Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

trary, he would always believe her breed
ing to be just as represented. There was
no inducement for any one to misrepre-
sent concerning her blood when he
bought her, as the price paid was not
that of an animal possessing special ex-
cellence either in breeding or character
Facts since obtained concerning her
early history, however. show that she
was natural trotter and at one time
promised to become very speedy. In at
tempting to trace the breeding Of All
rights dam some two or three years since
q. ID. Redfield, YORKTOWN, Ct, received
a letter from VIM. =. Gomez of this city.
Il son of the late William Gomez, contain
ing the following information.
As good luck will have it, am able to
help you to possibly identify the mare
In settling up my fathers estate. had
occasion to look through number of my
old diaries few DAYS ago, and came
across one containing the following.
which may serve YOU April IL. 1870.
Very high wind. Went to Somerset.
Mass. Called upon Mr.. William Baxter
upon the Burgess place to look at IA bay
mare known as foot. Bought and paid
for her. April IG, 1870, mare arrived bv
freight. Father liked her very much
and declined $500 profit on her. which
was very gratifying to me"
June II, 1870, started for Barre. Mass.
with Gomez, Capt. Lawrence. Clinton
Girl and loot. At Barre. Mass. resided
a friend upon whose farm was very
fine half-inile track. | took the four
above named horses there. and my uncle
came up from Fitchburg with Belle
strickland. Belle Clinton and Young
horse that he considered rival to Gomez.
which he called King. We gave loot
her first mile to sulky upon track in
2.5G. She did it very easy without urg-
ing. and we should have been content
But no. We asked too much. We want
ed world beater made of her in thirty
days, and the result was we over-speeded
her. She had wonderful stride. rapid
action and elastic gait. Had been more
patient, | have no doubt we would have
been able to have shown very fast mare
at the end of the year.
The result of our haste with loot.
causing her to hit herself all over when
there was no need of her hitting any,
where. produced a marked change in our
method of training. The sacrificing of
loot was the inception of the success : full
training of Comee(2.19 ID which often
trottcd his last half-mie in heats during
the circuit in l.0G and 1.07 without boots
or weights of any kind: Belle Strickland
(2.2G) without any kind of boots: Clinton
Girl trial 2.20) sold to private parties ::
King trial 2.2H. also sold to private par
ties. and Capt. Lawrence trial 2.3O). Shin
boots only, though when we got him he
wore shin,quarter and knee boots. There
fore YOU see what at first seemed to Us "A
great loss was in fact our gain. as we pro-
duccd good results by taking time and
deNoting good deal of study upon the
gait of these horses.
Father sold foot to the Rev. W. II. II.
Murray for breeding purposes. She was
dark bay and stood about II 3. am
under the impression that she had no
white upon her. She had a strong back
which was little reached. good feet.
limbs of good bone and muscle. and was
without ii blelniSh of any kind or spot
until after she hit herself when in train
ing. and they We're fast disappearing
when he sold her. My diary brought
back TO memory loot. and have writ
ten more than should otherwise have
done but for the pleasant recolec-
tionS of Il beautiful mare which was ruin
Ell for track purposes and deprived of a
brilliant turf career by harshness and I'M
prudence on the part of her would-be
friend.
1t may appear singular to some that,
although describing the mare infinitely.
Mr.. Gomez says nothing of her breeding
1t should be borne in mind, however, that
Mr.. Redticld was then searching for the
breeder of the mare, and this letter was
in reply to one asking from whom she
was bought and to whom sold. so as to
identify her. 1t seems that after passing
into Mr. Murray's hands she was christ
ened Nelly. Mr.. Gomez states that he
"called upon Mr.. William Baxter upon
the Burgess place to look at bay mare
called loot, bought and paid for her."
On the 18th of January, 1884, the fol-
lowing statement concerning this mare
was dictated and signed by Mr.. Baxter,
who was sick at the time:
|, William Baxter, was in the employ
of Mrs. Emily Fairchild in or about the
year 1863 or 1864. AT that time she OWL
ed pair of black mares, and at about the
time mentioned above they were sent in
care of Anthony p. Kerr of Mount Eve.
Orange Co., \. Y, to be bred to Rvs
dyk's HambletOnian; that one of said
mares dropped mare colt from said SER
vice, that broke said colt, and when
about six years old | sold it to William
Gomez of Boston. TO the best of nv
knowledge and belief the above colt was
sired by Rysdyk's Hambletonian.
WILLIAM BANTER.
Mr.. Baxter was probably sincere in his
belief, and represented loot to Mr.. Co
NEE rs daughter of Rysdyk'S UIamble-
tonian. The general characteristics of
the mare, corresponding with those of
the descendants of that celebrated sire.
led Mr.. Gomez to accept the statement
without the shadow of doubt. Accord
ing to Mr.. Bakers statement loot was
bred by Mr.. Anthony Kerr. 4 letter
from Mr.. Redield to the supposed breed
er of the mare brought the following
reply, dated Mount Eve, Florida. n. Y,
Eab 1901,