Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-01-22
VERMONT HORSE BREEDERS.
Opening of their Annual Meeting in this
City, Last Night.

The annual meeting of the Vermont AS
ISOLATION of Road and Trotting horse breed
ers opened ut the Van Ness last Thursday
night with large number Of members IN
attendance. The breeding interests of
Vermont were represented by Colonel
George w. Hooker of Brattleboro; II. r.
Cults of The Brooksidc stock farm
Orwell Charles +. PAGE of the NAL
vern farm, Morrisvile; John y. Baxter
of Rutland; c. II. Blodgett of Burling
ton; Joseph Battcll of the Bread Loaf
stock farms, Middlebury Charles Il. Bal
lard of White River Junction :; j. W. Page
of Wyoming Territory William NJ
Partch OF New Haven; ID. W. Bliss of
Bethel; Leonard Fish of Ira; ID. w
Prime Of Brandon; f. II. harrington of
order by the president, Colonel George
w. Hooker. The secretary's report was
then read and approved.
Officers were then elected AS follows
Members of the executive committee to
serve term of three years from the date
George +. Davis of Windsor, ID. ". Bliss
of Bethel, Joseph Battell of Mddlebury,
c. b. Russell of North Hero. TO fill va
cancles in that part of the executive com
mittee whose term of Office expires in two
years II. ;. Town of Montpelier and f. II.
committee organized by the election of the
following officers; President, Col. George
w. Hooker; first viCe-presideut, II. L.
Cuts second president, j. G. Parker :;
treasurer, Joseph Battell secretary, f.. f.
Brownell of Burlington. The executive
committee and the association adjourned
until to-day at 10 o'clock Il. m.
Fridays Session of the Annual Meeting
-Outlook for tho Fall Exhibition.
In 1,1i e Ia 81
Association of Road and Trotting Horse
breeders at the Van Ness House yester-
day morning, the question of time and
place of holding their exhibition this fall
was discussed in 4 general way 1t was
the general feeling that the meeting
should be held earlier than it was last
year, some being in favor of holding it as
early as the last of August, but the pre-
vailing sentiment favored the first or sec
ond week in september. In relation to
the place of holding the fall meeting it
was the general opinion that it had better
be held at that point which would be most
favorable for the association in point of
accommodations and added money for the
stakes. a committee on location was APP
pointed consisting of John n. Baxter of
Rutland, J. S. Hale of Quechee, Joseph
Battell of Middlebury, II. L. Cults of Or
well, Charles b. Ballard of White River
junction and +. f. Brownel of Burlng-
ton. Representatives of the Rutland
County Agricultural society were present
and invited the committee on location to
meet the directors of that society at Rut-
land, Wednesday, Jan. 20, for the purpose
of considering such propositions as the
society and Rutland interests might pro-
pose.
The officers of the breeders exhibition
were very much gratitied at the hattering
proposals of added money from the lead
ing Burlington interests and are very
much pleased with the accommodations
of Howard Park and it is understood that
S4OO in added money for purses has been
pledged by various interests in this city
provided the fall meeting is held at How
ard Park. The added money in the sew
eral stakes Is sure therefore to be greatly
increased over last year wherever the
the meeting is to be held giving increased
colt stakes for the same ages rs last year
with some variations from last year as to
programme. Moulton Bros, prOpretors
of the Green Mountain stock farm of Ran
dulph III. +. Cults, of the Brook side stock
farm of Orwell, and Col. q. W. Hooker
of BrattleborO have signied their will
ingness to give added money in some
take.
The members of the association all en-
pressed themselves To he much l5ratlIleu
at the results of the prohibition of pool
selling and all other form, Of gambling as
well is the sale OF Intoxicating liquor at
the meeting last tall, ami the rules Will be
vigorously enforced ut future meetings.
Mi j. y. Page of Wyoming, who Is he
owner of the stallion Wcstmout, that was
entered m the stallion race for the >lirii
~ the ItnlcS cup, trotted in September
last at Mystic park and who formerly
owned "MaXey Cobb" the champion
stallion of the world by record, made
some interesting remarks on the raising
and developing of fast horses in Ken
lucky, and the various States in which he
had been and from the way in which it
had started out he expressed his belief in
the success of the Vermont association.
The report of the treasurer shows Il bal
ance III the treasury after paying last
years expenses which is much better
than was expected. The association adj
journed subject to the call Of the president.
1t Is understood that ii meeting will be
called at Rutland immediately after the
conference with the directors of the Agri-
cultural society of that place.