Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-06-27
THE MOOR-PROTECTION.

The most wonderful trotting progeni-
Tor ever found on the Pacific coast was
The Moor, by Clay Pilot. The Moor, as
was stated not long since, only got fifty
one foals all told. Six of that number,
nearly twelve per cent, have made rec
ords of , 80 or better. The dam of The
Moor, Belle of Wabash, was, as has often
been stated, from daughter of Vermont
Black Hawk, which was mated to her
own son, and Belle of Wabash was the
result.
Speaking of The Moor reminds us of
bit of information concerning the breed
ing of his sire, Clay Pilot, that has late
ly come to hand. Clay Pilot is registered
in the "American Trottng Register as
by Neave's Cassius NJ. Clay, Jr., dam by
Pilot, Jr., second dam by Mambrino Chief
Clay Pilot was owned for several years by
Randolph Huntington of Rochester.
y. Y, who writes under date of the 10Th
inst, that the pedigree as given in the
Register is wrong. The second dam of
Clay Pilot, as stated by Mr.. Huntington,
was by the thoroughbred race horse Grey
Eagle, and out of a daughter of the thor
oughbred Bertrand, the grandsire of Grey
Eagle. This is putting in the Diomed
rather strong, but as Mr.. Huntington is
no admirer of that strain he cannot be
charged with being led astray by his
sympathies.
Jack Spratt, one of the fastest trotters
in Maine, and the fastest of Tom Pat
chen's get by the record, was from a
mare which one who knew her pro-
nounced of Morgan descent, owing
to her form and the strong Morgan char
known, too, that she came from a section
of country which was full of the Morgan
element. Straws indicate the direction
of the wind, and judging from the way
the few which have already been discov-
cred point, it is probable that the Nor
gan strain will prove valuable outcross
for the Clays, provided the latter is suiiic-
iently we'll backed with stout thorough
bred strains to give the produce good
staying qualities. We venture to predict
grand results from mating trotting mares
of Vermont Black Hawk descent with
Ansel q :20), by Electioneer, whose dam
was member of the Clay family.
The following facts concerning the
trotter Protection (2;l9D, which acquit-
ted himself so CALAMITY while coming
down through the Grand circuit last sea-
son, will be of interest to our readers,
who are trying to solve the breeding
problem. Protection is owned by Dr.
+. L. Frost of Worcester, who writes
concerning him as follows: 81 bought
Protection in the fall of 1887, of Mr..
William b. Fasig, secretary of Cleve-
land Driving park. He was sired by
Ernest, son of Volunteer, and | think
his dam was Grey Eagle mare. We
started Protection in the Northwest cir
cult in , "a and ?: % classes, to get him
in condition for the Grand circuit, with
out lowering his record, which was then
, ~. He won second money most of
the time. lie won heat over half
mile track in 2:26i. He started in thir-
teen races, and never failed to get part
of the purse.
"lle won the race at Hartford, getting
a record of 2 :l9i in the fifth heat. lie
has trotted the fourth quarter of the
mile in his races in thirty-two seconds,
and has shown trial mile In 2:l6. He
went into winter quarters at Worcester
in perfect health, not blemsh on him.
lie resembles St. Julien in shape and
gait more than any horse ever saw.
Not that 1 wish to compare Protection