Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-02-20
HORSE NOTES.

Dan Ricc's famous blind trick horse brought
only Sl26 when Dan last faile /.
Judge Fullerton trotted a mile in 2:29i
ut Boston.
Occident, ''thc California wonder, has a
record Of 2.l63.
American Girls fastest mile during the
past season was 2:20.
King OF Trumps, the well-known rae c
horse, died recently, aged TWEEN ty-tiye years.
The General Government is to be pettio 4
ed to make appropriations 10 encourage
horse-racing.
Goldsmith Maids best time last year WIS
els, at Chicago, one and one-quarter
seconds more than her fastest time in 1872
Gorgei stOmachs, or acute indigestion. is
disease which every year destroys great
many valuable horses. 1t consists either
in distcntlOn of the stomach from food or
from gas generated by tt e formation of its
undigeSted contents This very serious
disorder often results rom giving food
IN large quantities nd Immediately
subleCting the animal to hard or
fast work. This Is Il very common
thing among farmers horses. 4
journey of fifteen or twenty miles has to
be performed the owner, through kind
ness, gives an extra quantii of food the
stomach and bowels are overloaded the
horse begins his journey ful of spirits, and
after travelling for few m les, he be comes
dull and sluggish and swea Is freely; he is
pulled up, and, after stsHdi ng for few mo-
mentS, shows signs of abdC animal pal rs by
cringlng the body and a tempting TO lie
down the Hanks are sligf fly swollen. In
few moments he seems e;r sier, and is driven
on, now and then show ing symptoms of
pain possibly he reaches his destination,
ami Is taken ont of the harness, when he
may exhibit very ale rining symptoms
Another common caus is feeding heavily
when the stomach has been weakened by
eneryating exercise or long fasting. In re ad
horses that are highly fed on oats and hay,
1t Is occasionally bro ight on by giving
quantity of green c lover or tares imme-
dlately alter perform ing a fast journey
Canada Farmer.
Ripon Boy, the ! most valuable trotting
horse IN Wisconsin. rece ntly died of hydro
phobia. His fastest recorded time was 2:25.
The Thad Steven 70 ur-mile race in Cali
fornia paid so well that the getters up of
that affair are again Il linking about get ting
up another, making t he purse s., 0O0, open
to the world, the race TO come off next Sep
tember or October fhe race will be on
fined to California horses most likely, as
lew good racers east of the Alleghanies viii
risk the trip to 1.-THE gold regions. The ,x-
pertinent was tried and it did not pay.
All persons who. drive horses in snowy
weather should ,ot neglect to put gut tn
percha on the fei Il of their animals during
the continuance Of the snow, as by its use
haillng is P revented. Melt the gutta
percha IN hot " alter and then stuff the foot
all around the inside of the shoe. The same
gutta percha can he used as often as re-
CURED, as 1t IAN be taken out off the loot,
warmed and T. back every day during the
Winter. if nece ssary.
VIM IL. Va nderbilt of New York, has
purchased the trotting mare Lady Emma
price $l6,O00
DAVID H. ~ anehard Of Boston has offered
a purse OF 81 0,000, Cd en- to all stations in
the I Died Sti ties and canada. mile heats,
thrsg' N hye, in harnes :, on Mystic Park
sslek, the IL tn of next September. lie also
oners iour 90 ID medals, one to each winner
OF any part OF the purs c, which is to be
divided into tour part s.the winner to receive
"a Wo, the second 50 900, the third 81 900
ana the foor.h 81 ,OGD. The entries are tc
close at the i'eyerc Ii ouse. May 9Th.
Robert Bonner say he knows Of no man
VINO mas loose cha. lge enough to buy
Dexter.
The Jockey who 70, le True Blue returned
from CaliiorIia Il ia Y OF two ago, and re-
ports mat la nous RI Ger almost entirely re-
covered iro m the In jury sustained in the
San frane' SEQ four-n lie race None of the
lehaons were cut, nd the horse has been
.aAing r.is gallops late without exhibit
ng any Signs of Ian icness. Mr.. Chamber
in has telegraphed send the horse home.
iIut blue Will mn lnuhfadlv yuu IN The
spring races.