The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-06-06

~ on led Bkru, by Blshops jiMnDle-
Ionian, BY imported Mcssengcr.i His
5etiigree Cshowsf him 70 DC oBeNof the
finest bred stations in the country, aud
those best qualified to judge pronounce
him. the.-inost -perfect specimen of a
horse that they ever saw stand. lie is
q yery, strong animal for one of his size,
With h powerfully-muscled loin and
tl,iartdr; willie hist limbs Iare as sound
and smooth as bars of hammered, poll
ished steel. His most valuable quality
is the power which he POSSESSES of
transmitting to his offspring, will, unc-
qtialled certainty, his own remarkable
beauty of form, combined with the
wonderful speed inherited. from his an
cesters, coupled with trotting action so
perfect That they need neither weights
to steady nor ljoots 10 protect them.
Chief among those of Daniel lam
bert's get that have already distin-
guished themselves upon the turf is
Gomez, with a record ofe 10 II, and
II heats to his credit in $3.50 or better.
Heris owned by w. w. Gomez ofBos-
ton, and in addition TO being first
class-trotter he is one of the finest road
horses that can be produced. (fThen
comes Wild Lilly, 2:24; Jubilcct Lam
bert, 1922; Lady Foxic, ? :25 / John
Hall, 1925 Ia; Nonesuch, 2.25 1-2
Aristos, 2 :27 ga Col. Moulton, 2 :2S 1-2
w. ii. Arnold, 2:29 and doe S.,r2 80
making in alto The close of last season
an aggregate of 13l heats rottedaby his
got,in $3.50 or better, while among the
most promising of his get are Col
Gucrney, Benz. frankllil Ella Doe
feapouy, pellgntIui ana Q most OF otn
cis.- Among those OF MS get That nave
shown capacity to produce speedy
colts are Abraham ana John Lambert
the former being sire OF KITTY COOK
2;26; AFRO, NOW Called jim, that ha'
trotted on the ice nt2:2O, and Alice
is sire of Gold Finder, 2;26.
The breeding ofhrst-olass road-horsc
Will Always DC 1ound proiltaDlc, ana l
Is fortunate for inc breeders OF New
England That DANIEL Lambert is Ill TIT
hahds Or gentlemen public-splrlte'
1enough to place his services at so rca
sopaDle n price as TO be within reach
those oil moderate means.
And here is what q correspondent
from North C,rol;no s,vs in ,bo Cour
Co.,,s n,' 49,, 49,.
ny oei'.io'""'' iio s",''o Nin'' VI 'e'
timony Is coming TO us from all parts c
the country.
Do r,,r ,,ono ons,,
ii'N 'o''AN ''o"'H'
| While the lovers of the horse are pre-
fuse with praises of the fashionabl
families of trotting horses, and so niue
is written about them, and for them,
is a matter OF surprise that we do nc
see something occasionally concernin
the Morgan horse. 1T is surprising, fo
reasons that i shall briefly state. Abou
thirty years since, q wealthy gcntlema
Of this county brought from the stat
OF New York, purchased think at th
state fair) a Morgaw stallion-a tru
type OF the breed. Some of the get c
that horse are still living in this county
and l Know one that Notwithstanding
his age, twenty-five years, is as free a
4 q colt, and isto-day the most remarks
| bic horse have ever known, havin
been horse of great speed, power an
endurance. lie is strikingly like hi
sire, and like the Morgan horse Gen
Gl1ord, whose picture appears il
louatts work on the horse. Having
known the valuable colts produce
from this old horse, now dead man
years, am at loss to understand VIII
some of the finest types of the Morgan
are not now Familiarity known. know
for L have had the means of knowing
that the colts of Morgan horse iron
fine mares, with good share of tn
thoroughbred in their veins, are tn
most desirable sort that can he bred i
America to-day, combining the qualitic
OF sire and dam. The writer of thi
was a small boy when the Morgan spo
ken of above was being used in thi
county, but his recollection of the hors
is vivid. He was about 10 l-2 hands
dark CHESTNUT, with some white abou
the face Every muscular and compact
ton, and Withal the very animal to bro