The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-24

er, c. c. Phillips. OF New York City
ana Chuckatuck, Va. The 2:24 trot
was called first on Friday. and fur
nished stoutly contested race. Will
nam Strott. with Joseph Station up,
won the first heat i'm 2:22A. and the
second was declared dead between
King Kelly and Dill i'm 2:1SA. a new
record for both stations. after which
King Kelly was first in 2:22, 2:2O and
I ego. King Kelly was driven by Will
liam l. Bass. whose brother. r.. r
Bass. of South Richmond. owns the
big and handsome brown son of Kelly
2;27. and Whitby Maid. 10y Norfolk.
Following this event came the 2:15
pace, which Joseph Station won in
straight heats with Tomarian i'm
2:13A. 2:1I1a and 2:13A. King
Charley was second, Itero third and
Russell COzine fourth. Three fiat
races and a steeplechase concluded the
days programme.
The State Fair show ring classes for
draft horses were pretty well filled. but
those entered for thoroughbreds and
trOtterS were principally made up of
local horses, though j. r. Flaherty, of
Newport News, Va, carried off the
blue ribbon in the class for trotting
stations. four years old and over. with
John Red. powerfully made and
handsome brown horse. by Achille. son
Of Bingen, 2:O6 u . and Lula T.. by
Onward. Devil Hal, the black horse
by Direct Hal 2:Ol -. dam Regardless
Maid, by Dare Devil. 2:09, owned by
Mendes Brauer. was placed second:
CLAWS. by Sidney Prince. owned by
NJ. s. Page. third. and Petaurist
2:29 a, by Peter the Great. 2:O7 u
fourth. Petaurist was awarded blue
ribbon for best stallion and three Of
his get. The bay stallion was shown
by his owner, Joseph Lasitter
In the class for brood mares first
prize was awarded Foxie Lambert
2;22 "a while her twO-year- old daugh-
ter. the chestnut filly Wealthy Lambert.
by wealth, 2:1O. was also blue ribbon
winner in another class. with G.. II.
Harris Edna Goodrich, by Petaurist.
second. FoXie Lambert is owned by
Charles T. Jones. of South Richmond.
and her weanling daughter was placed
second to the Acca Stock Farm entry.
a chestnut filly. by Akar. dam Kahala.
by Kremlin, 2:07A Acca Farm also
scored first in the class for yearlings
with chestnut filly by Akar. and
Buckland Farm came second with
sherry Queen by Petaurist.
The two Virginia bred stations.
King Kelly ana Dill, fought out quite
a stubborn contest in the 2:24 trot for
which were required five heats to de- |
eide the event. After getting off back
OF his field. King Kelly finished seventh
and Dill fifth to William Strott in
2:22 Il, and then both horses raced
for the second heat. and finished so
close that il was decided dead by the
judges in 2:1S1a, a new mark for the
two stations. After this King Kelly
proved himself master Of the situa-
ton by winning the third. fourth and
fifth heats in 2:20, 2:22 and 2:2O. with
Dill close up at the finish of each
Allen Merritield drove the latter and
William Bass piloted illy King, the
by Norfolk, sire of Miss Nelson 2:I1A J
Kelly King was bred" by the late
James A. Dearin. of Dorset, Va, who
owned the dam, a speedy but erratic
mare that was never broken to har-
ness. Dill was bred by a. d. Will
liams. of this city, and sired by An
derson. son of Judge Cox. and Lalla
Anderson, 2:23 Il by Woodburn Ham
bletonian, dam Virginia Cooper. by
Bourbon Baron. second dam Virginia
Maid. dam of Mosul. 2:O9l4. by Sam
Purdy 2:2014.
on the closing day Of the Fair. Liz
zie Bond and Margie Hal. n couple of
richly bred fillies. bred and owned at
Walton Stock. Falls Mills. Va. were
given records in standard time. Lizzie
Bond. bay filly, 4. by The Bondsman
dam Diligentia. 2:2724. by Expedition
2:l5 "a was started TO beat 2:3Ol4
trottinS. and made a record Of 2:27 Il
MarEie Hal, brown hlly. ;. 10y Devil
Hal. dam Margie H.. 2:16It. 10y Red
Leo. 2:26 "a was started to beat
2:25 "a, pacing, and made a record OF
2:24 "a. Both nllies are right much
faster than the records made indicate
but were marked i'm standard time Tor
the benefit To be deriN ed 10y their dams
as producers of speed. Devil Hal is n
black horse, seven years old, by the
great race horse. Direct Hal. 2:O4Is
out of Regardless Maid, 10y Dare Devil,
2:O9, and Margie Hal is his first rep
resentatiVe in the list OF standard
speed.