Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-02-27
HORSE GOSSIP.
Notes from Track and stable About Noted
Drivers and Flyers.

Drivers and Flyers
During the first three days Of the Bras
field sale, says an exchange, 202 animals
passed under the hammer, at an average of
SG93. H. The highest priced one was a
three-year-old stallion Sternberg two year
old record 2.264l. His sire was Wilkes
Boy G24N, by George Wilkes; his dam
was 10y Il ack Allen, son of the strongly
inbred Morgan Honest Allen, by Ethan Al
len e. 25A. His second dam Jewell,
the dam of Gambetta Wilkes e. 26l and the
King 220N Jewell was by Gins
Vermont, 10y Downing's Vermont, son of
Vermont Black Hawk Sternberg was not
standard bred according to the revised rules
of the National Association of Trottng
Horse Breeders, but he got there just the
same.
The P,attsburgh races opened Feb. 49,
with 1OIH people in attendance. There
were II starters in the 2 80 class which was
Won by Jamie b. II. j. Brown of Swan
ton, in the first. second and fifth heats
Gypsy second, Little Paul third The only time
given was 2:324. In the 2:3O class the first
heat was by Bessie w. II. Clark of
Burlington, and the next three by st. James
| of Keeno, y. H., Ben b. third, Montcla T.
fourth and John Murphy fifth.
Ice trottng at Ticonderoga n. y, Feb
ruary 2l-26. With favorable weather and
track the meeting will prove most in
| teresting one How would it do to have a
kite track laid out by good surveyor and
regulation length, SO as to do away with
the criticism of short miles, and also give
spectators a chance to see both start and
finish
Viewed from every standpoint Daniel
Lambert must be knowedged as one Of
the greatest trotting sIres of bis day says
the Breeders Galette. His 2:30 list numbers
> ana is still growing. His sons are &C
quiring fame through the speed of their
progeny, and hi, daughters are rapidly com
ing to the front as producers not only of
speed, but of such gran d campaigners as
Pamlico y l6.l.
Mr.. +. ID. Kinds of Pittsford has full
brother to Daniel Lambert, whose services
he is Offering to breeders this season. He
is worthy of n large patronage. Morgan
trotters were never so popular as to-day,
and young Ethan Allen represents the most
successful branch of that family. Garth
wait, a stable companion of the above is q
grandly bred horse, being by of Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian, out of The famous
brood mare TrustY, three of whose produce
including the successful sire Deucalon 2 = =
are in the 2:3O list.
Mr.. Stevens Grady of Boston has bought
for $500 of X. c. a. II. \. hodgkins,
Gloucester, Mass, the bay mare Lady al
len Gao by Huguenot, son of SmuGsier
t2:lJsI; dam, Lady Shaw, by Young SUIT
ton, ne by Ethan Allen l2:25tl, son of Yer
mont Black Hawk, out Of the trottins mare
Lady Sutton l2;3O. ! ady Allen got a rec
ord of 2:4O last season. Mr. Grady intends
campaigning her next Summer. She ought
3 to maze u good brood mare when retired
from the turf MIR, Grady has one speedy
mare called Belladonna, with foal by Edge
mark ,2lGi and also owns u very likely
FLY by Nelson l2:l0f.
1t Is surmised that the gem of the lat,
Palo Alto sale was bought for Mr.. William
Simpson, New ork city. This was til,
two-year-oid iilly by Eectioneer, out Of
Mcka, by Amont; second DAM the famous
old Dolly, for which 5000 was pail. Mr.
Brodhead Of Woodburn Farm bid $500 for
this little lady.
Step by step trotting stakes are approach
ing the money value Of the most important
running events. In 1870 Buffalo otfere,
the largest trottins purse that was over
given at harness-race meeting. Nanpy
was plenty i'll hose days and trottiug wa.
i'll its infancy. With the increase of inter-
est extremely large purses were given by
the most powerful organizations, but noue
reachei the sum offered in Buffalo IN 1870.
The yearly distribution of premiums uatu-
rally increased with the gro with OF harness
racing but not until the stake ,ystcn--as
obtains with the running turt-uegau to
lind favor in the eyes OF the truttiuE fra
tcrnity did the capital prizes range above
the iree-ior-all offerings OF 5000. From
$1,000 to II 900 was tho limit for n time.
but now the KENTUCKY 1rotting Hors.
breeders association, comes TO the front
with futurity stake which guarantees TO
be worth so, 600 at maturity. Verify.
does each season purses Toe come richer
Axtel 2:l2 had the good fortune to be-
come possessed of a little brother on the "a
of the present month, and he was named
| Dew,e.l. If some one should wish to pur-
chase him and he should bring anything
like tine price of bis great brother, SlOj. 600
the purchaser would fully realize that blood
| dew tell.
The entry lists to the Hartford $40 600
and the Connecticut $4,000 purses now
! foot up in tie aggregate 5j5 names. In
both purses tue CGllfornians are exceeding
| ly conspicuous, though the other sections
have done we'll New England being excep-
tonally well represented. William Cor
| bett, the owner of San Mateo Stock Farm.
! California, has never sent across any of the
sons or daughters of Guy Wilkes to do bat
| tie in the East, but 1t is evident that he in
! tends to take an active interest in the fu-
/ ture, as he is the heaviest nominator in
/ both the Hartford and Connecticut purses
He enters no less than 10 colts and tilles in
the Connecticut purse, the latter course be-
ing generally followed by the nominators.
: Twist 2:26t, which as a three year old
took record OF 2:29t in a nine heat against
an aged horse which race she won, and
then followed it mp by an arduous four
year-old campaign last season, died sudden
| ~ the other day She was the making of "A
! great mare, had she lived, and her death is
the more to be regretted, in that it is not
unlikely that it was caused by too severe
work at tender age.
Mr.. p. h. Miles of Hnesburgh sold his
chestnut mare for $500 to a Monkton man,
who in turn sold IT to Darwin Rider of