St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31
THE VERMONT ASSOCIATION
Road and Tr0ting Horse Breeders

Opens the following stakes to be trotted at the
fourth annual meeting to be held at Rutland
August %, % and 80.
No. Association Stakes. For foals of 1887
$15 entrance in instalIments of &c. IS and 81, with
$50 added mile heats, best in g.
No. 2.-Pine Hill Stock Farm Stakes. For fOals
of 1885, $40 entrance, in installments of S. IS and
$40, with 800 added mile heats, best in 8.
No. 3-Kent Stakes For fOals of 1885, S25 en-
trance in installments of S. So and sl2 with 500
No. 4-Geo. w. Hooker Stakes. For foals of
1884, $50 entrance in installments of SIS, $40 and
SIS, with $50 added.
No. 5-Brookside Stock Farm Stakes. For foals
of 1888 $40 entrance, in instaments of So so and
$40, with $3.50 added
No. 6.-Association's Guarantee Purse, $4OO
Entrance 10 per cent. of purse, payable 81 per
cent. June Is, q per cent July 16 5 per cent. Au
gust Is horse not required to be named until last
payment; the whole amount of entrance money to
go into the purse, even if it should exceed $500:
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
235, $40 entrance in installments of $40, $40 and
800, with 300 added.
No. s.-Associations Stakes. For foals of 1886,
confined to stations, entrance $25 in installments
of S. SO and s2 with 800 added; mile heats, best
2 ms
No. 9.-Association Stakes. For foals of 1885,
confined to stations entrance Sso, in installments
OF IS. $40 and SIS, with 500 added.
No. 1O-Added Stakes. For mares of any age
that have never beat ten 235 $40 entrance in Install
ments of SO, $40 and $40, with 300 added.
An sta kes and purses are to be mile heats best
in s. unless otherwise specified; distance barred
in all stakes under four year-OldS. No horse can
take further money by of other parts of the
purse or stakes not being filed or trOtted for All
nominations must be made and the first Install
ment paid on or before June Is; the second INSTALL
ment due July 16, the third and final installment
August Is. NOminatOrs not completing payment
of entrance forfeit installments paid.
All stakes and purses divided follows: so
per cent. to LIST, 25 3D. Is to Sd and 10 to 4th.
Nominations and payments must be made to
Joseph Batteil, 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
The Association offers the following premiums
(entrance freeJ:
Matched horses 15a hands and over, $5O-S25 to
first, S15 to second and $40 to third.
Single horse, $50-S20 to first $15 to second and
$40 to third.
Brood mares with colt at foot, $685. 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 to second $40 to third Contestants
and have at least 1-64th of his blood so as to be
eligible to registry in the Register of Morgan
Horses, now in preparation by Joseph BIttell
Premium takers in same class last season. barred
All premiums close August Is.
Membership fee, 50 per year. Membership gives
all rights of entry and fee ticket to the annual
exhibition. Any resident VermOnter may become
fee to the treasurer In competition for stakes and
premiums, only members are 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, Secy, Burlington, vt.