Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-03-10

ed some fnst irottiDg horses, including Grand
Isle and Annacander. He has two year
old fllly, Annatela, full sister to Annaoau-
| der, and Mr.. Brownell is handling her. She
shows good gait now and bids fair to rival
her famous sister, who was one of the best
two yenr-olds in New England.
| Charles Holmes of Charlotte has recently
sold aud shipped to Boston three nice single
drivers, the get of his stallion Nero.
| There was a race at Richmond yesterday
between j. H. Goodrich's brown colt Con-
ductor and Richard belongs colt Ben d.
The course was On the river and only half
mile heats were trotted. Conductor, driven
by +. X. Miles of Hnesburgh, won in
straight heats quite handily.
james +. Kelley of Swanton has
sold the PAGER, Mason B, to II. H..
| Woodbury. of Portland, Mo-, for $1,000
! Last Monday he paced q mile on
tho ice in 2:14, and last Wednesday,
| while being shown to Mr.. Woodbury., he
made tho remarkable time OF 2:12f, probab-
ly tho fastest mile ever paced or trotted in
Vermont by any horse. He was driven in
these floats by NJ. c. Darman, good driver.
Mr. Kelley has been very successful in his
horse ventures, having owned and fitted the
fast pnir known us Linwooi X. and Frank
j., which no sold to Saratoga parties for big
| money.
r. w. Goodrich has sold the intensely in
bred Morgan stallion Vermont Morgan, TO a
gentleman in Illinois. Vermont Morgan is
a rich lay. stands lG hands aud weighs
11G0, He is Of the old type Of Morgans and
while he is not called trotter it takes a
$50 horse to head bin down the road. He
has much natural speed and should be of
rTpnt hanpHt a ha Illinois brpelpr.
The Kentucky Derby has sixty eight en-
tries this y-4r
Michigcn's contribution to the 2;3o list
for 1891 was ninety eight.
l.. A. Davis offers to match Roy Wilkes
against auy tr0bter or PAGER on earth for
81 ,O00 a side.
J.. b. richardson, 2:1Gsl by Georgo
Wilkes, wen eleven races out Of fiftecl
starts in 1901
In 1901 exactly 100 thoroughhreds wcr-
fonled at Rancho del Pseo. They were tho
get of fourteen stations
Checl;reins were in fashion as far back
as the time Of the rharaohs, as ancient
| sculptures in relief show.
Dame Winnie, the dem Of Palo Alto
2:0:.& is said to show the effects of old age
very much and her carly death is not unex
lccted.
The first El"ctioncer TO win race was
Antcco That WAS in 1850, and Anteeo was
then 4 yearling. The record then obtained
WAS 3:ttjs.
Manette, tie dam of Arion, 2loSl was
SO shy and 80 hon1Gly before Senator stan
ford bought her that sac was nicknamed
The Louise"
-Four Of the brothers of Sunol are now
| owned in the east. Two of them are located
in New York, one in Maine and one il
| cnn9y1vanla.
Horsemcn generally do rot take much
etool, IN the report that Charles Marvin
offered 100000 for Warrener, the brother to
| Sunoi, owned in Maine.
The 3-ycar-old FLY La Flccle, supposed
to be the bcst Of her age in England.
slipped and fell, and was so injured that
her racing career Is probably euded.
when the president and Mrs Harrison
We're at Palo Alto last summer each WAS
asked to name colt. The president was
| asked to name Arion's full brother and
called him Baby Mckee.