The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-30
NEWS OF HORSES
And HORSEMEN
AT ACCA FARM. WHERE AKAR
AND BERRO LIVE. ARE MANY
FINE TROTTERS.


Trotting horses and Jersey cattle
are the main products of Acca Farm
and some of the richest strains of
blood to be had make up the collec-
ton. Acca is only a short drive out
from Richmond and il skirts the line
of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad on the west side,
while it's eastern limits are in plain
view Of the Hermitage Road for some
distance on either side of the Hill
Monument, with the old Deep Run
Hunt Club grounds, Laburnum, West
brook and other fine country estates
nearby. Acca Farm proper contains
SiXty-five acres, though MeSSrS Crit
fifth and Saunders, who own the place
have recently acquired thirty acres
more in order to provide a range for
additions TO the herd of Jerseys.
The farm was purchased more than
quarter of a century back by Pres
ton Belvin, and has retained its iden-
tity continuously, though Whitby,
Glenlea and other well-known breed
| ing establishments in this part of Vir-
ginia during former years are now
| but memories. Mr.. Belvin was the
| first potentate of Acca Temple of the
Mystic Shrine, now. as then, probably
the best-known Masonic order in the
State, and when he began to breed
trotters Acca was the name given his
| farm. During the Belvin regime Miss
Nelson, 2:11 Il, daughter of Norfolk.
son of Nutwood. 2:1S q, was bred at
Acca, and for years she held the re-
cord for Virginia bred trotters.
The cow barns at Acca are now far
more protentious than those for the
horses, as while the herd of Jerseys
has increased to nearly q hundred
head, the stud of trotters has been
thinned out and only those that
seemed most promising for the stud
4
ing, in which most of the cows are
sheltered, is of solid concrete and of
the most approved pattern, while
roomy and very attractive in appear
ance. ready home market is found
Tor the milk, cream and butter. EN-
inent of Acca, a son of Colonel A. NJ
Bowman's $4,000 bull, Eminent H.
heads the herd, with Flying Fox Cash
and several other fine bulls as COM
panions. The outlay for cattle at
Acca represents tidy sum alone, re-
cent additions including four choice
cows purchased by Mr.. Saunders on
Decoration Day ar the famous Cooper
sale in Pennsylvania.
Akar. son of Aquilin, 2:193-4. out
Of Pavetta. by Pistachio, 2:2I "a. and
Berro, by Bingara, from Keshena, by
hremlin, 200 "a, thence back in the
fourth remove 10 famous Green Noun
tain Maid, the great mother of trot-
carry the wonderfully potent blood of
Bingen. 2:06 Ia, as both were sired
~ sons OF the stallion from whose
loins came the mighty race horse Uh-
ian, 2:O2 IA. Akar is a golden chest
nut colt, while B"rrO is a rich dark
bay, and they are very handsome
horses. BCrro was q gold medal win
ner in the stallion C.usS at the Vir-
ginia State Fair in 1908. and last fall
the son OF Ii CARA repeated the VIC
hn ham rt.la
Serpentine, 10y AambrinO Boy, 1926
ia, out of Remembrance. dam of
Virginia Jim, PIP IA, by George
Wilkes, 2:22. Tony Griffith, the bay
rOlt. olle year old, by Akar, out of
$erpentine, is the fastest young thing
On the place. He is a trotter and was
broken to harness late last fall. Nir-
einia Direct, by Direct, 2:O5 Ia, dam
Serpentine, is nursing her first fOal, a
brown colt, by Berro; Kahala, by
Kremlin, 2:O7 "a, dam Benigna. by
Acatraz. has a chestnut colt, by Akar
while Serpentine, Virginia Direct and
Kahala have also received the EN-
brace of this fast son of Aquilin. Vhe
big bay mare leila Mack, 2:22 ga, by
Mckinney, all IA, dam Minnie Alto
by Iran Alto, 2:12 Ia, is a recent ad-
dition TO the farm mares, and was
mated in the spring with Akar. She
was bred by G. F. Bunch, of Pleasan-
ton, Cal, whose son of Ted Bunch
now trains for the owners of Acca.
Akar, Berro and Butter Brook. 2:19
IA, the dun gelding, by Silent Brook,
dam Lide Lilly by Pretender, the for
mer a PAGER and the others trotters,
made up the Acca Farm training sta
this season. EerrO, now five years
old, worked a mile in 1922 1-2, with
the half trOtted in ITO and last quarter
in "a seconds. He did it in a way
to please his trainer, too, but was left
at home for treatment to contracted
heel forward, which has troubled him
more or less all during the season. The
bay stallion, however, will likely be
started in some races this fall. On
Monday last Bunch shipped Akar and
Butter Brook to North Randall, o.,
where he will remain several weeks
and then go to Detroit. Before ship
ment Akar paced a mile in PIP, while
on different occasions he worked
halves in 1903 and 1904, with quar-
ters better than 80 seconds. The son
of Aquilin does not wear hobbies, is
good gated and with lightning speed
he combines steadiness, which makes
you think that he should pace to a
low record before retirement to the
stud. Bunch stepped Butter Brook
a handy mile in 2:18 IA, but the dun
gelding came the latter half in 1904,
with the last quarter at a runaway
gait, as several watches registered 20
"a seconds Bunch marked the geld
ing at the Baltimore spring meeting
of last season, after which he went
into Sam Earrings stable, who re-
garded the dun gelding as by far the
best trotter ever in his hands. But
ter Brook cost his present owners So
500 at the Richmond Special Sale last
| spring Akar and Butter Brook are
well entered in early closing events at
different points including Peoria
| Kalamazoo. Galesburg and IndianapO-
lis At the latter meeting Akar is
dominated in the $1,000 stake for
2:2O PAGERS.