Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-30
HORSE GOSSIP.
Points from Track and state About Noted
Horses.


Holabirds Ethan Allen has seven per
formers in the 2;3O list, the fastest with Il
| record of PTS
| Royal Bounce, 2l9, is for sale. He
| weals no weights, needs no boots, and
| trots in light shoes.
n. p. Laselle of Beech Ridge has bought
| of G.. f. Smith of Swantou, promising
| five-y year cid Star Ethan colt.
The $4,000 stake offered by the New York
Driving Club for the 300 class has been
named the Morrisania stakes.
The trotting mare Trinket, 2:14, has
| been sold To w. 5. Hobart of San Fran
cisco. She is III toal to Dexter Bradford.
| w. w. Bair, the driver and trainer of
| Maud s, is i'll California, intending to e..
tablsh stable of horses there, probably
at san Jose.
Leonard Fish of Ira has year.
! old colt out of Ben Franklin which prom
| ses to be the best in his class at the com
ing breeders meeting
The richest stake ever won in America
was the Pevon stake, run at Nashville in
| lS43 which was wor' h $4l 600 to the win
ner Distance, four mile heats.
| Miss Woodford won more money than
| any animal that ever ran on the American
turf, winning in five years As races, worth
| SllS910.
In 1856 the stables of the DIVER broth
|
! more money than was every won by any
| single racing establishment in America.
| In the vicinity of lexington, Ky, at
| present there are no ltsS than IS sons of
| George Wilkes doing stud service There
are several OF bis grandsons in the stud.
| Mr. ;. Z. Bonnette of Lyndonville has
purchased of II. r. Cults of Orwell the
3-year- old stallion Hamshire, Ne. As!
| Hamshire is full brother to Bell Frank.
lin, record 2:2S14.
| The hrst of the get of the celebrated
| young stalllan Patron, ia -, was toaled
AT FOREST City farm Il day or two ago. 1t
is a colt out of Secret, 2:2O 12, by Slrath-
more, and ought to prove good one.
MI Strauss of this city has added
TO ms private stable a stylish span
OF loausterS recently purchased from G..
l." Marsh oi Enoaburgh Eells, Vt Con
side ration announced as $500 Boston
Courier.
Harry Wilkes will be sent to beat the
record of Jay-Eye-See C2:1O y the coming
season. 1t viii be a difficult feat to ac-
compilsh, but the progeny of George
Wilkes seems capable of performing tasks
neNond the capabllity of most other trOt.
ting families.
W; NJ. Partch of New Haven has one of
he best stock horses in Addison county.
Gay Jones, Kentucky bred horse, has
several colts which are showing fine ac-
ton and promise to be very speedy
{. II. Bessey of West Enosburgh owns
the tIottlng gelding Star Motion by Mo
uOn by Daniel Lambert, dam a Black
Hawk mpre. He trotted a mile here lasl
tall i'll PA, and the last half was made III
i:2O He Will not be four Yeas old till
next June.
j. {. Bogue of West Enosburgh has a
stallion coming four years Old, sired by
star Ethan He is a handsome brown,
Welgns 1910 and shows good trottiug ac
tlou, ana Is likely to be fast with training.
Thomas Moran, also of West Euos-
Durgh, has stallion coming four years
old, sired by "Patchen Boy" he by God
Trey Patchen. He is large rangy colt.
but only partly broken.
A the Lincoln spring meeting the Lin.
colnshirt handicap of 1000 sorefeigus was
wen Dy W j. Legh's Neracity, w. Joun
gers Tyrone second, and Speuce's Lon.
ster thlrd. There were % starters
Within less than two months, ColoneI
II. &. Slorer Of the Hambetouian Farm
bourbon County, Ky, has sold owe,
Fl|UuO worth OF colts aud ftiiles, the get OF
Mann )rno Russell, Strathmore and
Baron Wilkes, mainly the latter, wbict
orig ne highest prices and are in the
gre test demand.
Ethan Allen. ir., sire of eight OBJ
performers. among them Shepherd Boy
- ana al one time one o. the prOmiuen
stations at FairlaWn. changed hands re-
Gently Tor ihe mall sum OF 500 steven
son x Thompson, GeoruetuIyn. Ky ar,
his present owners. Ethan Anau ir
now IS Years Old. He is a brother nf Ilanit
Lambert.
Much speculation is fndulged in a. f,
who will train and drive Sire Pr.
string, Harry Wilkes. etc savstha JJrrvo
IHun. Turner, Trout and OF hers hive bean
rece Itly interviewed hv the owners cf raj,
desirable stable. but Frank Van Nes. i.
liable to drOp into his ola Mac. N,.,
track work BEGINS
Em,,et Han of Voc, Conoo,,l ~.
houUhf Of tiar.cH,, g, Nm Cou n, ~ ~
cn,sfrut coli IeS,,i, t,'
L bred hv X. =. pepper. of Erarkforf Nv
1 sired hy Onward. dom Cut nv Rri1nrii
"a dam Clop dam of Coda o:o9i =. G,nnn
sellor, 2:24, ana blanche Amorv 4o.56l h,
Pilot ir., reported pricr S1oo0 ~''0' =
Mr. Gaorge Stanlas 90 n,,,h,. A,....,.
his fine horee AIiiso, VI Danpy mas s9l'
<, Rrnols Of In1'atia fa ictn ~ 10 onYue
Sor,a yrsS V, sjra que ioI EoVu. M, staples
1883, and was considered Nv manv ~,
finest stock horse in that sectinn IF th'
country r Hawiaw bas 80 =. aoIt