St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-17
THE VERMONT ASSOCIATION
Road and Tl0ting Horse BrGGdGri

Opens the following stakes to be trotted at the
fourth annual meeting to be held at Rutland.
No Association Stakes. For foals of 1887,
SIS entrances in installments of s. IS and 81, with
$50 added !; mile heats best in 3.
No. 2-Pine Hill Stock Farm Stakes For foals
OF 1885, so entrance in installments of S. IS and
$40. with 500 added mile heats, best in 3.
No. 3-Kent Stakes. For foals of 1885, SIS
added.
No. 4-Geo. W. Hooker Stakes For foals of
1854 $50 entrance in installments of IS. $40 and
SIS, with $50 added.
No. 5--Brookside Stock Farm Stakes, For foals
OF 1888 $40 entrance, in instalments of So $40 and
$50, with $3.50 added
No. 6.-Association's Guarantee Purse, $400
Entrance 10 per cent. of purse, payable II per
cent. June Is, y per cent July 16 per cent. Au-
gust Is horse not required to be named until last
payment; the whole amount of entrance money to
go into the purse, even if il 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, in instalments of go SO and
$50, with 500 added.
No. S.-AssociatiOn's Stakes For foals of 1886
confined to stations entrance S25 in instalments
of S. ss and sl2, with 500 added mile heats, best
. in3.
No. 9.-Association Stakes. For foals of 1885,
confined to stations, entrance $50, in instaments
OF So $40 and SIS, with 500 added.
No. 1O.-Added Stakes. For mares of any age
that have never beaten 235 $40 entrance in INSTALL
ments of s10 $40 and $50, with 500 added.
All stakes and purses are to be mile heats, best
in 5, unless otherwise specifed distance barred
in all stakes under four-year-olds. No horse can
take further money by reason of other parts of the
purse or stakes not being filed tTOtted for. All
nominations must be made and the first INSTALL
ment paid on or before june 49, the second install.
ment due July 16, the third and final installment
August Is. Nominators not completing payment
of entrance forfeit installments paid.
All stakes and purses divided as follows: so
per cent to 1st, % to I'd, Is to Sd and 10 to 4th
Nominations and payments must be made to
Joseph Battell, treasurer, Middebury, VT, who
will send entry blanks application.
Trotting to be governed by the trOtting rules of
the National Association of Trotting Horse Breed
ers.
The Association offers the following premiums
(entrance freoJ:
Matched horses 15S hands and over S5O-S25 to
first SIS to second and $40 to third.
Single horse $500 tn first, $15 to second and
SO to third.
Brood mares with colt at foot, s5O-s25 to first,
SIS TO second and $40 to third.
In addition to the above is the Treasurer's pre-
MUM for Morgan stations (entrsnce free) 500;
$50 to fiji ST. $50 to second $50 to third Contestants
must trace in direct male line to Justin Morgan
and have at least 1-64th of his blood. to be
eligible to registry in the Register of Morgan
Horses now in preparation by Joseph b Ittel
premium takers in same class last season, barred.
All premiums close August Is.
Membership fee, S3 per year. Membership gives
all rights of entry and fee ticket TO the annual
exhibition. Any resident VermOnter may become
| a member unless objected to- 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 K. Bowman, Sup't, Rutland, VT. [51-54
| GEO. w. HOOKER Pres, BrattlebOrO VT.
| JOSEPH BATTELL. Treas, Middlebury, VT.
K. f. BROWNELL, Sec'y, Burlington, VT