Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-18
AMONG THE GIlllGS.

AMONG THE GllllGS.
Editor american Horse Breeder At
Worcester Hill farm, in the heart of
the historical horse region of Vermont,
Mr.. w. w. Moore keeps small but very
choice collection of trotting-bred animals.
AT the head of the stud is Gillig, winner
of nine out of 10 races, and champion
Neutrality-suspicious. colt IN both his three
year-old and four-year-old form. His
record as four-year-od is = :23t.
Gillig is now a very elegant and sub
stantial brown horse, standing l55 hands,
and weighing 1850 pounds. He has
faint suspicion of a star, and has two
symmetrical white hind ankles. He will
be seven wears old next July. As a two
year-old he got but one foal, the game
and speedy Sue Gillig, that got three
year-old mark of 2 :25t at the last New
England Breeders meeting, being think
the fastest of the New-England-bred
three ycar-olds, as well as faster record
than ever before stood to the credit of
New England-bred sire as young as six
years.
Two of the few foals got by Gillg as
a four-year-old have been trained. One,
Rupert Gillg, was the winner of the
two-year-old race of the Vermont Breed
ers association last season, and the
other, Aristo Gillig, took the first heat
and second money, and also first premi-
um in his class. These were all bred by
Mr.. Moore, and Sue and Arsto are at
home at Worcester Hill, where had the
pleasure of seeing them last week.
The animals, of which there are some
thing over 20 choicely bred, were just get
ting up from sharp attack of the dis
temper, but otherwise in fine shape
Rupert has been sold to Il gentleman who
will have him on the turf next season,
and Mr.. Moore predicts with great con-
fidencc that both Aristo and Rupert Will
be in the list before next season closes.
one of Mr.. MoOre's methods might
be followed with profit by other breed
ers in this region, where it is not
very common. refer to his practice of
Thoroughly breaking all the youngsters
during their first winter, when they are
easily handed Il practice which saves
hall the work and half the danger of the
breaking process and helps to insure
early development.
Probably the average Vermont farmer
will not part with his inherited notion
that early breaking is fatal to the colts
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fallacious idea that grain is not good for
young colts. The results at Worcester
Hill are among the best arguments to the
contrary. There are half IA dozen little
Gilligs there now, none of them yet nine
months old, that take to the harness like
veterans, and find good digestion waiting
on appetite for their generous feed
We took an afternoon sleighride about
the pleasant town of Shoreham, famous
as the brceding-pace of fine horses and
vice-presidents, and saw all but one of
the get of Gillig in that vicinity. The
one we did not see, colt owned by Mr.
Edwin Buttolph, is said to be one of the
very best The others are certainly OF
high and uniform excellence. DR.. w. n
Platt showed us handsome bay wean.
ling filly, from dam by belong:
Ethan Allen.
a large brown filly, a superb animal
dam by Richardson's Young Columbu.
ESQ, and "A fine chestnut colt, out of s
mare by son of belongs Ethan, were
exhibited to us by Joseph Stickney.
Geo. Hall has two weanings, a blacl
colt from dam by Lambert Chief, and ;
chestnut filly whose dam is by Addison
Lambert (2:2O. But bay filly coming
three out of this Addison Lambert mare
and owned by Herbert Hall, was, think
taken I " all in all, the most perfec
animal saw on that trip; she has haC
little handling and promises to max,
another early addition to Gillig's roll o
honor.
The last one we saw in Shoreham wa
superbly gated brown colt, owned b,
William Lafierty; this colts dam is b,
st. Julien, son of Aristos. On the driv
home to Middieburv, we stopped in Yves
Cornwall and saw two more Cillig wean
lings owned by j. w. Peck. All of thes
colts show great substance, and. witt
one exception, they were all pure glite,
trotters. They win make horses of TIN
highest class. ~ 81 .n- '.' "
Mr. Moore is now issuing y very tast,
catalogue. Gilig's book for the coniin.
season is already rapidly filling, though
his fee has been advanced to 500 tn