Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-20
HOW THE TROTTER SHOULD BE
BRED AND REARED.
SPRING STATION, K

1t would take very long article to
give you full and detailed history of
WOODBURY. Farm as asked Tor IN your list
of questions.
In the thoroughbred department, r. A.
Alexander issued the first WOODBURY. |
catalogue in 1857, Lexington and import |
ed Scythian being the stations, with 43
mares in the stud. Most all of the an
imals were purchased in the year 1856.
The stations in use since were Ruric,
Ringgold, Imported Australian, Aster
old, Planet, imported Glen Athol, King
Alfonso, Lisbon, Pat Molloy, Falsetto
and Powhattan. A history of the race
horses raised on the farm would cover
the history of the turf for the past "a
years. AS regards the treatment of thor
oughbreds, every mare has a box stall
at night during the winter. The year
lings have lots to themselves, and are
put up at night and out of storms. They
are allowed all the exercise and fresh air
possible. They are sold when one year
old at public auction to the highest bid
! der.
As regards the trottng department, it
is almost contemporaneous with the
thoroughbred. Edwin Forrest was
bought in 1856, and Pilot, Jr., in 1857.
The first catalogue issued in 1860, with
Norman included in the list of stations
aud % brood mares. The stations were
selected with the idea that they had predis-
of their day, and had gotten speed COM
mensurate with their opportunities.
In the selection of mares, those that
had produced speed were early made
prominent; in fact, producing dams
has been the keynote of WOODBURY. sue
cess, both in thoroughbreds and trotters.
In these early days, in the first cata-
logue, No. |, is Madam Temple, the dam
No. , is old Black Rose, the foundation
of Il great family. No. 3 is Gray Bac-
chante, who is celebrated at that time in
Il catalogue note as being the dam "of a
the stake mile heats at Lexington fol
two-yeaI sold IN 3:l3, distancing his
competitors" We were proud of speed
producers then as now, and emphasized
it. Minerva, dam of Meander, Nugget
and Egmont, trace TO this mare. No.
was Gray Goose, in great brood mare
list now. No. was Croppy, the dam o.
John Morgan, ,: "a, the fastest of Pilot
Jr.'s ge;. Madam Dudley and SAINT;
: Maria were in the same catalogue. Non'
of these animals had much breeding ac
= cording to our present list, but they wer'
producers of speed.
The next catalogue of 1861 notes
, growth in knowledge by the addition o
Pilot, Jr., Mambrino Chief and thorough
9 bred mares.
- The 1864 catalogue makes long stride
:. in the right road to two minute trotters
Alexander Abdallah is added to the lis
= of stations, and IIambletonian bloc
= foundation was laid to the pedigree
=, that have produced our two fastest trol
=, tiers, by the transf .rring of Sally Rus
sell grandam of Maud s., : :0S4, and Tw
, light. grandam of Jay-eye-see, 2:l0, fror
= the thoroughbred to the trotting depar
4, nent. 4 number of Mambrino Chic
mares have been found in this catalogu
who have since become celebrated, nota
bly,, Belle, the dam of Belmont; Sail
- Anderson, the dam of Almont; Indiana
;, the dam of indianapolis, and others to
y numerous to mention.
f About this time the breeding of tro
,e ting horses began to assume some definil
v shape. Hambletonian, Mambrno Chic
J. and Pilot, Jr., began to be recognized q
n standing out prominently and indlsput'
= bly, superior to their competitors; an
"a these strains were selected by Woodbur
% as best adapted to combine with the tho
d oughbred and build trotting pedigree
IS with. AS time has passed system {
elimination has been followed, and W
,e have endeavored to keep abreast of til
:. times by Introducing new blood frol
J. time to time of the strains we think be'
is suited to cross with the families we hay
IF founded.
st Harold was bought when yearlna
d he being an inbred Abdallah. 1t wa
v thought the blood of Hambletonia
G. would be intensified by this inbred
ID ing. Norman and Edwin Forrest wei
n sold, and Harold, Belmont and Woodfor
A. Mambrino were the stations used for
t. number of years. Bayard, Tatle
N Wedgewood, Roscoe and other youn
j. horses were used to limited extent b.
st tore being sold. Woodford Mambrir
IN was sold to go on the turf, where /
m proved himself a game, fast racehors
ne thouUh about wears old when sOli