Middletown transcript., 1906-12-08
DELAWARE MARYLAND PENINsgLA

DELAWARE MARYLAND PENINsgI.A
4 wfiIfef IsE lie New York 7falIsr sssi
Iispsf, ,sefih6ies, furnishes iaosz 81
cellsnt description Of tle Peniusala farms.
dwelling brieslF on their adapsAbiliay ID
growing gram fruits and vegetables ii aIl
kinds aBa devotes some space ii lis
many advantages for raising stuck stfot-
ting and pacing horses. The article con-
cIudes as follows
Take trip aud look tie vicinity oi
EAliddlet5wn. Del, over Yon ven neesl-
TO 40 10 Kentucky ior i stock iarn Your
own eyes will convince you without sny
land sgeni
| DR.. J. G. Mccoy il located nine miles
above MiddletoAn He has foHr of the
Einest Israaa IN The State. partly engaged
| 10 farming and largely engaged IL higi,-
class siock raising, Fla larn, headed b.
Admiral Dewey p sC4ss and Pan MirIapl,
a0s.
MIR. Edward Emory, of Centfesille,
Md. was one Of the fssf men on this.
peninsula 10 start the breeding among
our farmers. importing Belton, 2l7f &
Happy Russell. 2 2ll, and others.
James Merrick, Of SudlersviIlp. Md,
claims tile honor for the great Democ-
racy. 2o7l;. Happy 2l6i and Allie
Nun, champion show mara Of the world,
and always has good ones TO sell.
Aiday Clemments, Of Crulnpton, Md.
the owner of some Of the loyeliest land ali
eye ever looked over and most snccess-
ful farmer, has always aruund one hHn.
dred lig' b ed horses on Land on bis
many acres and never asks an, thing but
reasonable prices for ANYTHING he sells.
Tllanias Curry, of Greenwood. Del.
owns three thousand acres Of Delaware
land and one oil the fnest farim honses,
heated by steam aud all convelipnces.
He has The most beautiful race track on
the peninsula, with its beautiful old cak
woods extending down the honesiretch
and his caretakeFs' hoGsss aud stables in
this lovely grove, giving sfsde 10 lie
horses aud men. Il is u beautiful plant
surrounded BY Elberta peach orchards,
fields Of scarlet clover, potato fields and
other profitable rs well as beautiful crepe
III their season.
This is the track on which w. B Riggs
-pf Middletown, Del, developed Bed
worth. Jr.. 2.06! and .afned over to DR..
j. G. Mccoy the day he won his race at
Providence in z.o8t. The papers stated
tl.st Bedworth. Jr.. dropped out of the
clouds aud won In straight heats He
dropped ont OF Thomas Cnrrs,s btautifuI
oak woods after his trainer, Mr.. w B
Biegs, had stepped him there a mile in
2 10 and repeated him another over that
sweet little balf-mile track in II, the
last hall in 1.0l9. He won all his races.
never losing heat for Dir. Mccoy on tile |
Grand Circuit. Mr.. BiRgs also made the
great Barnett B., 2.06!. fast tllere, and |
marked him over half mile track. Also
Princewood, 212I and Prince March, 2 Isl |
that won all first moneys in two years ex-
cept one race. The sandy roads around
this track for Jogging is one Of the secrets
Of Biggs' success. Curry has all kinds Of
blood. Invoice, 2l9l and a two-yesr-
old by Barnett B., 2.0Gl, out OF Mabel
Wilkes, 2.l74, are his stalliens.
On the home farm Of the late ex-Gov.
]. P Cochran resides his grandson, G. NJ.
Cochran. tile most successful farmer i'll
our neighborhood for the past fifteen
years IN farming He has bought two fine
farnls for himself recently. He is a sue
cess in raising cattle and. grain and has
bred and raised the fastest Lorse ever
rails ed Ga the peninsula, Barnett B
2. 2.06a lie is the owner OF Prince March,
I5I, and Prince March, Jr.. who will
give great account OF himself in the fu
ture. Tie latter's dam il Barnett B .
full eister.
Herbert Price, near Middletown. Del,
owns Uriu. 2 III, three years old, by Pan
2 o3. dam Baron ZelIa, by Baron
Wilkes. This wonderful colt got bis rec
ord with aged horses. driven by DR.. Nc
Coy's trainer, Mr.. Snediker, who has
proved very valuable man 70 the doc
tor, having marked Admiral Dewey
04s also developed Etliel's Pride, Oh,
and many others the doctor has gstten
long prices for.
]. B. Foard and Nathaniel Williams
have fitted up training track for the
purpose Of developing their colts, which
include some BY Barnett b., Silent Brook,
Boreal aud all kinds Of good things. Bar
nett B., 2 O61 made five starts lie took
The track record at Wilmington, Del,
2.l0a, and at Baltimore, Md, without
hopples, he was good second in 2 III,
2.O99 and 2092. He took the Easton
rack record, 2.l2; the Middletown, Del,
rack record, .2.1l4; The Sudlersville, Nd,
rack record. 2.oe1 He was there four
times out OF five and grand second the
other time without his hopples.
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