The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-21
NEWS Or HORSES
and H0RSEM|EN.
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Pomnlcrs, Made Famous BY Sir
Connan Doyle, Was Pos
sibly a Freak.
BERoI-L, THE SON OF PAROLE
Sale Of King Dodo--Doings OF
Fair Associations Harrison-
burg Big Market.

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Horsomen have read with thrilling in.
tercst the graphic description of the tam.
Ing of Ponmers. by Sir Conan Doyle III
his first chapter of "Sir Nigel Loring.,
According to Sir Conan, the famous Pom
mcrs was by u Spanish sire. his dam be-
Ing an Arab. Also, according to Sir
Conan. the famous yellow horse was sew
opteen hands high. The novelist, Ike
the. poet. is accorded wide latitude, bur
as q matter of fact, 1t Is doubtful whether
there ever lived in real life n horse OF
the height named possessed of the blood
lines described TO begin with. the Span
isli horse was. and is, OF Saracen blood
aud kin TO the Arabian, IL not of pure
Abraham is about a.. Each breed is
Is u half-brcd Arabian. The pure Span
ish horse was, and Is to-day, small
sciint fifteen hands-while the average
Arbainn Is about H. Each breed Is
noted for its weight-carrying qualities.
but at best, fitted only for light cavalry.
When the Saracens invaded the South of
France along in the eighth century.
though splcndidly mounted and the best
iiorsemen the world had ever seen, 1t was
the heavy Flanders horses ridden by
Chralcs Martcl and Ills followers that
overcame the invaders and drove them
back, San1 not the superior bravery OF
The French. There Is 80 much OF poetry
and romance connected with the Spanish
hDrae and his congener, the Arabian that
Sir Conan doubtless felt Justified I'm
mounting Sir Nigel on an animal that
could trace his lineage to the stud or
King Solomon. Possibly Pommers was
u frdak.--Ex.
Walter j. Pepper, formerly of louisiana.
but now owner of the Green farm. near
Rio Vista, In Henrico county, has big,
impressive looking colt in Beroll. S6I29,
.tlin four year-old brown son of Parole,
2;lG. dam Beware, dam OF Bertha Runkle.
2:2t IL, by Billy wilkes, 30 Ia. second
dam Lady King dam OF John Smith. 2:22-
II. by Mambrino King. Bcroll was pur-
chased from his breeder. L. Il. Brown,
Delayan, Illinois, as yearling, and with
road work trotted mile driven by his
owner last fall in 2:30; with the latter half
In 10, and this not to the regulation
bike suiiy. but TO an ordinary high wheel
ed road cart. He WILL at maturity prob
ably reach 1871, and weight around Loo
pounds. Beroll is stoutly bred and comes
from show horse families. The son OF
Parole should make a fine stock horse
and viii likely trot to fast record.
Il. b. Sydnor has sold to Joseph Seward
OF Petersburg, Va, the good middle
weight hunter King Dodo. chestnut geld
ing. Z. by Castaway IL. dam Nora, BY
Prosper. He WAS hunted for several sea-
SONS bS Mr.. Sydnor. for whom he won
over thirty =ribhans; inz-ther show ring,
king Dodo was shown n number OF times
as leader In the sporting tandem classes.
where with different wheelers, the son
OF castaway was always placed.
In addition TO being the centre OF big
breeding and grazing district. Harrison
burg is fast assuming lmportantance as
the largest Of Virginia horse markets.
as stated sale days are held each month
when both privately and by public VEN
due many transfers are made. On some
occasions the sales reach 5000 in sin
Gle day. During 1895. the sales of horses
aggregated over $4,000, and buyers gath
cred from far and wide. Many of the
horses disposed of were heavy drafters
and some OF them brought fancy prices.
The southslde Agricultural. Association,
of Matthew's. Va, held meeting recent
~ and transacted quite batch of bust
ness. among other matters of Importance
being tho election of officers. The am
maui fair and race meeting of the assoc
ciatlon. Will be held this fall and several
colt stakes will be decided for both trot-
tiers and PAGERS. The officers chosen were
Captain Alexander Janes, president; Hon.
j. N. StubbS, fNlce-preSiuent' IeTciFal
Hicks, secretary: and Captain Joseph
Trader. treasurer
Secretary Joseph II. Pogue announces
the forty-sfxth annual fair of the North
Carolinn Agricultural Society. to take
place ut Raleigh this fall. and the dates
chosen are October l5-20th. AS usual the
speed programme will be a popular fea-
Z tnre of this wel-known and time-honored
institution and purses Will be offered for
trotters, PAGERS and runners.
Hon Il. u. Daughtridge is the president
of the society and Claude B. benson,
treasurer and these gentlemen with Sc
crctary Poguc at the helm make strong
force.
The Roanoke Industrial and Agricultu-
raj Association. Roanoke, Va. has sold
their grounds to the Tidewater Railroad
for $4,000. The sale would have taken
place sooner but for an injunction on
the part of the minority stockholders
who issued an injunction on re-
straining a transfer. The association will
purchase new grounds and fit UP suitable
buildings along with first class half mile
track, and be in readiness for tho annual
fair and race meeting next October.
The Alanance Fair Association, with