Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-04-18
HORSE NOTES.

Robert Bonner send, note 10 the Sun. in
which he says Your paper Of Monday
stated that my stablewaS represented on the
road by Lantern, Jr.. on Sunday afternoon
last. That Is a mistake. The sun never
-hOne on one Of my horses on Harlem lane
on a Sunday afternoon. There are seven
days in the week. and my horses get all the
exercise they need during six Of them.
The value Of horses exported from Eng
land last year was nearly million dol
lars.
fast Bostoniau having read of Il horse
AZ Island Pond which tr0tted in ;. 10 made
all possible haste to purchase this match for
Dexter. but on his arrival at the Pond he
was informed that the distance trOtted was
only quarter of a mile.
Considerable surprise has been created by
the announcement that n Mr.. Gill of Ken
tucky. proposes to bring suit in the courts
Tor the possession Of Goldsmith Mind.
which Is called josie. and this mare was
supposed to have been in the stables des
troycd by fire. at Nicholasville, Ky, seven
years ago Recently Mr.. Gill and his train
er have seen Goldsmith Mud, which being
of the same age and breeding as Josie rcsem-
hles her closely and they now aver that
J0sic was stolen from Nicholasyiile stables,
the stables being set on fire to conceal the
theft and that Goldsmith Mad is the same
animal under another name.
The most successful betting on horse
racing in England the past season was done
by NJ. Leievre, who won Sis, ,720.
General Sherman's famous horse Lexing-
ton, which he rode from Atlanta to the sea,
died in Madison. Wis. on the 18th inst
General Sherman gave him to Col. Thomas
Reynolds. Of Madison. FIVE years ago, after
he had sustained some injury. Col. Rey-
nolds passed him over to the Regents of
Wisconsin University, and there he has since
remained.
The celebrated stallion &" Ethan Allen
now twenty-iour years old is on the Kansas
Stud Farm at Lawrence.
\ correspondent of the Turf FIeld and
Farm writes that the horse disease known
- the epiA0otic' originated among the
ponies Of the Pigeon Indians Last spring
the Indian ponies in the British possessions
were all sick with disease that developed
all the symptoms which characterized the
late horse epidemic butat that time it was
thought by the white traders to be the dis
temper. A good many animals, for want
of proper care, dice. The disease was af-
terwards reported to be among the ponies
of the tribes further East, until finally it
broke out among the ponies and horses in
Canada.
Geo. f. French has purchased of Fred
erick Billings the celebrated stallion "Wood-
stock" Mr. Billings had in contemplation
to send him West. He is said to be the best
stallion ever raised in the State. As an
/ item showing how his colts are valued we
/ quote from the Tart. Field and Farm, of Feb
| II, a. follows; 4" Geo. Tidd, ESQ, of B0s-
/ ton, sold Woodstock Boy, s years old, by
| Woodstock, to Mr.. McCusick of Cambridge,
/ for 81 800 cheap as a broom has rec
| ord Of , Al, and can show 230 gait. -
/ This horse, Woodstock Toy, was raised by
| James Fletcher of South Woodstock
The Woodstock Driving Park Association
will hold their initial meeting, over their
new mile track, on the ODD and 24th of May
| The programme is not yet published, but it
! Is known that liberal purses will be offered
and every inducement given to owners en-
| tering therein.
The spring meeting of the Washington
/ Park Association will occur on Wednesday
/ and Thursday, May 2S and 90. This asso-
ciation is located between Fort Edward and
! Sandy Hi. Three thousand five hundred
| dollars in purses are offered in several
events for horses that haye never beaten
/ 2.27, go, 2.35, 2.2l. The purses will be
trotted in mile heats. best three in five. in
harness, and entries to close May 49,