The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-08
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEMEN
TROTrERS AND PAGERS AT THE
VIRGINIA STATE FAIR
GROUNDS TRACK.
BY Broad ROCk.

Recent additions TO the colony Of
local trainers at the State Fair
Grounds track include the stables of
| William l.. Bass, William @. Bryan
and Henry G. Nelson, which, with
John w. Porter. who has permanent
quarters there, furnishes quite scene
for fanciers of trOtters and PAGERS.
! BY the record Porter has the fastest
trotter in Virginia in the bay gelding
| Major Strong, 2:07 IA, q Grand Cir
| cult factor last season, and credited
/ with trials faster than his mark. The
big and rangy son of Strong Boy has
been given a lot of slow work and
| later Porter thinks OF starting over
some Of the half-mile tracks before
4 taking chances on the mile courses.
| The pacing mare. Goldie billiard, and
Prince Nj, 2:24 IA, the chestnut geld
/ ing, by Sidney Prince. with Major
Strong, are all that have records,
| though there are some half dozen
! other green horses that seem good
enough to take to the races. among
them the bay stallion, Anderson, 6, by
Judge Cox. dam Virginia Cooper, by
Bourbon Baron, second dam Virginia
Maid, dam Of Mosul. 2:O9 IA.
Bryan's string is made up mostly of
horses owned by Joseph Lasitter. in
Guiding the bay horse, Petaurist,
1929 IA. by Peter the Great, 2:O7 IA,
dam Telka, by Arion, 2:O7 ga, sec
ond dam La JOlla, dam of Binjolla,
= Il o. Dy ADVERTISER, Z. 10 1-4, VINO
/ viii be given careful preparation
/ and sent for a low record later in
| the season The son of Peter the
| Great is more highly thought of by
| Mr.. Lasitter, who during his long ca
! reer has owned many horses, but the
bay stallion stands higher in his af-
| fectionS than all others. Ogline, black
! gelding. 3, by Emperor Rock son of
Sable Rock, dam FoXie Lambert.
| 2:22 IA, by Alsatian: bred and owned
hx~ &c oil in, Tl~x-s 49,.
stable and should make speed at the
trot with handling.
The only horse in Nelson's stable
/ with record is the bay horse, Great
| Stakes. j., $3.50. 10y Great Stakes, 1920,
dam Martha Chaftin, by Norfolk. son
of Nutwood, 2:1S ga. Great Stakes,
Jr.. started in his first race as a three
year-Old in 1909 and stood for second
| money in an early closing purse for
| Hale, son of Bingen, 2:06 IA. the Nir-
| ginia State Fair. The bay stallion won
| two races and was placed in another.
| trained and driven by Young Nelson
last season, and if he keeps right is
| expected 10 shade his record some
eight or ten seconds during the COM
! ing one over the half mile tracks on
which he will be raced.
William Bass is working some five
! or six green trotters, among them the
! handsome bay gelding, Nasmyth, 4, by
| JarldOrf, son of Jarl, 2:06 "a, dam
! Serpentine, by Mambrino Boy, second
4 dam the great brood mare, Remem-
hrance, dam Of Virginia Jim, 2:12 10:
! Remember. 2:14 Ia, and FL Banecia,
| 2:11 IA, sire OF FL Nictress, 2:OS IA.
| by George Wilkes. Among the local
. trainers Bass is the most unique of
them all, as during the past twenty
; five years or longer he has been con-
! stantly identified with the light har-
! ness horse interests of Richmond. anS
/ turing that time he has more or less
! TO do with about all the good ones
/ sent out from here. including Miss
! Nelson. 2:11 Ia; Roster, 2:12 "a;
| Hulman. 2:1S IA. and others with
slower marks, while on one or two oc
casiOns he drove Lamp Girl in win
| uing races before the daughter of
! Walker Morrill, had trotted TO her
present record Of 2:09, which is the
fastest yet earned by any Virginia
| bred trotter.
Commenting on the racing situation
| in Kentucky, Captain Tom Merry
| C'Hidalgo"O, bright and forceful in
| his comments, says:
| Il hope the Kentucky endurance
| race may meet with at least thirty
nominations to show that the blood
! of the Virginia Cavaliers has not per-
1 ished from the earth. / never fancied
| heats at any distance. but / do love
| a four mile dash. The Kentucky AS
| ISOLATION made its iirst bid tor popu-
/ lar appreciation when il stamped out
| bookmaking; its second step to the
| front of progress was when it pro-
| mulgated the four-mile endurance
| stakes, and its third one will be when,
as spring event. it reviVes the Louis
| Vile cup at two and one-Quarter
miles. l am proud to step in behind
| Mr.. Forsythe and take off my hat to
the dear old Confederate major, Fox
hall A. Daingerheld, at Castleton and
| those who have assisted him in get
ting up the endurance race. With auc-
ton pools and pari-mutuels we shall
| henceforth be spared such vile con-
spiracies as have been Matched out
in the past twenty years, especially at
the midwinter tracks, and shall also
be spared the presence of judges
which are paid big salaries to stand
up in their little cages and do the
| dirty work of the House of Bondage.
| i honestly believe that but for the
| Kentucky Racing Commission, our
| glorious national sport would now be
abandoned altogether. Canada will
profit by our misfortune for the next
five years and you will see the great
est racing at Hamilton and Toronto
| ever known
| Catalogues of the Virginia Pony
| Breeders Associations sale are out
and the publication is neat and at
tractive in appearance. while valuable
for preservation as a matter of refer
ence, as it contains q lot Of informa-
ton in a condensed form along with
pedigrees of over fifty Welsh Noun
tain and Shetland ponies OF rich
| breeding and fine individuality from
noted studs like those of DR.. S. 3.
Elliott, Belle Meade Farm, one of the
| largest pony breeding establishments
in the world; Mr.. Nash P. Snead, of
Montrose Farm, Gainesville, Va,
whose annual importations direct
| from the Shetland Islands for several
years have been features of the pony
market in this country; Carl II. Nolt-
ing, Midloch Farm, Trevilians Va,
whose Welsh Mountain pony, the gray
stallion Brigand, won first prize at
the Virginia State Fair last fall and
scored another triumph by carrying
off the blue ribbon at the open-air
4 affair of the Virginia Racing and
| Horse Show Association at Richmond
a couple of weeks since. DR.. Elliott's
consignment is made up exclusively