Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-11-13

anu HcNcl ltlluuuiSntu IL, WHINING llle
heat in :5G. In the next heat both went
to work at the tap of the drum, and the
Jockeys used whip and spur us soon as
they got off, and urged the flying steeds
throughout the four miles, but the FLY
never passed the colt, although she ran
Tapped upon him nearly the whole of the
distance. Monsieur won the heat and
race in Z 30. Col. johnson, as soon as
the race was over. said to friend pres
ent: "Well, sir, he has beaten me; it is
the best race | ever saw, and think the
last race Monsieur will ever run;" but he
was mistaken The writer continues
"Ths is the best race ever run in the
United States" The colt was lame for a
great while, but he was patched up, and
the following September, 1927, he beat
Frantic, four-mle heats, at Casewel
Court House, y. c., but he broke down
in the last heat and retired. IIe stood for
many years in Virginia, and got many
good horses.
He was regarded as the best of the
four brothers, but he was very little SUI
DtIlOI W OH hlCIldIu lOllsOl OF IIl;lll-
pion; and Sir Henry Tonson. but for
a diseased throat that affected his wind.
Colonel Payton thought, would have
been the equal of either. Sir Richard
was only beaten twice, and Champion
never lost race. Madame Tonson
also produced Caroline and Ulysses, by
Volunteer; Bernice, by Sin Archy, Jr.
Ellen Wade by Stakeholder; and Herr
Cline, by Arab Ga son of Sir Archy), all
of whom were more or less distinguished
on the turf and in the stud.
Caroline produced to Conquerer, Jul
ia Franklin, and to Stakeholder. Tele-
graph, good race horse Julia Frank
lin, in turn, brought good racer in
Hugh Lawson White, by imported Levi
athan, and also produced Mark Pillow,
by Giles Scroggins, and Mecklenburg by
imported Norman. From Sir Richard
came Gamma, one of the best race-mares
of her day, and Epsilon, by Pacific, out
of Madame Bosley; and in this line are
also the fleet and good mares, Euchre,
Panchette and Mariposa. the pride of
Belle Meade, and many Others who have
been distinguished upon the Tennessee
turf. Sir Richard was the sire of Grey
Maria, also called Alice Grey and Lady
Gray. She was out of Lucy Clark, by
that celebrated horse Tennessee Oscar,
who was never beaten heat or race.
: Grey Maria produced Darney, by John
Richards Howard, by American Eclipse:
sally shannon, by Woodpecker: and
Darkness by Wagner, all of whom per-
formed well upon the turf. Sally Shan
. non. in turn, produced Feliciana. by
, Glencoe, Jr.; and Nahmeoke, Southern
Belle, and Laura White. by imported
T Glencoe; and Lefty Shannon, Shannon
and Shoddy, by Lexington. Nahmeoke
produced Whisperer and Oberon: the
, last named is now owned by Mr.. Ed
ward ;. Sanford of Long Island. Lau-
ra White has been regarded rs Il most
valuable brood mare. She is the dam of
, Dot, by Mad Anthony; the dam of
/ Madge Duke, now in California. and Il
very excellent tilly; Lark, by Lexington,
the dam of Harry Ill., one of the best
race-horses in this country, but has, I'M
= fortunately, been amiss for more than
year. Alice Ward, by Lexington. was
the next foal of Laura White, and then
! came Bazine, "A very good horse, and
Astral, who was regarded, the fall he
; was two years old, as the very best colt
of the year. General j. +. Robinson of
. Lexington, to whom he belonged. was
offered $1,000 for him.
, Grey Medley also sired the Grey Med :
ley mare owned by Mr.. Benjamin Phil
, lips of Davidson county, Tennessee,
, who produced, in ISL, good race-horse
, in Grey Archy by Sir Archy. Polly
Medley was another daughter of Grey
Medley. She was the dam of the cele-
brated race-hOrse Doublehedd, by i'm
ported Diomed. Doublehead was sub
{ scquently bred to his dam, Polly Med
. ley, and produced Il tilly called Jenny
Riband. She did not do anything very
remarkable, but produced grey colt by
Pacolet. called Alexander, that was re-
garded as good race-horse. Polly Med
ley produced to imported Royalist colt
called Royal Medley, good but unfor-
tunate race-horse. JOppa by Jericho;
Moonlight, Twilight, and Skylght by
Lexington; Starlight, by imported
Scythian; Sunrise, by Ringgold Chi
quita (who won the Fordham handicap
at the last spring meeting, at Jerome
Park, and many Others whose perform
ance will pass under review in their reg
ular order, are numbered among the des-
pendants of Gray Medley. Indeed, their
history is the history of the American
turf for the past sixty years, and will,
when written, include the performances
of such horses as Robin Gray, Alaric,
Vandal, Lexington, Jack Malone, Pat
Malloy, Harry Basset, Norfolk, Light
ming, Arizona, Muggins, Daniel Boone,