Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-04-20

seven Vermont horses that entered the ? 30
class last year four were bred in Pou't-
ney. This is a good showing for Poult-
EeY
5. S Gaines. proprietor of the Stevens
House, Nergeunes, has sold valuable
pair Of matched horses to lngraham & |
Son of Bristol, Conn.
A writer in the New York Mail and EX-
press says that Maine and Pennsylvania |
ara the only states in the East where a |
good road-hIrse is bred. Either the writ |
er doesn't know what good road-hOrse |
Is, d" or he hasn't heard of quiet little sub
urb Of Albany called "NermOnt." For |
the particular sort OF horse quoted, we he
lieve the Morgan stock is conceded to be |
unsurpassed and the Morgan is essential |
ly Vermonter. As for style and speed |
our Morgan Lambert crosses leave little |
room for faultiinding. -LUdiOU Tribune. |
The Lake Bomoseen stock farm in |
Castletou, owned by j. X. =. Pine of Ian
siugbIrg, y. Y, has inst received an addi- |
ton in the shape OF Mr.. Pines hVe-year-
old stallion, Albany Waikiki, which is one
of the finest formed horses in this section.
He is a handsome seal brown, 10 IA hands
high, faultless in form and appearance,
and in every way a perfect horse. He was
formerly the favOrite of the late Senator
Charles STAFFORD and was the last one
parted with Ivy the heirs. Although he
has no record, when three years old he
SupNvu HIS doliIty - llp' III = w. 'ut ~
trotting requires neither boots nor ntights.
He is Il full brother OF Orange Girl. record
20 ana OF Ajax his sire nelNG Slr WHl-
&tI, hl3 Gam pS AZ! lcail 80 I,i. -Ht'
~, Mnol1 ~ i,!.u7,a;, o.horosdI,
W P'oo".ny eH'v. ~ .,i,,,, ~ -
Rutland.
Vermont has drawn another prize. This
time it is the royalty bred stallion Matter
horn which MesSrs, Allen & RUtledge of
far Raven nave Dpu4ht HI NOuu' uCn
il n,u-t he = round on. for when the writ.
er VAS at NOOdhllrn last fall MatterhOrn
was held in the highest estimation by
Manager 3roadhead, and his colts like
wise. Ten ofthe choicest mares at Wood
burn have been bred to him, a great
point of ADVANTAGE TO MS purchasers, and
ne has farce yearlipgs and two two-year-
olds ON the place. One of them is held at
$500 and ali are very superior Matter
horn g a bay. 16 hands high. foaled in 1883
sired by NutwOod , Is "a (sOn of Belmont
out of the dam OF Maud 5, POS 3-D, by
Alexander Abdallah (sre of Goldsmith
Maid g 14). 21 dam Black Rose dam Of
four with records. or authentic trials, be
low 2 80 also granddam o. numerous fast
ones), BY Tom Teemer, 30 dam by Can
nou's Win: 4th dam by Robin Grey.
His dam, Malmaison, il not onlya remark
able producer of speed, but is also full
rrlnket, Q IA; Princeton. . 10 "a Femme
Sole, 2 20, and IA Others below 2 30 As
four-yrpr old. Matterhoru showed 239l2
preoiden, C,aveIand has made an addi-
zion to his stahle nv the ACQUISITION of a
nsir of handsome sorrell horses. They
n,nrnino ~ , draw -" Yrs cleveland 10 churcb
in tha conne TLar have more lie and
a ~ inr ,hal cool hTnyns which
hsve heroma ~ ,S.lI knownIo the conn
trv
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The following contribution is from an
observing Vermont horseman Having
occasion recently to visit the village of
Coventry. | WAS much surpris d to find
carefully ordered and we'll conducted
breeding establishment, containing some
of the choicest bred trotting stock in Yer
mont, viz The Black River Stock Farm,
Messrs. Burbank d Williams, proprietors.
These gentlemen show visitors every at
teution, and tax much satisfaction in the
eXhit itlon OF their handsome Lamberts.
They have three Young stations 10y Ben
Franklin, the famous son of Daniel Lam
berts. First comes Charley Ray, four
wears old, fifteen hands one inch high, IA
very rich looking. dark ches nut, with
perfect trotting action, showing all the
style and graceful carriage of the Lam
bert family He is rare good one, and
can show 2 .. 40 gait when not in training.
stallion, three wears, by Ben franklin,
dam by Young Columbus, registered,
standard, No. G4GG. This is a very speedy
Young trutter with great strength and
power. In general appearance he closely
resembles Charley Ray. Then comes
Sherman Franklin, standard, No.
1860, by Ben Franklin, dam by S,her-
man Black Hawk second dam by HH
ris Hambletonian. THIS colt has size,
speed and fine breeding and is formed iOr
power ana symu ery. He cannot fail to
succeed as u sire For brood mares, Black
Rlver Farm has some notable matrous.
First. pivcy by Rineman, formerly the
Pratt Horse. THIS mare has produced
three fast lilies IVY Ben Franklin, VIZ
IIottie Franklin, 2 49, at three years Old,
Judith three wears and Katisha two years
old The later is dfteen hands, and is the
most promising baby trotter known to
the writer. Reader, if you chance to find
Yourself at Coventry, Just ask Messrs.
Burbank q Williams to harness katisha,