St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-08-14
THE HORSE FAIR
Successful Meeting of the Eastern Yer
mont Breeders Association.

| ne IOurth annual meeting OF the
Eastern Vermont association of road
and trotting horse breeders opened
at the Fair Ground yesterday and
closes this afternoon. Nearly 800
horses have entered and the exhibit
of well bred stock is the finest ever
seen in St. Johnsbury.
w. S. Bailey. president of the asso
citation and proprietor of the Maple
wood Stock farm, has II entries
headed by Lambert B, who bids fair
to keep up the reputa ton of Golden
as the sire of trotting stock. Lam
bert B, 2.3S, is son of Daniel Lam
bert and there is now only one of his
sons i'll New England in the 2.3O
list. His Helen M, 2.2S, was adj
mired by everybody yesterday and
will be on the track again today.
Osgood, promising yearling by
| Golden, is entered in the yearling
ter to Helen M, was entered in the
two-year-old class but did not trot.
The other entries from this farm are
| the brood mare Lady Winchester, by
Roland one sucking colt, by Golden;
Mona, two-year-old filly, by Almont
Eagle; Katrina, three-year-old flly,
by Golden; Warner, three-year-old,
by Golden, entered by ]. l.. Bailey.
Highland Stock farm, Coventry,
Burbank & Williams, have 10 horses
entered including their famous
stations Gen. Warren, Sherman
Franklin (63S9, y both by Ben Frank
lin, and Dr. Claudius, by Wilkes
Spirit, the most fashionably bred
stallion at this farm Their other
entries are Frank, a two-year-old
gelding by Sherman Franklin; Lottie
Franklin, roadster, by Ben Franklin;
Benhadad; two-year-old stations by
Gen. Warren and Charley Ray;
Monarch, three-year- stallion by
Rufus II ; Rafael, yearling stallion by
Charlie Ray; Katisha, four-year-old
mare by Ben Franklin, winner of
stake No. 4 Pixie, the dam of Lottie
| Franklin and Katisha.
The Bates Stock farm at Derby is
headed by that beautiful son of
George Wilkes, Abdallah Wilkes
| (7562) who is undoubtedly the most
valuable stallion on the grounds
| This farm has about half dozen
| entries and some fine colts of Abdal-
lah Wilkes.
Gen. w. w. Grout enters II horses
and colts including his two stations,
| Henry S, by Auctioneer, 2.31, and
Roadster, a four-year-old by Rex
Patehen, 2 80. He has six sucking
colts by Henry S; one roadster by
George Wilkes Jr.; four two-year-old
fillies by Henry S; two yearling
stations by Henry S.
Emmett Hill of West Concord cx-
hibits the Wilkes stallion Jesuit,
standard and registered, by Onward
and the horse attracted much atten-
ton He also shows a Jesuit year
ling and brood mares by Sile
Houghton and Addison Lambert.
His Clay stallion Rexton will be here
today and trot in the 2.4O class.
E. c. Carpenter generally brings
down a good string of stations and
their get from Lyndonville but his
horses have all got the distember
except Tamerlane (95S3) by Wi
nooski
| Danville shows some excellent stock
as usual. D. K. Wakefield, who is
the proud owner of the dam of Helen
| M, entered Morgan Wilkes Jr., and
Horace Wakefield showed a beauti-
full Golden colt, dam by Young Cas-
S1uS, the sire of Margaret s, PIT.
B. F. Haviland, Clay Wilkes, by Alb
dallah Wilkes, and Pilot Blackstone,
by Blackstone, the two making a
splendid pair. Ora N. Drew showed
Golden colt and Golden ]r., a
| two-year-old stallion. B. p. Cole
showed two yearling and two suck
ing colts by Golden and Jesuit.
| F. J. Frye showed Movement year
ling stallion and Golden colt.
| c. l.. &. c. B. Stevens two good
| brood mares and Cobden's yearling
stallion, See Bee. Tref Gadipee had
a Darlington Chief yearling stallion
and c. E. Morse two finely matched
| foadsters and F. A Morse one nice
pair.
ST. Johnsbury was well represented
by entries by G. w. Stiles & Son;
| Jonathan Ross, who showed Golden
stock; A. S. Livingston, who en-
tered a brood mare by Geo. Ide's
Black Morgan; DIR. George w. Ward
couple of well bred twoyear-old
stations; H. A. Folsom, a Golden
two-year-old.
A description of the rest of the
entries will be given next week.
1OOdy'S Races.
Great interest has been taken in
| the races this afternoon and some
| fine trots may be expected. The first
race for foals of 1887 is for a purse
of $265. There are seven entries
including two horses from the Bates
farm, and two fillies by Golden. In
the 2-4O stallion class for purse of
$40, Burbank and Williams enter