Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-06-05

after the mares were disposed of, to mis-
represent their breeding; the only thing
that makes it suspicious is that 1t Is a
little too good. But there can be no
doubt but that the dam of Thought was
a well bred mare, as, after she fully re-
covered from her illness, as she soon did,
she turned out to be one of the finest of
road mares, and so much of II trotter that,
at one time at the State fair at Burling-
ton, she was hitched by the side of
mare that was a stranger to her, and the
pair won double team race, trotting
better than three minutes unframed and
unacquainted. The name of the gentle
man who brought these mares to Sarato-
ga has never been ascertained. He was a
youngerly man, apparently wealthy, and
was said to be from New York city or
vicinity. 1t is not impossible that this
article may meet the eye of some one
who can give some clue that will enable
us to trace this mare to her breeder As
it now stands, from the evidence above
noted, the remarkable quality of
Thought himself, and the uniformity
with which he is begetting speed, it
would seem very probable that the breed
ing of the dam was correctly stated to
Mr.. Stow
At four years of age Thought came I'M
der the eye of Joseph Battell, who, struck
by his remarkable beauty and promise,
purchased him and has ever since been
his owner. In 1881 Thought got very
few foals in Middlebury and vicinity; in
Dan Mace, who developed him rapidly
and drove him trial in "a, but the
horse accidentally got shoulder sprain
which threw him out of training, though
he very soon recovered. In 1883 he stood
as stable mate to Motion q :29) at Mid
dlebury, and did but little service. In
1881, after serving few mares at Middle
bury, among which was the dam OF
Mack he was taken in June to Bethel in
Windsor county and placed in the hands
of ID. w. Bliss, who had him there the
seasons of 1854, 1855, 1889 and 1890, and
has driven him in all his winning races.
In 1856 and 1883 Thought was supposed
to be in training and did no stld service,
and 1887 he was kept at Weybridge.
Thought has been mated mostly with
mares of no particular merit, and has had
very few of breeding and individual
excellence. Only four of his get, to our
knowledge, have ever been trained all of
these have trotted their mile better than
80 one is Mack one is Archie B. @ :33)
that has repeatedly been timed separate
! ly in losing heats below 2 80; one is
! Leader, owned by Mr.. Linsley of North
field, Mass, and another is mare owned
! by Mr.. Dickinson of Hatfield, Mass.
Bread Loaf, pacing stallion son of
Thought owned in Pennsylvania, is also
reported to be able to show better than a
, 80 gait without special training. More
than this, his get inherit his own superb
road qualities, and are very rarely beaten
on the highway.
When Mack made his record last sea-
son, Thought was IL years old. being
one of the youngest Vermont bred sires
to get a representative in the list, Arstos
and Ben Franklin being the only ones
that have equalled him in that respect,
both having one at the same aye. There
is every indication that he Will now re-
ceive the patronage that his merit de-
serves, and that he will take a high place
among the successful sons Of his noted
sire. W. ii. b.