Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-12-10
HORSE GOSSIP.
SoElo strait Tip. Winch Furnish Conn
Iurht for the Horsemen.

SoEle strait Tip. Winch Furnish Com
Inrnt for tine Horsemen
EleciYneec wGs bred to but one daughter
of George v il,,s aAd one daughter Of Nut
wood. The result was Advertiser, PIG,
and Ar!on, 81, 4, respectively.
Turf, farm AMI Home OF Auburn. Me-,
says thut in breeding tor speed there are 50
many chances OF failure, and the failures
come SO 1Ur short of finding good places at
good prices, that farmers will do much bet
ter to give attention to the lines of breeding
in which there are greater probabilities of
success.
between 80 and 800 colts and FLIES en-
tered in the Kentucky $25, 900 tuturity have
paid second money.
{. V. Williams has decided to increase
the purses offered at his August meeting at
independence, Ia, SO that the aggregate
will reach 500, 900. The meeting, begin
ming August %, 1892, viii be OF 10 days
duration, and there will be $40, 900 purse
on each day. The entrance fee Will not ex-
coed per cent.
When yearings pace in 2;242 and two
year-olds trot in 2.lOs almost any speed o
fully developed horses fails to excite won
der.
Delmarch, Pill, race record 212, aver
age turee heats IN race 2:l4t, Will be
placed in the stud next season.
Green Mountain Maid produced more 2:3O
trotters than any other mare, ana her son,
Eiectlonocr, Ia, sired more 2.30 trotters
than any other horse.
j. Japan of Wet Enosbursb has sold his
chestnut mare to George Iloof She is by
Flying Morgan
J. c. Hosuo has sold his Morgan stallion
to Asa l.aymore. He is b. Star Ethan and
a good type of the Morgan. His stock Is
showing we'll.
AT G meeting held at Springfield November
30 Of the Black River railroad these officers
were elected; Directors, Adna brown Of
Springfield, w. II. II. Slack of Springfield,
Don c, Pollard of Proctorsville, Trial Rus
sell Of Covendish, Charles Amsden, E. j.
Call aud NJ. c. Robinson of Weathersfield,
Gergo II. Stowell Of Claremont, n. H., and
George y. Aver OF St. Adams
President, Adna Brown; vice president
| Charles Amsden; treasurer, D. O. Gill; ex-
ecutiye committee, Alna Brown, W. Ii. H..
Slack and George A. Aver; auditors, A. S.
! Burbank, II. a. Fletcher and Fred Field
When Charles Marvin was spoken to re-
garding the lowering Of tho stallion record
! with Arion he remarked that he thought the
baby had done well and there was plenty of
time. Besides, " he added az have never
retired trotter to winter quarters a Grip.
pie after its first season on the turf, and |
dislike to take any chances now with colt
like him."
Nelson Brown Of Pittsford has sold to L.
NJ. Woodruff OF Rutland his two-year- old
stallion George B. Roland by Roland A, OSS,
record 1928, dam Margaret B., by Warrior,
I'd dam by Vermont Hambletonian George
B. is beautiful seal brown in color, Is 3
hands high and weighs 200 pounds. He
has good open gait and has trotted quart
cr. IN 40 seconds. lie was bred by Fl. X.
" nl,e Of North Clarendon and sold by him
when 20 month, for $215. Mr.. Woodruff
paid 5000 for h,l. Mr.. White has two full
sisters younger than George b. that bid fair
to make good ones.
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