St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-06-07

THE VERMONT ASSOCIATION
Road and TrOting Horse Breeders

Road and TrOting Horse Breeders
Opens the following stakes to be trotted at the
fourth annual meeting to be held at Rutland,
August 30 % and 30.
No 1.-Association Stakes. For foals of 1887,
SIS entrance, in instaments of 3d. IS and 81, with
$50 added ; mile heats best in 3.
No. 2-Pine Hill Stock Farm Stakes For foals
of 1886, $40 entrance, in instaments of S. IS and
$40 with 800 added mile e heats, best in 3;
trance, in instaments of IS, So and sl2 with 800
added.
No. 4-Geo. W. Hooker Stakes For foals of
1884, $50 entrance in installments of S., $40 and
SIS, with $3.50 added.
No. 5-Brookside Stock Farm Stakes. For foals
of 1888 $40 entrance, in instaments of &c. SO and
$50, with $3.50 added.
No. 6.-Association's Guarantee Purse, s4OO
cent. June Is. p per cent July It, per cent. Au-
gust Is horse not required to be named until last
payments the whole amount of entrance money to
go into the purse, even if it should exceed S400:
! 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 80 SO and
$50, with 800 added.
No. S--Association's Stakes For foals of 1886,
confined to stations, entrance s25, in insaments
of So 30 and Sl2 with 500 added mile heats best
2 in 3.
No. Association Stakes. For foals of 1885,
confined to stations entrance $50, in instaments
of s. $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 So SO and $40, with 800 added
All stakes and purses are to be mile heats, best
in 5, unless otherwise specified distance barred
in all stakes under fOur-yearOlds. No horse can
take further money by reason of other parts of the
purse or stakes not being filed trotted for. All
nominations must be made and the first INSTALL
ment paid before June Is; the second INSTALL
ment due July It, the third and final nstallment
| August Is. NOminatOrs not completing payment
| of entrance forfeit instalments paid.
divided follows: 81
per cent to LIST, 25 to I'd, 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
erS.
| The Association offers the following premiums
| (entrance freey
Matched horses 151 hands and over $5O-S25 to
! first, Sl5 to second and SO to third.
Single horse, 5000 to first, $15 to second and
| SO to third.
I Brood mares with colt at foot, $5O-s25 to first
SIS to second and $40 to third.
| In addition to the above is the Treasurer's pre-
MUM for Morgan stations entrance free) 500;
$50 to fiji St $50 second $40 to third Contestants
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 ittell
Premium takers in same class last season. barred
All premiums close August Is.
Membership fee, 81 per year. Membership gives
all rights of entry and fee ticket to the annual
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 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.