Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-11-15
HORSE GOSSIP.
Notes from Track and stable About Noted
Flyers and Drivers.

has hired the use of Paio Alto Bell to breed
next season for $4,000, and has booked her
to Alcantara. Palo Alto Bell is own sister
to Bell Boy, st. Bell, and Kinda Rose At
Lexington she took record of 2.22l, giving
Beautiful Belle, her dam, four to her credit
below >. 25.--two 3-year-olds in the 2.52
list, and another in 2224 This is the
highest price ever paid for the services of a
brood mare for one season. Mr.. Sibley
paid Gov. Stanford $1,000 for her before
she was , years old. The same gentleman
gave $40, GOO for st. Bell, and that is less
than half what he will earn in one on.
&. Is. Hall of Brandon has sold,
for one of the patrons of his horse "Leices-
ter 5-months' old Leicester FLY to MIR.
Mattson, near Boston, for 5000, 1t pays
TO breed to horse whose stock sells for long
money. This is the third one of Leicester's
get that has been sold; the three for $500
all weanlngs
The Germans take more kindly to trot-
ting than any other European people, and
at Berlin there are now four trotting
courses. The last one was recently opened,
and American horses won every race on the
first day.
The Boston Cultivator says: Hcrkimer
county, n. V, has long been noted for its
dairy products particularly its cheese. But
little attention has been paid there to the
improvement of its horse stock. There are
but few standard. bred trotting stations i'll
tbs county. a. Denison of Mohawk bought,
last summer of G. X. Foster Burlington,
VT, the standardized colt, Harry Glove
land, by Wedgewood (2:10; dam, Kitty
Lambert. by Daniel Lambert; second dam
by Flying Cloud, son of Vermont Black
Hawk This fellow ought to lay good
foundation for raising both roadstcrs and
trotters.
Pamlico a four-y ear-old colt by Me
ander that was bred by d. Z.
Westcott, Fairhaven, Vt, and is now own
ed by Hon. W. z. Bachelor of Raleigh, \.
c., won a four-year- old race in Morristown,
| n. j., short time since, in three straight
heats, time 2:30, 2:31, 2:20f. This makes
two Of Meander's get that have entered the
2:30 list this season, the other being
| Stephanie, $3.50.
Winter meetings are evidently growing
| in favor with horsemen in some localities.
| An association has been formed at Malone,
! y. y, for the purpose of holding a three
! days meeting this winter and the success
of the races on the ice here last winter will
| undoubtedly lead to more ambitious efforts
this season with number of exciting races.
G. II. Benedict of Underhill has 2-year-
! old colt out of n small-sized Morgan mare
and sired by General George a. Ballard,
2:30. The colt weighs $50 pounds, and is a
very promising youngster. John Russell
Of the same town has two colts sired by the
same horse. Homer Thompson has "A fine
pair of 4-year-old colts that weigh 2200
pounds and are well matched.
st. Lawrence Maid has lately been
brought prominently before the public by
! I,or \
(2.2Sl, the fastest 2-year-old trotter ever
raised in New England. st. Lawrence
Maid is northern product in every sense
of the word. Her ancestors for several
generations were bred and raised III YER
mont and Canada. She is n gray mare
standing about 1872, and weighing in the
neighborhood of 100 pounds. This indi-
Gates that she is remarkably well proper
toned, and has sufficient substance to fit
her for general work. She was bred by
the late William Pope of Danvlle VT, and
foaled in 1874. Her sire was known as
the Laundry Horse, which stood at one
time at st, Johnsbury, Vt. He came to
that place from the vicinity of Three Riv-
ers, Quebec.
The Ogdensburg journal says George
Nc Bride of this city has bought of II. D..
~ h. c. Thompson of Malone, n. Y, their
trotting mare Bonadea, price 500. She is
reported to be fine horse and Mr.. Mcbride
knows a good horse and buys no other. He
has probably sent more good animals to
the New DIRK market, bought in this sec
ton, than any other man in the business.
Mr.. Mcbride also bought the horse Mary
Plat, OF Lon Mcdonald of Brasher Falls,
for $500. Both of these horses have been
handled and driven by Mr.. Mcdonald
since they We're broke, and he has succeed
ed i'll making good record with them
Mary Platt has trotted in 10 races and won
II of them, which speaks we'll for hel
trainer.
According to the Pittsburgh Telegram
I'D. n. Jarvis of Burlington, the wei
known driver, vii make Pjattsburgh his
headquarters this winter. He has number
of horses under his care, including G. NJ
Delaney's Winooski Maid"
Some Boston gentleman has recently of
fered 100000 for Mocking Bird (2.17A
: This is one of the handsomest and tastes
, young mares in this country. She is but
l years old, and was sired by MambrinC
: King, admittedly the handsomest hCrs,
} in the world She is owned by Mr.. j. c
t Hamlin OF Buffalo, n. Y, who is 90 time
a millionaire, and he refused the offer. Tn,
chances are that the gentleman who wanted
!
never be satisfied until he gets team to
gether that will be able to beat the record
: Mr., Sheppard already owns Arab, who's
+ record is 2.15 and which is an excellen
t pole horse, and he is now looking for some
q thing to mate with him.
Sunol is a beautiful dark bay FLY, foalec
a in 1856. She Is by Electioneer, son of Rvs
, dykes iiambletonan, and sire of Manga
: rita 2.16; Anteo, 2.16; Adair, 2.114
Antevolo, 217; and "a others that hav
trotted in 2.3O or better. Her dam i
3 Waxana, by General Benton, second dan
Waxy, by Lexington. Sunol is the produc
of a theory warmly advocated by man,
breeders. that the thoroughbred cross il
strain produces speed and endurance. Thi
theory has been often sneered at, but per
: formances of horses reared in this way in
dictate that there is something in it. AIau,
c ). is so bred, so is Jay Eye See and Cling
Il tone. Sunol was bred and reared at Pal
=, Alto, and has always been handled b.
i Charles Marvin. In the stables cataogu
;. appears the sentence: 'Suno will be tn
= sensation of 1888 ~ She verified the DrediC