Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-06-06
HORSE NOTES.

Lady Blanchard and Moscow are being
driven in double harness. They are said To
make very fast team.
The famous PAGER longfeliow has been
purchased by George W. Dickey OF Caliior-
MIA. lie will trot at the Oakland spring
meeting.
The celebrated trotung mare Aurora, be-
longing to Ex-Gov. Stanford, has fully re
covered from her iameness of last fall, and
she is being trained on the Sacramento
track.
An international cOuntrymcn $ race with
out saddles figures in the Vienna programme.
The races came off in September. and large
prizes are offered to tempt entries from Eng
land and France.
The spring meeting Of the Trainers and
Drivers Protective Association will take
place in Beacon Park. Boston, June ,. +, ),
6 and :, when a liberal list OF purses will be
offered. and the races viii be governed by
the rules of the above association.
The well-known race horse IIelmbold has
recovered from the accident which caused
his retirement from the turf, and l. now in
training at Monmouth Park. lie looks
well. The recent change in the weight to
he carried by aged horses in long races ben
etits him to the extent OF four pounds.
The best three-year old race on record
took place at Louisville, Ky. on the 18th
inst. The race was well contested. Sillie
Watson making close scores in both heats.
The following l. the result Tom Body
ling. /. Cottrell'S Saile Watson. =. , ,
Boyd, ch. T.. ,. di~tanced. Tme-l i3A
l.I3l.
\. II. Danforth. thepopular hor~e-trainer
and driver, has assumed charge Of the Rut-
land trottng park where races are expected
to take place about the middle OF June.
Mr.. Danforth has under his care some of
the finest trotting horses in New England,
among which i~a young mare owned by Geo.
Hammond Of Miiilehury, which is in train
ing for the four year old purses TO be trot-
ted for at Buffalo in August.
John J. Myer, Of Rutland, just returned
from Florida. brought with him fine thor
Ouch-bred mare from Kentucky.
The Tiu.E. FisH and Farm says Mr.. John
Porter OF liconderoga. has a very promi~-
ing colt.
The owner of the horse Flora Bell of Hi
nois wants 10 get up a race for 900 with
any trotter in the world.
Darwin Rider of Nliddlebury. lost some
weeks since a very valuable horse, from
lung fever.
1t is proposed 60 hold horse fair at Rcns-
selaer Park, Troy, during the coming
summeror fall.
Horse lovers will be interested to learn
that the Rev. W. II. II. Murray has nearly
ready for the press a work entitled " The
Perfect Horse How to Breed. Train, Shoe
and Drive Him Mr. Murray has been pre-
pairing this work for several years. and his
familiarity with the literature Of the sub
ject. his practical knowledge of the breed
Ing and culture of horses, and his enthusi-
astic appreciation ofthem, peculiarly quali-
iy him to produce a work Of the highest
value and Importance The book will con-
tam, in addition to Mr.. Murray's treatise.
preface by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
who does not yield to Mr.. Murray in admi-
ration of fine horse an article BY the
Hon. George b. Loring, on tine origin and
rise of the New England Agricultural So
ciety, with special reference to the horse :.
and n paper by Mr.. Budd Doble. the IA
nous trainer and driver of - Goldsmith
Maid" telling How the Trotting Horse
should be Driven" It will be dedicated by
permission, and with special fitness. to
President Grant. 1t will contain iilustra-
tions of several noted horses. Awork COM
bining such SOLID excellences and varied at
fractions cannot fail to win general conf
dence and have an almost universal popu-
larty The work will form an octave vol
ume of between five and six hundred pages.
and will be published-probablv by sub
scription-early in September next. by
Mcssrs. James Il. OSgood x Co, of Boston.