Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-14
NOTES..

ne entry llSl Oh eTlllOnJ dScOCldllOu
of Road and Trotting Horse Breeders, is
unavoidably delayed in publication by
the absence of the treasurer. who is eX-
pected home next week.
The types also made Mr.. L. L. Dorsey
say some weeks ago in our columns that |
the get of Zilcadie Golddust were from
l3 II to lG hands hands high. Mr.. Dor
sey wrote - ii to lG hands.
Motion. 2 20, by Daniel Lambert is in
superb order. We sat behind him one
day last week for Il faster trotting squirt
than ever before fell to our lot on the
highway. His action is model of pow
er and perfection.
The Middleburv trotting track would
be immensely improved by a very moder-
ate outlay. The work should be done at
once, as the track is much used for an eX-
ercise ground and will amply repay what
may be expended on it.
\ cores pondent asks: Can you give
me any information concerning the breed
in or near Addison county? | have
horse whose dam is said to have been
sired by him. and would like to trace the
breeding"
Clay Franklin by Ben Franklin, dam
by Smiths Mambrino Patchen, is a very
promising son of an excellent sire. He
is four years old this spring, has "A very
handy way of going, is of good size, fine
style and excellent breeding. He is
owned by 7. and F. I. Bassett of this
village.
Chester's Complete Trotting and Pac-
| ing Record was represented in the REG
IsTER's notice of two weeks ago as Civ
ing summaries of about twenty thousand
races. This was an error of tl!e types.
the true number being about fifty thou
sand. a copy of this great work can be
seen by calling at this office.
MaXy Cobb, whose record of ,: l3 II,
made at Narragansett Park, Sept. 30 1884
remains the fastest mile ever trotted by
any stallion, died at Belmont Park, Phil
adelphia, on the Sd inst, of inflammation
of the bowels and rupture. He was only
eleven years old. He was bright bay
horse, with white ankles behind and
stood Is hands high. His owner, Mr..
Isadore Cohnfield, had recently refused
sixty thousand dollars for him.
MaXy Cobb was IA son of Happy Me-
dunn who is credited with twenty-three
trotters and one PAGER in the , 30 list.
standing exactly on par with Volunteer
and second only to Daniel Lambert among
living sires. The dam of Happy Medium
was the famous trotting mare Princess
at one time the rival of Flora Temple
The dam of MaXy Cobb was by Black
Jack, son of Long Island Black Hawk
Maxy Cobb had not only the fastest
stallion record ever attained, but, witt
his half-sister, Meta Medium, had the
fastest record (2;l5 80 ever made by {
trotting pair.
Foals by Daniel Lambert are reported
as follows: Chestnut filly bred by j
Battell, dam Canada, fast pacing anC
trotting mare bought of Rev. W. III. ii
, Murray; pedigree not fully traced
Chestnut colt bred by Geo. NJ. Fletcher
dams pedigree not reported. Bay col
bred by Julius Seeley, dam by Grandet
son of Hambletonian; second dam by
Hemenway Horse, son of Black Hawk
Very dark chestnut colt bred by Mr.
Payne of Cornwall, dams pedigree no
reported. We would be obliged to al
who have foals of Daniel Lambert thu
present season if they would forward t.
, us the sex and color of foal, date of brit
l and breeding of dam.