Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-07

TO the list in a single season is thirteen.
The sire which enjoys that distinction is
foaled in 1868, and now cred
tied with thirty-eight in the honored cir
Gle. Electioneer's breeding entities him
to registry under the old rule. He would
not be standard by breeding under the
present formula.
With the exception of Elcctioneer,
Onward @ :254) has contributed great
er number, ten, of new corners to the 2.30 |
list this season than any other sire.
Onward was foaled in 1875, and got by
George Wilkes. His dam, Dolly, was
by Mambrino Chief, GU of a daugh-
ter of Ben Franklin, son of Hazrack.
This would have entitled him to registry
under the old rule, which required but a
single standard cross on the dams side,
but he would not have been standard by
breeding under the revised rules. Nine
of the get of Nutwood(2 :ls3) have drop
ped into the 2 80 list this year, and one
of those previously found there reduced
his record to 2:16t. Nutwood was by
Belmont; dam, Miss Russell, by Pilot,
Jr.; second dam, Sally Russell, by the
noted thoroughbred Boston. The new
rules would bar such breeding as that
from registry.
Here are three sires which have contri-
buted total of thirty-two new additions
to the . 80 list during the past season,
and neither of the three would be con-
sidered worthy of rank among standard
animals by breeding as the rules now
have been admitted under the old rule,
which was considered too lax. If the
new rules are so far superior to the old
ones as represented, why has not some
present formula done better that this?
Rysdyk's Hambletonian founded fam
lily of trotters which in point of both
speed and numbers far surpasses any 9TH
er, and bids fair in time to eclipse all
others. The two of his sons from which
have descended the greatest number of
2 80 performers were Alexanders Alb
dallah and George Wilkes, neither of
which were standard by breeding, meas
ured by the present rules. George
Wilkes would have been eligible under
rule seven, which was cut off, had the
rules been in force at the time he was
foaled. George Wilkes's 2 80 list now
numbers not less than 65. Alexander
Abdallah died Young, but his 2 80 pro-
geny far outnumbers that even of George
Wilkes. Happy Medium, foaled in 1863
was standard bred under the present
rules, for his dam had a record of 2 80
He is now credited with IL in the 2 :3(
list, yet the fastest of his get, Make Cobt
(2:l3D, was from non-standard mare
Harold, foaled in 1864, would not be eli
glble by breeding under the present
rules, but would have been under the ole
ones. He has furnished Is or 10 with re-
cords of , 80 and better, including MauC
5. (2:0Ss), which was from mare witt
only single trOtting cross. Knicker
booker, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, foal
to the present rules, as his dam was by
George NJ Patchen, and his second dan
by old Abdallah. The fastest of his get
Onward @ POD, was also standard bret
according to the present requirements
Strathmore, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian
foaled in 1866, was not standard bred
He now has % sons and daughters in tn,
, 80 list, the fastest being Santa Clau
(2:17D, which was from non-standarC
dam.
Belmont, by AleXander's Abdellah
dam, Belle, by Mambrino Chief, secon,
dam by Browns Belfounder, woul'
have been standard by breeding unde
the old rules, but not under the revise,
ones. The same is true of Nutwoo,
(2:lsD and Viking (2:l9D, as the dam
of each, although the greatest broo,
mares in the world, have but sin
gle standard cross. 1t is singular fac
that Nutwood's fastest trotter, Woodnu
(2:l64), is from a non-standard dam
Neither Red Wilkes, Onward (2:25H
Alcantara (2:23), Alcyone (2:27) no
Ambassador (2:2lD would be standar,
by breeding according to the present re
quirements, yet all would have been eli
gible under rule seven. A glance at tn
second page of, last weeks Cuitivator vii
: show what success they have had in get
ting fast stock.
AXtell q :23), the fastest two-year-ol
stallion in the world, would not hav
been standard bred under the presen
rules, and Sunol cas-, as has befor
been remarked, was out of dam wit
only single trotting cross. The tw
,, fastest three-year-old trotters of the pas
season were Edgemark (2:2D, by Veto
Won Bismarck, and Repetition (2:2D b
Red Wilkes. Neither could have bee
registered AS standard under the presen