The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-02
LANGDON WILL RACE
AT JAMESTOWN MEET
Former Owner of Jocund and Patron of Ben.
nings Gathering Strong Stable for Winter
Campaiqnin, &C; plain Cassatt Also Ships.

the 18th she had beaten Early Light |
Little Hugh, Carousel and two or three
others. Briar Path has done very
nearly as much this season to bring
into prominence Marta Santa. her dad
dy, as have Liberty Hall and obses,
will carry her speed one mile and
farther next season She does not ep-
pear lacking in courage. Bunch Of
Keys is a fast hlly. but hardly as re-
liable as Briar Path. It Is a question
whether Bradley kept q better young
ster than the daughter Of Marta Santa
for his own service.
Langdon will be remembered by
patrons Of old Bennings track at WASH
ington as the owner Of Jocund, son
OF Mirthful. who about seven years
ago established a record for one NIL
and seventy yards, which has stuck.
Mr. LanSdon bought Jocund from
Thomas Hitchcock and won half a,
dozen races. Langdon Is doing his own
training. He is up with the larks. and
he clocks every move his racers make
That he IS doing well is not surpris-
ing. He has brought. to the task Of
training better head and a more dis
eliminating understanding than is pos
Eessed by the average trainer. II Il
| is on the cards that Briar Path. his
most promising prospect. to make
| first-rate distance running three-year-
old flly, she Is none the worse for
being IN the hands Of Langdon-
| Captai. Cassatt to Race.
| Captain E. B. Cassatt. United States
] Army (re:ired). will bring a stable
! of seven or eight two and three-year-
I, olds to Norfolk. Eith J. Simon Healey
as a:de-de-camp and trainer. and there
are at least one good three-year-
4 and one good two-year-old In the lot
The three-year-old success Is Spring.
! board. son of Aeronaut and Bette
| Bouncer. and the twO-year-old Is Fly
: ing Fairy. a daughter OF Aeronaut and
Mile A. Springboard. tho smartest
! Of keronaurs f,rst crop of two-year-
, oIds. Is racing to the promise he gave
last season. He Is not a clever man
ager of weight as his father was be-
fore him, but It is questionable wheth-
er Aeronaut was faster at five and q
! half or six furlongs than his son has
become.
Cnder anything below los pounds
| 9pr.ngboard holds his own with the
I ueeteSI SpIluteEs Su Training az tuTcc,
! quarters OF . mile. He has been tried
! out At one mile. but that distance seems
l to be too much for him.
l The lilly. Flying Fairy. was sick IN
the summer. and did not find her rae
| ing legs until September But she ran
q couple % credi.abIe races at Havre
de Grace during the first meeting Of
I, the Hartford Agriculture and Breeders
Association. ana twice within a week
sh. has taken down a purse at Laurel.
When she won At Laurel last she de-
feafed Ringing. Sand Vale and Con-
| t!nensal
Captain Cassats declared at Havre
de Grace that Flying Fairy was the
fastest two-year-o!d developed at
Caesterhrook Farm since the redoubt-
able Gold Heels. WINNER 10 1907 Of the
suburban snd Brighton haadicaps at
New York. Flying Fairy has shown
~ much speed IN races ~ Gold Heels
did IN his nrss season. ard ~ she goes
on - ala that distinguishes son Of
the Bard and Heel ard Toe. Captain
icassass may pat himself on the back
and assure himself that he II one o.
the greatest breeders ever.
| Flying Fairy 10 sure 20 distinguish
herself down here. For she has just
| come insc her own, and 10 as the top
OF her form.
Capitals Cssssss. son ara succssser
Of the late Alexander johnston Cas.
sat- 10 . shoroaDay reoresenssssvS
American sportsman He breeds the
horses he races. ana races only sne
horses h. breeds. Ne has srsenNc
piaee In tire most sesrusul pess %
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