Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-02-22

wood, 2:l9, and Frank, 2:OSi with mate. !
When one considers what the class of
mares have been, that not only Abraham
but also his sire Daniel Lambert have
had, one can but wonder at the results,
for Lambert never had access to 2 80
mare. His fastest mare bred to him was
said to be able to trot close to :35, and,
bred to him, produced Lambert Chief,
who has two in the 2 80 list.
Abraham has the greatest number so
far in the 2 80 list of any son of Daniel
Lambert, but Ben Franklin has proved
such phenomenal producer of speed
that he must soon oyertake him, as he
has several who can enter the charmed
circle any day. Abraham has produced
nearly three times the number of 2 80
performers as the combined results of the
fifteen Hambletonian stations that have
done service in this State, and this in
cludes the great Victor Won Bismarck, son
of Hambletonan, 10, out of daughter of
Harry Clay, that has done service in Ver-
mont for several years and without sue
cess; also Waikiki Chief and others that
proved so successful in other localities.
The combined results of these fifteen
Hambletonian stations doing service in
Vermont have produced just three 2 80
performers, and yet with these facts star
ing Vermont breeders in the face, they
have allowed the dams from such sons of
Daniel Lambert as Abraham to be picked
up and sold out of the State by those who
could better appreciate them; and now,
when too late, and these horses nearly
past service, then comes the demand
which cannot be supplied, and as the
awakened interest in the breeding of fine
horses becomes more marked and the
names of the noted horse becomes famil-
lar, they learn that the fastest of the
great Smuggler's get was Revenue,
2:22t, dam by Daniel Lambert; that the
fastest of Sentinels get was Won Arnim,
2:l9a; Edam by Blood's Black Hawk.
Protine Is, the best of Blackwood's get,
was out of Sally Chorster, whose dam
was by Bloods Black Hawk, and Sally
Chorister bred to Villey's Cripple pro-
duced Belle Brassfield, 1920, a noted
campaigner of nine years with y record
ed races. Hamlin's Almont, sire of more
2 80 trotters than any horse of his age
except Sultan, was from daughter OF
Blood's Black Hawk, and so we might &c
on and mention many noted ones who
trace their blood lines directly to the
Morgan families, and we should add tc
the few mentioned, Gloster, 2:,7, Forrest
Patchen, 2: l91, Keene jim, 2:194, Abel.
aide :19a, and Closter, 2:l7, the best SOL
of Volunteer. and had he not died before
coming to maturity would undoubtedly
have made faster horse than St. Julien
2:11t. 1t is useless to occupy space with
examples of value from the records OF
Morgan blood.
Vermont has her Morgans yet, and
there are many who now recognize Their
value when under the new rules of the
standard she has so few mares capable OF
being registered, and poor specimens OF
good families are being brought into the
State to the detrment of many who
might be successful breeders did they
base their calculations upon the stock
and not the pedigree. Vermont should
welcome any good horse yet while it has
such sons of Daniel Lambert to breed tC
as Abraham, Golden, Aristos, sire OF
Winship 2 :0G with mate, Star Ethan, and
Vermont's greatest sire Ben Franklin
whose dam Black Kate, by Addison, by
Vermont Black Hawk, could have hel
only two colts, Addison Lambert and Ber
Franklin, both in the 80 list, while Mr.
James Golden has driven him full mile
in 2 %, and whose get alone captured
nine of the II premiums offered by the
Vermont Breeders association and whose
stock is in demand, and at such prices
Why not profit by past experiences.
DIR. c. III. BARBOUR.