The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-06-23
NEWS OF HORSES AND HORSEMEN
(By Broad Rocky

which is near ROanes. in Gloucester
county, Va, w. j. DOugherty who
does the training and driving for the
establishment, has shipped six head
William j. Burlee, who holds the
title to White Marsh Farm, acquired
wealth as former owner of the Burlee
snip Yards, at Brooklyn. n. Y. and
since removing to Virginia has dur
ing successive seasons campaigned
staple OF trotters and PAGERS as
source of diversion. In addition TO
White Marsh Mr.. Burlee has recently
auued TO his holdings in real estate
by the purchase of Tree Hill Farm.
near Richmond, which is one OF the
best known farms in this section of
virginia During the early part of
the season Dougherty worked his
horses for speed at White Marsh, re-
serving the finishing touches to be nut
on at the Prospect Park half-mile
track, at Baltimore. where several of
ms horses started at the Baltimore
spring meetings, where Sassafras Boy
ana Henry Bedworth each won good
races. The stable includes the PAGERS
virginia Bell and Henry Bedworth.
2;1I "A, and the trotters Eblight
2:19 q Edward F., 2:21Jk; Sassa fras
Boy, 2:24A and the green horse
Foltsvllle chestnut stallion, 5, by The
Guardsman, dam Nubietta, by Nut
wood, 2:1SA. POttsville was bred bv
A. a. Housman, of New York. but
1oaled the property of Mr.. Rurlee
VINO VIII give him a record and then
place him in the stud at White Marsh.
me Guardsman, from whose Ioins
came Pottsville. is a son of Sable
Wilkes and Adelaide Simmons. a
daughter Of Simmons. 2:2S. Sassa-
lras Boy trotted to a new record of
2:2l a at Prospect Park. and Dough-
erty looks upon this tall Virginia bred
chestnut gelding as one of the best
iour-year-old he has handled for
some seasons past. The gelding was
purchased as yearling by Mr.. Bur-
lee FOR $50 and broke to harness at
two years by the colored coachman
at White Marsh.
With funds in hand, appropriated nv
the city Of Richmond, for n new evbi-
bltion hall to cost $4,000. to be fin
lShed i'm time for use this fall the
BOARD OF directors of the Virginia State
Falr Association are in high feather
over me prospect for a great fair; in
TACT, II is expected to far Surpass the
exhibition of Virginia's agricultural
ana mechanical resources last year.
winch was record breaker and pro-
nounced by many as the best of its
kind yet witnessed in this part of the
South. Fanciers of the harness races
were hopeful of a first class half-miIe
track being built for the trotters and
PAGERS to perform on this fall, instead
OF the mile oval in use since the
association was formed; this, however.
II is hoped, VIII come in time, as the
march of progress has been steady
since Virginia's big State fair was or
gained in 1907. With four early clos
ing events of $1,000 each for the 2:19
and 2:27 classes. trotting, and the
2;15 and 2:24 classes, pacing, and an
other of $500 for three-year-old and
under trotters, the speed program will
be rendered more attractive still by
the addition of two open purses daily
of probably $500 each. The runners
Will also be well looked after as the
purses for the fiat races will be about
$500 each and around $500 for stee-
plechaSe events. The dates of the Vir-
ginia State Fair fall on the week of
october 3d-8th, following directly af-
ter the big Interstate Fair, at Trenton
n. j., from which numbers Of horses
along with fine live stock and other
exhibits, Will be shipped directly to
Richmond.
Captain II. II. Williamson. of Nor
folk. Va, is the owner of the chestnut
stallion, Whitby. Jr.. whom he claims
TO be the highest stepping trotting
horse in the world. Captain William
son offers to back his opinion with ST.
600 that no trotter alive is his equal
IN gait; in fact, ii is asserted that
Whitby, Jr., really out points any
hackney, not even excepting the ia
nous mare, Hildred. Whitby, Jr. is
eight years old, and was bred by the
late Thomas NJ. Hewitt. at North Bend
Farm, WeyanOke, Va. and sired by
the pacing stallion. Whitby, 2:1S1-4.
son Of Hannis. 2:17 81; dam. Kittie
r., 2:24 IA, the trotting mare. by
NutgOld. Both Whitby and Kitty b.
were campaigned by Mr.. Hewitt. for
whom they won a number of races
during former years. T. William Hew-
lit. who now directs affairs at North
Bend, trained Whitby and Kitty B.
and also drove them to their records
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