Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-06-01
Breeders Meeting Stakes.
The Vermont Association of Road
and Trotting Horse Breeders

| opens the following stakes to be trotted at the
fourth annual meeting to be held at Rutland,
August 2s, 80 and 30.
No. l.-AssoClATIoN STAKES. For t,als OF
1857, Sl5 entrance, in installments OF So, So
and -, with $50 added; u mile heats; best ,
in 3.
No. 2.-PISE HILL STOCK FARM STAKES. For
toals of lsS6, $40 entrance, in installments OF
80, 50 and $40, with 800 added mile heats,
best in g.
entrance, in installments OF 50, IS and Sl2,
with 500 added.
No. 4.-GEo. W. HOOKER STAKES. For foals
OF ISL, $50 entrance, in installments of IS, SO
and SO with $50 added
No. 5.-BROoKsIDE STOCK FARM STAKES
For foals OF lss3 $40 entrance, in installments
OF So $40 and 500 with $3.50 added.
NO. 6.-AssoCIATIoNG GUARANTEE PURSE, 800.
Entrance 10 per cent of purse, payable 2iS per
cent June Ii, pa per cent July is, 3 per cent
August 10; horse not required to be named
uhtll last payment; the whole amount of en-
trance money to go into the purse, even if it
should exceed 500; open to all horses that
nave never tbcaten three minutes prior to
closing of nominations.
NO. 7.-GREEN MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM
STAKES. For stations OF any age that have
never beaten 235, $40 entrance, in installments
OF So ~ and $50, with 500 added.
No. s.-AssoClATIoN STAKES. For foals of
ISL, confined to stations entrance s25 in in.
mile heats, best in 3.
No. 9.-ASsOCIATION STAKES. For toals ot
1850, conhned TO stations, entrance 800 in in.
staliments OF So $40 and Sl5, with 800 added.
NO. lO.-ADDED STAKES. For mares OF any
age tnat nave never beaten 2.35, $40 entrance
IN lnstallments of $40, $40 and $50 with 500
/ added
All stakes and purses to be mile heats best
IN D unless otherwise specified; distance
barred in all stakes under.t tour year-olds. No
horse can take further money by reason of
other parts OF the purse or stakes not being
hlled or trotted for. All nominations must he
made and the first installment paid on or be-
lore June 10; the second installment due July
-, the third and final installment August I5
Nomlnators not completing payment of en-
trance forfeit installments paid.
All stakes and purses divided as follows .
90 per cent to first, 25 to 3D. Is to Sd and 10 to
Nominations and payments must be made to
Joseph Batteil, treasurer, Middlebury, VT,
who VIII send entry blanks on application.
Trottlng to governed by the trotting rules
OF the National Association OF Trotting Horse
| Breeders.
The Association offers the following pre-.
miums (entrance free):
Matched horses 49, hands and over s5O-s25
TO first, $l5 to second and $40 to third.
single horse, S5o-s25 to first, SIS to second
and $40 to third.
Brood mares with colt at foot s5O-s25 to
first, Sl5 to second and $40 to third.
~ In addition to the above premiums is the
Ireasurers premium Tor Morgan stations
lentrance tree 500; $50 to first $50 TO second,
$50 to third. Contestants must trace i'm direct
lhale llne 10 justin Morgan and have at least
6ithot his blood so as to be eligible to registry
IN the Register of Morgan Horses, now in pre-.
paration by Joseph Battel Premium takers
in same class last season, barred. All pre-.
miums close Aug. Is.
Membership tee, SO per year. Membership
gives all rights of entry and free ticket to the
annual exhibition. Any resident OF Vermont
may become member (unless objected to-
by forwarding the tee to the Treasurer In
competition Tor stakesand premiums, only
members are eligible.
| Applications Tor stalls and boxes and tor
lniornalon about the track and grounds
should be. addressed to +. Bowman, Supt.,
Rutland, VT.
| GEO. w. HOOKER, Prest., Brattleboro, VT,
JOSEPH BArrELL, Treas, Middlebury, vt
T. +. BRowNELL, sec'y, Burlington, VT