The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-07
NEWS OF HORSES
And HORSEMtN
FAIR GROUNDS PROMISES
GOOD SPORT.
(By W. j. Corter !


writing in the Thoroughbred Re
cord, Colonel Thomas B. Merry, ''TIil-
dalgo, says: Il hear that James H.
haggin, until a few years past the
horses in the world. is going to breed
farm horses from n cross of the Shire
horse on the thoroughbred at Elinen-
dorf Farm, his great breeding estab-
lishment. with its thousands of acres
Of rich blue grass land. near Licking
ton, Ky. j believe the veteran is on
the right track, and what q wonder
ful old man he is. to be sure. / came
TO California nearly fifty-nine years
ago, smooth-faced boy Just turned
OF eighteen, and the law firm of Tevis
u Haggin was one Of the leading firms
Of the State. Yet. with the twilight
shadows of ninety lowering closely
about him, he sits in his Broad Street
office and plans as clearly ahead as
II he were barely forty. while men
ten years his junior are preparing for
the end or earth and putting the
house in order" for departure from
mundane scenes and surroundings. He
dWarfS all other breeders by comDar-
ison, for no other breeder has ever
imported, in a single season, three
such stations as Goldfinch, Golden
Garter and Watercress. My way of
thinking, he is on the right track
arises from the fact that the tenants
of the late King Edward VII in Nor
FOLK, Eng, have bred common mares
to his stallion Serpa Pinto, a son of
Galliard (son of Galopin and Mavis),
for years with the very best results.
Serpa Pinto has taken prizes for five
years out of seven (being second on
TWO other occasions) as a sire of
horses for all work. His sire, Gal
lard, won the Two Thousand Guineas
in 1888. and, while he was only six
teen hands high. he bred very large
horses. One of these was a horse
called Whoever, at one time owned
by Colonel Milton Young, but now the
property of Mr.. George F. Stericker,
of Springfield, III. If q horse like
that-he is sixteen and one-half hands
high and stout in proportion-cannot
get anything else from common
mares, he can at least get big, roomy
Niles that Will be just the thing to
mate with standardized trotting stall
lions.
Sidney Prince, 2:21 IA; Jack Brere- \
ton, 2:17 IA, and Rod Oliver. 2:2O Ia.
all owned on the Eastern Shore of
Virginia, figure as sires of new stan
dard performers this season. the for
mer being credited with DIR. D. and
White Stockings; Jack Brereton with
Jack Brereton. Jr., and Rod Oliver
with Rod Oliver, Jr. Sidney Prince
is also credited with the trotters, Net
tie May, 2:17 IA. and Grace J..
2:17 Ia. who reduced their records
at Baltimore, the former from 2:20 Ia
and the latter from 2:211-4. Grace
j. entered the list last season. Nettie |
May made her record in 1908, while
owned by the late James c. Smith. of
Montezuma Farm, by whom she was
successfully campaigned for several
seasons. The sires OF this seasons |
performers mentioned are not only
owned on the Eastern Shore, but the |
qu1ntette Of trotters carrying the |
marks credited to them were bred, |
too, in that section. which furnished |
IN Lamp Girl 2:09. and Gold Bur, |
S:O9 "a, both trotters, and Mary Ann, !
2:10. pacing, Virginia's representation
in the 2:10 list.
In the 2:1S pace, The Laurier Stake;
purse, $4,000, at Buffalo, the Acca
tarm stallion Akar. son OF Aquilin, |
z:lS 80. went the best race he has |
paced this year. Geers drove Akar |
ana the event proved a straight heat
affair, with Branham Baughman, |
2:O5 1-2, one of the crack performers
of the season, winner in 2:05 IL, |
1 IL anG 2;O6 IL. Akar was sec
ond in each heat, and Game Maid |
third. Billy w. and Major PeeIer |
we're distanced in the first heat. Each
u three heats resulted in a nose and /
nose finish. with the horses facing a |
strong wind and over a slow track. |
~ .ASl qudItSI VI the HrSI neat was |
FACED IN thirty seconds two-minute
the latter half Of the sec
md heat was in 1904 and the final
quarter in thirty seconds again.
In the third heat 1t was Geers with
Akar who forced the pace, causing
5ranham Baughman to go the first
lalf in 1902 ga, and when the pair
urned into the stretch they were on
'retty nearly even terms. When sew
nty-nve yards from the wire Geers
topped driving, seemingly beaten. Cox
eeing this, eased UP on Branhan
'aughman, and as suddenly Geers raj