The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-08
1|M0LE0N, Sire
Of GREAT BOSTON
From Isirst Page.)

s,rhIs one ana that one. said he. "nr,
two of the best bred horsss In England
the other two are Irish-bred" which
presumed meant by Irish hunter-stnl
lions. but they were three-qunrter'
bred or better Then. with some rnys
.ery, he took me to a box stall and
showed me one OF The biggest, courses,
horses ever saw. and TO my aston
,slied inquiry as TO his breeding. he re-
piled. I'VE expect tos,win the Grand
National with him next year, Seeing
shat these did not I'LL my eye, lie took
me to see six, which he informed me
were ridden BY the duchess. They were
what our big but not lcggy thorough
BREEDS are, and, 50 far as-I could see,
nearly perfect as Individuals / asked
him if, being tliorouglibreds. they did
Z not pull tile duchess. He settled All
OF this with IT. duchess is good
liorsewoImnn. and doesn't consider
that" Thinking was through, 1 gave
him my tip. which knew was satis-
factory from the emphasis on the
..Thenk YOU" but he then took ne to
sec two rangy big hunters. and finally
Z ushered me into Il stable of five stalls,
with the finest lot of hunters ] ever
I0Oked ut WIG III
Ink" coal-black. was the most per-
feet pattern OF hunter / ever saw. He
was Irish. having been either first or
second, j forget which, in a class of
seventy-five horses suitable to become
hunters at a previous Dublin horse
show. He was full of quality. with his
long, keen neck and bony head, fine,
short, legs, and the best ribbed-up body
and the strongest back and loins L
ever saw. He was enveloped in muscle,
and stood should say, fifteen hands
three inches high. / never saw a bet
ter combination of quality and
strength. l was told that the duke
and duchess rode in the first flight.
and that there could he no question of
the horses under them.
They had to BIO up ia going where
put. in all kinds OF going (mostly sofD
and over all kinds of jumps as long
as required. The manager told me that
those of our thoroughbred hunters he
had seen in England were weeds"
that they could not carry the weight
and live in the going. However this
may be, 1 have seen some OF these
weeds" In this country that. behind
an American pack, taking the hunt a
steeplechase pace for few big fields,
are hard to live with. Th whole nues-
ton. believe, is one of pace. and I
do not believe the big English hunter
can go the American fox-hound pace
md live I understand that those that
have been brought here have not
made good, but ave no statistics.
nd opinions are diverse and worthless.
It must not be forgotten, too, that the
English red fox is 40 per cent. smaller
than the American, and therefore
)lower-th;.- the English hound is
slower than the American. The result
Is that the English hunt Is slower and
longer than the American. The horse
ara hound in each country suit the
conditions there.
But to get back to Timoleon. He
was one of those big. powerful horses
that we can pick out of hundred.
who has quality combined with
strength, speed and endurance. and
this lie showed by his brilliant perfor-
mances in his short turf life, lasting
rom the spring of 1916 through the
GUNNER OF 1918. What became Of
him from tho time he was foaled 10
the spring of 1915 l cannot find. l
only know that Within that time he
came into the hands of Mr.. j. j. Harri-
SON. OF Virginia, who started him as
tllree-year-old at New Market. mile
heats, which h won from Fair Rosa
mond. Sambo and IN Eagle colt in 1:i7
and l:4S hard in hand" This time
WAS within four eeconds of the time as
rribed to Flying Childer's mile. which.
however, WIS estimated, In the last
heat he distanced the field.
The morning before this race at
sunrise he beat Potomac colt one-half
mile In a match for 500,
He WIS then sold to Mr. WSnne for
$500. who In the fall Of 1916 won
with him the first heat in the Post
Stake at New Markct-two- mile heats
six subscribers $500 each. lie Won by
40 or so yards, carrying the boy conf
pletely in his mouth Having been
To much used in this heat he was
beaten by Realty (another Sir Archy)
in the second and third heats in 3:i7
and GAS, Drummond, Lady Richmond
and Fair Rosamond also ran. The next
week lie walked at Bellfeld two milo
heats
In the SAME fall..he won the Jockey
Club purse at Tarborough-s4 $500, two
mile heats, beating the great Lady
LiShtfoot, then old,
In February, 1917, he won sweep
stakes over the Charleston course
two-mile heats, four subscribers 500
each-winning the first two heats. and
In great style beating MIR. Singleton's
filly. by Blank and others. Four days
after he won the Proprietors' purse
three mile heats. hard in hand" in twt
heats-beating Lycurgus, Black-Eyed
Susan, a Bedford colt, and Mr. Tayloe's
mare.
On the 18th OF May following, after
travelling from Charleston he won tho
Jockey Club purse at New Market
four-mile heats-beating Realty in tw,
4 heats over track in worse condition
than it had ever been known to be- /,
s:o4 and S:G4 IL.
In September. 1877. won the locke,
Club purse at Warrenton, three-mil
heats. beating Harwood and Optimu
easy. After this race he was sold Il
Mr.. Robert r. Johnson. OF Petersbur,
&c brother Of William r., / Think, 10
s+.lo0; but Mr.. Wynne offered $500
within ten days 10 get him back, be
lieving, as he said. that he was "su
perior to any race-horse that eve
turned gravel on any race-course
the United States" In the fall of ISL
Mr.. Johnson ran him at New Marko
distancing Mr. Worsham's mare b
Florizol In the first heat. The follow
ing week he walked for the locke
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