St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-24
THE VERMONT ASSOCIATION
Road and TrOtting Horse Breeders

Opens the following stakes to be trotted at the
fourth annual meeting to be held at Rutland,
August %, % and 30
No. 1.-Association Stakes. For foals Of 1887.
s15 entrance, in installmens of &c. S. and 81, with
$50 added ; mile heats, best in g.
No 2-Pine Hill Stock Farm Stakes. For fOas
of 1856 $40 entrance in installments of S. IS and
s10 with 800 added mile heats best in 3.
No. 3-Kent Stakes. For foals OF 1885, S25 en-
added.
No. 4-Geo. w. Hooker Stakes. For foas of
1884, $50 entrance, in installments of S. $40 and
No. 5-Brookside Stock Farm Stakes. For foals
OF 1888 $40 entrance in instaments of So $40 and
No. 6-Associations Guarantee Purse, 1900.
Entrance 10 per cent. of purse, payable a per
gust Is horse not required to be named until last
payment; the whole amount of entrance money to
go into the purse even if it should exceed $500
open to all horses that have never beaten three
minutes prior to closing of nominations.
No. 7-Green Mountain Stock Farm Stakes.
For stations of any age that have never beaten
2:35, $40 entrance i'll installments of So $40 and
800, with 800 added.
No. s.-Assooations Stakes. For foals of 1886,
confined to stations entrance $25, in nstallments
Of S. So and sla with 500 added mile heats, best
in3.
No. s.-Association Stakes. For foals of 1885.
confined to stations, entrance $50, in instaments
of S.. $40 and S15 with 500 added.
No. 10.-Added Stakes. For mares of any age
ments of $40, $40 and 800 with s1OO added
All stakes and purses are to be mile heats. best
s In unless OknerW1Se Spec1neu; distance barred
in all stakes under four-year-olds. No horse can
take further money by of other parts of the
purse stakes not being filed trOtted for. All
nominations must be made and the first Install
ment paid or before June Is; the second Install
ment due July 16, the third and final installment
August IS. NOmnatOrs not completing payment
of entrance forfeit installments paid.
All stakes and purses divided follows: 50
per cent. to 1st, 25 to 3D. Is to Sd and 10 to 4th
Nominations and payments must be made to
Joseph Battell treasurer, Middlebury, VT, who
will send entry blanks on application.
TrOtting to be governed by the trOtting rules of
the National Association of TrOtting Horse Breed
The Association offers the following premiums
(entrance freeJ:
Matched horses 15a hands and over $5O-S25 to
first, SIS to second and SO to third.
Single horse, 5000 to first, $l5 to second and
$40 to third.
Brood mares with colt at foot, S5O-S25 to first
S15 to second and $40 to third.
In addition to the above is the Treasurers pre-
MUM for Morgan stations entrance free) 800;
$50 to fiji ST. $50 to second $50 to third Contestant
must trace in direct male line to Justin Morgan
and have at least 1-64th of his blood. so as to be
eligible to registry in the Register of Morgan
Horses, now in preparation by Joseph lttell.
Premium takers in same class last season, barred
All premiums close August Is.
Membership fee, 50 per year. Membership gives
all rights of entry and fee ticket to the annual
exhibition. Any resident VermOnter may become
member unless objected toy by forwarding the
fee to the treasurer. In competition for stakes and
premiums. only members eligible.
Applications for stalls and boxes and infOrma
ton about the track and grounds should be ad
dressed to E. Bowman, Sup't, Rutland, vt. [51-54
GEO. w. HOOKER, Pres, Brattleboro, VT.
JOSEPH BATTELL, Treas, Middlebury, vt.
E. F. BROWNELL, Sec'y, Burlington, vt.