The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-24
Horse Breeding In Maine.

portant subject of horse breeding would it
not be well for each breeder to think for
himself, and be so well informed as to be
able to judge whether the articles that APP
pear III our papers are IN the interest OF the
Kentucky and New York breeder. or for
the benefit of the Maine farmers and breed
ers. 1t is conceded 10y all, that our neigh
hors in the Middle. Western and Southern
States, have produced large number of
fast performers, sired by stations of differ
ent blood first of which comes Blne Bull
with ~ in the 80 class then Rysdyk's
Hambletonian, and several of his sons. We
of the Eastern States feel proud of our
Daniel Lambert, who has the largest num-
Der of $50 performers Of any living stall
lion, and the Morgan stock Cof which he is
only one of the many famous sires) far out
number any other family in New England,
in producing 2,3o performers. and especial
ly is II true of our own State While in 9TH
CT sections Blue Bull and the Hambeton-
ians take the lead, in Maine they have had
very poor success rs compared with the
MOrgans. Gen. Knox, who only stood for
service in Maine IL years, in that time sired
II 30 performers. and should have had
two more Phil Sheridan and Maine Slash
er We're given records of 2.30 in dead heat
bnt the record was afterward set aside by
request of the owners, and two below 2.20,
and in his son Gen. Logan the sire of one
more. Iron Age, which are the only 2.20
come to Winthrop Morrill,, another Morgan,
in the 80 list, and the sire of Ben Morrill,.
with four year old record of 2.32 3-4 in the
third heat and possessed the stamina to
win the race, and although this race was
trotted twelve years ago, the time has not
been equaled by several seconds in our
State by colts of that age. Aside from the
2,3O horses, there have been hundreds that
were the finest gentlemens drivers in the
country that could trot from 2.3O to 3 min
utes, and is there any one that can dispute
the statement, that from these Morgan
sires aided by the Drews. We have acquired
the envlable position We now possess as Il
horse breeding State. In all these years
the Hambletoman blood has been repre-
scented by the stallion Gideon. now % years
old, and later by Hambletonlan Chief,
Norton's Hambletonian, Daniel Boone
Beacon. Ledo, and for the last twelve years
there has been large number of Handle
tonan's descendants imported into our
States a. sres, which added to the sons of
the Older sires, would probably far ont
numbe? the stations of any other blood.
and from these we nave many colts of all
ages; but what WAS the result at our State
fairs IN 1854, where competition was sharp
1t was this; every colt race was won 10y IA
descendant of Morgan the three year-old
race WAS won 10y Winthrop Morrill,, aud
the four and five year old races by descend
ants of tten. Knox. Gideon has but one
son that has sired one 2.3O trotter while
| Gen. Knox. who stood in Maine but a little
more than half as long as Gideon, has 8
sons that have sired t. 2.3o performers and
one below : ~ and as "a sire of brood mares
! the hnoXes are far ahead. Gideon having
| sired the dam of but one in the 80 list,
while Gen Knox has sired the dams of four
i and he has two sons that are the slres of the
dam of one each in the 80 list, viz: Col.
| Ellsworth sired the dam of Pilot Knox,
record POI and Gilbert Knox is the sire of
| Benny, record 2.24. We also have in the
| FearnauRhts another strain of the Morgan
that are Il speed producing family.
While we admit all that is claimed for the
Hambletonians ia speed producing family,
and the result is wonderful in localities
where they find the proper crosses, it does
not apply to Maine as the records will show.
The manner in which the horse department
| OF some of our newspapers are edited, has
| led many farmers and breeders to feel at II
loss what to do. They ha II valuable mare
for breeding, and of course wanted to use
the best stallion, and prehaps would go by
IA superior stallion bred in Maine, and use II
stallion every way inferior Just because he
had seen some glowing account giving ped
gree, etc After n brief review of the situa-
ton we see that the Hamhletonians are
only successful West and South. where they
have Star, Pilot and Clay mares. Gen.
| Knox sired more 2.3O trOtters in the Il years
service in Maine than all the descendants
of Hambletonian that have ever stood for
service in Maine, Maine Horse BreedsrS'
MOHthiy
The records show that the experience of
| Vermont Breeders has been precisely
similar and even more striking. Several
great breeding establishments devoted ex-
clusively or nearly so. to Hambletonian
stock have been started in this State, in
Guiding those of the Vt Stock Co. at Shell
burn, the Green Mountain and the Way
side Stock Farms at RandOlph,the Malvern
Farm at Morrisville and Gen. Bakers
Establishment at Rutland with all the adj
vantages that the wealth, intelligence and
influence of their owners and managers
could confer, yet none of them have ever
produced IL 2.30 trotter Among the sous of
Rysdyk's Hambletonian, that have done
long service in this State are Monarch, Dean
Dean Sage, Vermont Messenger, Black
stone. Broken Leg Waikiki Chief,
Tattersall and others, besides large num-
Der of grandsons and more remote descend
ants. OF these only Blackstone has sired
r 23n trotter bred and foaled in this State
and he but one-Dsisy Hamilton. with one
heat below 2.30-who bears the doubtful
honor of being the only descendent of Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian bred and foaled in
Vermont that has ever entered the 2,3O list,
OF the other Messengers, Andrus' Handle
tonan, Paris Hambletonian and Harris
Hambletonian have one each, These four
are the only 2.30 trotters bred and foaled in
Vermont got by sires descended in direct
male line from Imported Messenger
On the other hand there are more than
forty trotteTs in the 230 Inst, bred and
foaled in Vermont got by sires that trace in
direct male line to Justin Morgan. Sixteen
of these are of the get of Daniel Lambert, a
number believed to he ~ great rs the whole
number of 2,30 trotters bred and foaled in
Vermont got by all sires that do not trace
in direct male line TO Justin Morgan.
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