Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-19

The Battell premium for Morgan stall
lions: First, $50; second, $50; third,
$50. Contestants must trace in direct
male line to Justin Morgan, and have at
least l-6Ith of his blood, so as to be eli
gible to registry in the register of Nor
gan horses now in preparation by Joseph
Battell.
Mack, b. s., @ 800, foaled 1855, got by
Thought; dam, Topsy, by Billy Ring.
Bred by Royal E. Bentley, Rutland. En-
tered by Guy NJ. Bentley, Rutland.
SECOND.
STIR Franklin, CHI. S., foaled 1883, got
by Ben Franklin; dam, Lady Beck, by
Motifs Independence. Bred and entered
by ii. L. Cults, Orwell.
Ben Hank, ch. $. foaed 1881, got by
Ben Franklin; dam, kittie by Red Jack
ct. Bred by Darwin Griswold, Orwell.
Entered by Walter a. Weed, Shelburne.
OTHER ENTRIES.
Dick, oh. S., foaled 1887, got by Mo-
ton, q :29) dam, Robin by Abraham.
Bred by Oliver Severance, Mddlebury.
Entered by NJ. A. Munroe, Mddlebury.
Lambert B., (2:3S), b. s., foaled 1854,
got by Daniel Lambert; dam, Lolita B..
by Messenger Chief 1925. Bred by
David Snow, Andover, Mass. Entered
by William S. Bailey, East Hardwick
Clay Lambert, got by Motion, 1914:
dam. kittie Clay, by Cassius NJ. Clay.
Bred and entered by w. II. and F. vi.
Partch, Brattleboro.
Meteor, br s., foaled 1888, got by
Young Rix; dam, -, by Peacock.
Entered by Slas II. Soule, Fairfax.
Green Mountain SURPRISE, b. s., foaled
1882, got by Vermont Morgan dam, =.
by Old Rocket. Bred by Benz. Sumner,
Braintree. Entered by VIM. Martell.
Stockbrdge.
Sherman Franklin, b. s., foaled 1885,
got by Ben Franklin; dam, Bay Fan, by
Sherman Black Hawk. Bred by Patrick
Spearing, Shoreham. Entered by Bur-
bank & Williams, Coventry.
Star Ethan (2:45), b. $, foaled 1874,
got by Daniel Lambert; dam, Queen of
Vermont, by Churchill. Bred by f. d.
Kinds, Pittsford. Entered by NJ. c. Dor
man, Swanton.
As Others See Us.
From The Mirror and Farmer
No such a successful exhibition of
blooded horses was ever held in this
country as that which took place at Rut-
land, VT, last week under the auspices
of the Vermont association of Road and
Trotting Horse Breeders. 1t was the
sixth annual exhibition of the association,
and successful, wonderfully so, as they
have all been, the last overtopped every
predecessor. The number of horses on
q ha ln in, Il,
history of the association. The descend
ants of the Morgan family, of course.
predominatcd, but there We're ON exhbl-
ton besides, animals of noble lineage,
representing the great families of Ham
bletonan, Mambrino Chief, American
Star, Henry Clay, George Wilkes. Elec-
tioneer, Almont. Belmont, Dictator, Hap
Ply Medium, Mambrino Patchen and
others who play such an important part
in the breeding of the fast lght-harness
horse of the present day. Horsemen
from all sections of the country crowded
the hotels of the city and filled the fair
grounds. The attendance the first day
was placed at 5000, on Thursday at H.
600, and Friday at 5000. Wednesday it
raned and the second days program
was carried over to Thursday. 1t was
the first interruption by rain that the
meetings have had since they were es-
tablished six years ago. Visitors who
had never before attended a breeders
meeting in Vermont were amazed at the
magnificent results, attainable
in no other spot on earth. for in the sue
cess of its annual breeders meeting. YER
mont undeniably leads the world, and
every year pushes the plane of success
a little higher. At no time in its history
has the state been so well equipped with
elegantly bred stock for carrying on the
breeding OF the high type of roadster and
trotter as successfully as it is today, and
the results of the future must be superla-
lively great. The importation of brood
mares of as high class as the stations
that have been brought into the State
during the past few years is the only
thing that now seems wanting to reach
the highest achievements, and even this
lack will be supplied in the course of
events in few years by the process of
breeding, if the breeders are willing to
wait. Yet while the most progressive
breeders admit the present lack, it is a
noteworthy fact that the calls made upon
the breeders OF the State to-day are for
Inbred Morgans and that the supply is |
not sufficient to supply the market. The
best breeders freely admit that the Ham,
bletonian-Morgan cross is the right thing
when breeding for extreme speed and |
race horses, but when it comes to breed !
ing to supply the market demand, it is |
the inbred Morgans that have the call |
and sell best. The performances of the |
great five-year-old Pamlico, :iG3, a pro-
duct of Vermont breeding by the cross
ing OF Hambletonian stallion and a !
Morgan mare have awakened the keenest !
interest throughout the State in the value |
of an outcross. and many of the most
prominent breeders are firm in the belief
that grand circuit performers are to be
obtained in this way. Pamlco's achieve.
ments in the grand circuit this year, fol-
lowing so closely upon those of Gillig
last season, having added immensely to
Vermont's reputation as a trotting horse
State.
Many distinguished visitors attended
the meeting, among them the Hon. Red
field Proctor, secretary of war, who is a
keen lover of fine horseflesh w. ID.
MaVO, one of the nurchaSers of Ron