Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-05-13
open gait, could trot in three minutes,
and II attracted tha rrnwd

horses show speed at the trot. The Har-
low horse was by the Walker horse, and
he was the sire of the dam of Cassius
Prince, 30.
At the first fairs some of the horses
were ridden around the track on short,
mincing, stylish gait. They were some
times fifteen minutes in getting around.
1t was thought then very fine,, but we
do not see any of it now. The horse
that gets around the quickest now is con-
sidered the best horse
Harry Kent by Kent, $3.50, is one of
Barnards very promising young horses.
! He won at the last Windsor county fair
the stake race in his class. His dam
was the black mare. Little Wonder , n.
She was used in "A livery stable, several
years. When eleven she was thought so
well of that she was driven on the strack,
and about the first time showed half
mile in 10. Shel won that, season a
race and record of 2 "A. Many believe
had she been properly handled she would
have been one of the 2 80 horses. slIer
sire, Triolus, was grandson of Wood
stock her dam, Lady Morgan, by the
Walker horse, andlis registered in the
third vol. Trotting Register. Little
Wonders dam was by son of IIale's
Green Mountain, grandam by the Walker
horse. One of Barnard sjsmost noted
horsemen has returned the present seas
on to his native town, it is believed to
spend his remaining days, Judge w. c.
Danforth, and brings with him Il fine son
of Egbert 1l3G, and one by Clear Grit
$50, named st. Luke. He is standard
and registered i'm the seventh vol. Trot-
ting Register, No. 6770. Judge Danforth
sold Woodstock to Mr.. Billings. Barn
ard is quite a summer resort, and, as
eight years of our childhood were spent
in Barnard, we know by experience that
it is a pleasant place in the summer.
We remember with pleasureI the big
training days, the fine horses ethen
shown, the fine sails on the pond, named
now Silver Lake, the pleasant times
spent hunting around it and shooting
at the ducks, geese or looms that lit up
on it. One time in particular we remem-
Der when we were watching a large flock
of ducks, we noticed large hawk sail
ing over them. Soon he darted down
on them with the speed which they have.
The ducks scattered and went out of
sight, and Mr.. Hawk had hard work to
rise from the water. After a while the
ducks came up and acted Just as if they
expected to see the hawk again. There
were great times in the spring catching
pickerel and suckers. There were two
small brooks at the head of the pond
that the suckers ran up nights, and they
were speared in large numbers. Large
numbers of eel hooks were set nights,
and some that did not have any were
wicked enough to go round and take of
the GELS that were caught. The prettiest
way of catching them was in hosting
the gate and letting the water into the
big fumc AMI spearng them out in the
morning. Fifteen and twenty were Of
ten caught, some three feet long and
weighing from four to eight pounds.
lDOIllt Stclllttt W DtIlcNc tut ttlS were COlll-
mon property. and would shut the gate
and 90 into the flume and catch all there
were. Sometimes there would be sec
ond party watching and would hoist the
gate when the first was in the flume.
The force and power with which the
water would rush into the flume was
frghtful, and it would cause those in it
to come out much quicker than when
they went in, seldom escaping wetting
Hats and caps were then sometimes lost,
which when found would show who the
s steaer was. Pickerel have since been
put into the pond and have caught out
all the suckers and trout.
1t is fine driving on the pond winters.
+ Many race has been trotted on it, and
it may be the training the horses have
had on the ice that makes Barnard stand
so well as to the raising of fast ones.
Barnard is a cold town winters. Snow
comes on deep and stays late. Snow
banks are often seen III the middle OF
June. In Isl - many believed the world
was to be burned. Some of the unbe.
levers laughed and said if it was, Barn
ard being such a cold town it would be
one of the last places to burn. The big
gest day for Barnard was the dedication
of its last church. 1t was in June, 1915
Hosea Ballou was sent for as he was
one of the first preachers of the town
r They came from twenty and thirty mile:
around. The doctrine was then good
news. What is popular with the people
will soon be with the different sects anC
parties. Nothing is said now about hell
fire and his satanic majesty, nor is thu
beautiful doctrine of election or foreor
dination preached. Why? Because l
is not popular with the people.
At the fair ground farm, White Rive
Junction, we have notable collection O