The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-12

DY w. j. CARTER ("Broad RoclS.")
William G. Bryan, formerly of Lex
ington, Ky, but for more than dozen
years past identified with the harness
horse interests of Virginia, has taken
charge of affairs at Acca Farm, this
city, succeeding Silas Smith, who is
now in prison charged with the muir
der of William Murphy, n care-taker at
the place.
Bryan is man OF experience In the
trotting horse line, having been
brought UP In the business, as his
father. the late Joseph II. Bryan, was
a well-known and highly successful
breeder in Kentucky, and with the good
material to work on at Acca he expects
to do well. Bryan has developed and
campaigned during his residence in
this State. horses like Albert c., 2:16 1-2.
one of the stoutest hearted and most
consistent of Virginia bred trotters
Princess Eualie 2:17 Ia, and some
other pretty fair money winners.
Among the horses in his stable own
ed by the lessees, A. T. Griffith and c..
W. Saunders. are Akar. chestnut colt,
3. by Aquilin. 2:19 Ia. dam Pavetta. BIZ
Pistachio, 2:21 IA; Berro. bay colt, 5,
by Bingara. dam Keshena, by Kremlin,
2:0T ga Wanna West, 2:22 IA. the
beautiful black daughter of Wanna
maker, that is show horse and a
trotter; Nelly McZeus. 2:26 IA. by Nc
zeus, 2:13. son Of Mckinney, Ell Ii:
WaXy Gaunt. bay mare, 6. by Red
Gaunt dam Waxy r, IT,, by Liberty
Sontag. green trotter that is expect
ed to go fast; Kahola, bay filly, 3. by
Kremlin, dam Benigna, by Aleatraz
Princess Kingan, chestnut mare. by The
Beau Ideal, e:15 Ia. dam Princess
Alma, by Membrino King; Virginia d.
| rect bay filly, 3. by Direct, 2:o5 Ia
| dam Serpentine, by Mambrino Boy, bay
filly, 3, by Fair Promise. $50 dan,
Lucille, by Banncrmark. Ell "a, and
others, among them a few promising
yearlings and two-year-olds.
Happy Tie, 2:25 Ia the bay mare
owned by General Nelson a. Miles the
! United States Army officer, of Boston,
that dropped FLY by Bingen, 2:Q6 IA
on February 29th, is a Virginia product
having been bred by the late Captain
Orris "A. Browne. of Cape Charles, An
| incident connected with the arrival of
the filly is that four years must pass
now before the daughter of Bingen
and Hppy Tie can have another BIRTH
day. Happy Tie is by Happy Russell,
2:21 Ia, out Of Blanche F., 2:33 Ia,
| dam of Bursary, 2:24 1-4 Bursaro,
2:29 Ia. etc, by Walker Morrill,, sire
OF Lamp Girl, 2:o9. the fastest of vir-
ginia bred trotters and now owned In
! far off Copenhagen.
Happy Tie was bred by Captain
Brown when he was managing Holly
wood Place, the vast estate of the late
| W. l.. Scott, the Pennsylvania Railroad
| magnate and Congressman. Captain
Browne owned Blanche F. and bred
| each of her representatives in the list
! of standard bred speed. but the gray
daughter of Walker Morrill, was toe
! hotheaded and excitable for road use
so she was given record against
time and placed in the stud. Her
daughter, Happy Tie, was, however
even tempered and rarely made a
break; in fact, 1t was a source of de-
Hight and pleasure for the big and
genial Eirginian to hook her to pole
with a runner when oftentimes on the
smooth roads around Cape Charles he
(! would send the pair at a fearful clip
with Happy Tie on square trot and
her running mate oftentimes seemingly
strung out. Bursary and Bursaro, half
brothers of Happy Tie, We're both sired
by Bursar, 2:17A, the dead son OF
Stranger, and the latter is the sire OF
Dan Patch, Jr., 2:27A one of the