Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-06
EARLY HORSE ADVERTISEMENTS.

BLOOD HORSES.-The subscriber re-
spectfully informs the breeders of horses
that his celebrated, thoroughbred horses,
Eclipse and Henry I'd, four years old,
will stand the ensuing season at the stable
of the subscriber in Cambridge. They
have been selected from as pure blood as
any in the United States, and from the
best crosses; and it is believed will add
greatly to the Improvement of the breed
of horses. ECLIPSE is a son of American
Eclipse; HENRY I'd son of the noted
turf horse Henry, the competitor of
American Eclipse. Pedigrees can be eX-
amned at the chequered house.
EDWARD LONG.
Cambridge, N. Y, May 2, 1881.
ECLIPSE TAGDOwN.-Eclipse Tagdown
eight years old this spring; a gray,
about sixteen hands high, of great bone
and strength, and in action not surpassed.
He is from trotting stock. He was sired
by the noted trotting horse Tagdown of
Philadelphia; grand sire the celebrated
Tagdown of New Jersey; great-grand
sire the imported horse Messenger grand
dam, sire side, also Messenger. Dam by
the imporsed horse Eagle; grand-dam by
the imported horse Buzzard; great-grand-
dam by the imported horse Diomed great
grand-sire on dam side Volunteer; great
great-grandsire Eclipse of England.
The subscriber has in his possession all
the evidence that can be required to prove
satisfactorily the correctness of the above
pedigree.
The Tagdown stock of horses is one of
the most celebrated for its trOttng per-
fOrmances in the United States. The
abOve-named horse is half brother to the
the well known trotting horse Bull Calf,
owned in Philadelphia. l will refer any
person who may wish for more partcu-
lars or general information in relation to
the TagdOwn stock of horses to Mr..
James Nj. Hart, -, Mr.. Samuel ID.
Sangers, of Philadelphia, and Messrs.
Stanly 4 Co., merchants, of Baltimore,
either of whom will cheerfully answer
any communications of enquiry in rela-
tion thereto.
DANIEL MALLORY.
Hampton, Washington Co., n. y,
April l., 1881.
The Full Bred Horse, Prince Richards
Raised on Long Island, by the sub
scriber, is four years old this spring; a
beautiful blood bay color, with black
legs, name and tail; a narrow blaze in
the forehead; Is hands high; of re-
markably fine, indeed faultless, figure,
Astounding in bone and sinew, with full,
bold chest, and in point of strength and
action unexcelled by any horse in the
United States.
Prince Richards was sired by John
Richards, who was selected, as will be
seen by the following letter from William
X. Johnon, Esq, member of the Sem
ate of Virginia, from all the best horses
of the South, to match Eclipse in the
great race, on Long Island course, in the
spring of 1928, but owing to an accident
by which the hoof of one of his fore-feet
was injured Henry was substituted in
his place.
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 8, 1926.
81 am glad that you have got safe
home with John Richards, and much
pleased that you are the owner of
so fine horse, although l most sincerely
wish he could have remained in Virginia
one season, that l might have put my
mare to him; John Richards got Injured
so early, and when so young, that the
public has not had an opportunity of
forming an opinion of his excellence as
racer. have had fair and full way of
Judging of him, having trained him with