Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-08-17
HORSE GOSSIP.
Points from Track and stable About Noted
Horses,

Horses,
Stonecrop was badly injured Sunday,
and possibly may never race again.
Surinam and True BritOn have broken
down and have been turned out.
Florentine, a half brother to Firenzt,
ran mile i'll las at Monmouth Sunday.
Choctaws leg had to be fired, and he
has joined the other cripples, Eolian and
Cyclops, under trainers care.
A match between the Dawdle colt and
Proctor Knott is possibility, Mr.. With
ers saying his colt can defeat the winner
of the Junior Champion stakes.
Mr.. G.. d. Wilson of Lexington, Ky,
has purchased Of Mr.. ID. SwiRert of the
Elmendorf Stud, the bay yearling colt, by
imp, Gleneig, dam Lightioot by LeXing'
ton, for $1,000
Mr.. William Easton has received in
structons from Mr.. William Aston TO sell
the entire lot OF his Rhlnebeck yearlngs
at public auction during the first week oi
September. The crop OF yeaflugs are
considered very fine by those who have
seen them, ana their breeding is uite first
class. They number II head, and are the
get of Frederick the Great, Baden Baden,
Iroqus and Eous, out OF some of the best
mares in the stud book.
A. Il. McCreagh, jr., Gouverneur, n. Y.
has purchased OF g. f. Emery, Forest Guy
Farm, Cleveland, o., a bay colt foaled
1SSS, by Brown Wilkes, dam Engleside, by
Harold, grandam Englewood SISTER to
Wedgewood, 2:l9J If this colt is individ-
ually as good as his breeding he should
make great stock horse.-Sptrit Of the
tnCS.
The IA horses lost at the Shohola acct
dent, Monday, were mainly the property
OF Fred Gebhard. Among those lost were
Eole, Eollst, Minesal, Bianka, Certainty,
Pauline, Frank, Orphan Boy, and two
year-old filly. Scandinavian, owned by
Mat stone of California, was killed and
two of Mrs. Langtry's black tandem
horses. The only one saved was St Sa-
viour and twoyear old tilly. The horses
lost were valued at 100000 They were
81 ipped from Long Branch, Saturday
w. H. Wilson, Abdallah Fark, Cynthia
ma. Ky, August 4, sold to Livingston x
McBeth, Brown county, Ohio, the black
stallion Hockholly, by Simmons, 2744, dam
Hollyhock, by Smuggler, 215l4.
w. j. Nicely, Ottawa, H., has sold to B.
\. Smith, Chicago, the brown two-year-
old stallion Scipio Chief, by Ottawa Chief,
dam Black Zone, by Tempest ; I'd dam by
Black Hawk Chief (son of Hills Vermont
Black Hawk
Mr.. Hamlin, in conversation with Mr..
Allie Bonner about Maud >. coming to
Buffalo, intimated that Belle Hamln
would beat 2:l0 over the Buffalo track.
Allen Maid does not act like "stop-
per" In the three fast heats at Mystic
last week she had little slack to pay out,
the length of which would depend on how
fast the other horse came to her.-SUlrtt
u the HUb.
During the Cleveland meeting 30 heats
were trotted and paced, in harness and
under the saddle ThrCy-nine of these
were in 2:2O or better.
The entries to the New England Breed
er's coming exhibition have closed, and
about 800 applications for stalls have been
made, including the colts named in stake
races. The prospects are very brilliant fol
| one OF the best displays of high bred stock
ever shown in any section OF the North.
The prospects for the Blanchard run
nlng meeting, being a great turf success
are growing stronger every day. The pre-
! llmlnary arrangements have been com
! pleted. A large number of entries are
looked for, and if the weather should he
| favorable Boston will have all the turf
| fun in September that Il metropolitan city
could ask for.
The secretary of the New England Asso
citation Trotting Horse Breeders, Mr.. 5
! w. Parlin, has issued pamphlet in IA yer!
neat form, giving the list of stake entries
! programme of events during the meetiu q
constitution and bylaws, aud list of mem
/ bers to date The same can he had Un ap
plicatlon to the secretary, No. Stat
street, Boston.
A large number of horse men are ittiul
up their colts Tor the breeders meeting q
Rutland, and others which will be helC
later. Middlebury and Nergennes espec
I lAlly propose to give a grand show o
horses this fall.
Mr.. Starr OF Spencer and Mr.. Marble o
| Worcester, accompanied by James NJ
Stevens, Y. 5, of Worcester Mass, wer
in Addison county last week in search o
fine horses, and purchased fine gentle
mans dri, er OF c H. Lane of Cornwall
also span OF Addison Lamberts of Mr.
! Blackmer o, Orwell.
A Hogs Sagacity.