Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-03-04

aferward produced anything that proved
to he valuable.
Walk-in-the-Water was not regarded
as an extraordinary colt, but he won his
first race when he was three years old,
which was "Corn Stakes" gotten up,
and in which he was entered As stat
ed, he won it, although he had only
twelve days training. But the distance
run, the horses that opposed him, the
size of the stakes, when the event tran
spred, are wholly unknown. We are
only told that he received his prepara-
ton for his maiden race from Mr.. Henry
Curtis.
About this time (Sl5), Mr.. w. Wynn
and Mr.. j. ID. Amis had made a
subscription to a post sweepstakes at
Scotland Neck, and the colt on which
they had relied went amiss only few
days before the race was to come off.
They knew of the performance of Walk
in-the-Water (not then named), in the
Corn Stakes, and succeeded i'm purchas-
ing him at 5000. When the day arrived
they appeared ut the place appointed,
and named as their entry "chestnut colt,
Young Timoeon, three years old, by
Sir Archy, dam 10y Dongola," who won
the stakes: but in this event we have no
information of the distance run, the
amount of the stakes, or what horses
were engaged. Young Timoleon then
went to Petersburg, and was again sue
cessful in two events. He was next
taken on campaign, during which he
visited most of the prominent race
courses in Virginia and the Carolinas,
pulling up at Charleston without ever
having been beaten.
Mr.. Wade Bynum then purchased him,
and in his hands he was entered and run
under the name of Walk-in-the-W Water,
but at what time he was given the name
is unknown. Mr.. Bynum carried him
West, where he passed into Uncle Ber-
rvs hands, and he ran him with remark
able success, Notwithstanding, it is said,
that the first race he ran in the West was
was very badly beaten. This is barely
reliable, if there be any truth i'm it at all,
and particularly is this the case, since he
afterward travelled from Nashville to
New Orleans, threw down the gauntlet
to all corners, and, although he remained
on the turf until he was eighteen years
old, and ran more than forty races, most
of which were at three and four-mle
heats, he was only beaten four times.
AS stated by Colonel Peyton, Uncle
Berry thought more of him than any
ether horse he ever handled. He con-
trolled and ran in his time Henrietta,
Omar, Maria, Joe Doan, Jerry, Birming-
ham, Sarah Bladen, Betsey Malone and
great numbers of the best horses in the
country, but he always said Walk-in-the-
Water was the most reliable and the
gamest horse he ever saw. When re-
lating to the young people that gather
ed about him towards the evening of his
life the gallant feats of his old favorite,
the venerable turfman's enthusiasm
would warm into "A youthful glow, and
he dwelt with ardent pleasure upon the
rare merits of his "best TREND as he
used to call old Walk.
Continuing the "reminiscences furnish
ed US by Colonel Pcyton, | shall have to
ask the reader to follow him through the
following very interesting account of
visit to Washington, during General
Jaclsons first term as President of the
United States. The colonel says:-
sin the spring of 1884, while member
of congress, | was invited by my friend,
Major A. j. Donelson, private secretary
of President jackson. to visit, without
ceremony, the stable of horses then being
trained at Washington by himself and
Major r. L. Andrews, of the United
States army, consisting of Busrs, by
Eclipse, owned by General c. Irvine
Emily, by Rather, and Lady Nashville,
by Stockhold, belonging to Major Donel-
son; and Bolivia, by Tennessee Oscar,
owned by General jackson, which were
trained by NJ. l.. Hammond, who short
ly after trained John Bascom, when he
beat Post Boy in great match over
the Long Island course.
ITO be continued.l
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