Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-10-03

HORSE GOSSIP.


The soil at the independence kite.shaped
track is black loam, that is ensily
worked and makes the footing elastic and
safe. Budd Dohle calls it the safest and
best track in the country, but Budd Doble
has not seen our Vermont kite shaped
track
Homer Brewster, says the Mirror has the
fastest string in Vermont having four
horses, it is claimed, that can trot in 2;25
| or better. This popular driver intends to
pass the winter in the South.
at is n great pity" writes Mr. Bliss in
the Mddlebury Register, in reviewing the
late breeders meeting at Rutland, "thot
some of the officers of this association can
not get over the idea that it is mere tail to
the kite of tho national association MIR.
Packer is doubtless well posted on the Ham
bletonian family, but he evidently sees no
merit in the native Vermont horses, such as
buyers come from all over the country to
purchase. If no did, he would hardly
place Tamerlane. that had just won his race
and faster half-mle record than over be-
fore made in the State, second TO "A son Of
Homestead by Pancoast, whose trotting
powers are wholly conjectural The same
may he said of rating Surprise Franklin
second to Castaway by Ansel. If this sort
of thing is to be repeated, thon the name of
the association would better be changed to
the Association for the Encouragement of
Horse Breeding in Kentucky, California
and New York "
The bay stallion Clonmore, 2;294,
three years owned by G. X Foster, for
merly Of this place, won the free for all
stallion race at st. Hyacnth Quo, Wednes-
day, driven by II. L. Weller of Burlington.
lie also won the solid gold medal offered by
the Eastern Townships bank for standard
bred stations, beating the famous Red
Wilkes, prize winner Of Sherbrooke.
DR.. Hoskins saws in the Waterman 2;
II is true, as Brother Cheever says in the
New England Farmer, that there is no such
thing as a pure blooded' Morgan horse
and yet thero is in no other breed more
fixed and recognizable type than the Nor
gan, and he is seen on the road, and on the
streets of every Vermont village. The
brief craze, some 20 years ago, for more
''rangy' horses horses that could go far
| Their in day than they could get back in
three though it threatened the porpetuity
of the Morgans, did not last long enough
to injure the type seriously, except in those
bred for gambling purposes-and even with
these the value of Lambert stock shows the
strength Of the popular appreciation of the
Morgans 1t is hardly necessary to 60 into
any deep physiological speoulations rcgar-
| ing the true invardness of the Morgan.
| tie is partly the product of his environ
ment in billy country with poor roads
! but he Is more the result of purely prac
| teal course of selection on the part of
body OF intelligent farmers and Villagers
who know good thing when they see it,
and know enough to perpetuate it.
Mr.. G. y. Delaney returned yesterday
morning FROM the "Blue Bonnet" races
hold Monday and Tuesday at Montreal
| Mr.. Delaney states that the programme
! was carried out in spite Of the severe rain
and muddy track About 5000 people were
| present each day. Wipoosi Maid did good
work in the 2;40 race losing the first two
heats to Farmer Boy Sine won the next
three, i'll 2:40, 2:41 and 2:305, the first two
heats being trotted in 242, with Farmer
Boy a close second, Walker third. Clonmore
owned 10y G. * Foster, formerly of this
city, won second money in the free-for all
| Homedaie getting first, and Dan Thompson
| third. The time was 2:33, 2:32, 232A, aud
the race was trotted in pouring rain.
The second dam of the famous stallion,
| Nelson, according to a local authority, was
! bred by James Blinn of Shelburne, and she
! was owned and driven by l.. s. Drew of
the Van Ness House for n number Of years
She was sold by Mr.. Drew to NJ. p. Delano
| of Boston.
The races of the Burlington Driving clu b,
at Howard Park, have been postponed to
| October Z and s, owing to the number of
fairs in progress this week.
The third annual meeting and horse
show of the North Troy Trotting Park as