Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-04-24
NEWS OF HORSES
AND HORSEMEN
AT BLACK FOREST FARM. HOME
OF ki.MI,SN IAiE. SON or
ANS N. AND MINUS.

kempsviile, bay colt. three years ola.
oy LNis a.. 80 -. dam Venus. 2.1Sl.
~ Monocacy. 1.15&. son OF kn7e
wilkes. 4.Zl "a. has been reserved Tor
.he stNd az the Forest Farms OF Paul
- smith. In Princess Anne coun.,.
near NoriOik. Va. ksmpsNllie 81 "A naf-
ufal PAGER and handsome enough. 10
VII ga select show ring company. AXIS
Al ms sire is "a fun brother 10 the
Grand Circuit PAGER. nanuens. 1.07.
eausnter ot Austral. the son OF Bow
beAs. -,ls "a. an0 the famous brood
mare. kosy-Alorn. dam OF Nfaun Bells
<.u' p boreaL 2-15#. sire OF tne
49, l"turlty winner. Borllfna.
De"aseaut zoe al. ana three
othefs ~ Aic1utara. 1928. Venus. the
Dam or kcmus vile. won many races
on inc haif-mllc tracks OF TIE East.
.Na SINCE retirement 60 the stud the
eau6nter or King Wilkes has pro-
oucco some promising fuale. 4f.f
hentsFilie VIII Zee trained and hi ne
keeps right the bay stallion should
develop speed In 81. pue Nilh me ana
Desuy 10 which ne traces.
- IN tne hiE talu au4cht shelters
.Se.ll '-tiHr az Black Forest Farms
lhtIc are boxes for between thirty ana
rory mead ~ grand s~okiug big mules
tne pick ~ the breeding districts of
hentuchy 1ud Missouri. an selected p,
Nlf- smith who owns hundreds of
acres OF Princess Anue's choicest fnr,I.
ana conducts biz truck rroerI-r.- ~
t4pLsnment. Potatoes cnhbnre rtI.
.-ll1 spinach are Che CHIEF rr0ar,.fl
and ~ the latter alone The croo ~,
Lsi@ realized close to $4,000. Less
,..- p ,ecaue since. with very limited
---.o-NiaL resources, butte larro ra-
serve cf health. strength and orfn~.
prise Mr- smith made his fret rur-
N--..9t %. 100 acres iu Princess Anne
a-o ~ degrees since his holdings have
te-n trellcu. Then The price WAS sf-
per acre, lut now the same land r-o,,i..
nFing around $500. and values soon.
uhely 10 increase right alonr. In frcf
lhe master or Forest Farms recently
l-nea an oncr OF $500 for =
tnese hslres as a basis and the facf
mat Mr. smith is not set fortv wears
oiu. 10 should prove intcrcerfr.- 81
compare the value of his holdfnas now
win those OF even decade hence. as
the ADVANCE OF that section mas he-
come rapid indeed.
AZ the annual meeting OF tho Viz
ginia Horse show Association hefa
recently IN Washington. ID. g.. n num-
Ger OF important matters were ais
cusSeo. including election OF ofn~e~e .
and apportionment OF dates for tbis
season. Charles Mulikcn. OF Bovce
va. VINO served for some wears 40
president or the circuit declined ra
election ano Joel n. Cochran. of Char 4
't.tff WIS AuheNNs with ID. D
Paw, vice president and ]. II. rafhar, #
OF Cepepcr. secretary and treasurer. .
Alr- cochran. the new president of fhr. f
as ociatcn. has Tor more than "A dos
ace past directed with marked suc-
eeSs the aiiai-s Of the Charlottesville
snow, and his selection as chief cSocu-
eve ~ Lne circuit seems fitting on ac-
COUNT OK his long experience and roal-
Gus devotion 20 the cause oF thrs. r,nr.
-l.Sf ana wen known open-air Affairs
MHicn nave oonc much On the way az
encopraging the breeding and dcvolon-
.nent OF nigh class horses in Virginia
D.tts were assigned as follows.
kesWlck-May 18th.
Lees ourE-june fth and stu.
Jppcrtiie-Juno Ioth and fgth
~ulpepcr-J uly 4th and 5th.
ianassas-July Esd and pam
trane e-Juiv seth and sfet.
Anarl ottesNllic-Augus 6th and -rt, F
eth. -o'" ""l
"Sfrento"-August goth and 2Ist
T. n. Denton, Of Tarboro. ". c.
iaa Very promising thrce-year-old