Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-10-04
THE MORGANS AHEAD.

THE MORGANS AHEAD.
HELEN M. BREAKS THE NEW ENGLAND
2-YEAR-OLD RECORD AND WINS IN 2:2eA.
The following is clipped from the re-
port of the New England Breeders meet
ing held last week at Mystic Park as
given in the American Cultivator:
The twO-year-old race was expected to
develop pretty race between the Maine
gelding Palm and the Vermont tilly Hell
en- Nj. AT the last minute, however, the
owner of the Maine colt, which had been
ailing, decided not to start him, and Hell
Ell Ms only competitor was the hand
some bay colt Halo, by Haldane @ :26d);
dam by Buckingham, son of Hamble-
tonian. The race was all settled in one
heat, Helen NJ, shutting out Halo in the
remarkably fast time of 2:294 This lit
tie beauty was described in our account
of the meeting of the Eastern Vermont
Road and Trotting Horse Breeders, held
at st. Johnsbury in August. We then
predicted that she would not trot slower
than , :35 at Mystic, but she surpassed
all expectations, and broke the New Eng
land record with such ease as to warrant
the belief that she can trot low down in
fastest two-year-old ever seen in the
North
She went to the quarter in thirty-nine
seconds; the next quarter was reeled off
in thirty-seven seconds, the third in thirty
seven and one-quarter seconds, and the
fourth in thirty-tive and three-quarter sec
onds, or at the rate of mile in 2 23, not
a bad mile for Northern-bred two year.
old, and an inbred Morgan at that!
Mystic PARK, MEDFoRD Sept. "a, 1889. $500,
for toals OF 1887:
W. 5. Bailey, East Harlwick, VT, MS grf.
Helen NJ, by Cobden; dam, Wakefield
Mare, by Laundry Horse. l
q; l.. Clark, Meridep, Conn, ms. b. c., Halo,
by lialdane; dam, Cora o., by Bucklng
NAM '.'.''.''..''..'....''..'' dist
TIME.
First heat .........854 3fe4 So aa s5S
The wonderful filly Helen NJ. (two-
year-old record 2:29H does not possess a
single Hambetonian or Mambrino Chief
strain in her pedigree, but is intensely
Morgan Throughout, backed up by a
strong infusion of Old Abdallah, ground
ed on Stockholm's American Star, son of
Duroc, by imported Diomed. Her sire,
Golden g :2sa), was by Daniel Lambert,
out of the DR.. Dixon Mare. Daniel Lam
bert was by Ethan Allen g :25a), son OF
Vermont Black Hawk, out of Fanny
Cook, and Fanny Cook was by Old Alb
dallah, from daughter of Stockholm
American Star. The dam of Golden was
a sister in blood to Daniel Lambert She
like Daniel Lambert, was by Ethan
Allen :254), and her dam, like that OF
Lambert's, was also by Old Abdallah. Sc
much for Helen MS sire. Her dam was
by the Laundry Horse, stallion which
was brought from the vicinity of Three
Rivers, Que, to st. Johnsbury, VT, where
he stood awhile, and was then taken
to Bridgeport, Ct, where he was known
as Young st. Lawrence. 1t is claimed
that he was by the trotting stallion ST
Lawrence, sometimes known as Fender.
grast's st. Lawrence. The second dam
of Helen M. was by Rance Morrill,, a sor
of Old Morrill,, by the Jennison Horse
by Young Bulrush Morgan. Her third
dam was by the Bachelor Horse, gray
son of old Sherman Morgan, whose strair
is found in every Morgan stallion thai
has acquired celebrity as a sire of trot
tiers. Good judges rate this filly capable
of trotting mile close to 2 30. If wealth
err and track are favorable, she will prob
ably get fast record before the meeting
closes. Helen M. is the first of Golden;
get that has been trained, but from thi!
time forward horsemen will be on thu
watch for them. We have always re
garded Golden as the best bred and mos
promising son of Daniel Lambert. Tit
dam of Helen M. had produced foals by
other horses before being mated will
Golden, but they have never yet beer
distinguished for speed.