The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-09-07
NEWS OF HORSES
AND H0RSEMEN
FAIR GROUNDS PROMISES
GOOD SPORT.
(By w. j. CarterO


Writing in the Thoroughbred Re-
cord, Colonel Thomas B. Merry. Hill
dalgo." says: Il hear that James Il.
Haggin, until a few years past the
largest breeder of thoroughbred
horses in the world, is going TO breed
farm horses from a cross OF the Shire
horse on the thoroughbred. at Elmen-
dorf Farm, his great breeding estab-
lishment. with its thousands of acres
OF rich blue grass land. near Lexing-
ton, Ky. / believe the veteran is on
the right track, and what a wonder
full old man he is. to be sure. / came
20 California nearly fifty-nine years
ago, smooth-faced boy just turned
of eighteen, and the law firm of Tevis
K Haggfn 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
If he were barely forty, while men
ten years his junior are preparing for
the end OF 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 Goldhnch 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 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
~
called Widower. at one time owned
by Colonel Milton Young, but now the
property of Mr.. George +. Stericker
OF Springfield, Ill. If a 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
hllies 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 DR.. 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.,
Ply IA, who reduced their records
at Baltimore, the former from 2:2O IA
and the latter from 2:21 IA. Grace
}. entered the list last season. Nettie
May made her record in 1908, while
owned by the late James C. Smith, Of
NJ ontezuma 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
quintette Of trotters carrying the
marks credited to them were bred
too, in that section, which furnished
in Lamp Girl 2:O9, and Gold Bur,
2:O9 ga, both trotters, and Mary Ann.
2;1O, pacing, Virginia's representation
in the 2:10 list
In the 2:1S pace, The Laurier Stake;
purse, $4,000, at Buffalo, the Acca
Farm stallion Akar, son OF Aquilin.
2:19 "a, went the best race he has
paced this year. Geers drove Akar
ana the event proved a straight heat
affair, with Branham Baughman.
2:O6 1-2, one Of the crack performers
OF the season, a winner in 2:051-2
2;11 IL and 2:06 1-2. Akar was sec
ond in each heat, and Game Maid
third. Billy w and Major Peeler
were distanced in the first heat Each
OF three heats resulted in a nose and
nose finish, with the horses facing a
strong wind and over a slow track.
The last quarter Of the first heat was
paced in thirty seconds two-minute
the latter half OF the sec
ond heat was in 1901 and the final
quarter in thirty seconds again.
In the third heat it was Geers with |
Akar who forced the pace, causing
Branham Baughman to go the first |
half in 1902 ga. and when the pair |
turned into the stretch they were on |
pretty nearly even terms. When sew
enty-five yards from the wire Geers
stopped driving, seemingly beaten. Cox |
seeing this, eased up on Branham |