The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-06
losToN, Jan. .

EHtfot. RutioAd Gl,jf Since the Rev.
Mr.. Muriays work. "Thc Perfect Horse
has been issued, much has been said and
written on the various breeds of horses. It
i, apparcut to all breeders. that Hank Com
stock and other writers, are making dcs-
uera;c efforts to convince 10 the public,
that the llamhconian stock is the ne piis
MIR" Of breeding. Mr. Murray in his work
@ivc- the Morgan stock the first place, and
considers him q type Of 'thc perfect horse"
This i. great compliment to Vermont
breeders, aud places this state ahead Of all
others rs producing
fIlh BEsl H0EeEFLFeIl.
The New York horscmcn arc considcra-
bly, stirred up on this question, Int 50 far
have only been able Ia advance the arg,l-
mcnt at the same time acknowledging the
Morgans as a race TO he supcrior-that the
Morgans that have distinguished themselves
on the turf, are not strictly speaking,
Morgans, as they haYc either Messenger or
Iiamblctonan blood, through their DAMS
There Is as much consistency in this argli-
ment as there would be to say, After all
Mr.. Browns son should not he called
Brown. az his mother ttds Smith," What
we want arc facts and
FACTS SPEAK FOR TuEMsEIyFs.
The Morgan race of horses for size, stylc,
endurance, and trottng action las no sIl-
pcriors. The history of the American turf
AS yet fails to present the equal of ETHAN
Allen.
some two weeks aro | vititcd the town of
Orwell, in Addison county, and the stock
saw there convinced me that the horse
men of that town are alive to the import
nnce OF breeding first class stock, and that
the reputation of the town for fine horses
is steadily increasing.
If not trespassing on your space | will
enumcratc some Of
TIE STOCK ! SAW.
Mr. \. J. lIuff--a horscman OF more
than local colebrity--has fine representa-
tive of the Morgan horse, in the trottng
stallion "Bay Lambert" sired by Daniel
Lambert out of Messenger mare. This
stallion also bids fair to gain a reputation
as a superior stock-getter. Mr. Huff also
owns the celebrated more, Lady FoXcy,
by Daniel Lambert" This mare took the
first money in the five year old purse Mt
the
STATE FAIR At RUTLAND
last fall. At Mr. IIuff's stables my attcn-
ton was called to a number Of fine Lam
bert" colts, ranging from one to three years
old.
Mr.. T. \. Hammond 'pulls the rcins'
over fine sorrell mare, sired by the Ca
hill horse, Che by ethan Allen This
mare shows fine trottng action and |
think is destined to become trottcr.
My next visit was to the stables Of Mr.
Charles Spaulding, driver of no mean rep
utation. Here | saw the two year ole flly,
MARY Gale, the property of +. d. Girls
void, Esq This colt
WAS SIRED BY ABRAHAM
mt Of superior Messenger marc. Yony
readers al! know abraham who was
sired by Daniel Lambert as the horse
that has produced so many fast colts, and
who is considered the best stock gcttcr in
New England. Mary Gale i an iron
grey, standing 10 hands Il inches. She is
u fine, rangy colt, and viii surely make
her mark as q trottcr
| notrea on the the road Il pir nf
FINE STEPPING COTS,
the property Of j. H. Thomas, Esq These
colts were sired by Little Mac. and are
respectively, two and three years old
Mr. V. '. Blackmer drive, a stylish pair
oi young horses, sired by "Rutnnl Nor
gan"
Among other stock | note II. T. Cats
ycarling by "Danial Lambert T.. D.
Griswolds yearling BY Abraham" and
sucker by Lambert; II. A. Griswolds
ycarling by "Darby Bashaw,' and G. c.
Sholes' three year old by abraham" This
colt
GIVES GREAT PROMISE.
There are many other colts in the town