The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-05-18
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEMEN
FAST TROTTIRS AND PAGERS IN
TRAINING AT STATE FAIR
GROUNDS TRACk
(By Broad KOck.l

CHOU NDS TRACK.
(By Broad ROCk)
Among the local trainers Of trot-
tiers and PAGERS now Quartered at the
mile track Of the Virginia State Fair
Association are Eddie Haywood John
W. Porter and James Fletcher. Hay
wood has close to twenty horses i'm
charge; Porter, who is assisted by his
son, Walter Porter. has some eight
/ or ten. while Fletcher has the bay
colt Post Direct. 4. by The Director
/ General out of Puella. 2:29. dam of
Anime, Ill a; COrrine, 2:13%, etc.
I by Post Boy, 2:23, and two other tVot-
/ terS, one by Ephraim Toodles
2.lS = and the other by Duotal. all
owned by NJ. L. Page. The fastest
horse in the Porter stable is the bis
/ bay geloing, Major Strong. 2:O7L
! Who trotted to his record last season
while Goldie billiard. 2:11L4. is the
fastest PAGER. Prince NJ, trOtting re
cora "a =, the chestnut gelding, by
sidney Prince, has been set TO pacing
and - showing some speed at the
! lateral giant. The balance of the stable
| IS made up of green trotters. includ-
ms Pine Cone, chestnut horse. By
sT'e Dorothy Warren, brown
2:lC, and Dill, bay horse. >. by An
deTson, son OF Judge Cox. dam Vir-
tinia cooper, by Bourbon Baron. sec
0nd dam Virginia Maid. dam OF
MaSni' z.oS14, by sam Purdy.
Haywood's horses are all doing we'll
! tut the season has been unusually
| cCid ana backward so that not a
/ member Of the stable has been work
ed under 2:3O, though several quar-
ttrs nave been reeled off, of course.
| AT "A much faster clip. the latest re
cTult To Join the collection being the
pacing mare, My Shady Belle. 2:oaL
winner OF number of good races
I last season for II. " Reaves. who
N'ntered the daughter Of Shadward
! "'..' WimS'on' n 9, where he is now
| 'nS"Scd IN the mercantile line anC
gwen up training horses for the pres
INT At least. About the middle az
'he month Haywood will shin his
S,aple 10 the half-mile track OF the
Gentlemen's Driving Park M R,Iti
more, and prepare for the seasonie
an p1Itu. Along with NV SbadN.
teilt VIII be taken judge Paine,
4 -" . trotting: Nettie Marie. pin,
paclns with both OF which success
al o'LnlpaEns We're made last sea-
S'h' fcrrN H.. 2:17I4: Clarenr,
/ NteES q as 4; Gladys c.. 2:2OI. IN,
IAN SISTER OF May Earl. 2:IUI.. i,p.f,
t,'N ey, 4dSt green trottcr. DIS, t,laI,.,
.vti. o. George w. Grimm
-, 80 "a NvIIN McIeus. 2:25li. uu4
S""it others With slower record.
-''"h PAGER We'll tnoucht OF hN liam,
~"'' lS the brown lilly. Z bv Dir....,
.'"i. as ~ Emma StarkS. bav mar. r
NJ -' Fottine al four Years ia
ne star of Fatchcn. dam iii.
'''''' smith, 10y Happy Promise.
"m trotters with records I'm stand
ar" 'fHe and like number Of n.c..,-
,t'NS ui the St3ble of DR. J. = A.,
10 Do''outh' OF this city, who practices
NV'Si mary surgery and handles ouir.
Il AumptT Of horses in addition Vr,,,,.~
McHOhoNgh, though still under tu,..,,
'S-"N" years old. has probably owned
" greater number of trottrrS ar5
PAGERS with records than any man of
ms ms aye IN Virginia. while his fancy
st 81, ms morse lore has prompted the
S1uNy oi blood lines and pedigraas
ne fastest horse in the stable is Al
labrleVe, 2:1015. by EIyria o.9kH
ana while we'll along in wears the h@,.
Seidlng can brush at a lightning cIin
"llCH WIN good manners and fear
lesshess make the big geIding pleas
ant to drive on the road. Genr,ra
w Griffith. 2:23A: Nellie NfcZans
20 q, and Labama. 2:36L the
whlte gelding by Reelection are
sLouers' while the PAGERS are The /
Spanlard, 2:1Sk Sir Henry 2.1oiL
and Tom LittIeton. 2:15K The So,
rig or the stable. however is the triDle I
team that draw DR.. McDonough's am
puiance, made up of a massive roam !
geIdlng IN the middle. with a big
va SstCi Slue, and not one of I
the tfIs or horses over four wears ola ]
George w. Griffith and Nellie Nc |
ZeuS seem good enough to race tbis
season, and both will join the stable /
OF hddle Haywood. who is now omar
tered nj the State Fair Grounds
Among the buyers at the annual
spring sale of Smyth Brothers Nc /
Cleary- Mcclellan COMPANY. ar M
southern Stockyards here. was ]. NJ !
ayers, OF Roanoke. Va. whose stable /
already included the speedy and well /
hammered trOtter. Major Hartford /
: = y by Lord Hartford. 2:23I dam
Lutte Dawson. 2:SO. by James Davv-
son. from the great brood mare Lucy T
>. "itm OF Maggie Carroll. 2:ISI. and /
thrct others. by Young Jim and /
other good prospects to be used bnt6
as tun horses and trained. At the
Richmond sale Mr. Ayers secured f
among others with speed, Frank oil
Yer, black gelding. (. by Rod Oliver /
: 20 q son of the noted Texas sire
Electric, dam a daughter of Walker
NORTH the sire of Lamp Girl. 2:O9.
holder OF the record for Virginia bred .
Iot'eFs' also the handsome brown
pacing stallion, DR.. Opera. by DR. Ma
son . II =. dam Lady Opera. by Ce-
oman, zig u, out of the great brood /
mare Effe Davis. dam of Lord sum /
r"Il, &:lO a GOwan. 2:ISI4 and 4.
others with fast records bv Red n
Wilkes DR.. Opera was handled some l
aSt season and worked miles around |
~ Nhlle in the hands of his owner II
IN amateur driver. the son Of nr I
opera proved an ideal road and mat
nee horse. The brown stallion has
ne beauty of form and finish of "a
now horse and with proper hand
, h- should develop plenty of speed