Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-07-31
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she would pace singlefoot and take
several indescribable gaits, but at the
word she would start into as square
trot as can be imagined. Although a
high-strung mare and eager in dispo-
sition, she practically never broke INTO
gallop, and above all, she was always
ready for duty during the five years she
was kept in this vicinity. | have seen
her owner drive her hundreds of road
races, and did not see her beaten even
once.
Bt the close of a long season of trying
road work, saw her taken from "A bug
gy, hitched to a sulky to which She was
unused), and driven by an apprentice a
half-mile in :lG.
Her great beauty (she was almost re-
production of Vermont Black Hawk is
not to be overlooked in enumerating her
good qualities. Many time, when in
the absence of her owner, | have driven
her over the road on bright summers
afternoon, confess to not having been
above the weakness of extreme vanity,
as noticed that all heads were turned to
look at her.
Before me is letter from Mr.. \. V.
Sergeant of Somerset Farm, Raritan, n.
j.. who, | understand, achieved consider
able reputation as a rensman ten years
or more ago. Happening TO learn the
name of Wenna's owner, he voluntarily
wrote several letters concerning Belle
Campbell (sister to both Vienna and Ar
thur, , 26t) as one of the great horse she
had known.
His testimony and that of others leads
me to believe that Belle Campbell was
probably the fastest of her family. He
writes 4" have seen her speed as fast as
] ever saw horse go. Her gait
was the very poetry of motion. She had
only one gait, and this was pure trot,
fast, right out of walk. All what
pleasure ii was to sit behind her and give
her her head. | tackled her one after
noon with a horse that had record of
2:1S4, good snow horse and in good
shape, but Belle moved away from him
with ease"
Probably the persistence at the trot
and quckness of movement, enabling
these mares to get away without loss of
time both at the start and after passing
Instructions, were the qualities which
gave them their uniform supremacy on
no n Mr. nl
ing tribute to Belle Campbell is deserved
as well by many others of the get of De-
Longs Ethan Allen.
A number of letters and printed slips
which his once owner has placed within
my reach are all written in the same
vein. These contain, too, well-substan-
tiated statements of the fast performances
of many of them on the road and on the
track, of the high prices they brought,
and of the great sum total realized by the
Vermont owners of his get. Evidently
this noted son of Ethan Allen was mine
of wealth to his native State.
am not sufficiently familiar with the
subject to be able to give the names of
many daughters which have established
his present reputation as a successful
brood-mare sire, but since Belle Camp
bell has had three or more foals by
Charlie B. (2:25) and one by kernwood
and Vienna, one by Wedgewood (2:l0,
three by Viking (2;l9D, is nearly due to
foal another Viking, is now booked to
Prince Regent (2:lG4), and if all goes
well will be coupled to other stations
distinguished not only for their breeding,
but for their recorded extreme speed, it
is quite certain that the progeny of these
two well-bred mares may be counted
upon to become the most distinguished
of his descendants Darwin Barnard in
Horse Breeder.