Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-03-14

llg and one OF the most noted of the sons
of Lambert, while in the adjoining town
of Orwell on the south stood Ben Frank
lin, famous as a sire of colt winners,
and. among the sons of Lambert, the
greatest rival of Aristos.
In the very center of this home of
great sres of the Morgan line has been
produced Gillig, a colt that, if he answ-
ers his present promise, will add marked
distinction to this region. Gillg was
bred by his present owner, w. w. Moore,
and was foaled in July, 1885. His sire
is Aristos, 2;273, son of Daniel Lam
bert; the dam of Aristos was the famous
brood mare, Fannie Jackson, dam of
three in the 2 80 list, of Miss Fanny
Jackson, that beat 2 80 in a losing race
against time, and of Lambertus, whose
ice record is 2:27. Fanny jackson was
/ by Stonewall jackson, he by William
sons Black Hawk, son of Vermont
Black Hawk. The dam of Gillig is
Alice by Pcarsall, he by Jupiter, son of
| Long Island Black Hawk; the latter, it
will be remembered, was son of An
drew Jackson that got Henry CLAY.
founder of the great family of that name,
while Andrew jackson i'm turn was by
\ Dung Bashaw, son of the imported
Arabian, Grand Bashaw. The second
dam of Gillig was the noted trotting
mare, Lady Snow, 80, whose record
was made in 1865, as appears by Ches-
ter's Record, page 172. Alice, the dam
of Gillig, is a very powerful bay mare,
still owned by Mr.. Moore, who has had
her ever since She was three years old.
She i, one of the very few roadsters
brought into this region that have never
showed the white feather to the native
MorganS of the Ethan Allen line, that
have long enjoyed the Wcll-earned rep
utation of being unsurpassed as road
sterS III the world. OF the second dam.
Lady Snow, Mr.. Geo. G. Hitchcock.
proprietor of Ash Grove Farm. New
Preston. Conn, writes 10 Mr.. Moore
that he purchased her, with her mate.
Ice Pony, of Augustus Seely and Il. 4.
Goodenough of New York City. She
was stout brown mare, standing l5B
hands, and had two white ankles behind.
Her breeding is untraced. Mr.. Hitch
cock further writes of this pair: "Thev
were known in New York as the Col
gate team, and were the first team to
beat 2:4O to pole, driven by Hiram
Ns...g l,.,,a
never knew anything about their pcdi.
gree. Lady Snow | sold &c
Henry Warren of Watcrtown, Conn.
he afterwards bred her to Pearsall
They were a very fast team together
when owned them" Gillig is in color
and marks copy of Lady Snow.
At four years of age Gillig impresses
you as a horse of great power and great
resolution. He has IA very fine coat OF
seal brown, with black name, tail anC
legs, and pair of evenly matched white
hind ankles. His height at the wither.
is l35 hands, triile higher behind, anC
he now weighs something over 1000
pounds, but will easily reach 100 wher
fully developed and in stud condition
lie has abundant name and tail, which
Is full and flowing, and is carried to pcrfcc
ton. Iii, head is of medium size. viii
delicate muzzle and spacious brain room
high above and wide between the eyes
which are dark, expressive and full OF
courage; ears of medium size, very quick
and sensitive. The neck is of gooC
length, slightly arched, very strong anG
very firmly set on pair of shoulder,
that are stoutly built up to the withers
and lie well back toward the long and
firmly coupled hip, leaving short
stout back between. The loins and
STILES are of remarkable strength, and
the chest of great capacity. The limbs
are models of symmetry, strung with
whipcord, and in motion like music
His gait is inherited from his great-grand
sire, Ethan Allen, that low, stealing stride
that, seemingly without effort, takes the
singing wheels from quarter pole to
quarter pole with wonderful rapiditv
On the whole it is difficult to put vour
finger on point on Gillig that you
could change for the better. In build,
bearing and disposition, he is very
perfect animal. He has come through
his campaigns without spot or blemish
and has never lost feed. or been out of
condition day in his life.
GillIg's trotting experience began as
a two-year-old. when he trotted two
races, of half mile heats, winning
the second, in which he made with Rare
Ben dead heat in 10, then the fastest
half ever made by two-year-old in YER
mont As three-year-old he trotted
three races, all of which he won without
losing heat, the most important being
at the New England Breeders meeting,
where he was followed out in the third
heat by Virginia Evans in 2 1929. As a
four-year-old, the past season, Gillig be-