Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-09-27
agricultural.
Horses at the Centennial.

In Il communication to the CoWsty
OHUeJHul We tiud the following de>crlp-
ton of the equine display;
Among the trotting stations. particular
curiosity will he excited 10y Graphic No.
80, Il two ycar-old colt. ont of the stallion
Smugglcr, whose wonderful performances
this summer make him the sensation OF
the hour. Graphic is a rangN, heavy
imbcd colt, and look, rs if he would be Il
ooer. The hr-t-known trotting stallion
i, ThOm1, Jefferson, Il noble black horse
of wonderful beauty, whose long tail ;sc-
tulllv trails upon the ground. and whOoc
performances, under the shllliul rcinS Of
Budl pOblc, are matters of turf history.
The next most notable horse is F. q
Wolbert's stallion. Bismarck, out of Ham
bletonian. Bismarck is 10y hands high
Of a rich bay color, closely coupled viii
broad, fiat LEGS of enormous range ant
MUSCLES of exceptional size. lie hl. nc
record. but could doubtless establish one
low down in the tWenties. There are 4
number of other exceedingly fine horses
but none of national reputation. Alter
the trottrrs and runners comes the CnlteC
States d. play of draught horses. Promi
ncnt among these is the exhibit of jaime:
A. Perry Of Wilmington, ILL.,, which con
sists Of imported PerchcroD horses. A.
the head OF his stud is tue Duke dc Char
tres, probably the finest Percheron stall
ION ever imported, light dapp.e gray il
color. IT, hands high. weight 2ojt
pounds, limbs and muscles of enormous
size. but perfect symmetry. and despite hi
immense size active II, Il mustang. Mr.
Perry also shows ROLAND. Il horse o
great >iz, and power. and especially note
worthy Il, to color, being \ rich dapplt
brown, which i, somewhat rare in TIM
breed, which runs mostly /" graN-. j. j
Parker of West Chester. Pa, makes III
excellent display OF PercheronS of TIT
smaller, and, some hold, the pure
type: horses ranging from Loo to Loo
pounds. He exhibits two colts, which
will be very interesting to breeders. The'
are the offspring of the delicate thorough
bred .Irnifcr Arabian and the somewhat
coarse bat pure-brcd Ptrch,ron mares
These colts are too young to Judge of III
result As Vet. but Mr.. Parker deserves til
thanks of breeders for making the expert
ucnt.
George Murray of Racine. Wisconsin
exhibits, we brlicvethc largest Clydcs,a,
on the arouud; Donald Dinnic. a hor>
of enormous size. but of fine quality Il
we'll Our local breeders are we'll rcpr,
sentcd. William Mciklr of indiana, T.,
exhibits three Clyde>dalcs of recent i'm
portation. Charles :. Taylor of Burlng
ton. y. j.. exhibits the CIv,lc-tl;,lr >tallo
Samson, a very handsome brown foul
vcar-old AMI alec tn exceedingly tin
CIvlc-dalc mare, Mayt-Id. The smallc>
animal on the ground, is the Arabian tch
exhibited hv LOUIS Lirnau. Il little ere,
turc not much larger than II Newloundlan
dog, but exceedingly attractive in it
quaint uLlinr>>. The cavalctde of all tn
animals, which ttke> place ut ten in tn
morning and four in the afternoon, is l.,
markably beautiful and interesting. Prom
inent among the animals displayed in til
ring was u team of beautiful dapplc gr;t
drauylt horses exhibited by \ X Mul
dock, whose aggregate weight is j, 300 III:
The ladies will especially admire the tw
milk-whltr mares. twin sisters, grand
daughters of Dan Ricc's oil horse Exec
slor. The exhibit as II whole, thong
larger especially in the line of draugl
horses. than ever seen in Philadelphia,
not what we had right 10 expect whe
we invited the world To- contribute, and
not Us large or rs varied rs is frclucntl
seen ut II State fair. 1t i, however, ampl
Interesting, and >houll attract much NOR
attention than it has so far done.