. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Suss 18, 1898] @r%* $vseti&c mtb *ffot>oxt#tn(m* Special Department. [Contlnned from Page 489.] Mr. Runyon of Red Buff has sent live mares to be bred to him, and Colonel Park Henshaw has sent four, every one of which should nick well with Arthur. Mr. Runyon has ooe by Dexter Prince, one by Azmoor, one by Truman, one by Hugo and one by Alfred. Colonel Henshaw has Belle, pacing record 2:11, Orphan Bell, dam of Chico,2:144, Gladys, by Blackbird, Reavis', and another Blackbird mare. There is a McKinney foal, a year- ling from one of Colonel Hensbaw's mares t
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Suss 18, 1898] @r%* $vseti&c mtb *ffot>oxt#tn(m* Special Department. [Contlnned from Page 489.] Mr. Runyon of Red Buff has sent live mares to be bred to him, and Colonel Park Henshaw has sent four, every one of which should nick well with Arthur. Mr. Runyon has ooe by Dexter Prince, one by Azmoor, one by Truman, one by Hugo and one by Alfred. Colonel Henshaw has Belle, pacing record 2:11, Orphan Bell, dam of Chico,2:144, Gladys, by Blackbird, Reavis', and another Blackbird mare. There is a McKinney foal, a year- ling from one of Colonel Hensbaw's mares that is an extra good-looking colt, and a filly from another which some of the experts prefer to the colt. That the Electioneer blood in Mr, Runyon's mares,and the Blackbird in Colonel Hensbaw's will blend with the Wilkes and Arthurton in a way to produce winners is reasonably well assured. Lesa Wilkes, 2:09, the fastest of the Guy Wilkes, is three- quarters the same blood as Arthur, and the two-year-old Idolita, which sold for $4,700 at the Cleveland sale combines the Electioneer and Wilkes blood, two crosses of Electioneer. It may be that my favoritism for the Blackbirds warps my judgment when holding that the blood will mingle kindly with any of the trotting families through the success of the Richmond mares warrants the assertion. Chico Stock Farm, as stated before, is a beautiful place. .A quiet homelike place,its greatest beauty the orchards which contain nearly every variety of fruits and nuts adapted to the climate, though the monarch of all the trees is a hoge oak, ivy-clad, the vigorous creeper reaching the top of the tall tree, and hanging in massive festoons to within a few feet of the ground. The accompanying picture shows Mr. Mcintosh's house and a part of the tree and HOUSE AJSTD OAK TREE IVY CLAD. A row of walnut trees along the country road, one of which was noted in th e paper of last week, tho others being nearly as large. Maples on one side of the l
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