Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-05-18
HORSE GOSSIP.

If Johnston, the king of -wheelers, !
and the California wonder, Arrow, meet
this season in Il grand special, the three
heats OF Little Brown jug, 2 ia, 2.ll@i, !
. i215, are not likely to be the best on rec
ord.
Patrons twu-year-oli brother, ProdiQal,
owned 10y John :. Clark, has been sent to
Lexington, Ky, aud VIII he deve Oped 10y
the Bowermau Bros.
The beautiful lttle stallion. "N. j. Fui-
ler," which WAS 50 greatly admired at all
the fans in northern New York last fail,
was SOLD recently az Carthage for Sl3,OOO.
Palo Alto was so severely burned in the
Palo APO fire hat he viii probably never
be trained again, but he may be able to do
duty in the stud. Manz1ute, also injur
ed. will be Ielegated to the ranks of brood
mares.
The bay mare Storm, 2.969i, by Middle
town ont of Green Mountain Maid, has
been sent to Paris, Ky, to be bred to Ba
ron Wilkes, 2 24&4, one of the best, if not
the best, bred sons of George Wilkes
| N. Y. Sportsman.
The black stallion Idol Gift, by Idol is
showing up very fast Hiram Smith drove
! him very handilv to the quarter in 2ll3
seconds, and made the half mile in 1.1319
spirit.
AT auction recently, Wheeling Wilkes,
seven years old by George w lkes, dam
| by Edward Everett, Droug ht $4,000, the
| purchaser being NJ. II. Bissell of Grand
| Rapids, Mich
Messrs Mann y Eagle OF Toledo, o.,
claim they row own the largest horse in the
! country. lie Is seven years old, stands
/ 1S15 hands high, and weighs 1865 pounds.
Mr.. f g. Ryder has a very fine colt but Il
! few days Old from Deucallon 23, dam
RoXey by old Lambert. We shall be
surprised if we do not hear from this colt
in a few years as Mr.. Ryder says mo
money could buy him"
The two colts Mr.. Barton of Weybridge
brought from kentucky are doing well.
J. w. Peck of West Cornwall has sold
his five-year-old stallion, Goldmine by
! Aristos, to Wright & Witherell for the
South American trade. GOldmine is ii
| handsome well finished stallion, IL hands
high, and during the past winter has won
for himself many friends, having given "a
public exhibition of his speed, and style
of movement on the ice and his sale and
removal will be great loss to breeders
in this locality; it is generally conceded
that with a little handling he would make
O fine record.
C. II. Nelson OF Watervlle, Me-, now
owns the five year-old stallion Herolight.
Herollgnt is a rich bay, nearly IL hands
high, got by Starlight, son of Kentucky
Prince, out of Boadicea, by Rysdyk' 5
Hambletonian
The n. Y. Sportsman has offered a
stake for Harry Wilkes, Prince Wilkes
and Belle Hamlin, with 49, 600 rs added
money, making the stake aud added mon
ey So COO. The winner will receive -, COO
Rochester is named as the place for the
race to be held.
The brown stallion Hersey, 223 3-4, by
Mace donian, son of Rysdyk's HamhetOn
ian, Will be sold at public auction May |.
by Isburgh u Co., 10 and y East street
Boston. Hersey is IA years old and ha.
! n n
OF first class stock horse.
L. l.. Dorsey. one of the best know
Kentucky trotting horse breeders, died al
his farm near Louisville last Thursday
Mr.. Dorsey founded the Golddu.t iamily
of trotters. The best horse ever raised Oh
the tarm was Epaulet, which sold fol
81! 800.
At the Island Stock Farm, Bradford
Mass, the following are a few of he mos
important sales made recently Bay mar,
Lille Laugtrv, sold to 1averhlll parties
black FLY NIL Girl, by Sea Norman, t.
j. A. Collins, New Hampshire hay fill
Mis-, Maggie. Ly Redppth. to i. II. New
by Euckthon, = 81, dam by Banner Nor
gan, to Frank Pasho. II tyerhlll, and
fine pony to Boston parties.
Col. J. A. Harvard of Littetou, Mass.
owns Morgan mare that is bred Hbou
as strongly IN Morgan blood rs can b
| tuuuI. she Is a dark or mahogany hay
stands Isl and weighs ll4O pounds
She was sired by Young Figaro, VIII,
traced 10 Green Mountain Morgan througl
sire and dam. Her dam wa, Gip-ey b.
Massachusetts Morgan and ne bS Gree
Mountain Morgan. Gipsy's dam by tn
Harvard Horse, and he by Green Noun
tain Morgan. Phic Morgan mare is nov
in toal 10 Ben r. Frauktn, another inpre
Morgan, and the tOal ought to be reut
bic one,