Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
THE SKINNER STABLES.

TO talk horse with w. \. Skinner is to
enjoy the society of a thorough horse
man, IA man who has associated with
some of the best ones ever on the turf.
For two years he was with the Gordon
string at Cleveland, and his many excel
lent qualities, particularly his ability as "A
financial engineer, were abundantly APP
preciated. He at one time owned The
sold her to Mr.. Gordon; he has owned
half interests in Lady FoXie, 2.24t, John
Hall, 2.25t he raised and brought out
Bessie, 2.29i, Col. Peabody, dlias John
N, 2.3li /, and negotiated the sale of Lar
CESS, 2.25, and other good ones. While
with Mr.. Gordon he was dispatched to
Canada to buy the famous mare Phyllis.
2.l59, but fears of her unsoundness prom
pied him to telegraph "Sale off, after
closing "A trade. Had he made the pur-
chase Clemmie G.. and Phyllis, two of the
greatest race mares America has ever
known, would have had one ownership.
and perhaps the mighty battles of the
turf that ensued between them would
never have been witnessed.
The inspection of the stock on this
place was necessarily hurried, but the
visitors found time to examine some ex-
cellent stuff, for poor material is lacking
here. The head stallion on the premises
is Keller, handsome seal brown horse.
five years old, weighing 1000 pounds
- y, by Dictator (sire of Jay-eye-see 10,
Phallas, 2:l3G, dam by Davy Crockett,
I'd dam by Legal Tender (sire of Red
Cloud, 2:lS). Keller is Dictator in
looks, a horse with plenty of substance,
and one that is getting some very promls-
ing colts. lie has not been trained, but
he is bred and put up to trot. Bessie,
= :29a, the winner of stubbornly con-
tested race of eight heats at Mystic Park
in the fall of 1857, was running loose N
roomy yard with ketonah, :424, for a
companion. ketOnah is the grand young
filly that was so much admired at the
Vermont Breeders meeting last August
She is thoroughly inbred Hambleton-
ian and shows as much speed for her age
MIR. Skinner says, as any youngster he
ever handled, not excepting the pride OF
his professional career, Clemmie G., now
dead and gone. The sire of ketonah
was Egbert 1876, the sire of quite mum
Der of 230 performers, by Hambleton
ian 10, dam by Messenger Duroc lOG tn,
dam of the tilly was by William Wecl
81, another son of Hambletonian 10
Surely, here is a pair of young mare.
hard to beat. Bessie is by Ben Franklin
dam Gypsy by Bay Lambert, son of Dan
iel Lambert. Gypsy is on the place and i:
again in foal to Franklin. Another one
of her progeny shown was the nice look
ing four-year-old bay stallion George F.
by Kenmore, son of the great Almont
Kenmore has the reputation of being
able to trot in 2:30. Among tn,
other well-bred brood mares pointed on
was pacing mare by De Longs Ethan
Allen (sre of Arthur, :261, and others)
in fOal to Keller; an inbred mare by
Holabird's Ethan Allen (sire of Ulste
Belle, 2:lS, Little Dick, 2:244, ant
others, also in foal to Keller. Thu
former had a representative in one of tn
yards-a black pacing colt by Keller
that the party greatly fanced. Belle,
brown mare, that could trot in 40, full
sister to Bessie, was shown, in foal t
the son of Dictator.
"Here is daughter of the celebrates
Red Wilkes" exclaimed Mr.. Skinner, a
a three-year-old chestnut filly by the mos
prepoteat son of George Wilkes and tn
sire of the mighty Prince Wilkes, 2.l4t
the greatest race-horse of the present day
was led out by halter. The filly is stron
in body and limb, large size, and will
to breed from if she doesn't trot, but thi
she has right to do, for her dam was b
: Norman Mambrino, son of Alexander
Norman(sire of Lula, 2.l4a). An obieC
of great attraction was a pair of beaut
full chestnut fillies, two and three year
old respectively, own sisters to Bessie
! 2.29i. They were closely matched an
J formed pair that for STYLE beauty an
, breeding is not often met with In Ne,
, England. Mr.. Daniel and Mr. Kenric
fell in love with them and made an ole
for their purchase, but as it was nC
} $1,000 they were not bought A three
, year-old bay filly by Addison LANDER
2.27, dam by Jubilee Lambert, 2.25, wa
a nice piece of horseilesh and the liguI
: set upon her was low enough. BefoI
} leaving, the visitors were introduced to
bay weanling by Mambrino Wilkes, DDS
; (sire of Arthur Wilkes, 2.244, and II. n
} Wilkes, 2.27D, out of Il dam that coul
: trot in 2.40. Both colt and dam belong
Mr.. GarVey of the Medford House. Me(