The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-01
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEMEN
Eonite, the First 1wo-Year-O!d
Winner, Credited to Eon
in 1907.
ARRAsMlTH's STRONG STABLE
Jamestown Jockey Clubs Meet
ing Begins Fo-Morrow.
Prince ROYAL Wins Ribbon.
ny w. j. CARTER c.nrond l,ock.'o

Eonite. the bay gelding. by Eon dam
Mermaid. who won recently at Fort
Erie. doing five furlonEs in l;02, is
Z the first two-year-old winner to be
credited to his sire this season The
bny gelding is IA full brother to Eonic,
winner of the rich Burns Handicap
some seasons back in California, and
both were bred In the Ellerslte Stud,
charlottesville, Va. Eon. the sire of
T;onite, was a great racehouse and
Bred in the purple, being by Eolus,
from famous War Song. Eole's dam. by
War Dance. but of his ability TO beget
winners not much can be said. yet with
different opportunities than those ac-
corded him at Ellerslie 1t seems more
than probable that the splendid look
irg big brown stallion would have
done better. especially had he been ia
vored with mares Representing other
strains of blood than those bred to him
during all these years seeing that
he is now twenty one, and his stud
career began some fifteen years back.
Certain 1t Is that Captain Hancock.
now dean of Virginia breeders. looked
upon Eole as the greatest racehorse
OF his day and Eon was almost as
highly regarded by the sage of Eilers-
lie. but the failure of the latter to
live up to expectations has been prob
ably offset in measure at least by
The success of Fatherless. as that Eng
lish-bred son of Isonomy and orphan
Agnes Is now one of the most promi-
nent of Virginia sires. with no less than
twenty-five winners credited to him al
ready this season.
T. NJ. Arrasmith, of Greensboro. N.
c.. has returned from a trip to Lexing-
ton. Ky. and while there sold to S. I.
HARRISON & Co. the. elegant bay stall
lion Moko Pearl by Moko, dam Little
Pearl by Hinder Thomas, son of Hin
der wilkes eco. Moko Pearl was
purchased Arrasmith at the winter
sale of the Kentucky Sales Company,
of Lexington, last February and the
son OF Moko was we'll patroniZed in
the stud at Greensboro this season. 1t
was the intention to start him in some
races this fall, but tempting offer
induced the sale and the bay stallion
has been shipped back to his native
heath in the blue Grass" Moko Pearl
will he shown at the Kentucky fairs
this season, at which he made prac-
tically clean sweep In his class g
couple of years or so back. While In
Kentucky Arrasmith purchased OF
Glen Beachy Jr.. the gray geldine
Postum 2:s0: Pilator. dam Fannie
Patthen. dam OF five with records bet
ter than 2:20, by Mabrino Patchen. ant
from HARRISON & Evans. the fast greer
trotter Alfred Price. The latter is {
hay geldiug, four years old. and re
Gently finished third in race, tn
time of the heat being 2l5. Arrasmit
is race secretary OF the Central Caro-
lima Fair Association. of Greensboro
and under his experienced hand tina
department has greatly increased IL
Importance He has some ten or twelve
trotters and PAGERS now In his stable
and they are all doing well. He ha:
stake engagements in the Virginia anc
North Carolina circuit. and will prob
ably make the first start of the season
at Radford Va. and then go right or
down the line to Charlotte, y. c.
The Richmond trotter. lack. owned
ut Montezeuma Farm, and being cam
paigned this season by Samuel Earring
has won number of races and been
placed in Others this season over the
half-nlile tracks, and reduced his rec
ord from 2:17 81 to 2:1s IL. lack is
seven years old and a son OF Sidney
Prince, 2:2I Ia. from the great brood
Inaye Thrift, dam of Jack and two 9TH
ers. By Meander. the sire Of ttat grea,
lacehorSe Parnlico 2:lp- Another trot-
ter that has l5ae wsll for Earring this
ssaEpr IS t..y California bred horse Alto
DOWN, HE Ray ge36Irg. 9. by Iran Alto
darn Elsie Downs, oy Doodle. At Utica
X y Alto DoEn Won 2 siI-heat race
az .rg-ted y aew record OF 1:1s IL
Hpth lax ana AID Down haze been
aap sAss hsk 0tks- brezd- winners Il
lis Etsals
TIE tzll meeting Of the jamestown
IoEkeY ClE5. asgr Pine Beach. Va.
begins to--rlor.oT- The % instant, an,
IS sctedE!eS 70 last thirty days. Will
yFouab}g < further Continuance IL 3ug
IT'D bg conditions. There viii be si5
races daiiY and no purse uaser $3.50
sheridan CLARK we.l-knpwn in chi
c4go racing c!rclsg, is the secretary
lion. ". =. Young 81 Norfolk for.ne
Congressman from. the Second Virgins
District, IS the moving spirit in In
Jamestown Jockey club.
The meeting Will BE- conducted unde
American Turf Association rules. as
license couid not be obtained from I'll
Jockey Club OF New York the 20,
ernIng body in Ihe East, the ruin
being that Virginia has no racing law
similar to those in New York. Fro
this the inference Is plain that hors'
men may race al Jamestown and NJ
fear molestation later on Westei
tracks whatever may be their stant
ing under the Jurisdiction of the Joel
ey Club. as the outlaw rule has be,
abolished in the West save for pc
sons ruled off for fraud.
Prince Royal son of A. Randol)
Towards brilliant high-acting harne
horse Royal Regent, dam Forest Ma
2.2i, by Jay Hawker, was the bl
ribbon winner in the class for liz
harness stations at stanton, Roy