The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-07-13
Horse Notes.

MONTPELIER is making a serious mistake
that she does not wake up and build first
class track. II is more centrally located
than any other point in Vermont, and it
would be the means of bringing thousands
of outside money into Montpelier, each year,
that now goes to other towns. Take Inde-
pendence, Iowa, for instance, prior to c..
W. Williams selling Axtell e. II at three
years old) for $105000. One-half of all the
stores and tenement houses were for rent.
One year from that date you could not rent
house or store at any price, as not one
was vacant, and the little city of some 1000
inhabitants, OF three years ago. has steadily
and rapidly increased in population. What
has brought this all about? 1t is wholly
due to the nerve, pluck and foresight of Mr..
Williams, who at once proceeded to build
the first kite-shaped mile track in the coun-
try, with elegant appointments, and chris
tened it Rush Park on which they will hold
this year, twelve days meeting at which
they offer the princely sum in purses and
guarantees of 100000. Horsemen are
tocking there from all over the country to
train and develop their trotters and gentle
mems roadsters. 1t is bound to become the
center of the light-harneSs industry of this
country. Now, while Montpelier may never
become an Independence in this direction,
she can certainly be the center of the horse
industry of Vermont, owing to the fact of
her being so centrally located and in the
midst of the best farming and horse-raising
section of the state. But to accomplish
this, she must have track where men can
train their horses, and show their speed to
gentlemen who come to Vermont to buy,
for buyers are not taking the word of men
to-day as in times gone by, and trust to
nothing but the watch to rate the merits of
the horses speed. Speed, coupled with the
other fine qualities in the horses that Yer
mont can so justly be prond of, is what
brings the long price, and pays for raising
But you must have speed and be able to
show it to get the price.
ENTRIES of one, two and three-year-o old
colts to be trotted at Waterbury, at the
annual fair of the Winooski Valley Agri.
cultural Society, to be held September 10
ii and To-
YEARLINGs.
Frank Williamson, Warren, VT, "Lotties Colt :
color and sex, bay flly; sire, "Auctoneer, Jr. :
L. Wilcox, Moretown, VT, walter Ii" color and
SEX chestnut stallion; sire, Aristos;" dam, "Dr
ii. ii. Chapman, waitsfeld, Vt, Flora b. :" colo,
and SEX brown tillyi SIRE " Auctioneer Jr.i dam
Andrew Murray Moretown, Vt, Pomeroy :" color
a a. d. SEX Chestnut stallion sire, Murray No
Henry S. Towne, Montpelier, VT. Lightning; :
color and sex bay gelding; sire, Engineer" dam
Two-YEAR-oLDs.
|. Wilcox, Moretown, VT. Fred Glenwood; :
color and sex bay geding; sire, Aristosi" dam
II. II. Chapman, waitsield, VT, Babe !" color ant
sex bay filly; sire, Auctioneer Jr; darn, by Col
Andrew Murray, Moretown, Vt, Foxy" colol
ana daa se o, Chestnut y sire No.
George L. Bingham, Tieonderoga, n. Y, Jenni,
Lambert" dam, Hambletonian.
Oscar Phipps, Burlington. VT, Mischief" colo
and sex, bay geding; sire, 4" George Lambert;" dam
by Arstos."
J; F, Barnes, Waterbury, Vt, Ryan Eye" colo
ana na, SEX bay fly SIRE Belmont Forrest" dam
Henry s. Towne, Montpelier. VT, "Roman Sol
der" color and sex bay gelding
Henry s. Towne, Montpelier, VT, " Head Light :
color and SEX bay gelding.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES STAKES.
II. S. Phillips, Moretown w. Mountain Girl =
DIR. Hall mare"
Charles Morrisee, Waterbury Vt, Susie L. =
color and sex, bay FLY; sire, "Prentss;" dam
Matte" by son of Rocket"
). e. and L. f. Wnslow, Berlin, VT, Grief; >
color ana sex brown stallion; sire, Draco Lam
81 =: Moody, Waterbury Vt, " Dictator" colo
ana sex, bay stallion; sire, " Dictator Chief" dam
" Ella A." ~