Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-05-15

and it remained for Ethan Aliens grand
son Billy ID. to prove that such feat was
not impossible. At his first attempt
Billy ID. equaled the time made by Ethan
Allen, while soon afterwards he placed
2:lli on the black board. Later i'm his
life. this geldng. who had heretofore
been unable to go faster than % to
harness. did a mile to pole accompanied
by running mate in 2:l4 fiat.
The mare Yellow Dock in the autumn
of 1882 at Narragansett Park carved
huge slice from the best record at this
way of going, which added still more to
the surprise of trotting horsemen when
her performance of PSI was heralded
from ocean to ocean.
During the fall season of 1883 the des-
pendants of Ethan Allen combined to
wrest from Yellow Dock the crown and
glory, which for the time had passed
from the hardy Morgan family, and were
prominently successful in the attempt.
After several efforts by the black geld
ing II. y. Winship, an inbred Morgan,
the record was returned to its rightful
owners and 2:lOi graced the historic
black board at old Narragansett.
The week following and at Mystic
Park. Boston. Winship again proved him
self an adept by trotting in 2:ll4, a
second slower than at Providence. Each
of these records were obtained by Win
ship during an actual race, as indeed was
yellow Docks when she so badly de-
feated Billy D., as well as lowered his
record.
Not content with 2:l0i, the Morgans
again fought the record two weeks later
at Prospect Park and succeeded in lower
ing the family record. although contrary
to the usual custom of families, the Nor
gans achieved glory and credit rather
than disgrace from these efforts.
On Thursday, Nov. II, 1888. the bay
gelding Frank, aided by II. B. Winship,
still further astonished the craft. Frank
won the first heat by throat-latch in the
wonderful time of .0S5, while Winship
defeated him during the second heat in
2:l0i. The bay gelding Frank and the
black geldng Winship were great-grand-
sons of Ethan Allen. The race at Pros
pect Park was the third in which these
flyers participated and was the most eX::
citing of the three, and the fact that Win
ship was able to win was largely if not
entirely due to the superiority of his rum
ming mate.
j. B. Barnaby & Co., the then great
clothiers of Providence, Il. l., were the
owners of Billy ID. and II. B. Winship.
In Hiram Bruce, the running mate of
their two famous Morgan pole horses,
they had a horse of remarkable sagacity
. and great strength, added to speed of
more than an average RATE and an adept
, ness for this method of going seldom
equaled. The horse Bruce ran with
/ Billy ID. in each of his exploits and in
: this manner learned all there was to the
= business. Perhaps no horse has yet APP
peared in the role of running mate who
is the equal of Hiram Bruce. 1t is true
, that Firebrand carried several horses
. quite little faster, but they were PAGERS.
= j. .. Nay, the mate of Frank, while
superior to many horses. was no match
for his companion and instead of being
an assistant upon every occasion he fire.
quently failed to meet the requirements.
! IA during the second heat at Prospect
Park when at the three-quarter pole Nay
! no CT r.i-a1 mi 70
= half mast and Frank was compelled to
, assist the runner rather than have the
= help he needed at the critical moment.
The same might likewise be written of
the race at Narragansett Park, for there
; it was plainly shown that Bruce won the
race. With competent mate, Frank
was in 1884 and 1885 the fastest harness
horse in the world.
: In view of what the stallion Nelson
has accomplished during the season just
brought to close, added to that already
spoken of concerning the noble team
trotting, let no one decry the old time
i Morgan. The greatest enemy the Nor
gan family has had to contend with was
weight; once they were relieved of this
serious handicap they became the fastes
{ harness horse in the world.
Westmont, the PAGER, whose mile a
Chicago in 1885 was and is the wonder
: aud admiration of the world, is in reality
. more of Morgan than an Almont
From his dam he received large pei
cent of that vital principle which enabled
him to pace faster than bird can fly
His very look, act and manner of going
were all Morgan.
Nelson, however, has taught us thai
r once in while we can find IA weight
: puller among the Morgans. The family
e of which have been writing have beef
hardy and serviceable road horses from
the very day of Justin Morgan, anC
a among the many famous gentlemen