The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19
NEWS OF HORSES
and HORSE|MIE:N.
Great Crowds Witness Opening
Of the New Sales
Stables.
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]. Z. LANE OUT OF 3 ING !!
President Roosevelt to Give
Handsome Silver Trophy for
Racing at Ber,ing's.
.. e. LANE OUT OF RACING.
ny W. j. CARTER {3rond Rock.)

ny w. y. CARTER tDrond Rock.)
A big crowd Witnessed tho opening
OF the Southern Stock Yards, one OF
Rlchmond's nlnnysnew enterprises, last
Wednesday, the 18th instant, when the
first auction salo began and lasted
through the following day. The local
contingent gathered In force, OF course,
while breeders, trainers and dealers In
all classes OF horses and mules, and
from widely different sections, were
to be seen at the mammoth and splcr-
didly appointed plant tof the new Vir-
ginin concern, which Is fixed to nc.
commodate several, thousand head Of
too, yet prices did not soar high and
buyers secured many bargains. The
Smyth Brothers. Nc Clcary- Mc Clellan
Company's sale was the centre OF at
traction on the first day, while fol-
lowing 1t came that OF Kline-Throop,
Incorporated. Both OF these concerns
came direct from Norfolk to Richmond.
Prices ranged from 500 to $500 for
business horses, while a green trotting
mare by Sea King. dam by Monocacy
.2:15 ga. went to o. T. Elliott. OF Dill
Ion, D. c.. for $500. The bay marc
N1ushade NJ, $3.50 "a, brought $780, at
which she seemed we'll worth buying:
as the daughter OF Shade!ana onward
Is good looking, and could fairy ny
on trot, as Tom Smith reeied Ausl
up and won tho stretches OF tte
eighth OF a mile driveway under cover
OF tho great building. She was boughs
for shipment South.
JOSEPH, station, who came to virginia
from Kentucky nearly twenty years
ago. and since then has during differ
ent seasons campaigned Miss Nelson.
2:11 IA; Nellie D.. 2:1S Id, and other
well-known Virginia trotters. Is with
the Smyth Brothers, as for some 'yenrs
mast al Norfolk, and looks after tho
trottcrs, PAGERS and speedy road horses
handled by them. It Is seldom now
that station drives a race. but he still
fancics the sport, and, like most KEN
tuckians, is we'll informed on pedi-
grees.
H. e. Kline and II. B. Throop. who
are tho active members of Kline
Incorporated, have long been
associated with the light harness horse.
and have played most parts connected
with the game. 1t was Kline that
formerly campaigned the famous trot-
ter William Penn, and drove the son OF
Santa Claus when he made his record
OF 2:o7 Ia. During recent years, how
ever, Kline has devoted most OF his |
time to buying and shipping from the
markets. with an occasional
venture in the line OF speed.
Throop during former years trained
and drove some good horses. among |
them being Midnight. PAGER, sl7 Ia;
slower records; then he began to WELD
the gavel in the auctioneer's box, and
did good work for the big Western
concerns that sell speed at Chicago and
other points.
]. e. Lane. OF Esmont, Albemarle
county, Va. who for a number Of
or runners. with fair share OF sue
cess, has disposed OF all OF his horses
in training and announced his retire
ment from the turf. Late last fall Mr.
Lanes stable was shipped to New Or
leans. where fourteen horses We're
recently disposed OF at private sale.
The steeplechasers Woodside. Wood
song, Waterway and Bell-the-Cat. went
to =. .Flippen. OF Charlottesville, Va.
while T. z. Aud secured the remainder.
of Bulkhead. Norwina, Blast,
Lucullus, and the two-year-olds, Bur
lington IL. Braddock. Fade Away,
Image. Green Mountain Belle and Lady
Jcffersos.
It is reported that President Roosc-
yelt has donated to the Washington
Ioe1sy Club liv Of y washington D. G.
ed the winner OF a special race for
registered thoroughbreds, ridden by
commissioned army officers, and to be
run at rh the ,Washinston spring meet
recently made by President
Roosevelt to Major-General Bell for
special training for army officers in
equation and ross-country riding.
At the annual meeting Of the Ma
tional Hunts Association. held recently
in New York, among the directors elect
ed was James K. Maddux, of Warren
ton. Va; Joseph r.. Grace and II. S.
Page. Of New York, with ]. Searie
Barclay. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt, r.
Lawrence Smith. as new members of
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