Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-04-06
HORSE GOSSIP.
The Breeders' Association Oncrs $4,000
In Imrnea- Clrcnlt Meeting in juno.

Inc Breederb' ASSOC aIluu Oucr5 ISOOO
| in Pu-aes-Circuit Meeting in june.
u. c. Brown Of Brandon, secretary of the
| Vermont Road and TrottDg Horse Breed
| ers association, is already distributing Cir
| culars throughout The State, containing a
| list OF the stakes and purses offered by the
society for its meeting, August 20, 80 and
| 81 at Billings Park White River Junction.
The rules and regulations to be observed are
alec appended. There are to be five races
each day Eight thousand dollars arc hung
| up in premiums All nominations must be
made and the first instaliment paid on or
| before June 10. the second installment July
! 10, and tAe third and last instameut Au-
gust 10.
In competition for stakes purses AMI
premiums no animal is eligible to eutry UNI
less owned by member, or got by stall
| lion owned or stood by a member. But in
asmuch a. Daniel Lambert and Holabird's
Ethan Allen were Vermont horses, pure and
simple, their get will be allowed to compete
the sans as il those stations were still iv-
ing and standing for service in this State.
The spring meeting of the Connecticut
River Valley association will be held a
! Billings Park, White River Junction, June
q aud %. The classes and purses are:
First day-3:0O class. trot, purse 5000:
| 2 :36 Gloss. trot. purse $500; 2:29 class. trot
| and pace. purse GlOp Second dny-2:00
class, trot and pace, purse 500; $40 class,
! trot, purse $500; 2:22 class, trot PURGE
| $500.
| Entries close June !, aud should be made
to L. j. Wallace, White River Junction.
This meeting forms one of "A circuit Of
meetings taking place as follows: Memphrs-
magog Driving Park association, Newport,
VI, June IL and II, $1,000 in puraes, 6. H.
Prouty, secretary, Newport; Greon Noun
tain 1rotting Park association, Barre, june
90 and "a, 500 in purses, L. w Bisbee,
secretary Barre.
Nermonters Getting Rsndy to Train Their
FIyers-Notes ofthe stable.
There are so trotters which now have rec
! ords faster than 2:l2.
Daniel Lambert, together with hi. soma
and daughters, mas produced 1G5 $50
horses.
George LeGvitt thinks that Belle Vara
will hold the worlds trotting record e. the
! close Of the coming season. he tried TO get
a Boston man TO buy her when she was a
yearling, and then predicted that she would
beat the record Of Maud s. C2:QSQ which
she has done.
W. S. Bailey says Helen NJ. is with foal
| by SpraGue Superb. She raised colt last
year by Kremlin, aud Mr. Bailey thinks Of
breeding her this year to Unkamet, 2:21T.
a colt by PiStachio, dam Ivy Almont Eagle,
2:21, second dam 10y Roland, 2:2S, thiri
dam by Gideon, is a favorite at Maple wood.
A fly by Naaman, dam by G. j. Shaw's
favorte stallion, Gen. Withers, shows won
derful speed in the lot mir. Bailey is win
tering about 40 head, and will have 90 tons
of hay TO spare. He raised about 1880
! bushels OF oats last year. lie feeds his
wsanlings six quarts each daily Of ground
oats and bran mixed half and half. Next
month his foals viii begin TO arrive.
New England is promised three great
races next fall-provi1inS they fill. The
first Of these is the Blanchard stallion race,
then the 2:i0 class ut Providence. followed
| Breeders association. The stallion race is
for purse of I'll, 900 and is for 2:12
class. The other two are Tor $4,000 each.
! The three races come off in consecutive
weeks Two Of them are trotted in Boston
and the other in Providence
! At Darwin Ryder's stock farm in Middle
bury is the well-known stallion Ma,nbrinc
Archy, 6j17, record 2:24f. The sire of
Archy is Mambrino Boy SAL and his dam is
/ by John billiard. This horse Mr. RYDER
sold to parties in South America some three
years ago for $500, but an accident on his
arrival there untitled him for racing pur-
poses. Last season MIR Ryder purchased
and brought him back and placed him at
the head OF tho stud. Mambrino Arcay is
a brown horse, nearly IL hands high, of
| strong muscle, full deep chest strong arm
and shoulder and full heavy quarters. He
is endowed with the strong points Of the
Patchen family. Besides Archy there i.
the black stallion Knox 64j6, record 2:29t.
He is son of Gen. Knox $40, dam Clemsn-
| tine, by Logan, son Of imported Trustee.
| Knox is deep-chssted full shouldered
horse, with remarkably good legs and feet.
Archy, jr., by Mambrino Archy, is another
of Mr. Ryder's horses. He is a very hand
some black gelding, six years old this season
and is good road horse Cornwall Maid,
| by Mambrino Archy, is another good one
Her dam Is by q son of Daniel Lambert
| 1902 She ls six years old this spring She
can show 2:45 and promises 10 enter the
list this season. MIR. Ryder also has
seven year old chestnut mare by Lumber
Boy son of Broken Leg 0667, by Handle
! tonan 10; dam a son of Vermont Black
| Hawk 5. She is 10! hands high and can
trot close to 2:90. She will be campaigned
this season. j. o. S., bay four-ye old
! gelding by Mambrino Archy, dam by a son
Of Daniel Lambert. Mr.. Ryder expects
to train this season. He has brood
mare % years old, by Almont. She is in
foal to Gillg, 2:23t. Among his young
stock is Nessie, a five year-old marc by
Mambrino Archy; dam by Wards Lam
bert, son OF Daniel Lambert. Nessie ia in
foal TO Homestead. Lady Arohy, another
four-year-old marc, by Mambrno Archy;
dam by Almont; is in foal to Gillg.
List of Fast Horses in Ralph Weller's
A Burlington horssmen writes the Ameri-
can Breeder as follows: Doubling If any
trainer in the State has better bred lot of
horses OF the same number than K. f. Wei
Ter OF this city, l will send you little
story about his string. In two large, roomy
boxes, separate from the main barn, we find
Homestead and Wilkes McGregor Home
stead is by the great Nutrood; dam, Pre-
oept, by Peucoast (e;3l4l; second dam, Art
less, full sister to Orange Girl 800, by
Hambetonian 10; third dam, Dolly Mills
dam of Waikiki Chief, etc, by seely's
American Star. Homestead is q solid bay
| with black points, q very compact, closely