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

iihcs' Dhe 10 ny aIk ; NOlunteer, also
known as Landmark, he by Volunteer,
son of Rysdyk's Hambletonan and Lady
Patriot. The dam of Oracle was by
Stockbrdge Chief, and he was by Yer
mont Black Hawk, from daughter of
the thoroughbred Sir Charles, by Duroc,
son of imported Diomed. Oracle proved
herself race mare by taking the third
heat in 2 ~, then winning the next two
and race at Narragansett Park as above
mentioned.
Nelson, which won the free-for-all ov-
er the Lancaster, N. H., half-mile track
on the 18th inst, trotting the third heat in
2:2li, and trotted the last quarter in 33I
seconds, is from dam possessing the
same combinations Gretchen being by
Gideon, son of Rysdyks Hambletonian,
while her dam was Kate, by Vermont
Black Hawk. Nelson gets several other
Morgan crosses through his sire, Young
Rolfe (2:21D, whose dam, Judith, was by
Draco (2:2S1), astrongly inbred Morgan.
In speaking of this stallion last week it
was stated that he had not trotted in
race since his two-year-old form, which
was a mistake. 1t should have been his
three-year-old form. He won the three
year-old race at Fairfield, Me-, Sept. 10,
1856, beating Lawrence in 2 :391, 2:31a.
On the oath of the same month he won
the cup offered by the Maine State Agr-
cultural society, for three-year-old stall
lions at Lewiston, Me-, in 2 80. and the
next day started to beat the time of Ham
bletonian Knox 2:2S) for the cup offered
for fastest stallion record, which he ac-
complished, getting a record of 2 :26}.
His record (2:21D was made at the New
England Breeders meeting in 1887.
Aubine, which showed sufficient speed
and staying qualities to beat field of six
good ones at Charter Oak Park, June p,
including several fashionably bred ones.
is by the same sire as Nelson. while her
dam, Knox Girl, was by Gen. Knox, out
of old Gretchen, giving her two more
Morgan crosses than Nelson inherits.
Aubine took the fifth heat in :22f. trot-
ting the last half in lllt, and can 90
considerably faster.
The black geldng Gene Smith is an
other excellent example of the possibili-
ties to be obtained by combining the
Morgan and Hambletonan strains. His
sire is Dauntless, a son of Rysdyk's Ham
bletonia, whose dam was Sally Feagles,
by Smiths Clay. The dam of Gene
Smith was by Vermont Hero, sire of
Gen. Knox, and Vermont Hero's sire was
Sherman Black Hawk, a son of Vermont
Black Hawk. Gene Smith showed the
quality of his metal at Hartford by win
ming second, third and fourth heats in
2:lO4, 2:l64, :204, and some good Judges
believe that no trotter living can beat
him in race. He trotted the last half
of the third heat in | :0Gi, and finished
easy. His competitors were Thornless
L. L. ). and keene jim. Thornless is
by the same horse as Gene Smith. and
his dam is by Hamlet. son of Volun-
teer. Who would have dreamed a few
years since, by the way the Morgans
were ridiculed, that a trotter whose dam
traced directly to Justin Morgan in the
male line could show such speed, pluck
and endurance, as to beat one whose sire
was the same, and whose dam was by a
son of Volunteer, the gamiest and hard
lest of all the sons of Rysdyk's Hamble-
tonian?
The New Hampshire-bred horse, C. C.
H., is another of the Morgan-Hambleton-
ian tribe that is proving a troublesome
customer to the aristocracy. He won
the postponed race for the 2 80 class at
Philadelphia on the 18th inst, taking
fourth, fifth and sixth heats in = :2Gi
2;24t, 2:27t, beating Arbutus and Sui
sun, by Electioneer, Marksman Maid, by
Marksman, and several others. Arbutus
is royalty bred trotter yet he was only
able to capture one heat. His sire is the
famous Electioneer. His dam was by
Backman's Messenger Duroc, son of
Hambletonian, and his second dam was
Amanda, by Hambletonian. c. C. X. is
by Almont Eclipse, whose sire was the
well-known Almont, and whose dam was
non-standard daughter of Morgan Rat
tier, by Hale's Green Mountain Morgan.
The dam of G. c. X, if we are correctly
informed, was by Gen. Lyon, a closely
inbred Morgan.
Breeders can profit greatly by these
examples. The lesson they teach, in
language too plain to be mistaken, is,
breed the best mares of Morgan descent
to the best Hambletonan stations that
can be found, and vice versa. This is
what the Cultivator has been advocating
for several years, and right here we will
predict that ten years hence the Morgan
cross in trotting pedigree will be one of
the most fashionable that can be found.
Mares by Gen. Knox, Daniel Lambert,
Winthrop Morrill, and Fearnaught, and
those bV their hest sons as well rs those