The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26
Horses and Horse1nen
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DY w. j. CARTER (DROAD ROCK).
at the recent spring meeting of the
Washington Jockey Club. at the Ben
ming track, Washington, y. c., Vir-
glnia owners. also Virginia-bred horses,
were much In evidence, figuring as win
ners of some of the most important
events On the program
Horses bred in the Ellerslie Stud, at
Charlottesville, as usual, played con-
spicuous part, among the winners fur
nished by that widely known breeding
establishment being Workman. Giles.
Aiken. Ellie Hibbs, Alice and Veille,
the later being returned a winner OF
the Officers Army Service Cup. ridden
lily her owner, Lieutenant B. S. Mer-
chant. a graduate of West Point and a
native OF the State of New York. by
whom she was ridden In gallant style.
All Of these We're sired by Fatherless,
the English-bred son of Isononmy and
Orphan Agnes. who heads the Ellerslie
Stud, while their dams were daugh-
tiers of the dead Eolus, one of the great.
est sires this country has seen. This
famous son Of bennington and Fanny
Washington, as Is we'll known, was
bred in Virginia, too. Hawkswing, the
two-year-old bay gelding, by Hawks
wick, out OF Daisy W., winner OF the
Dinner Stakes, one of the classics OF
the meeting, was bred in the Blue Ridge
Stud of Henry T. Oxnard, the sugar
King, at Rectortown. Va.
Among other Virginia bred horses to
earn brackets We're Bob Callahan, Jr.,
bay ge!ding. 8. By Flatlands, dam Liz
,zie M, by Eolus; Touchwood, winner
Of a handicap steeplechase, distance
about two miles, chestnut gelding, 4. by
Norwood. dam Isolde, by imp. Walter
Level; Sir Wooster bay geldlng 4, by
Ardington, dam Lady Wooster. looked
upon as a coming steeplechaser, who
was bred by Robert Newell, Of We'll
bourne; Grandpa the grand old ches-
nut geldlnS, now nine years old, BY
Grandmaster, dam Phillipa, product
OF a. S. Craven's Greenwood stud,
Greenwood, and Taboo the bay filly, 9,
by Potenlate, dam 1ufca
Taboo Won the Jessie Brown Cup
and is highly regarded. She was bred
by General w. T. Townes, in the AT.
tongreen Stud, OF Culpeper, who also
trained the speedy daughter Of Poten-
tate, and her victory In this. one Of
the most important OF the juvenile
events of tbs meeting, was source
Of more than ordinary pride to the
clever Virginia gentleman that started
her With tire victory OF Taboo and
Aiken the steeplechaser, by Father
tSss' OVeF So,uuV WIS created TO tho
Aftongreen Stable, making that estah-
lishmont fourth In the list of winning
owners. CORTLAND H. Smith. of Ajax
andria Won $3.50 with his steeple-
chasers and David Dunlop, OF Beters-
burg. $1OS0 while r. r. Coles OF
charlottesville, captured 1870 in
pusres.
Tho catalogue OF the annual spring
sale Of the Richmond Special Sale COM
pnny, has been received and over 600
head of trotters, PAGERS, thoroughbreds,
saddlers, hhnsers jumpers, high act
Ing, harness and fne driving horses
are listed, among them some good
matched pairs. H. E Kline, tho secre-
tary OF the Company, completed the
catalogue, the work being an apt ~
Illustration CT his familiarity with pedi-
grees and blood lines.
The largest consignment listed Is
that of the -..bnrezeuma Farm horses,
owned by CITY Sergeant James G..
Smith, who is selling out and retiring
after more than forty years active OK
perencc.
rho offerings from Montezeumn are
The best ever owned BY MIR, Smith and