Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-09
HORSE GOSSIP.
The legitimate racing season in the East
III nnen on April 26 NJ WAshingLnn.

Garrison, hamilton, WlnCneil ana
young San Francisco athlete named Nc
Court, who promises to develop into
great rider.
Barnum, the old son of Bonnie Scot
land has probably run more races than
any other thoroughbred horse that ever
lived Since 1882 he has run in a total OF
210 races and his considerable owner in
tends to campaign him again in 1883.
The familiar stories of The Bard's great
ly improved form are still going the
rounds. The most recent gossip about
this son of Longfelow is that his present
trainer prophesies that he will have him
at the post III the spring an unbeatable
animal.
The chestnut mare Telegraph Girl, the
property of Mr.. Dishrow of New York
city, died of iockjaw in Goshen, n. Y.
last Monday. Telegraph Girl had rec
ord 2.21 > aud is sad to have repeatedly
shown TRIALS IN 2:20 over the Fleetwood
track.
Messrs f, b. Muir 81 Co, Of Chllesburg,
KY, to close partner snip, entered m
W Woodward ~ Harbr sons sale last week
their 10 year-old brown stallion, Count
Wilkes by George wilkes, dam bv Glll's
Vermont. As the horse then had pneu
mOnla he Was not offered, and now Mr.,
Muir has bought his partners interest in
the Count for $1,000
fremont is said to he developing into a
magnificent looking stallion in ms IOur
year old form, and kentuCkidns. As a rule,
expect his olf-pring TO prove to he won
ders. The Duny enlargement on one OF
his hoois, that iucapacltH'ed him for rae
ing last wear, IS said to have decreased in
size considerably and expert veterinarians
IN the Blue Grass state think that It Will
soon disappear entirely.
The greatest combination sale of trot-
ting horses ever held IN America, that Of
Woodland q HARRISON, ended Saturday at
Lexington with the sale of "a head for
Sl2,4SO an average of nearly Sl69. In the
SIX days sale 46l horses have passed under
the auctiOneer's hammer for SlS4 ,9l0-a
general average of S40l. Including the
sale last week, one OF the present series,
121 ANIMALS have changed owners for the
large sum OF 1910, lO0-a grand average Of
more than 1879.
Our Panton correspondent writes
II, +. Gaines has sold his well known
stock horse to a Mr.. Dagner of Troy, n. Y.
when he was at the Vermont horse stock
farm, Shelburn, VI. Bruno has sired
some OF the best selling horses ever raised
in this section. Ira Brldia has been driv-
ing one of them, a two-year old this spring
dam by son of Daniel Lambert, that
trotted a half mile the third time he wa,
on the ice in l.45.
MT. d. v. SlGlkeT, Ol JeES6NNlllt, lIl.i
has purchased OF Mr.. Robert Todhunter,
agent of the Fashion Stock Farm, Trenton,
n. j., the following trottng stock: Puz-
Zle, bay tilly, two years, by Jay Gould,
dam Pansy, by General Knox, for 81 600
Flute, bay tllly. yearling, two years, by
Stranger dam Xither, toy JAY Gould, for
$1,000 Sylvia, bay tilly, yearling, by Stran-
ger, dam SIbyl, by jay Gould, for 5000.
Ihe same party has sold to Mr.. :. Mexican
of Terra Haute, Ind, Nlgnette, bay lilly,
yearling, by Jay Gould dam Nlra, 10y
Gen. Knox, price Sl,25O
A review Of the work done on tine run
ming turf last year by the get of Hiudoo
recalls to the Spirit Of the Tunes the
famous retort made by Phil Dwyer to
Freddie Gebhardt, when the famous man
of fashion owned E)le and the Dryers
had HndOo II their stable. HindoO had
beaten Eole i'll the Coney island Cup, aud
GehhaIdt, who was dissatisfied with
the race, said in naughty tone; ''lt you
wi come TO the Union club will hack
EUle for another race TOR $4,000 DWYeT
promptly responded: al you will come
over 10 our butcherShop we will back
fiindoo tol 500, GOO The controversy end
ed right there.
| The Midway farm of Commodore Kilt
son will send out a stable of trotters next
| spring hat in point of breeding Will at
| tract universal attention, the members
being as follows: Also. by Blackwood,
! jr., 2:22l dam So So, 2:l1l4, by George
Wilkes; Asteroid, by Blackwood, jr., dam
Astoria, 2:29l3 SISTER to Dexter, by Rys-
| dyk's Hambletonian; Ruby, by Won
Arnim, 2:l9l3, dam the PAGER Gem, 2:l3$4
Minnie Winnie, by Simmons, POS (brother
to Rosa Wilkes, 2lSIlD dam Annie Cook,
by Pacing Abdallah Reve So, by Reve-
nue., 2;224 dam So So; Rosanna. by
Revenue, dam Lady Groesbeck, 2:2519, by
| Stpr If the \NaGt RpuONyn Inv RpVenDr
dam Sannie e., 2;21, bv Almont; Role by
Revenue, dam Lady olfe, 1924.
W. S. Bailey, prom cor of the Maple
wood Stock Farm, East Hardwick, VT
has just returned from Connecticut
bringing with him number of fine
| horses, among which are two stations es
pecally worthy of notice They are two
and three years old respectively, standard
| bred. sired by Star Lambert 23C3, LIST dam
by w. H. Allen, , % ii, by Volunteer
I'd dam by Logan 1?1, by Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian; 3d dam, Fanny King, a Nor
can mare with record of 2,3G. Mr.. Bal
iev's colt, Hardwick, which took secono
money in the yearling race at Rutland las
fall, is doing finely and will be placed il
the care of John Ctton Of MUrrisville, tn,
first of May, 20 be trained for the fai
races.
+. j. of West Cornwall writes: II no
ice in your Horse Gossip statement
10y Il Mr.. Turner that he times j. "
Peck's horse, Goldmine, mile on the
ice in . 2S5t Now tins is merely wind tC
blow Pech's horse to procure service the
coming season as said horse cannot trot &
mile in $50. and 2:50 will haug him up
is the opinion of all horse men here. Mr.
Peck has repeatedly had an offer of Sl0t
cash if he will show him mile in 2;40
and $50 if he will trot in $50, and can gel
1t any day, but connot be induced to make
the trial. He is II mouth and nerve trot
ter, and Peck has filled the agriculture
papers with false reports rs to his horses
speed. Said Goldmine is a good-looking
lG hand chestnut horse, will weigh 120t
or about, but as for trotting anything like
as fast as he is stated TO 1t is false, and foi
the truth of this statement | will refer
You to any and all the good horsemen anC
horse breeders in this town and vicinity
or elsewhere where the horse is known"
Mr.. w. r. Holden of East Randolph
VT, doe sn't like the pedigree of the Peter,
horse given by Mr.. A. w. Thompson, anG
takes exception tothe statement that he
has no progeny in the 2;30 list. Mr.. Hold
en- says that his horse, a son OF the re
nowned Peters horse, can beat 2:30 Thai
does NOT conflict with the statement nj