The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-28

.AA5 f1tlsteTH Snore OF tHe state, srepofS IA
a most promising outlook forStho 4 irhtiSs
Hhariiess norac interests Iii that scction' L
The premier sire ut Floyd Farm lis Sid.Al
'ney Prince and limited to tO0sfniflrea 4
His book was Tiled by the middle Al \
March, as for seasons past, thoukhi
during each fall forty or ifty mars
drc usunlly mated with this wonderful
vigorous son Of Sidney. Among I'll,
good three-year-old trotters IN gth\ III
training barn at Floyd Farm nres Comt II
nler, q aon OF the lamented Todd 'andt1
Lazy Bird. full sister Of. Jay Hawker,
2.14 3-4, by Jay Bird, and sBenares, \
the bay colt that WIS bred Mt Alien \
BARN. Pttsfield. Mass. Tho latter is
q son of Bingara and Rtisalka, by
Mazatlan, a:2s ss-4. and he is bred In
tho purple. CONNER stands over six-
teen hands and weighs close to 1900
pounds now, while he is still growing,
SO the son OF Todd Is being carefully
handlednUn account OF his great Size.
His book OF thirty mares filled early
and some OF the hest mafes IN the
State were sent to his court. Tho get
OF Sidney Prince came quicly, and tts
.Scnrlings. two and three-year-olds.f by
him from daughters OF Dictator. Mean.
der. Crcsceus. Baron Wilkes and other
stres, are showing lot OF speed over
the half mile track at the farm these
June days.
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Early Fair Entries.
With tho exception OF tho 2:20 trot.
tho different early closing events for
purses OF $500 each, offered by the
Virginia state Fair Association. OF
Richmond, filled satisfactorily, with
entries from n dozen different States.
among the patrons being L. w, Werner,
Seneca, s. c.; Herman r. Tyson. New
ark, Delaware: 8. waltonA Falls Mills,
Va; Buttonwood Stock Farm. Gettys-s
burg. Penn: Virginia Breeding and
Training hssociation, Radford. Va; a. a
Louis Lehman. Lexington. KY: L j.
Coffin, Richmond, ya.,s and Wilton 4
Stock Farm, Harve De Grace. Md. The
2:27 trot received seventeen entries,
and the three-year-old trot eleven en-.
tries. Tho open purses Will be an
nounced soon and probably q ike Of ~
fcrcd for 2:16 trotters. Richmond Is
member OF tho Virginia Carolina cir.
cult. which includes dozen; different
places in Virginia, North Carolina and
South Carolina. at each OF which the
early closing events filled In a very
satisfactory manner.
Or. Fred c. Kellam. president OF the
Kellam Hospital. {of this city. has res
turned from, weeks trip to the West
ern part OF Kentucky, where no liz In
terested In a big mining venture. Dur
Ing DR.. Kellam's absence. his favorite
roadster. the bay mare Fern Kellam.
by Bursaro, 2:29 Ia, dam Belle c.. by
Clay. was placed in Jospeh Stations
hands. who is still handling her. Sta
ton. who has trained and raced some
good horses, among them MISS. Nelson. /
2:11 Ia. one OF the fastest OF vir-
ginia-bred trotters. and others, thinks
Well OF Fern Kellam. as she is a good
gated trotter and would make speed
with development. Belle c., the dam
of Fern Kellam, /, is a full sister OF
Albert c., c:16 1-2. one OF the stoutcsl
hearted campaignerss ever sent out
races and later passed to Mr.. A. B.
Gwathmey. OF New York City, In whose
hands the son of Clay became a noted
performer on the Harlem River Speed
way.
Mr.. Gwathmey's fine private stables
have Sheltered some great horses,
among them Tiverton. 2:o4 1-2. worlds
champion trotting race geIding; Louise
Mac. 1900 3-4. and others of note, but
the New York amateur reinsnan re-
CARDS Albert c. as one OF the gamest
rioters ever In his possession.
Rinll
E. Waterway, s, the we'll named hay
gelding, by Waterleyel, dam Runaway, Y
cap at Latonia during the past week.
with 100 pounds up. and defeated quite
n fair field OF horses. Waterway was
bred by s.. Z. Lane. OF Esmont. Va,
who still owns the dam Runaway.
M Up in Canada the Virginia bred
steepleclasers FREELY and Touchwood.
are winning races. The latter was bred
by Pitts and Dorrier. OF scottsville.
and Is by Norwood. dam Isolde. BIZ
Waterlevel. FREELY is a bay mare not
ten years old. by Terrifier, son OF
Alarm. from mare OF unknown breed
ing. Shesis in the stable OF Dion Kerr.
of Warrenton. who Is also winning
with the big and handsome gelding
Essex II. and other cross country. per-
formers.
n. b. Stokes, now OF Greensboro. M.
C.. but who contemplates removing to
Richmond soon, Is using as roadsters
the bay pacing gelding Slope, by
Golden Slope, son OF Electioneer. and
John Wilkcr. the big bay geldipg by
Red Wilkes. The latter is trotter
with some speed and good manners.