Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-02

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her pace there in 1870 in 2:16; and the
black stallion Tip Harrison paced at
Union City, Ind, in 1873 in 2:25 and
could have distanced the entire field; as
it was, he distanced all but one, every
heat, and the judges allowed them to
start again. This was one of the most
ribald frauds | ever had anything to do
with. but broke up the scheme they had
so nicely arranged. The race was for the
three-minute class, and the only horse
not dstanced was ringer with record
of 2:2S Ora Williams was driving
HIM. Every member of the association
was backing Williams horse for all they
had; the odds we're 10 to /; so you see
they dropped hard. | could go into de-
interesting, but will be as brief as pos
sible, and will only show that the mean
ness of the job reacted. When scoring
for the first heat the horses were allowed
to start with Tip Harrison 100 yards back
with his tail to the wire. He turned
around and | thought his chances were
hopelessly lost, when, to my astonish-
ment, he went the first half in | 10 and
was 100 yards in the lead at the first half
(half mile track, and distanced ID out of
the lG behind him. The judges were
Kissed and hooted until they could not
look up, and then they had the audacity
to allow all to start again; but it did
them no good, they were distanced each
succeeding heat, and were declared dis
tanced in the third heat to save the third
and fourth money. This utterly ruined
the association, as they have never had a
successful meeting since. hey declared
Tip Harrison should never win another
race over that track again, and they kept
their word. They drugged him and he
died before he reached home.
In 1876 Hiatoga Maid paced a match
race at Piqua, o., against Piqua Belle,
and got record of 2 rs. Marie Scott
was very fast, | saw her pace a half-mile
track, siXty-five feet over a half, in 2: rs
and repeat in same time. She was a
beautiful mare, but had bees in her head.
Marie Scott, 2:24, Duck, 2 80, and Bay
Girl, , 80, were all full sisters. The dam
of these mares was Jennie, by SCOTS
Stanley second dam Jenny Lind, fast
PAGER, by COachman, and not by Selim,
etc., as is given by many catalogues
Charlie Green had an own sister to these
mares that was very fast, but died before
he was able to give her record. SCOTS
Hiatoga stood for mares at from $40 to
$50, when all of his get in the = 80 list
were sired except Dido, ? 231 (three
years old. 1t is a well-known fact tina,
the sons of the old horse have never beer
credited up as sires as they should have
been.
| understand the chestnut gelding Ty
rome. %, is none other than Tyrone
1891, and he the sire of Stubby s., , PSI
| have been informed that he was geldet
and went to New Orleans, where he go
his record. | give this for what it i
worth; the last authentic information
had of Tyrone was when he was owned
at Ottawa, III.
Billy Green has repeatedly paced bet
ter than 80 and he is sire of mum
Der of very fast PAGERS. Persons wei
acquainted with the Hiatogas were no
surprised at Newton B. trotting in = :l73
and, mark my word, the day is not fal
distant when SCOTS Hiatoga blood vii
figure conspicuously in the pedigrees OF
many fast ones.
In the sixties there was not pacing
race in Eastern Ohio or West Virgins
that there was not one or more of the
get of this horse there. Most of then
paced at that time, and. as the country
was so billy and rough, many of tn,
tracks were a third of mile, and mos
of the pacing was to saddle. No record:
of these races were ever kept. No gamer
race of horses ever wore iron than the
Hiatogas. Their only fault was theil
high metal. All were fast, but some
were hot headed. The only interest
now have in this horse is one of his fore
hoofs with the shoe on that he wore il
life. So you see that | have no axe t.
grind RIXFORD, in Exchange.