The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-16

young stations ever bred in this State
Addison Lambert was represented BY
his excellent sou Hyde Park Lambert, a
stout and shapely bay stallion five years
old, owned by Patrick Kelly of Hyde
Park, Vt. This colt is from first
class Black Hawk dam and shows a
2 40 gait without training. Mr.. Page
shows with Wards Lambert his son,
the bay colt Lamoille, 4 years old, dam
by Daniel Lambert, colt of good size
and great elegance of form and action.
Ben. Franklin was followed by a
train of nineteen of his get, making an
exhibition that for the combined merits
of size, speed and beauty has seldom
been approached by the get of any
horse ever before shown together in
this State. There we're
TWO sIx-YEAR.oLDs.
Longfelow, oh. g., B.Andrews, White Greek, NY
Ben X, CHI. g............G. ID. Spooner Rutland,
TWO FoUR-rEAR-oLDs.
II. T. c., blk. g.,...R. K Hamilton, Fair Haven.
Bessie, b. g..............Hall & Skinner, Orwell.
TEN THREE-YEARoLDs.
Ben Adhem, bl, c.,.........D. W. Bliss, Bethel.
Ben Franklin. Jr., b. c., ....F. s. Hale, Rutland.
Frank H., br. c,............F. 5. Hale, Rutland.
James III. Nichols, CHI gu II, Nichols, Troy.
Miss Franklin, bl. m, S. H. Trussel Burlington.
Maud Franklin, oh. f., Ii. C. Woodward, Rutland.
Rake, bl. c.,................H ii. III. Noble, Essex.
Royal W., b. c., B. Andrews, White Creek, n. \.
FOUR TWO YEAR oLDs.
Ben Lane, b. c...........Lane & Bird, Bethel
Charlie r., oh. C, Walter Ray, Orwell,
Orwell, blk c.........C. ID, Williams, Winooski
Star Franklin. CHI. c., b. Andrews, White Creek
and one sucker, Lady Franklin, an ex-
cellent chestnut filly shown by julius
Lane of Bethel.
Longfellow showed on the track
some clean trotting work close to a
1920 clip. Ben. X. showed better
than 40 cclip. These are two out
of only seven six-year-olds got by Ben
Franklin. He has no fve-year-ods.
III. L. c., and Bessie told their story in
the four-year-old race and Bismarck
was there when the -year-olds
trotted. 1t is difficult to discriminate
among this magnificent lot of three
year-olds, but we noted in particular
Royal W., an elegant colt whose dam
is by Young Columbus, and for which
Mr.. Andrews has refused $1,000;
Frank H., an inbred Black Hawk of
great beauty; Ben Adhem, large, pow.
erful and highly finished, taker of
many premiums, and John L., which
showed great elegance and speed. Or
well and Star Franklin were in the
two-year-old race and will be mention
ed in that connection. Ben Lane and
Charley r. were both conspicuous for
grace of form and ease of action.
A chestnut mare by belongs Eth
an Allen, driven by H. G. Sessions of
East Mlddlebury, attracted much atten-
tio1. She is perfect roadster.
We have now been through the list,
doubtless with errors and omissions for
which we ask beforehand to be ex-
cused.
THE FIRST DAY.
La the afternoon of the first day, with
weather a trifle moderated, the grand
calvacade of all horses shown appeared
upon the track, and was worthy of the
attendance of thousands instead of hun
dreds.
In the two-vear.old race (Fairvae
Stock Farm Stakes, entrance SO, with
$50 added by Fairvale Stock Farm,
Montpelier), there were three starters
Gold Mine, by Aristos, and Star
Franklin and Orwell, both by Ben
Franklin. 1t was two in three, half
mile heats. Gold Mine was an easy
winner in :33, :32. The race be-
tween Star Franklin and Orwell was a
pretty one, the former getting second
place in the first and the latter in the
second heat. Star Franklin's dam is
by Motifs Independent; Orwell's dam
by Blackstone, son of Hambletonian.
The Vt. Stock Farm stakes for foals
of 1880, $25 entrance, with S75 added
by Col. Cannon, Burlington, were TAX
en- in a walk-over by the brown mare
Gipsey, by Holabird's Ethan Allen, en-
tered by G. d. Williams, Winooski.
In the Van Ness House stakes for
stations that have never beaten $50
there were but two starters-Gilrov,
blk. g., by Messenger Duroc, dam by
Harry Clay, entered by G.. II. Blodgett,
and Richmond, b. g., by
Walkhill Chief, dam by Harris Handle
ton (O, e. S. Appleton, Burlington.
The race was won in straight heats by
Gilroy, who trotted very honestly,
while Richmond made an almost equal
y effective running exhibition. Time
. AS, 2:47, 2:45.
THE SECOND DAY.
The second day, the weather was vet
cold, but clear and moderating, so that
he afternoon was quite comfortable.
AT 10 a. m, the Bread Loaf stations
Motion and Thought showed their
handy way of going in harness. At
half-past ten Ben Franklin and his
stock were shown on the track, when
we were favored with several fine ex-
hibitions of speed by Ben Franklin,
Ben X. and others of the
family. AT eleven, Blackstone trotted
an exhibition half in 1:17, and John
Blackstone, his 3-year-od son, did the
same in 1881 IL. AT half-past eleven,
Kent and his stock were shown on the
track, Mr.. Davis bay pair being con-
spicuous, and Harpin and Joslyn being
shown at speed. The morning closed
with exhibition of the Clays by Messrs.
Partch, Hinman and Squier of New
Haven. The Clays made an excellent
Clay Jones was perhaps
most conspicuous, model type of the
all and stylish carriage horse.
In the afternoon the first race was