The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-25

From The DraN1tJ0r0 Eagic.
New England society's Exhibition Of
" Horses.
Al Brdttlcjot0, October Ills 10, anil 20 ]


hours wore on the atmosphere became
dense and threatening. and ny 10 oclock
rain began to fall, and continued with
slight intcrmission until o'clock Of
course damp was literally thrown over
the proceedings, which were, however,
principally of preparatory nature. The
entries on the Secretary's books at noon
stood at 65, and embraced many of tho
crack stock horses of this and the ad
joining States. The expectation was
that at least 400 would have been pres
cnt, but the severity of the wheather, in
all probability, prevented many from
fulfilling their expressed intentions Of ex-
hibi'ing.
At 2 o'clock the Directors of The Ex.
hibition announced the postponcmcnt of
the muster designed for that hour until
the next morning; but, about A o'clock
the wheathor become clear, and mum.
Der of the owners Of the horses brought
forward, toted their nags on to the track,
where they gave them healthy exercise,
much to the satisfaction of the specta.
tors who were on the ground Some
very good trotting time was made Fly
ing Morgan showed his mettlc to the
tune of $50; the young Morrill, horse
said ditto by his actions; the young
Black Hawk of Mr.. Hill, of Bridport.
posted round at a similar rate; and a
three years old colt belonging to II. b.
Hatch of Bethel, Windsor county. called
by him North Star, and of Clifford and
Black Hawk origin made n double cir.
cut of the half mile in 257. A four
years old Black Hawk Morgan, belong.
ing to Jonathan Bowen of Bethel. at.
tracted much attention on account Of his
fine action, aud speed of pace. We had
no opportunity of noting the time he
made but were informed that 2 So was
the figure We have elsewhere noted
the speed (2.4l) of the Twitchcll and
Briggs mare Others were on the
ground who showed their heels to the
two iiftics-among them white legged
marc, whose name and ownership we
could not discover at the time. 4 lin
cal descendant of the old johnson Nor
gan was on hand, and so well did he de-
monstrate the pcculiaritics Of the old
boy that knowing jockeys wagcrod any
quantity Of hcod-gear that he was that
. same venerable coon
There were half dozen matched pairs
on the track whose management was as
much admired, MS was the beauty of their
appearance. About half past ; o'clock
the equestrian exercises closed. aud the
whcathcr having become fine, anticipa
ton was sauguino as to the importance
and interest Of the events of to morrow
We ought to have mentioned the silen
did display made BY Mr. L. V II eros
by, the celebrated vocalist. who. with hi.
four in hand, circumnavigatcd the track
in handsome stylc-making his turnout
an ornament to the scene.
SECOND DAY-WTDHrsDAy.
Tho continuance Of fine whcathor to
day encouraged considerable crowd tc
; congrcgate, from the suburbs. into oul
; village at an carly hour. Old Sol look
, cd down with much complaceucy On q
, scene Of much hustle and high aniicira
, ton Tie Fitchhurg Coruct Band. Mr.
: Litch, leader, (wbosc arrival tie lroyi
Gus evening we neglected to chronicle it
, Luz p 'tee I,"co.! n'oF'cI'" o, "C'u
n .i -. o',oo"' Il! ''o"' 81 '"e Ga
,i "' S iiu"'e, ""i.''v cav! 'c'o'D''' u
cavalcadc. composed of MI the cnicrc,
. horscs-the number If which, Ly Thu
s;nL, m"' .'';'uS'.'"'! 'ne 'a," n en- i'
o,r"' T"S d" ''n "o', I" 49,, ""u l'',y:' NJ
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'"yI" 20 ' e, souVt IN no ,1
-. ln 'ne 'orenoIn ,"e horses ou'et . !
.,aiI;ons IS ror;nns ',n hra,' -
! On ,lo ,raol. ond wado7 >, ,ass in ~,
bnforo ,h";r scrorai oon,u,iir,"ns Ttns
!. If : vcars old AMI ovor rcro l.1 "A h.
, ,l,o .:Crccn Mountains Norcan ma ~
, vnnturo ~ sar that lis cnyaI in s,.;r;,
! rr;Ao ana III u'a, oons,;,ntns .lo ntaL;l
H. of flo raeo c,nnat ba ,roJrood !,
q he Tn;toa Sta,cs Tie was ,oil"wcd h.
r FLYING Morgan" q Ashuclo, Morgan
o Myrick Horse Morrill, Horse an,
, others of lesser note. During the pre-
t liminary part Of the exhibition the Nor
, rill Horse trotted once around tn
\ track-lalf milc-iu I'm. Us, equa
to 81 for the mile.
Q In the trial Of speed that was had fo
, the purpose of testing the comparativ,
, merits of those stations, years old ant
over, which make some PROHIBITIONS a,
trOtterS. the Three following horses were