Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-28

Hawk, son of Vermont Black Hawk.
Sentinel, full brother to the renowned
Volunteer, produced trotters from daugh-
ters of such celebrated brood mare sires
as Seely's American Star, American Clay
and Kentucky Clay. His fastest trotter
and best campaigner by the records was
Won Arnim, q :19D, whose dam was May
Short, by Blood's Black Hawk, son of
Vermont Black Hawk.
The well-known trainer, Mr.. John
Trout, who was for some time in the en-
ploy of the late Alden Goldsmith, asserts
that Gloster [2:17) was the fastest trot-
ter got by Volunteer, and the fastest that
he ever saw. The records show him to
be the fastest save one, st. Julien (2:l1D.
Gloster died when but eight years old. He
was very large horse, and probably had
not then reached maturity. His dam was
by Stockbridge Chief, son of Vermont
Black Hawk. The dam of Joe Bassett,
sire of Johnston, the fastest PAGER that
ever took the word, was by direct de-
scendant of old Justin Morgan. Marie
Jansen, which drove the three-year-old
trotter Repetition out in :21 at the Lex
ington (ky.) meeting this fall, is by Bet
terton, full brother to Jumps (2:2D, by
George Wilkes; and her dam, Dame Tan
sey, was by Daniel Lambert, out of a
thoroughbred mare named Quarter. The
dam of Kentucky Wilkes (2:2lH, one of
the handsomest, fastest and gamest sons
of the celebrated George Wilkes, was
Minna, by Red Jacket. The latter, as be-
fore stated, also got the second dam of
Red Wilkes. Red Jacket was by Comet,
also known as Billy Root, he by Sher-
man Morgan, son of Justin Morgan.
The dam of Red Jacket was by Sher-
man Morgan, and that Of Billy Root, as
given by Linsley, was by Justin Morgan.
She was probably one of the most remark
able roadsters that ever lived. Mr.. Ben
jamin Hubbard, who once took care of
Billy Root several months, remembers
her we'll, and recently informed us that
upon three occasions she was driven from
Portland, Me-, to st. Johnsbury, VT, in
one day. The distance by road was called
| 120 miles.
The fastest trotter and best campaign
er that has yet come from Alcantara
| q :23) is Whitesocks g :203), whose dam,
Dixie, was by Rather, son of Stockbridge
Chief, by Vermont Black Hawk, out of a
mare of Morgan descent; and the best
campainger yet got by Alcyone (2:27) is
Golden Rod g :22H, whose dam, Annie
Eastin, was by Morgan Rather, son of
IIale's Green Mountain Morgan. Nelson
(2:2lH and Sunrise Patchen (2:l9D, the
two fastest three-year-olds by the records
ever foaled in the North up to 1882, both
inherited double-Morgan strain. Most
of the winners of colt stakes at the late
New England Breeders meeting possess
ed strong dash of Morgan. The dam
of Hopeful (2;l4a) was from daughter
of Whalebone, son of Sherman Morgan.
Those who are tempted to belttle the
speed of the Morgans should remember
that Daniel Lambert, by Ethan Allen
:253), son of Vermont Black Hawk,
by Sherman Morgan, has produced a
greater number of 2 80 performers (35)
than all the sons of Rysdyk's Handle
tonian that ever stood in New England,
from first to last. Gen. Knox, which
was inbred to the Morgan strain, ranks
next to Daniel Lambert, and Winthrop
Morrill,, one of the strongest inbred Nor
gans of his day, comes next.
Gilbreth Knox g :26a), by Gen. Knox
has produced a greater number of sons
and daughters with records of 2 80 OF
better than any son of Rysdyk's Ham,
bletonian now standing in the Eastern
States. or that was ever kept here for
service. The breeding of his dam was
never traced, but the veteran horseman,
Mr.. Hiram Reed, formerly of Augusta,
Me-, who knew her well, has informed
us that she had the unmistakable char
acteristics of the Morgan, and as she
came from Vermont, it is highly proba.
BILE that she was of Morgan lineage.
The above are few instances which
now occur to mind, without consulting
the records, where animals possessing
the Morgan cross, placed on an equal
footing with animals of the most fash
ionable trotting strains, have proved
themselves superior to their more popu,
lar competitors as turf performers. In
view of these facts, it is safe to claim that
the Morgan cross, while not conspicuous
as prime factor in trotters of extreme
speed, found in the 2 10 or IL lists, is
yet one of the most potent auxilaries
that can be introduced in a trotting pedi-
gree where extreme or high rate of speed
is sought. No allusion has been made in
the above to the progeny of Pilot, Jr.,
whose sire Mr.. Joseph Battell claims to
have traced to the Hawkins Horse, a son
of Justin Morgan. As the proofs upon
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