St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-23
MORGAN HORSES.

Vermont s Sensational Performers Garry
the Blood of Her Greatest PrOeenitor
of Trotters Daniel Lambert.
The performance Of the Vermont
stallion Leicester in Philadelphia the
other day when he trotted three
heats in better average time than
2.2O and the third in PISA, stamps
him a great horse, and entities him
to place among the great stations
bred in New England, says the BOs-
ton Courier. In fact / can now re-
call to mind but two entire horses,
natives Of New England, which have
faster records, and they are Nelson
and Pamlico. The achievements of
the first named every one is familiar
with and followers of the turf will
remember the gallant little Pamlico,
one of the sensational horses of last
season, winding up his turf career
with a record of 2:16A made in
hard fought race. For the past
three years Vermont has had sensa-
tional entire horses on the turf. In
1889 Gillig proved himself able to
cope with the best four-vear olds out
that season. Last year it was
Pamlico, and this year Leicester.
Each of these three carries the blood
of Vermont's greatest progenitor Of
trotters-Daniel Lambert; Gillig's
sire, Aristos (2:2734), is a son of old
Daniel; Pamlico's dam is a daugh-
ter, while Leicester, through his
dam, traces twice. Leicester is now
seven years Of age. AS four-year-
old he took a record of 2:27 at the
New England Breeders meeting, aud
has not been started in a race since
until last week His sire Deucalion,
is one of the fastest entire sons of
old Hambletonian he took a record
of 2:22 out at Mystic Park when 16
years of age; the dam of Deucalion,
Trustv, also produced Scotland Maid
(2:2S), and John Love (2:2S12). She
was by Marlborough, about the
best son of the famous old imported
thoroughbred Trustee His second
dams breeding is not known. The
dam of Leicester is Lady Winship
(2:341a), one of the foals begotten
by the famous trotter, H. B. Win
ship, before he was gelded; her dam
was by son of Vermont Black
Hawk, from a daughter of imported
Leopard. H. B. Winship is son of
the Aristos (2:27A), the sire of
Gillig, by the way, and Aristos was
by Daniel Lambert. The dam of H.
B. Winship was Willful by Colonel
Moulton (2:2S1a), another son of
Daniel Lambert. H. B. Winship was
one of the purest gated and most
level-headed trotters that ever grac-
ed a track He took a harness
record of 2:2OA, and James Golden
drove him with a running mate in
2:O64, which is the fastest mile a
trotter has ever gone in any rig.
Leicester's sire, dam and the sire and
grandsire of his dam were all fast
trotters, and it is not to be wonder
ed at that he is trotter. The Lam
berts have never been renowned for
carrying their speed the mile out,
but the stout blood of Trustee. which
Leicester gets through his sire, will
help him out. If he stays sound he
will go much faster, and it will not
be surprising if among New England
horses he stands next to Nelson in
point of speed by the close of the
season. It is not unlikely that he
will be one of the contestants in the
stallion race of the New England
Breeders meeting next fall. That
would be fitting place for him to
leave off-where he started in three
years ago. If he does, and is fit,
one-half the state of Vermont will be
down to see him go.
1t is little singular that all three
of Vermont's notable trotting stall
lions Sho111d have heen handled nv
the same man.