The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-05-04
NEWS OF HORSES
AND R0RSEMEN
WALTON FARMS BIG STABLE OF
IisOIIERS AND PAGERS IN
IKAINING Ar ROANOKE.

O. me walton Farm stable OF Captain
samuel Walton has been shipped from
4 ais Mlils, Va, TO Roanoke. and the
\ horses are quartered at the Foir
4 Grounds track, where they win Ia
1 prepared for the seasons camDafgn
/ hailey Macy, who has done the train
ing and driving for sometime past is
/ IN charge. 9. +. Rose, formerly of
11eepPletoh, WIS and later with L. +.
brown, DelYan, ILL.,, but for several
seasons past located in the Carolinas
mas Deen engaged as second trainer
both Macy and Rose will be kent
pretty busy, as there are thirty-fve
/ head of trotters and PAGERS now in The
stable, while later others will be sent
down from the farm. The only horse
with record is the bay mare Red
Maggie, 2:1SA, who has wintered i'm
fine shape and should be able to win
some money in the classes for trotters.
DeylI HAL black horse, 6, by Direct
Hal 2;O4A, out of Regardless Maid.
Dy Dare Devil, who should learn To
pace fast, and Jack McGrath. chest
nut horse, ., by Red Leo, 2:26K, and
out OF Regardless Maid. too. comDIete
the list of older horses in the coIIec-
uon' the remainder being made up of
yearIings, two, three and four-year-
0ids, by Red Leo, Devil Hal. The
Bondsman, Mckinney. 2:I1H, and
heG RrodigaI, 3, 1929 y, full brother |
to Vito. 2:O9h. Red Prodigal was |
marked last fall. and after being bred |
70 some OF the best mares at the /
farm this spring will join the training /
stable at Roanoke. The chestnut filIv
g. by Red Leo. out OF Regardless Maid. /
is oIood-like, elegant thing, and in 4
appearance almost an exact likeness /
of Lou Dillon. 1857. Captain Wal /
tons stable Is the largest ever sent
out by any Virginia breeding estab- /
ilshment: The youngsters are rare
looking lot. with nice size. substance
and beauty Of form.
One Of the handsomest and best
hammered roadsters in Richmond is |
the little brown gelding Scrap Book, |
owned by Police Commissioner Cliff
We'll, whose fancy for him is prob
ably stronger than for any horse ever
Kept in his private stable. Scrap Book
was foaled in 1906 and sired by Eph-
ram Ioodles. 2:lSA. one Of the best
looking and fastest Of Virginia bred
trotting stations: dam Slippery Jane
by Roanoke, Jr., son of Roanoke. the !
elegant chestnut stallion formerly
owned and driven by William 4
Walker; second dam Mira. in her day I
one of RichmOnd's best known road /
and race mares, by Odin Bell other /
wise known as ToOdles or Captain
West; third dam a daughter of Kos
suth. son of Long Island Black Hawk I
The small son of Ephraim Toodles was /
bred by the late James c Smith I
who drove him on the road at three 4
years old. and while able to show
some speed at the trot Scrap Book .
shifted To the pace and at the lateral /
gait could show a 2:2O gait: i'm fact
though never regularly trained. he can \
now get away quickly and simply fly 4
I'm brush down the road. Not an
other line Of breeding here recalls
horses so familiarity known locally as
those appearing i'm the pedigree OF .
scrap Book. while memories. too. Of .
men associated with them will be re-
Gale a NiVidly by members Of the oil .
guard of Richmond'S road drivers ana .
others as well who may chance L.
look upon the well rounded. SYM
metrical form Of Mr.. Wells brown
gelding.
DR.. l.. r. Stinson. Scottsville. Va.
has sold 10 c. {. Hartford. same place.
the four-year-old brown stallion Cen
telle, by Genteel H.. 2:OSI4. out of .
Viola Hardin, by Red Chute. second .
dam Halle Hardin. dam of Bette
Brook. 2:O9%, by Gambetta. 1172. .
Shown at the Virginia State Fair by /
his breeder, ID. \. LanghOrne. owner /
of Scottsland Farm. with its thous-
ands of acres, near Scottsville, Cen
telle was prize winner in his year
ling form. and at two years defeated /
a fine field for first place. His sire. /
Genteel H., who was sold for export /
was a fine race horse and one of the !
handsomest sons Of Gambetta Wilkes. /
2:l9 Il, while Viola Hardin, the dam /
trotted trial in 2:24A at two years I