The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-08

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Time y irginia ( Thor ough Il
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u tamil ong Busby. for many yearsHedit
4 81 tho old Field and I: FARM
"a whose ditortals made N that b 4:
4 Journal ~ recognized aut tiority n 8 ti, l!
4 world 81 sport. but now With THE Horse
man" chicago, d responsible for The
4 following interesting comnient on breed
$ing In Virginia
.s Back Ia colonial times strains y were were.
\ brought over from En- ian1 70 improve
Tho breed of horses Id Virginia. Buile
Rock, so,, OF the barley Arabian! and = mare
by Byerly Turf. was lrnpo ted about sl7aao.
d when he was twelve years OLD. and ne
D helped to lay the found t ions Of our race
\ f1orso breeding structure. ply \. Rosetrr.
foaled lin s174l. and carrying the blood %
the famous Burton Barb mare was an
early importa Janus, ey oldA Janus ~
N (son off the 6 dolphin bian), was Inns
n ported in 17b3, and Junlpe by Ba braham
i came over from Eng land in Ch tllers
BY Blaze. son Of Flying childers. was a
landed at Mount Airy the home 8oE the
Tayloes. In 176l. and Batcheior by Blaze
was II, the stud in Virginia in 17d2. Long
4 before the Revolution there was e cling
In Virginia, and horses were gradually
!. bred up toSS the higher req ulrerno on Sot
sport. Cons picuous among the gentleman
who bred running horses In the old days
were the III ONES, the Tayloes, y the Hnr-
rlsons and the Rand lphs. d p omed M me
ssfrst winner 81 the Ems lsh 3 Derby g q 4
I. good service In " ginia, and died "a the
property pf Colonel Hoo mes y, lseS AGED
$thlrty-one years. ~ s.3 r u
s5ss;s II N Archy, s the best son Of q Domed.
was called H the Godolp hin 4 rahian q
rs America "a Virgi MIA was rem az the
4 State from which race ho Eses y as well las
Presidents came. but the, Ctyil ss5 war
4 changed n her standing In his respect,
without destroying former prestt Az
Ter the Civil War trotting horse breeding
studs were established In Z Yirgl nla, and
4 diagonal action has steadily grown IN
Il favor, & without eradicating love for runs
ming action. b In "A lbema rle county 10 the
n Ellerslies stud of CAPTAIN Hancock n and IN
X Tauquier and Loud Gun counts les are the
thorough bred Y breeding esta blishments Sof
n William 7. GA Townes. Robert Neville 70, IA,
L RI Dulaney and Henry 4. Oxnard. The
ii latter Isl on 4 q rge scale. and At VIII
4 materially aid In 81 wing renewed pronli-
sfnencog to the thorough breeding In
4 terests OF the i g 70, The h orse Sst ow is
much IN evidence, and II has the support
Sof refined and hionahle people, These
II evidences OF enterpr lse and prosperity are
gratifying to thousands who. 3 although
n never \ having lived In Virginia. know
u M hat a conspi QUO us par she has played
i II. history Are the br liant eras Of Sir
rchy and y Boston to be ted In the
4 Old Dominion ai, 81 VIC II n ss IL 4
3 Az thirteen years old, Sidney Prince.
e I,21M. the premier sire OF Floyd Brothers,
4 ErIdgetoWn, Va, Ia making q showing un-
1 squaled by any trotting stallion gofs 2
: Ike age In Virginia. He has ten standard
performers now to his credit, and "a dozen
]. n more others OF hiH get nave speed
Il enough to enter thu list when given the
opportunity. He has two new, standard
performers this season In Zack, 2slN
ana Little Ned, a;2e14 Fl while the AYES
year-old bay marc Pr!nctne won severe!
! faces at Bal timorei and red uced nor FecoFa
4 from 2,a8A to 3il6A, Prlnoine was re- g !.
gently purchased by j a, s era ptree o9
q Boston. for Il, $50, and o. Ike smoune was
feallzed for Samuel Prince, q thres-yoa!-
54pld son. n tile & Rob, flve-ysaT-o!d
brother to the 4 latter, was second p
l,2l1s and quite NJ q q stiff Z offer was re.
FUSED for hiTa. Samuel Prlnc Ga won me
tWo-year-old trot at Tasley, Var m 1YQss
Il Ind made q record az IA ;Sa over . muddy
B track, otherwise the time WoNld hava been
4 much faster. Early this season hA troktsd
4 szIalla An 1;Sss1A pWar the hslf mile tyAsk
4 bt Cellar, Va, az which the lattsra halt
y was In 0o11t and the final guRrter IN N
\ Sec nds. Con srlng age and OPT oItllnl-
& Ties, the showing made by this Vlrgtnia
bred three-yeaT-olda n 10 certainly most
Il ditahln 1phA anAaA ahnw nS ~ k6a.Uat