The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-09-11
The Maine Colt Stakes,


The american CultiUdtor, describing
the three-year-old race in the Maine
Colt stakes, trotted at Waterville, Me-,
on the Goth ut., says: "This event
proved to be a duet, however, as only
the brown colt Lawrence, owned by E.
j. Lawrence, Somerset Mills, and the
bay colt Dictator Chief, owned by c.
II. Nelson of Waterville, participated
in the contest. Much interest was
manifested in this race, as 1t was trial
of speed and endurance between the
excellent representatives of the Pine
Tree State aud the Blue Grass region.
Following is description of the sever
al heats trotted as given by the Lewis
| ton Daily Journals: Dictator Chief
drew the pole. The scoring was pro-
longed, Lawrence being rank and
breaking continually, but they finally
got away very evenly. Lawrence broke
soon after leaving the wire, but after
reaching the back side, out-trotted the
bay colt and rapidly went to the front,
opening a gap of several lengths, but
through several losing breaks he lost
his advantage and at the half was lead
ing by only length. Around the
turn the bay colt broke, and Lawrence
opened another big gap, which was
considerably reduced on the last quar-
ter. Lawrence was first at the wire
in 2 :46 "a.
In the second heat Lawrence was
steadier and the heat was better con-
tested than the previous one. Law
renee proved to have the most speed,
however, and soon took the lead, main
tanning it throughout the heat, which
he won with ease in 2:49 1-2. Dicta-
tor Chief was sent for the third heat
from the wire, and the contest to the
noon, the colts being close together,
with no perceptible advantage for eth
err. Lawrence had a trihe the most
speed, but lost this advantage by being
unsteady and making several breaks,
which resulted to the advantage of Die
tator Chief. Down the back side, how
ever, Lawrence opened up a length of
daylight and maintained this position
to the half. Rounding the turn, he
made wild break and swerved in
front of the bay, causing the latter to
break, after which Lawrence opened a
gap of three lengths. This break and
a short run on the last turn led Nelson
to claim the heat, although the brown
colt finished two lengths in advance.
The judges, however, decided that it
belonged to Lawrence, and declared
him the winner of the race Time of
tue last heat, PAP
Lawrence is a large, handsome, we'll
proportional brown colt, bred by his
owner, E. J. Lawrence, Somerset
Mills, Me-, and got by DR.. Franklin,
which is by Gen. kuox out of a daugh-
ter of Winthrop Morrill,. The dam of
Lawrence was by Morrill, Champion, a
son of Young Morrill,. Winthrop Nor
rill was also by Young Morrill,, which
was a strongly-inbred Morgan. The
dam of Winthrop Morrill, was by the
IIuckins Horse, a son of Royal Nor
gan, he by Sherman Morgan, son OF
Justin Morgan, from the Aldrich Mare,
a daughter of Justin Morgan. Gen.
Knox also traces directly back through
his sire to Justin Morgan. The dam
of Knox was by Searcher, whose dam
was by Clifford, giving Knox two direct
Morgan strains. From the above it
will be seen that Lawrence is one of
the strongest inbred Morgan colts
that can be found in the country,
and his performance shows that the
Morgans are destined to command re-
spect among the most fashionable trot-
ting-bred stock that can be produced.
Dictator Chief is magnificent bay
colt, standing 1872, strongly built, well
proportional and a trotter. He was
bred by Col. Richard West of Ken
lucky, and comes from the choicest
strains of trotting blood to be found in
the Blue Grass region. His sire, Die
tator, is by Rysdyk's Hamb etonian, out
of Clara, by Seely's American Star,
making Dictator full brother to Robert
Bonner's Dexter, the first horse to score
a record of Ply IA. Dictator, as is
well known, is the sire of Jay-Eye-See
(2.10), Phallas (2.13 3-4), Director
(2.1O and several other fast ones. No
other trotting stallion has yet been able
to produce three such trotters as the
above. The dam of Dictator Chief is
by son of Long Island Black Hawk,
which was very noted trotter in his
day. He was highly esteemed by the
great driver Hiram Woodruff, who de-
scribed him as "a horse of the finest
symmetry, standing fifteen hands -
inches high and splendid goer, lie
was great weight puller and the first
to trot in 40 to wagon and driver OF
800 pounds Dictator Chief was
bought in Kentucky and taken to Maine
by his present owner, G. III. Nelson OF
Waterville, IN the spring of 1884. He
is much admired by horsemen, not only
on account of his choice breeding, but
also for his form and trotting gait.
The victory of the Maine-bred colt
over such competitor goes to show
that Notwithstanding the disadvantages
of long, cold winters, the northern
States, and Maine particularly, are well
adapted to raising first-class speedy
gentlemen's roadsters."