St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-08-29
THE BREEDERS MEETING.

and trotting horse breeders closed or
Thursday last. The day was fine
and there was a large attendance al
the races in the afternoon In the
yearling races in the morning for &
purse of $40 only Golden stock was
entered. w. S. Bailey of East Hard
wick entered his gray filly, Mary S.
and ]. L. Bailey of Boston entered his
chestnut filly, Flora B. Only one
half-mile heat was trotted and Mary
S. won in 2.O1R. The winner is q
sister to Helen NJ, Mr.. Bailey's prom
islng twO-year-Old.
The first race of the forenoon was
for foals of SO for a purse of 5000
The race:
Highla d Medium, BIS, c. K. Bates, /
kStissSt b. f., Burbank & Williams
Hardwick, br.c., w. S. Bailey,
Veteran. b. S, H. E. Brewster, 4 :
Time. 2.5112; 25O12
Stake No. 5, for stations of 2 40
class, purse $3.50, mile heats, 8 in 5
This race was closely contested and
in the third heat Nutmont and Ethan
S. were set back for running and the
third heat given to Charlie Ray. No
time was taken in this heat. The
score tells the story:
Nutmont, BIS, c. K Bates, 2121
Ethan S., BIS, A. L. Woodbury., 3 2
Ch. Ray, ch. s., Burbank & WINS, 1 3
Time, 2.351a; 1884 2.44A 2.3S.
Stake No. Z, open to any horses
owned by members, purse of $3.50;
mile heats, 8 in 5. In this race Rock
ct was an easy winner and some re-
markably good time was made The
race:
Rocket, g. g., H. E. Brewster. 1 1 1
Nathan, bl. g., G. H. Fitzgerald. 2
Time, 2.3O; 2.32A; 2.29R.
Premiums Awarded.
In addition to the premiums an
nounced last week these were made
public on the last day of the fair:
Class No. 1, for matched pairs,
four entries; $12, brown geldings,
foaled in SO by Young Morrill,, c. E.
Morse, Danville; $S, matched pair,
c. E. Morse, Danville; So, chestnut
geldings, foaled in 'S4 and 'S5 by
Folsom, E. H. Hoffman, Lyndon.
Class No. 2, for gentlemen's road
sters never in a race; $12, B. F. Hav-
iland, Danville; $S, Black Dexter by
Black Roland, c. H. Manchester,
McIndoes Falls; So, Flora, bay mare
by Dartmouth, Henry Chase, Lyndon.
There were seven entries.
Class No. 8, for gentlemen's road
sters that have started i'll a race !;
$12, Jennie, bay mare by Kent, Hen
~ Chase, Lyndon; So, Electra, bay
mare by Star Ethan, r. ]. Cole, Dan
vile, So, American Boy, chestnut
stallion by American Star, George F.
Winch, McIndoes Falls. There were
only three entries in this class.
Class No. 4, for best brood mare
with stock; $12, Starine, chestnut
mare by Deucalion, E. c. Carpenter,
Lyndonville; $S, Nelly Lambert,
chestnut mare by Daniel Lambert,
Henry Chase, Lyndon; So, Pixie,
brown mare by Pratt's Rif1eman,
Burbank & Williams, Coventry
There were 27 entries in this class.
Class No 5 for best sucking colts;
S12 bay flly by Fred Wilkes, o. H.
Barton; $S chestnut fillv
oy Golden, ]. l. Parker, East Coven-
try; So, Wilkes S. n. F., bay colt by
Fred Wilkes, L. S. Nye, East Coven-
Try. There were 40 entries in this
lass.
Class No. II, Morgan premium
S12, Ethan Allen 3rd, chestnut stall
ion by Ethan Allen I'd, D. B. Cush-
ng, East Burke; So, Harry Allen by
Thornton Horse, George w. Ward,
st. .Johnsbury; $5, Vim, chestnut filly
oy Golden, Jonathan Ross, st. Johns
)ury.
Notes of the Meeting.
Music was furnished by the ST.
[ohnsbury band at all the races, and
heir music was appreciated by the
.rOwd.
Robert Pettigrew of Lyndonville is
4 new exhibitor but his stock took
we'll with the judges and he hassom
good hOrsef1esh.
Thursday afternoon several eXhibi-
ions of stock were given on the track
including three of Goldhnder's get,
aged one, two and three years, re-
'pectively.
Burbank & Williams had a horse
n every stake but the yearling and
ree-for-all. Their stock will showup
we'll at the Rutland meeting Char
lie Ray is chestnut stallion of much
style and finish.
The meeting was a success hnan-
tally, and it is hoped that it can be
leld in st. Johnsbury another year
Orleans county men are anxious,
however, to have it farther north,
md they may succeed in taking it
elsewhere.
Darlington Chief, owned by E. F.
Carpenter of New Nork, was taken
% New York last week to be trained
or the races. His two-year-old colt,
len. Chase, proved to be good rep
'esentative of him, however, taking
bird money in one stake
Samuel Bailey of East Cambridge,
Mass, came up to see the fair and
he exhibition from w. S. Bailey's
tock farm at East Hardwick. Cob
len stock is showing up finely this
rear and Hardwick and Helen NJ. are
developing into fine trotters.
Abdallah Wilkes, by George Wilkes,
he handsome leader of the string at
he Highland stock farm, Derby, was