Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-05
first heat tapping the winner at the wire
and trotting the mile in 2 81 81.
SUNRISE PATCHEN.
THREE-YEAR-oLD RECORD 2:25 ia.

eca Patchen, by Geo. NJ. Patchen, by
Cassius NJ. Clay, by Henry Clay. Dam,
Lady Monmouth by Titus's Winthrop
Morrill,, Jr., by Winthrop Morrill,, by
Young Morrill,; dam of Seneca Patchen,
Foot, by Hollenbeck's Sir Henry, by
Henry the race horse; dam of Geo. NJ.
Patchen by Headem by imp. Trustee;
dam of Winthrop Morrill,, Jr., by With
erel Messenger, son of Winthrop Mes
senger.
Sunrise Patchen is the fastest three |
year-old trotter by the records yet pro-
duced outside of California and Kentucky. |
The following history of him is from the
American Cutivator and was written by
the colts breeder, DR.. j. W. Day:
"Sunrise Patchen was foaled on Patch
en- Farm, July 6. 1888. He was the first
foal of Lady Monmouth, and was very
small at birth. lie ambled in his gait at
first, and never struck a trot until he was
about eight months old. | broke him to
harness at about ten and one-half months.
and trotted him his first race the day he
was eleven months old 1t was a race of
mile heats. best two in three. As he had
only been harnessed and driven two
weeks, he was not sufficiently well
broken to know enough to turn around.
and was beaten, but it was his only de-
feat.
"After this race turned him out for a
few weeks, then worked him bit more,
fairs and trotted him three races at the fall
mile heats, single dash. He could trot
in his yearling form in about 3 80, last
quarter of each mile in fifty seconds.
| logged him nearly all the next winter.
and speeded him on the snow-path. In
his two-year-old form he began his work
by trottirg a mile in 3 :02 the lst of May,
and steadily improved up to the lst of
September, when he could trot a mile in
2 40 on our half-mile track. About this
time, or two weeks before the State
dent by falling in the stable, which so
disabled him that he was not harnessed
until the day of his race. Notwithstanding
this, he won his race, and acquired rec
ord of , :43. | trotted him six races in
his two-year-old form, all of which he
won. | allowed him to run loose; in
boX-stall and paddock from October l to
March | of last winter Began to joe
him March |, and May began his first
fast work by trotting a mile in 2 40, will
such ease that | did not realize how fast
he was going. and was betrayed into civ
ing him such fast mile for his frs
work.
"lle has trotted ten races this season
winning every one of them. Nearly al
of his races have been against aged hor>
cs or those older than himself Still h,
! has won them all with such ease that h,
has never but once had IA hard race. A.
to the amount of feed and hard worl
+ given him | will state fully, as these tw,
questions have been asked me hundred
f of times, and almost daily receive let
tiers asking me for the particulars as t.
how train, handle, manage and care fo
my colts. As to feed. | will say Sunris
Patchen has had about all that he wOult
eat since he was ten months old. Up t
that time he was fed six quarts of oat
r per day and all the good hay he woul
eat. Since he was one year old he Ia
always had from eight to sixteen quart
q of oats per day, feeding the larger amour
- when we worked him more and the small
;. er when idle.
- believe that | have discovered tn
success attained in California and keI
, lucky, and | believe it is feed in larg
+ quantities, more than climate, that make
the difference. | believe that colts war
- more feed than aged horses, that is,
you work AS you must to develop speed
as have. | watch the legs carefully
q bandage and care for the same as any oil
- trotter. If | detect any heat or funes
q, at any time Immediately let up all wor
!, for few days. | do not give much roa
# work in long joys, and never go to tt
4 track only to speed. Always give IL
% colt company in his fast work and a
Il ways let him beat.
- As to amount of work, | have Away
- speeded Sunrise about twice a Week, an
l. nearly always full mile, the first ha
i slow. The past season gave Sunrise
= mile and repeat twice a week nearly a
;, the season, first mile slow. at about , :;
:. to , 40, last one nearly as fast a. /
- could go. | have never yet given him
mile as fast as he could trot, not eye
when he got his record of , % II, as
fully believe he could have trotted Il mi
= this fall in % to , :23.
He is now running loose in box al
paddock, and is as free from putis al
lie pimples and his legs AS cool and clean
ID any colt that has always run in the pa
le ture. He was, as stated before, vel
e, small colt at foaling and weaving tim
er but now stands 1872 l-2 and weighs l05
o. He will he at least IA and Upiuh | /