The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
NEWS OF HORSES
AND H0R:sEMEN
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Virginia Horse Show Association
Holds Annual
Meeting.
DATES FOR 1907 CHOSEN
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MIR. Burwell Writes Interestingly
About ,Cohee, Son Of
Skylark.
DATES FOR 1907 CHOSEN

Little racing Is 10 be seen IN our State
How, or has there been for more than
dozen years past but the horse show
interest Is strong, as IL should be and
has been for some time past rs evil
denced by the annual meeting OF tho Vir-
ginia Horse Show Association held at .
the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D.
CT on the 18th instant, when much bust
ness OF Importance was transacted, in
Guiding an election Of officers and select
ion Of dates for 1901 Officers chosen for
the ensuing year were c. O. Wren, OF
Norfolk, President j. Jenliyn Davies, OF
Manassas, vice-presidcnt while L, S..
Ricketts,. Of Orange, was elected to servo
MS secretary and treasurer. Fredcricks-
burg, which for several years has been
an important member OF the circuit, will
hold no show in 1907. The Staunton Horse
Show Association has been succeeded by
the Stanton Racing Association as
horse show features and turf contests
will DO combined there hereafter.
The various associations were repre-
scented as follows:
Uppeville. Rozier Dulnny: Fredericks-
burg, Charles II. Hurkamp; Culpepcr ].
T.. Latham; Manassas, w. A. Buckley;
Orange, DR.. l.. S. Ricketts,: Charlottes-
vile, Joel NJ, Cochran; Staunton, s. II.
Ellerson; Harrisonburg DR.. j. A. Myers;
Front Royal, A. L. worthcn: Berryvle
r. P. Page: Warrenton, Frank d. Cas-
kins; Richmond. J. T. Anderson; Nor
folk, c. Q. Wrenn.
The season of 1907 opens up at Keswic,c
in May and concludes at Norfolk In
October. With the exception Of Rich
Iuond and Norfolk, whose exhibitions are
big affairs and held under cover; the
remaining shows are open-nir affairs and
much dependent upon weather conditions
which when favorable renders them rs q
rule outings Of the most attractive sort.
Dates chosen were:
Keswick-Nfay Is.
Leesburg-June CT.
Observation-Disclosures.
Culpeper-July As.
Enthusiastically 17-1S.
Orange-July 24-3
Charlottesville-Aug. 10.
Staunton-Aug. 6-S.
Harrisonburg-AuS. 13-15
Front Royal-Aug. 21-22
Berryville-Aug. 27-o9.
Warrenton-Sept 20.
Richmond-Oct. 7-12
{ Norfolk--Oct. l4-19.
Ensign ]. Townsend Burwell late OF
the United States Navy, but now en-
gagged in farming. horse breeding and
the like. near Wildwood, in Clarke
county, Va, is one Of the most active
spirits In the Blue Ridge Hunt Club.
at whose seni-weekly meets he rides
to hounds. Among the hunters own
cd by Mr. Burweil is the good marc
Quckstep, who won races for and was
until quite recently, ridden to hounds
by Blanchard Forbes of this city.
Writing me under date of the 10th
instant, from Mt. Airy, tho home of
his father, Mr.. George II. Burwcll, near.
Wildwood, young Mr.. 3urwell says: II
noticed in the horse column Of The
Times-Dispatch of Sunday the 10th in
slant. that -Ir. James w. Morton, OF
Orange, Va, wrote that the gray geld
ing l1itz Lee. who had reached the age
y of til..ty-nine years. and q cut of whom
appeared in that issue, was from
mare. By COIN, a horse formerly own
ed by the Burwclls, OF Clarke county,
Va, which is an error, but the fol-
lowing may be OF interest to YOUR
self and to readers of that delightful
4 section of your paper conducted by
Broad Rock:
The horse alluded to Was Cohee. in
stead Of Cohn. SO called for a tribe
OF upland Indians, in contradiction ID
the Tuckahoes of the lowlands. Cohee
was thoroughbred horse, bred by
x my grandfather. the late Mr.. George
Z II. Bnrwell, of Carter Hail. Mi'lwood
Va. Sired by imp. Skylark. dam Agnes,
BY imp Lusborough. he carried tho
bluest blood IN the Stud Book This
son NJ. the Gnglisll-bred I.aylarK was
u. ildlflSollc iloISc, u scul-prOWN
ins color, not large. but possessing
great substance and power. Mr.. Bur-
well had given up racing some years
previously. but had great hopes and
high anticipations of the future turf
career Of this horse. After a dinner
given in honor OF some gcnllemcn Mt
Carter Hall, Cohee was brought by
his groom to the front OF tho house
for the inspection of the guests, when
the brown stallion was greatly adj
mired. and particularly so by q gem
teman from Culpepar. After some con-
versatlon on the subject, Mr.. Burwell
presented Cohee to this gent lcmun who
promised and undertook as {, condi,
ton OF the gift that the horse should
be trained and prepared for racing BY
the finest trainers in America, and
should be started in races OF four
mile heats, as true TIT of his ca
pacity. After this gentleman came in
to possession. Cohee was levied upon
and sold at sheriff's sale for debt.
When MIR, Burwell heard of ,nis. he
wrote the new owner. Offering to buy
the horse back, uut the gentleman re-
fused to consider me propositions. and