Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-09-20
due to the dam, daughter of Ben Frank

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year-old record is held by Helen NJ.
q :431), daughter of the inbred Ethan AL
len, Golden by Daniel Lambert, and was
made this summer. The best three-year-
old record ever made in this State was
made at the last State fair at Burlington
by Hubby b. :35i), daughter of Ben
Franklin, he by Daniel Lambert and from
dam by Addison by Vermont Black
Mountain Banner by Black Banner by
Vermont Black Hawk, making her Il
strongly inbred Morgan of the Black
Hawk line. At her wheel was Peerless
Ben, son of the same Ben Franklin, and
from dam by IIolabird's Ethan Allen.
The record broken was the :37i made at
our Rutland meeting last season by Gil
lig, son of Aristos, he by Daniel Lambert
out of daughter of Stonewall jackson,
grandson.of Vermont Black Hawk; dam
of Gillig by Pearsall by Jupiter by Long
Island Black Hawk; next to that stood
the 313 made the same meeting by the
tus, full brother to Aristos dam of Lam
bertus by belongs Ethan Allen. These
are the best three-year-old records made
on our half-mie tracks here in Vermont.
But at the New England Breeders meet
ing at Mystic Park last September,
Claremont reduced his record to 2 80
Rare Ben by Ben Franklin took record
of , :334, and Gillig carried the mark
down to , :31A, which remains the best
record yet made anywhere by Vermont
bred three-year-old We look with con-
tidence to see it carried still lower this
season by both Hubby b. and Peerless
Ben as soon as they strike good mile
track. 1t will be remembered that Gilig
and Claremont both won their races at
the last New England Breeders meeting,
while Wyndylla by Ben Franklin won
the yearling race, distancing five out of
six of her opponents; an exhibition by
the get of three different sons of Daniel
Lambert not at all relished by the numer-
Gus gentlemen who were anxious to i'm
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the blood of the beaten.
The best four-year-old record ever made
in Vermont is ,: 33i, made at the last
State fair by Conemaugh Wilkes,
son of Abdallah Wilkes by George
Wilkes, dam by Harry Allen by
Ethan Allen. | do not know whether
this colt was bred in this State or not
his sire is owned at the Bates farm, Der
by, Vt. The second best is 2 :343, made
by II. III. Franklin, son of Ben Franklin,
in the same race, which was won by II.
III. Franklin. The best record ever made
anywhere by Vermont-bred four-year-
old is 2:235, made this season by Gillig,
son of Aristos (and this is the best record
ever made by any Vermont-bred stallion
of any age. The second best is ? :27,
made last season by Leicester He is a
son of Deucalon by Rysdyk's Handle
tonian, and his dam is the trotting mare
Lady Winship by III. b. Winship, son of
Aristos.
The best five-year-old record ever made
in Vermont is = 80, made at Fair Haven
this season by n. o. D., son of Ben
Franklin; dam by the Taft Horse by YER
mont Black Hawk. am not aware that
this record has been elsewhere beaten by
any Nermont-bred five-year-old, except
ing George c., also by Ben Franklin,
which has fiye-year-old record of 2 :2St.
The best trotting record to harness ever
made by Vermont-bred trotter is 2:l94.
by Gomez, son of Daniel Lambert, and
the second best is 2; l94, by Frank, son of
Abram by Daniel Lambert Both Gomez
and Frank had Morgan dams. The fastest
record ever made with running mate by
any Vermont-bred horse is 2:OS4, by the
same Frank, and this is the fastest mile
ever trotted in race any way of going,
and is only surpassed against time by the
2O6 made with running mate by H. b.
Winship, son of Aristos. The fastest
pacing record made by Vermont-bred
horse :l6t, by Allen Maid, daughter of
Ashley's Ethan Allen by Holabird's
Ethan Allen the second is 2:l7t, by u
ster Belle, daughter of Holabird's Ethan
Allen; the third is 2 :l9i, by Brightwood,
son of Abraham by Daniel Lambert.
This review shows that Vermont breed
ers have not as yet been greatly assisted,
even in the matter of speed, by the blood
of sires introduced from other States.
Indeed believe that all the trotters in
2;3O or better that have been got by such
sires can still be counted on the fingers
of one hand. In the meantime Vermont
has not only furnished, from her native
stock, superb line of roadsters, but has
also contributed annually large percent
age of trotting and pacing winners. Let
us beware lest we kill the goose that lays
the golden egg.
Some surprise was manifested at the
award of first premium in the "Sweep-
stakes Herd Premium open to standard
bred stations ten years old or over with
four of their GET tn AristOs ovar Ran