Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-23

ing in the French country for which the
(here unheard of price of 5000 had been
refused. am now acquainted with this
superb animal (for which twice that sum
has since been oflered) and will speak of
him at length. lately spent couple
of days with the hosptable owner, rode
ten leagues after the horse, and am so
well satisfied of his excellence that |
have purchased colt of his breed.
Mr.. Jodoines horse is rough built,
but magnificent, stout gelding of 153
hands. bright bay with white face aud
four white feet; powerful and active as
a lion, yet gentle and quiet as II lamb.
He has especially long hips. and large,
fiat limbs, with proportionate joints.
His loins are not remarkable for appar-
ent length, his stifle and gaskin are not
very much developed, his buttocks iut
out well together and are especially sharp
when he takes to speed. His head,
both in size and character; it reminds
one of an elephant, or an earthquake
My attention was fixed by his large nos
trils, into which modern exquisite
might freely thrust his two fists. These
are derived from the dam, a stout Yankee
mare of spirit and a great roadster. The
horses sire was fair, but not eXtraordi-
nary, white footed chestnut, which | re-
member being ridden by c. c. S. Debleu-
ry, Esq, in Montreal, nearly twenty
years ago. He was got by Sir Walter,
and, no doubt, from his smooth appear
ance, out of a good mare, though prob
ably not a thoroughbred. Sir Walter
was chestnut horse, of-say 15-24,
with white stripe and hind feet, pur-
chased at or near New York. | have
heard it said that he was intended for
the grand contest which alternately came
off between Eclipse and Sir Henry, and
was sold at $500, when his owner was in
high dudgeon at his taking fit of the
sulks However, he was for several
years, to my knowledge, master of the
Canadian turf at Montreal; and has then
and since served to improve the stock of
the country. His pedigree is shown as
follows:
SCOT by Hickory, by imp. Whip, by
Satram, etc.; Sir Walters dam Mettle
Top, by imp. Diomed; her dam, Betsy
Lewis, by imp. Sharke-Lindsay' Arabi-
an. CThis pedigree is correct. Sir Wal
ter was owned by the late Bella Badger,
Esq; he is described to us as a horse of
remarkable speed and of great beauty
Editor Spirit of the Tines
Passe Carreau is a free, easy and splen
did moving horse. Every foot swings
straight forward and close to the ground.
One of the stewards where he won last
year stated to me that he marked the
time correctly along with another of the
stewards. and that ii was two minutes
and 81 seconds. on Il measured straight
mile on the ice. The Flyer is a model of
the large horse of all-work, being perfect
either as Il pillow. pleasure. a family, or
a road horse, and no doubt excellent I'M
der saddle.
Some jockeys of a neighboring village
had laid their heads together and decried
this horse with probably Interior views
of their own; when one or two strangers
walked into their burg talking horse and
the result was that the wind of laughter
set into the right quarter.
| suppose that Passe Carreau Tan be
sold for more money, even in these times,
than was ever paid for horse in Canada
but his owner says the horse is too pleas
ant to ride after, and too powerful about
the farm work, to be thrown away for a
few hundred dollars; still he is not dis
posed to refuse a liberal price, and thinks
that $4,000 would answer his purpose.
The horse is seven years old this spring
and appears to be sound and unblemsh-
ed. From the above account it will be
seen that he has no French Canadian
blood. G.. b.
Sherbrooke, C. E., April 4, 1913.