Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-12
consent, substituted in this race for Levi

!
that excellent paper an admirable report
of the meeting, says "Mack was
strong local favorite and had he been
well driven should have won. 1t was a
clear case of defeat through poor horse
mapship." No one that saw Mack close
the big gap on the home stretch in the
fourth heat, which Little Ned won by
nose only, doubts this proposition. But
it was no disgrace to stand second to so
worthy a competitor as Little Ned, whose
breeding, as it is given wrong in the cat
alogue, | will clear up by inserting the
following letter, which appeared last
week in the Horse Breeder:
In the Breeder for Aug. 30 | notice you
give Little Ned g :33a) as by Smuggler.
The facts are that he was sired by Hamp-
ton. and his dam was by Green's Bashaw
| Il give his dam from memory as | have
mislaid the catalogue of the sale).
In the winter of 1881, Hon. Il. n.
Vail sent to his farm in Lyndon, VI, the
stallion Hampton, by Smuggler, out of
mare by Little Giant, son of Col. Rus
sells Fearnaught q :23i). Little Giants
dam was by Thorntou's Romeo, by YER
mont Black Hawk. Hampton's dam was
was by leighton Horse, by Steve French
Horse, by Barnum's Cock of the Rock %
In the spring of 1884 Mr.. Vail shipped
to this farm several brood mares, among
them two by Volunteer, this Bashaw
Mare and others, Several of these mares
were bred to Hampton, but only two
proved IN foal, the Bashaw Mare and a
daughter of Vermont Ranger. In 1885
MIR. Vail sent these horses to Fairyale
Farm in Montpelier, VT, where the colt,
Little Ned, out of the Bashaw Mare, and
King Arthur, out of the Vermont Rang
er Mare, were raised. Little Ned was
sold to one of the present owners, MI :.
Geary, while young, and MIR. Geary cold
a half-interest to Mr.. Utton, after Utton
had handled the colt in his three-year-
old form.
The colt, King Arthur, was handled
by an amateur in his three-year-old form,
and could trot in , :52; as a four-year-
old he stepped upon barrel hoop left in
the highway and received a cut on the
front of hind leg, which laid him up
for the season. Last spring he was sold
to go to Grand Rapids, Mich, since
when | have lost track of him, but he is
capable of trotting in = 80 this year, bar
ring accidents.
with Abraham, son of Daniel Lambert,
Incentive. son of Onward, and Pancarte,
son of Pancoast, and was practically
without patronage for the next three
years. While not in this stable he was
leased and stood in a back town. There
were very few good mares among his
patrons. In 1889 he was sold and went
to the vicinity of Randolph, VT, and had
less than twenty poor mares Gas am in
formed. This last spring he passed into
the hands of w. 5. Bryant, Randolph
Center. and | have lost all track of him
but horse with two in the list. as he
should have this fall, will be found anG
patronized. 1t is certainly greater credit
to Smugger to have producing sol
than to have a 30 performer added tC
his list. | have no interest in these hors
es, however, but pedigree as an educator
is misleading and worse than useless il
incorrect. Yours, ii.
The Steve French Horse (Napoleoi
Morgan) was, of course, not by Cock of thu
Rock, but by Flint Morgan, son of Sher
man Morgan, and was sire of the dam o
the famous Fearnaught = :23D. Mack
that took third heat and second money
is a very handsome and substantial darl
5 bay stallion, five years old, and has
record of 2 80 taken at Fair Haven Of
: July 4, last. He is the first to enter tn
8 2 80 list of the get of Joseph Battell'
Thought q 80, the stylish bay son o
Daniel Lambert, that won the seven-hea
+ stallion race of this association in 1856
Thought is now - years old ard has yer.
few foals over five years old. The dan
of Mack was bred by j. b. Cherbino o
= Weybridge, VT, and was an eXcellen
daughter of Billy Ring, son of Youn
Columbus. Mr.. Cherbino sold this mar
! to Joseph Battell. who named her Tol
sey and used her several years, and the
traded her to Royal f. Bentley, then q
o Ripton and now of Rutland. She wa
one of a very few mares bred to Though
1 in the early season OF 1854 before h
went over the mountain into the hand
> of ID. W. Bliss of Bethel, where he mad
d the balance of the season of 1884, an
v has since made the seasons of 1850, ISIS,
= 1889 and 1890. His youngsters in tina
e region are very popular and many c
It them show speed, although mostly froI
It common mares. If nothing happens t
Is Mack he should beat 2 20 next season.
: In the , 30 class Grand Isle clearl
IS outclassed his competitors and the re;
= race was for second place between Ha
(. tie l.. and Nutmont; after very gam
d tight the son of Nutbourne was compelle
II to lower his colors to the fast and gam
O daughter of Motion.
l. THE PREMIUM AWARDS.
y. CLASS \.
= Sweepstakes herd premium, open to a
~ standardized stations ten years old {
y over, with four of their get, none {
> which shall be more than four years ole
., and no two be of the same age or frol
- the same dam. First, 500.
% Aristos, br. s., foaled 1870, got by Dan
y, iel Lambert; dam, Fannie jackson, b