Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-05-11

gned. He trotted twelve heats in 1872
five heats in 1874 and his record is
], not :20I, as stated by Gen. Tracy.
us be accurate as we move along in
discussion. Gov. Sprague made his
ord of 2 :201 in 1876, and his fastest
former, Kate Sprague, 2:lS, was foal-
in 1875. Ethan Allen made his record
.251 in 1860 and he sired previous to
Pocahontas, 2:26a, trial 2l73; Bill
Barr, 2 :23a, and Hotspur, 2 "a. George
Patchen made his fastest record, :235,
pr he had got his fastest performer,
ey, 2:1S4. Thorndale. 2 :224, sired Ed
Thorne 2164 and Daisydale 2:l9a,
ore Doble drove him to his record and
YER K. 2:l6i, the sole jewel in the
wn of King Wilkes, was got before his
made a record of ;22i. Previous to
ting in 2:l5t, Guy Wilkes sired Sable
kes. three-year-old record. 2:lS.
pse are but straws showing how
bnglv the current of confirmed truth
VS. to the support of the undeveloped
theory.
quote sample paragraph from Gen.
cy's last article: "The fast road
re has produced a son or daughter that
Id trot faster than she could, and so
have gone on from generation to gen
ion, each succeeding generation of
ses being able to speed faster than the
that preceded it, And thus, by the
of the survival of the fittest, we have
duced horse that has no equal at the
ting gait" / have no objection to a
re intended for the breeding stud be-
trained within moderation, but if the
eral wishes the public to understand
the queens of the turf, when relegat-
o the harem, have produced faster
formers than themselves, he is all at
The severely campaigned mares
e either proved sterile or failures in
stud. The crown passed from Lady
folk to Flora Temple, then to Lady
brne and Goldsmith Maid, and | have
TO learn that either of these ever pro-
ed trotter as fast as herself. The
uueens of the turf were failures in the
4 because long training and severe
IS had Slapped or dried up the juices of
litv. have stated that George Wilkes
an exception among developed sires
have declined to admit that a rule
be proved by an exception to it.
bryce Wilkes was sluggish horse and
ost lust three times as many heats as
won, and after going to Kentucky he
the aid of fresh and highly bred
res. These supplied the vitality which
could not impart himself; and the
pdreds of foal-owning Kentuckians.
b entitled to rank as a professor in a
ming school. did the rest. No family
ever worked with and doomed as was
George Wilkes family, and yet under
> 20 test. Electioneer. IAN undeyeloped
lion, by an undeveloped sire, out of
lndeveloped dam, outranks, with less
h half the number of performers,
bryce Wilkes. My masquerading friend,
VIM. l.. Simmons, tried to mislead
uniformed on this point by crowd
pacing and saddle performances into
2 20 list of George Wilkes, but the
k did not blind any ordinary student
he 2 30 table. Mr.. Simmons is an in
igent man, and regret that he should
Fe stopped to such bubble in dig
ed discussion. If the theories of some
tiers prevailed. George Wilkes would
eived black mark for every PAGER
id by him. We are breeding for trot-
;, not PAGERS.
Eedgewoods fast performers were got
ore he obtained his record of 2:l9.
neral Tracy explains his failure in
w England on the ground that he there
the average New England mare, which
far short of the WOODBURY. mare
S it not wasted vitality on the part of
stallion rather than the absence of
litv in the mare? There are many
ID mares in New England and Wedge
I'D. on account of his fee and reputa-
\, got the best of these. Look al
ODDS Hambletonian, an undeyeloped
lion. He spent his life in an out-of
way Pennsylvania village, where hi'
bortunities were far below those OF
dgewoOd in New England, and yet Il
his get trained to records of , 30 ant
ter, the fastest being that of Nancy
ckett, 2 20. Was this due to chance
TO a fixed law of nature? The ances
of Woods Hambletonian were vir
lily undeyeloped like himself. The
bit of action was not intensified il
IN or him by use. Alexander's Abdal
sire of Woods Hambletonian, started
ust two races and his accord is 2 ~
ch is 20 seconds slower than my lin
# 2:22. Goldsmith Maid, 2:l4, ex
BEN of the turf, was got by Alexander
1allah when he was two years old ant
ore he had been broken to harness.
General Tracy should not accuse me o
lying because | have not accepted
positions entirely different from thos
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