Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-06
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HORSE GOSSIP.



oar New Haven correspondent writes
o. The LanesbOlO > Uck Fam, Messrs.
Pdrtch x sons, proprielors AT the head
of the stud stands Clay Jones, sire Cassius
VI. Clay So and dam Kitty Clay by Rys-
dyk's HambletOnian 10. He took first
sOeClal premium Al the Vermont State
Agricultural society, and also first pre-
mium On all stations five years Old or
oyer. HIS STOCK Is fine, many promising
colts of his being seen here and have been
sold from this town, one of which brought
Sl2, 900 Another fine stallion is Clay Lam
bert 1879, sire Battell's Motion 1874 by Dan
lei Lambert dam by Cassius NJ. Clay
ST. lie also took first premium at Bur
| lngton. At the Breeders meeting at
Rutland he won the honor of being the
handsomest colt on the ground. Mr..
Partch has II 10-months old colt by him.
a picture of the sire for which he has re-
fused $40. A colt of great promise is a
yearling stallion, Lanesboro Boy, that
stands l5l5 bands high and weighs 1000
He was sired by Clay Jones and his dam
is by Cassius NJ. Clay Sc Messrs. Partah
Il SONS certainly have some line stock and
a lover of good horses will DE repaid in
seeing them.
The races at New Orleans, Saturday re-
suited First race, five furlongs-Fair-
mount first, Ernest Ray second, Pat Mo-
ran third time l;033.. Second race, six fur
Redstone third time ll74. Third race,
SIX furlongs-Duhme first, Clara g. sec
ond, Beckey b. third time 1;lS14. Fourth
race, handicap, seven and one-halt fur
longs-Lafete first, Una B. second, AS,
ceola third time 1873
Mr. II. l.. Henry of the Pennsylvania
| Valley stud, Morrlsville, Pa, has bought
of Mr. b. j, Treacy of Lexing ton, the fol
lowing trotters Bay filly, Lilly s., 4
years, by Dictator, dam by Sovereign, jr. (;
| chestnut colt Ashwood, two years, by
Nutwood, dam Flora Abdallah, by Alex
ander's Abdallah yearling chestnut FLY
by Nutwood, dam Meteor, by Clark Chief,
paying $1,000 for the three.
Fred Stanley of Barnet recently sold a
Goldfnder colt for 800 ; it WAS not year
old.
Capt. William Thompson of Gloucester
has purchased the bay gelding Taintor,
2:2415.
Hortense, 225I, which will soon give
birth to foal by Viking, 2:2014, will be
bred to Lumps, 2:2l.
w, r.. McKeen of Terre Haute has pur-
chased Little EN-, the trotter, from George
Crimes of Rockville, paying $4,000 for the
mare.
Jerry O'Neill of Boston went to Licking
ton, Ky. He was commissioned TO bring
home the two.year-old stallion Parker
Gun, which, in the minds of many horse
men will surprise New England turf
lovers the coming season. He arrived in
Boston this other day, and was taken at
once to Mystic Park, where he will be put
in training for his lace at the breeders
meeting. Parker Gun was sired by Jay
| Bird, the sire of Eagle Bird and Butterfly,
ahd the first dam was Widows Mite, she
being by Waveland Chief, out of Tansy.
Bob Proctor, the trainer for w, l.. Sim
mons at Ash Grove stock farm, in speak
ing of Parker Gun, said "IIe was
without any exception, the fastest year
| ling that ever was bred at the farm.
have driven him quarters in 3S seconds. 1"
boston Globe.
The Sporting Life, London, England,
states that an American buyer offered Mr..
Forshaw, OF Blight, 10000 for the Shire
stallion Bar None, but the big bid was re-
| fused.
Volante, IA pounds, is favorite for The
Kentucky Handicap at 10 to against, and
Terra Gotta, ll6. coming next at II to l.
The FiCid says that the noted Califor-
man PAGER Arrow has been purchased by
Budd Doble for $4,000, and few days
later he sold him to j. ii. Shultz Of Brook
| Ign, y. Y, for $4,000 Arrow was origi-
nally purchased for $1,000. Arrow is now
stabbed in Chicago, and "A race between
him and Johnston is one of the possibili-
! ties this season.