The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-06
and his blood should prove a refining
factor In the stock OF that section

One OF Norfolk's most enthusiastic ANA
te,ir reinsn,ef1 and road drivers Is K. b.
1rentress, who has quite n stable OF natl
nee horses, both trotters md PAGERS. IN
the city, while he has others that are III
training out at the track The ownership
OF speedy horses is a mater o. u'ye,s'o.
with Mr frentress, and to WIN a cup ot
some other trophy In. a contest between
gentlemen drivers, would be to nm
fraupht with far more glory than purse
of much greater value won by some mem
her OF his stable with a professional driver
W.. Among the matinee performers IN
lie stable are Blaze Boy 2.lo1-4, pacing,
~ ~ g. nv Nterrlles: Dvnn, isis, pacing.
blac ok horse, by Patchen Wilkes, 2:2o -;
ban Hazel 219 la pacing; Hardy ~
o.23 ia, pa6ing, ara tho trotters Hardy
II. els Ia, bylg Salem, Hickory WOOD,
2:19 IA and the bay mare Nellie y, ~
COL kuser, who can trot IN 2il5. me iat,
ter has a fine foal at her side ny foxhhI'
MccreEor, and has been bred 70 Divah.
4 ~, addition to these, Mr.. Fentress also
owns some highly bred mares and young
sters.
During the Norfolk Special Horse Sale
the auctioneer's gavel was "ie1uea
alternately BY A. II. Turner ana I,,s
II. 3. Throop. and they u'u
1ooa work, Turner, who halls IRON
= :
more thnr1 q dozen years past, but Ifroop
cana TO Norfolk from Chicago only
few months since to join the tlrm OF
1SlIne-Goodwin- Throop, Inc. Both men
are widely known to buyers ana sellers
~ horses. Harvey Kline, now seraot
member Of ne-GoodWin -IhrooP' .W,ls
the man. who with David McFeat, estap-
,ishad the auction sale business IN Rich
,nond along In the early ninetles and later
.oi1 Teo,,tt "a Smith Brothers. After
wn,d trained and drove trotters ana ms
81 npnlgn down the Grand CIRCUIT nea, u
decade since with the famous lit,le quaker
stallion William Penn, 2:o7 Ia r Is. a ',n.
ter OF history Since then hllre , mas
figured as a buyer and shipper uuf. WI,
ia winter months. while later IN the
season he has usually had money VIM
ner or two at the races.
rhe Nressrs. Smyth. James c. ana
THOMAS A., who are twin brothers anu
so much alike In appearance speech,
! manners and even dress, that It IS no
easy matter often times to dlstihsuas..
them apart, have estaplisn rec, go, ,s%'
sale business at the Union STOCK Ahrus'
| which have assumed mammoth proper
lions and Is looked upon as one OF NOT
folk,s chief enterprises. 1t must nave
hean along in 1894 that the Smyth Broth-
ora came 10 Richmond from Pravo, ONO.
| and bought out the sale business OF ic-
Feat e. Kline which they conducted
successfully until some five years since
and then removed to Norfolk, where now,
as head Of the big concern OF smyth
Brothers Nc Cleary- Mcclellan Live STOCK
| Company, 4 TREY rank among the most $.
substantial auction horse sale men ~
| the country.
The third annual Horse Show OF the
| kcswick Hunt Club, to be held at kes-y
wick, Va, on May 10th, promises 10 DC D,
| n most enjoyable affair. The show VIII
| be in charge OF H. =. Masruder. Johh
| d. sawyer Murray Boocock, p. H. JOS
lin. r. l.. Thurman, George Mason, T..
NJ Randolph, w. w. Osborne, Juli an
Morris, ]. a. Chisholm. Allen Potts, W.
| c. Reed, CIR Houghton and g. 8. Horn'
| The Keswicll Show the first OF tho sea.
son in Virginia, Is run In the interest OF
good sport only, there being no money,
making feature connected with 1t ana
no prizes are offered the winners re-
celving only ribbons. In this respect az
least It is unique. being the only recos-
nized show In the country offering no
money prizes Julian Morris. NJ r. H.
of the Keswick Hunt Club, Will direct the
| show BROAA1 H1 N'SN