Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-05

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Vance, br. h. by Abdallah Wilkes;
dam, Mamie Marders by CLARK
Chief. Highland Stock Farm Der.
Time, So, "a, SIX. 3s.
THE WINNERS.
Tamerline, the yearling winner, is a
very gamey built black colt, bred by
Lester Fish of Rutland, and got by Mr..
Fish's famous Aristos :27aD, sire of
II. B. Winship q :O6 with running mate
and :20i single and eight others in the
2:30 list; Aristos by Daniel Lambert
and out of the great brood mare, Fanny
jackson dam of four in the 80 list), by
Stonewall jackson, son of Williamson's
Black Hawk by Vermont Black Hawk.
The second dam of Aristos has
been credited to North American,
but was probably by Sherman
Black Hawk. The dam of Tamerline is
Empress, dam of r. d. F. full brother
to Tamerline), whose present record of
2:24i is SAID to be much below his ca
pacity. Empress is by Bay Lester,
tracing in male line to Young Columbus,
with other lines to Andrus' Hambletonian
and Clifford Morgan. Tamerline lower
ed the half mile yearling record of this
association from ALI, made in 1888 by
Prince Wyatt, son of Ben Franklin, to
1891, gam of "a seconds. Mr.. Jewett
of the Horse Breeder says in his report :
"Over Mystic this colt would have made
it warm for Stanley and Prue at the
races of the New England Breeders asso-
ciation." The best time there was :2S4,
made by Stanley. Tamerline's competi-
tor, Inahorn, is by Matterhorn, son of
Nutwood, that has a record of 2 :lSi and
was credited at the close of last season
with 81 in the , 80 list; Nutwood's dam
was Miss Russell dam of Maud S.
2:0SD by Pilot, Jr. Inahorn, despite
her silly name, is trotting filly of great
promise. Her dam is by Gen. Sherman,
son of Young Columbus.
Sue Gillig, the two-year-old winner,
that left the field, headed by Jumbo
Wilkes, that won in the same class at
the New England Breeders meeting,
more than distance behind her, and
moved the two-year-old record of this
association down % seconds from the
2 "a made last season by Altemont, to
Al, was bred by w. w. Moore of
Shoreham; she is the only foal got in
his two-year-old form by Mr.. Moore 5
elegant brown stallion, Gillig q :23t)
that trotted last season as four-year-
old, commencing by winning the $4,000
Clay stakes at Island Park, and thence
going through the grand circuit, trotting
ten races, five of which he won. Gillig
is by Aristos, dam by Pearsall, son OF
Jupiter by Long Island Black Hawk
second dam. Lady Snow $3.50, ia
nous trotter of early days. Sue Gillig's
dam is Cecil by Waltham, son of Ham
bletonan. Her gait, like that of hel
sire, is low, stealing, noiseless and rapid
she made the two miles In 2 :Ht, 2 As
without apparent effort, and must have
been we'll within her limit She wa!
within one second of the fastest mile
ever trotted by two-year-old in Yer
mont, the 2 :434 made by Helen NJ. las
September. Her sire, Gillig, holds thu
best record q :3l4) ever made by Yer
mont bred three-year-old, and it is no
unlikely that Sue, before the season
closes, may shake the New England
two-year-old record, 2 rs, made last fal
hnr In oil NJ n
Golden (2:2SD by Daniel Lambert
Gillig's only two other foals in Vernon
are the two yearlings that trotted in tn
yearling race, where one of them too
fourth money and the other was fifth.
Contestor Wilkes, winner of the two
|. year-old stallion race and record o
: 2:5I4, is the shapely and substantial so
of Victor Wilkes, that won the yearlin
race of this association last season, whe
he took record of 3 ;l34, being the fast
est record eyer made by yearlng in
race in New England. Victor Wilkes
owned by w. j. Howes of Troy, pror
rietOr of the stock farm at Hydeyille
VT, is son of Victor von Bismarck, sir
of ten in the , 80 list and son of Han
bletonian. The dam of Contestor Wilke
is by Ben Franklin and out of daughte
: of Daniel Lambert.
Jumbo Wilkes, that took second none
in both two-year-old races, was bred an
is owned by W.. j. Howes. He is large
well shaped chestnut colt by Nicto
Wilkes from a dam by Gen. Sherman, so
of Young Columbus. He won the two
year-old race at the recent New Englan
Breeders meeting at Mystic Park, Boz
ton, in two straight heats, taking a r,
cord of :49t.
Surprise Franklin, the three-year-
winner, is good-sized chestnut colt, yer
J strongly musced and one of the han
soonest ANIMALS on the grounds. He is
son of Ben Franklin, and his dam, Lad
May, by Blackstone, son of Hambl,