The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-10-10
news OF HORSES
and HORSEMEN
MARINE. THE SON OF MARTA
SANTA AND Lutte, NOW A
PREMIER SIRE.
(By w. j. Carter.)

Writing from Otterburn, at Loretto,
Essex county, Va, Mr.. p. S. Hunter
says:
II notice by the thoroughbred rec
ord that Marta Santa, the sire of my
horse, Marine, is now the leading sire
of two-year-old winners in 1912. I
also note that a full brother of Ma
rine. called Marta Lutte, is doing we'll
there. Marta Lutte was sold for ex-
port by Mr.. H. T. OXnard, of the Blue
Ridge Stud, Rectortown, Va.
Mr.. c. NJ. Ward. of your city, has
now at Otterburn the thoroughbred
mares. Mrs. Stuart, her daughter,
Ahola, by Aloha, and Lucy Ward. to
be bred to Marine. The 1912 crop of
foals by Marine are the largest and
most heavily made colts in general
conformation we have ever had at
Otterburn. The chestnut colt out of
Vicinity is especially fine.
I'VE are having quite a number of
inquiries for thoroughbreos to be used
as hunters and saddle horses, and
have already made more sales than
for many months previous.
THE department chief of Front
Royal (the United States cavalry re-
mount station) was coming to Otter
burn to look up thoroughbred colts
for the United States Government, but
was detained by business, and when
he again proposed coming, I had to
write him that the we'll bred stock
in this vicinity was about sold out.
'It seems now most probable that
the invasion OF the automobile, which
was thought to threaten the eXtinc-
ton of the horse interests. is devel-
oping useful and popular purposes
for machines but proving unable to
supply the place Of horses for the large
number of people who prefer the in
dependence and enjoyment of the use
of living animals to mere mechanical
locomotion. Like the wheel riding
fad, the auto has had it's day, but
must always be of more generally
valuable capacity. because of its speed
and power.
THE really greatest setback to the
horse breeding interest is what Mr..
Allan Pinkerton, of New York, writes
me has killed the horse business in
that city, and that is the high cost of
keep"
An exchange says:
Congress has appropriated $50, 900
with which to start the experiment of
breeding horses for the United States
Army under the supervision of the
Department of Agriculture. The pro-
ject contemplates eventually the pur-
chase Of fifteen SADDLE bred stations
ten Morgans, twenty-five trotters and
fifty runners, to be used in the stud
in various parts of the country. Mares
may be bred to these horses free of
the War Department options on the
foals for three years at a price fixed
before the mares are bred. The
owner Of the mare may, however, be
released from his agreement on pay
ment by him Of the regular stud fee
OF $25.
Henry of Navarro and Octagon, the
two stations presented to the Govern
ment last year. made the seasons of
1911 and 1912 on these terms at Front
y01 Nn
mares were bred to them, options be-
ing taken on the colts at $50 EACH"
The bay colt. foal of 1910, by Duke
Of Kendall. dam Rivanna, by Jim
Gray, has been registered in volume
II of the Stud Book. under the name
Duke of Rivanna. This colt was bred
by David Dunlop in the Coggin Hall
Stud, Gee, Va, from whom Rivanna,
the dam, passed while with foal 20
George w. Endicott. Jr., who pur-
chased the Coggin Hall estate and
most OF the live stock on the place
Later Mr.. Endicott disposed of Cog
gin Hall ana returned to his former
home at New Brunswick, N. J. Duke
of Rivanna is now owned Jointly by
Mr.. Endicott and DR.. e. L. Robinson,
of Petersburg, Va, in whose stable
the bay colt is now chartered. Dr.
Robinson. who is a skillful veterinary
surgeon and an able judge of form,
thinks highly Of Duke of Rivanna and
will probably have him trained and
raced.
Lace, bay FLY, 2, by Fatherless.
Dam Network. recently won a handicap
at five furlongs and did the distance
in 100 AS. She was bred in the
Ellerslie Stud, Charlottesville, Va, the
home of her dam. Network, a daugh-
ter OF Eon, son Of Eolus, and Eonette,
by Eothen, second Dam, Castagnette,
by Marsyas.
Marine, who succeeds Judge Mar
row, the dead son of Vagabond and
Moonlight as premier OF the Otter
burn Stud, at Loretto, Va, is a bay
horse, foaled in 1906, by imp. Marta
Santa, dam Lutte. by imp. Watercress.
The 1912 crop OF foals by him are de-
scribed as the finest yet sen at the
farm.
Aiieen Wilson, thoroughbred daugh-
ter OF Burlington and Marie Sharklin,
by Kyrle DAILY. is used as a business
ncfse b2 Harry c. Beattie. The chest !
nut mare Il now fifteen years old, :
ma while cwned IN lthe Greenway
stud produced several foais