't no more than
knock 1t out of the lot. SO I'll let her flicker.
/ wound up and let her go. 1t was such a
complete surprise to Clarke. who had never
seen me work a slow ball before, that he
went at 1t like an amateur and hit II right
into my hands. 1t was an easy out and we
won the game.
..Rut for Clarke fouling of all those balls
/ might never have developed the slow ball.
which is a dandy, and which has helped
many pitcher out of a hole. So you see
we sometimes sort of stumble onto things
In base ball
Evening star., 1905-10-22
Extra Innings Played.
Honesty of Base Ball

= = 2 = =
The end of the base ball season in the
big leagues of this country furnish the
bass for a flood of thought which must
be curtailed for present purposes but no
one can contemplate the past season with
out becoming impressed with one leading
idea that may well serve for comment at
the present time. The season of 1905 has
brought more people to base ball games
than any other has ever done, and it fol-
lows as corollary that base ball was
never more popular. 1t is entirely slfe TO
saw that the great sport has reached the
point where it may be called the national
game in fact. Granting this, one must nat
urally look for reason, and II must be ad-
mitted, in the first place. that the game
embodies those elements that appeal to the
characteristics of our people. This is so
manifestiy true and has been the subject
of such frequent exposition that further
comment is not-deemed necessary on that
point There is another feature. however,
that may not have been realized by many
a feature so salient withal that attention is
here called to it. This is the cleanliness of
the game a professional sport. Note
how it stands the test of comparison. AL
most every day one is given an opportu-
nifty to read CT dishonesty and questionable
methods in other branches of sports. which
chicanery takes all manner OF forms TO
fool the public and make for private gains.
But professional base ball games go on
without dishonesty or manipulation. fur
nishing confiding public with a genuine
article upon which they can rely. Here is
where base ball Is supreme. TIE great
game might have the most attractive fea-
lures in the world connected with 1t pure
ly as a conception. but the moment ds-
honesty and chicanery appeared IN It's
ranks it would retrograde woefully. 1t Is
the fierce but honest competition that holds
the public interest and so long as the
game continues honest there Is no limit to
its possibilities.
Evening star., 1905-10-22
SYSONBY NEAR TO
DOMINO'S RECORD

There may be some doubts in the minds
of racegoers in regard to the greatest race
horse the American turf has seen durin z
the last twenty years. but there is no
question that In Domino and Sysonby
James R. Keene has owned the greatest
bread-winners in the country.
1t seldom falls to the lot of one man to
own at any period two such great horses as
they. But to possess two such champions
In less than fifteen years Is remarkable.
With these two horses alone Mr.. Keene
has won 1881, ,433 from the various racing
associations
Domino, known as the black whirlwind,
won $198 $50. This sum will likely be
eclipsed by Sysonby, the racing marvel of
today. 1t took Domino three years to win
this amount In two years Sysonby has
won s1s4s53 If the latter had won last
seasons Futurity. the only race in which
he has been defeated In his career. he
would have beaten all previous winnings
made by race horses in this country, and
he would have overtopped Dominos record
by nearly $4,000
Sysonby leads all horses this year in the
matter of money won. During the season
he ran in nine races. won gbt outright
and made dead heat In the other event.
His total net winnings is $145. .16O. Artful,
Hysonbys greatest rival. has not been
nearly SO fortunate In landing the rich
plums of the turf this year. Her most
important victory was the Brighton han
dicap, worth So 2O0O. She won two other
overnight events, and her winnings
amounted to $23.500. That she was able
to win this sum was q matter OF great
surprise to most turfmen, as she was a
very sick f1lly all last winter. and was
not expected to live. She had catarrhal
fever, which usually leaves race horses
lungs in such congested state that they
are unable to stand the strain of heavy
respiration when racing. But Artful was
an exceptIou 10 this and although she vAs.
iIlznA 4lonuent periods she clearly demu1el
Evening star., 1905-10-22
Rowing at Harvard

Special Dispatch to The Star
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, October 2.-Capt-
Fllley of the Harvard crew has abolished
the system of graded crew races and substi-
tuted for it series of races between crews
representing the different college dormi-
tories The move is one for sport for
sports sake" 1t is also direct copy
from the English university system. which
Filley had a chance 10 observe while
a student in England. Under the old sys-
tenn oarsmen at the two Harvard clubs, the
Weld and the Newell, were graded accord
ing to their ability The crews thus were
uneven. and the races correspondingly less
interesting Under the new scheme each OF
the great palatial private dormitories. such
as Claverly, Russell. Randolph, West MOI
lev and Craigie will be represented by an
eight and crews will also be chosen from
the men living I'm Matthews and WE'D ana
n ON Thayer, Hoil $, Holworthy ana Stougn-
tor in the college yard, The interest taken
in these crews will be much the same az
that taken In the different college crews OF
III vreat English universities. Men VIII row
for the fun of II. and enthusiasm Ia ex.
nected to run high. The varsity crew VIII
he selected from those who show up Wen
in these interdormitory races.
Evening star., 1905-10-22
strated thls season tha, sh. "a a ma.

strated this season that she was a great
race mare.
Ormondale, the winner of the ruturfty
Is the largest winning two-year- old OF tho
season. He won only one race but as
that event exceeded in value every other
race OF the season IL placed him at the
head of the list First money coupled
with two third places which he secured
during the Saratoga and Brighton Beach
meetings. placed his winnings close TO 49,
600 His nearest rival was Harry Payne
whitney's Burgomaster. who won a num-
Der of stakes at various tracks.
Hamburg Belle. for two seasons a
fayorite with racegoers won $1,000 this
year. This was large sum. considering
that she Is now four years old and did not
race very often. The other horses in Jack
Joyner's stable did remarkably well and
he will share the years honors with James
X. Keene and Harry Payne whitney the
two leading winning owners OF the season.
Cairngorm got his share of the money
with sa3.Oo0. Tradition was the second
best three-year-old flly of the season and
gathered in $1s.iSo. Jacobite the leading
winning two-year-old IN Sydney Pagers
string. won si5,0oo. ormonde's Right, the
dale racing I'm the east. won 81 200 The
stables winnings 10 date amount TO sI21-
600.
There have been no horses I'm America
that have won S2OO.sO. The English thor
oughbreds exceed ours in this respect.
lSlnglass, in three years, won S2ST. 275 He
is. in the matter of money won, the cham
pion race horse of the world Donovan
during the same period OF time won s275.-
go. Flying Fox in two years won an
aggregate amount OF 100000.
Evening star., 1905-10-22

*" HE greatest race horse America
has ever seen" 1t is big bill
to fill.
Think of the galaxy of stars
that have flashed victoriously down the
homestretches OF American tracks. and the
hundreds of thousands-yes, miliions-of
dollars they have galioped home with.
Remember, you who can. the triumphs OF
Lexington. Longfellow and LeComte. Re-
member Hindoo. Iroauois and Hamburg.
Raceland, Tenny and Irish Lad-idols al.
Remember mighty Domino. who in three
years brought back to his stable from hard
fought fields $1965SO.
Their laurels are all faded now in the
light of Sysonby's wonderful performance.
When they stripped the saddle from him
after the annual Champion stakes on Sep
tember he had put $1s9, 1853 into the
pocket of his owner, James r. Keene, in his
two initial years of racing.
On financial grounds alone he has earned
his title of king of the American turf And
Evening star., 1905-10-22
Jockey HILDEBRAND'S
RAPID RISE IN SADDLE

Since Hildebrands retirement from the
saddle there has been some uneasiness
among the jockeys in the east, as there
were rumors to the effect that few more
would share the same fate as Hi!debrand.
1t was given out. and Is so chronic.ed IN
the official organ of the Jockey Club, that
the rider lost his license account OF
reckless riding. While IL is possible that
Hildebrand has been guilty OF that IL is
whispered that if that alone had stood
against him the sentence would not have
been severe.
Some of the western horsemen have inti-
mated that Hildebrand's honesty WIS IN
question and that prompted the severe
penalty inflicted.
1t is certainly going some when the sup
posed star jockey of the country. whose
earning capacity was said TO be $4,000, was
put out of the business. But that is the
way to govern the turf lts an old saying
that all men are equal on the turT, ana
what a different state or ahairs there
would be In the west IL the eyes or the
ones that govern the affairs did not look
as to who would get hurt before making
any sort of ruling.
Hildebrand's career covers such a short
span of months that it is familiar to all
that follow the turf. From stable boy to
a star jockey in one spurt-from S2o
month to $50 900 year is the way he Went
1t was said that the sudden rise did not
do him much good and when he returned
to the scene of his early triumphs he failed
to show that he was the same rider that
left California. He soon got into jam
with the other jockeys. who lie claimed,
were giving him the worst of it, and after
getting fined for taking things In his own
hand he was sent to Hot Springs. Here
the Jockeys shut him off. carried HIM wide
and bumped him around as il he was
stable boy. After getting that sort OF
dose for a week or SO he concluded to go
into the rough-riding business himself. and
one day cut the whole field OF at the start
and won a race with Eclectic. Nothing was
said and after that Hildebrand gave as
good as he got How soon he will get
back is a question.