Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-09-06
and sl5. with 800 added. Mile heats,

and s15, with 800 added. Mile heats,
best three in five. Value of stakes, $685.
Peerless Ben, CHI. s., by Ben
Franklin; dam. Dolly Spooner,
by Holabird's Ethan Allen.
Entered by HIT. Cults, Orwell. l 2 | l
o. G. D., br. r. s., by Aristos;
dam by Redpath. Entered by
Lester Fish. Rutland. 2
Time, 2 :46, 2 :531, :4S5, 2 :43a.
The association at this meeting as be-
fore had the services of the gentlemanly
and accomplished starting Judge A. b.
Hall of BrattleborO, assisted by Messrs.
c. A. Linsley of Northfield, Mass, and
G. X Russell of Bellows Falls. Mr.. c..
A. Chapman of Middlebury was official
timer; Mr.. H. G.. Thorp of Charlotte
kept the official records; Mr.. Austin of
Burlington was weghmaster, and G. d.
Leonard of Burlington was marshal. The
races were earnestly fought out and were
conspicuously free from jockeying or in
territorial foul driving, although some of
the younger drivers displayed some lack
of familiarity with the rules. Colt races
are always attended with some little risk
from the inexperience and freshness of
the animals, but these were fought out
without accident
In regard to speed results it will be
seen by reference to table No. hereto an
nexed that no yearling has ever been
driven full mile at any meeting of the
association before this. The mile made
by Contester Wilkes at this meeting in
3 :131 is the fastest mile by a seconds
ever made in race by any yearling in
New England, and considering the
nature of the track it does great honor to
the young performer and to his young
sire, Mr.. w. j. Howes' Victor Wilkes, by
Victor Won Bismarck; also to Contestor 5
dam, daughter of Ben Franklin, and
his second dam by Daniel Lambert. In
this connection it may be said that the
dam of Grand Isle by Winooski, winner
in the 2 :45 class, is called a daughter of
Daniel Lambert, although her breeding
is not definitely settled.
Again referring to table No. 3, it will
be seen that Altemont, son of Almont
Star, lowered the two-year-old mile
record of this association from 2:594 to
2 "a. His dam is also by Daniel Lam
bert. This association, however, does not
hold the best two-year-old mile record
for Vermont, as Mr.. w. S. Bailey's roam
filly, Helen NJ. by Golden, son of Daniel
Lambert, at the meeting last month
of the Eastern Vermont Breeders
association, carried it down to 2: 43t OF
the half-mile track at st. Johnsbury. II
also appears by the same table that the
the only other record of the association
reduced at this meeting was in the five
year-old class, where Dynamite by Ber
Franklin carried it down from 2:364 tC
2:3lt. This was the best time made at
the meeting and is at least equal to ri
on a good mile track. Dynamite now
holds the best four and five-year-olc
records of the association. Perhaps al
things considered we should be cOnten
to have reduced so materially our yearl
ing, two-year-old and five-year-old re
cords, although last year we reduced
records in all classes.
TABLE No. l-Showing the number o
each sire's get that started in the col
races at this meeting (including foal
of lSS4 and the number taking an.
share of the stakes and the number o
winners.