Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-01

Then they will not beat us a particle.
as the best Kentucky-bred colt, and we
will command the market. 1t is an old
adage, that the fool and his money are
soon parted, but the biggest Yankee fool
| know of is the one that goes to Ken
lucky or anywhere else and pays an ex-
travagant price for a colt because he can
trot mile track faster than he can
half-mile one.
Besides the room of the track, which
is abundantly wide as well as long, the
grand-stand and stabling accommodate
tions are very extensive. The view is
across the blue grass region of Kentucky,
fiat enough at places for extensive mead
ows, although rolling country.
During the week there were "a races,
nearly all closely contested, with time as
low as 2:l5 trotting and 2:l39 pacing.
The best time made in trotting was by
Jack, a horse of Black Hawk pattern
whose dam was by Magma Charta, son of
Morgan Eagle, second and third dams
also Morgan. Jack won his two races in
straight heats, beating such fast ones as
Nelson, Alcryon, Geneva S., etc. The
fastest pacing was by Budd Doble, whose
sire, indianapolis, is a descendant of
Pilot.
Roy Wilkes was another of the great
PAGERS; his dam by the great Blue Bull.
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ly-built horse.
Going outside of the horses racing, we
saw to admire Bonnie McGregor (2:l3D,
and AXtell (three-year-old record 2:l2),
fastest of the world and also fastest stall
| lion record. Bonnie McGregor is well
described by Mr.. Bliss as an acrobat. lie
looks as though he might kick the wealth
ercock off Westinghouse steeple or
jump over a hotel. He is game and
handsome. In breeding, too, he comes
from dam of Vermont extraction, the
dam of his grandsire also Vermont
mare, probably Morgan, and that of his
sire American Star; that of his great
grandsire, a Bashaw with thoroughbred
back. He has one strain of Hambleton-
ian in direct male line and carries one
sixteenth of that blood.
Axtell stands every inch king. He
carries upon his brow the stamp of au-
thority. He is an exceedingly we'll
matured colt, three past, of fairly good
looks and well put up form. His limbs
seem trhe slender; the hind ones very
sickle-shaped, all somewhat long, and
after all they impressed me as pretty
substantial limbs that would stand more
of grief than many that are coarser and
larger. They look to me like deer's
limbs, slender but stout. Axtell has
been put into the hands of Budd Doble
is well known, Sl05,000 Budd Doble,
whom we believe to be the best handler
of fast PAGERS and trotters in America,
has also the great PAGER Johnston. Mr..
Doble is young man of very gentleman
ly manners and prepossessing appear
ance. He comes the nearest to Dan
Mace of any of the present generation of
drivers that we have seen.
pass by the many other horses seen.
Bermuda is very well made stallion of
good finish and can trot faster than 20
His second dam is Black Hawk. Alcryon
is graceful, but undersize and somewhat
lacking in substance his action is over
| long for the best results.
There is another feature of this trot-
ting meeting that | suppose belongs to
nearly all the great trotting meetings
as well as running meetings of the coun-
try that | would speak of-the pool-sell-
ing or betting. The result of this is that
the meeting ceases to be breeders and
becomes gamblers meeting. And this
will account for the very great difference
in the audience between this and our
Breeders meeting in Vermont. There
tendance. The people of Lexington or
vicinity generally did not attend. 1t was
sporting mans meeting, as much so
perhaps as the running meeting that takes
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a man would want to take his sons to.
Said Mr.. Powell, one of the great firm of
Powell Bros, Shadeland, Pa, the largest
breeding farm in the world, believe, to
me- 81 wanted to bring my nephew with
me here, but didn't dare to do it. He is
quite young and | was afraid to bring
him."
Our show in Vermont is free from all
this. AS long as it is kept so it will con-
tinue to be patronized by the population
of all ages and both sexes, who will seek it
for day of recreation and innocent
amusement. 1t will then, too, be really
a breeders meeting, sustained wholly in
the interests of breeding and productive
of much benefit. We do not think in
Vermont there is any danger of its be-
coming anything else. Our laws do not
permit pool-selling and our people have
no desire that they should. Kept up on