Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-12

Probably the average reporter will
never learn to give the sires. In these
races we do not know the sire of either
winner. II. II. Franklin is by Ben Frank
lin and Grey Highland is evidently by
Highland Grey. 1t is not an easy trick
to trot this haltmle track in , 80, and
the work of n. o. ID. is as creditablc as
= % would be on a first-class mile track.
At Hartford, June rs, May Be, by Ben
Franklin, won great race, which is thus
described in the Cultivator:
On Friday May BE added another vic
tory to her list, and has yet to be defeat
ed this season. 1t was a hard race, how
ever, and trotted in fast time for 2 ~
horses, and her victory was the more
creditable in that it was over the entire
field, as combination had been formed
among the prominent drivers to have
Waikiki Boy win. According to pro-
gramme, Stephanie took the first two
heats, when Walnill Boy set sail for the
next three, but this little game got nip
ped, as May Be was too fast and too
game for horses and drivers, aud she
neatly overthrow the whole job. Gold
smith got in little of the funny work
for which he is noted, and was fined 500
for interfering with May Be. Altogether
the talent got very black eye, and in
stead of robbing the public as they had
intended, they themselves lost heavily.
in this race Kentucky Prince got
another 80 trotter Stephanie being by
him. She made record of , :25a in the
second heat. Waikiki Boy reduced his
record to 2 "a in the fourth, and May Be
hers to rs in the sixth. This mare
keeps coming with every race, and should
trot close to 2 20 before the season is
over.
| SUMMARY.
| CHARTER OAK PARK. June rs. 1877
class.
May Be, b. m, by Ben franklin. G.
s,enhn neks' b. m! j. II goldsmith III
Wa''lill Boy, b. g., by Sir WAIKIKI.
Ivanhoe, b. H., by Amber ........... 3 3ro
stanford, b. c., by Piedmont. Park
| Vile Fal IN. ................... 80. DIR
Time, 2s1s, 25a., ? 20. "a, 26<, 2 10.
1t is a great pity about the lack of
staying qualities in the Franklins. All
three of his get that have entered the list
at Boston-Belle Franklin, Bessie and
May Behave been winners oyer the
''royally bred ones" in contests of split
heats like the above.
We think the Cultivator is wrong in
crediting Stephanie to Kentucky Prince.
We are very certain that she is by Mean
der, son of Belmont, owned by |. V.
Baker of the Great Meadows Farm, Com
stocks, n. Y, and is the first of his get
to beat 2:30 She is seven years old.
The report of the race must have been
agreeable reading to Mr.. Baker, Junior,
to see Stephanie trailing round for the
last four of six heats behind daughter
of Ben Franklin, p sire that he has been
to so much pains to prove incapable of
getting trotter. Doubtless he will ex-
plain it all in the next Era.
Gillig, the noble four-year-old son of
Aristos. won in straight heats at Hart
ford and went from there to Poughkeep-
ste, where he again won, hands down,
lowering his record to 2:23a in the third
heat. He has now won three races this
season without losing heat, and his
gentlemanly owner, Mr.. w. w. Moore of
Shoreham, from whom we had pleas
ant call last Tuesday, assures us that the
colt has never in any of these races been
! CONTINUED on the IN pdge.]