Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-06
Breeders Meeting Stakes,
The Vermont Association of Road
and Trottlng Horse Breeders

Opens the following stakes to be trotted at the
fourth annual meeting to be held at Rutland,
August Is, % and 30.
No. l.-AssoClATION STAKES. For ais OF
1857, SIS entrance, in installments of %, IS
and -, with $50 added; 4 mile heats best
in 3.
No. 2.-PINE HILL STOCK FARM STAKES. For
foals OF 1856, $40 entrance in installments OF
-, 81 and $40, with 800 added; mile heats,
best in 3.
entrance, in installments OF 30, IS and Sl2,
with 800 added.
No. 4.-GEo. w. HOOKER STAKES. For foals
OF 1884, $50 entrance, in installments of 80, $40
and SIS with $3.50 added.
No. 5.-BROoKsIDE STOCK FARM STAKES.
For foals OF lsS3, $40 entrance, in installments
of $40, $40 and $50, with $3.50 added.
No. 6.-AssOCIATIONG GUARANTEE PURSE, $780,
Entrance 10 per cent of purse, payable "a per
cent June Is, pa per cent July l6, 3 per cent
August Is; horse not required to be named
until last payment; the whole amount OF en-
| trance money to go into the purse, even If it
should exceed 1900; open to all horses that
have never tbeaten three minutes prior to
closing OF nominations.
No. 7.-GREEN MOUNTAIN STOCK FARM
STAKES. For stations of any age that have
never beaten2@i - entrance, in installments
OF Sl0 10 and -. with 300 added.
No. S.-AssnrfAtI ~ STAKES. For foals OF
lss6, confintj 10 stations entrance S25 IN in
staliments OF IS, IS aud Sl2, with 800 added !;
mile heats, best , in =.
| No. 9.-AssOCIATIuS STAKES For foals ct
1855, confined to stations, entrance S3o. ia in
stallments OF %, $40 and sl5, with SioO added.
No. lO.-ADDED STAKES. For mares OF any
age that have never beaten 2.3J, $40 entrance,
| in installments of $40, $40 and $50 with 900
added.
| All stakes and purses to be mile heats, best
8 in 5, unless otherwise specified; distance
barred in all stakes under. Jour year Olds. No
horse can take further money by reason OF
other parts of the purse or stakes not being
| filed or trotted for. All nominations must be
made and the first installnient paid on or be-
| fore June Is; the second nstallment due July
| 10, the third and final installment August Is.
| Nominators not completing payment of en-.
trance forfeit installments paid.
All stakes and purses divided as follows
so per cent to first, % to 3D. 10 to 3D. and 10 to
4th.
| Nominations and payments must be made to
Joseph Batteil, treasurer, Middlebury, VT,
who will send entry blanks on application.
Trottlng to governed by the trotting rules
of the National Association OF Trotting Horse
Breeders.
The Association offers the following pre-
miums (entrance tree)
| Matched horses l5Is hands and over, S50-S25
TO first, els to second and $40 to third.
Single horse, S50-s25 to first, Sl5 to second
and $40 to third.
first, Sl5 to second and $40 to third.
In addition to the above premiums Is the
Treasurer's premium tor Morgan stations
(entrance tree 500; $50 to first, $50 TO second
$50 to third. Contestants must trace in direct
male line to Justin Morgan and have at least
.64thof his blood so as to be eligible to registry
in the Register of Morgan Horses. now in pre-
paration by Joseph Battell Premium takers
In same class last season barred. All pre-
miums close Aug. 10.
Membership tee, % per year. Membership
gives all rights of entry and free ticket to thu
annual exhibition. Any resident OF Vernon
may become member (unless objected to
by forwarding the tee to the Treasurer II
competition for stakesand premiums, only
members are eligible.
| Applications tor stalls and boxes and TO
Information about the track and ground
should bel addressed to +. bowman, Supt
Rutland, VT.
GEO. w. HOOKER, Prest., Brattleboro, VT
| JOSEPH BArTELL Treas, Middlebury, vt.
EFF. BRowNELL, Sec'y, Burlington, VI.