Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-17

THU name ana tail he is strong ana granc
ly built;every part is exceilent-head,n meek
shoulders, back, hips, limbs and feet; be
has that perfect conformation, proportion
symmetry of parts and elegant finish
which characterize his family.
He ranks among the handsomest horses
in America. He has won 16 first prizes,
including the Herd prize, with four of his
ge. al the National Horse Show at Boston,
in 1883, and his get are very uniformly
prize-winners whenever led into the show
ring" Why shouldn't they ue? The Bel
monts are a highly finished family, and
Solicitor invariably stamps upon his pro-
duce the family seal of beauty, soundness,
courage, high finish and noble appearance,
indicative OF royal breeding.
Indeed, here is nothing, quoting further
from the Valley Farm catalogue, but mer-
il behind Solicitor; sired by the mig ghty
Belmont Ga, the greatest SON of Abdallah
of Hambletonian 10, the greatest son Of
Abdallah /.
His female ancestors are as illustrious;
his dam Blandina, the handsomest daugh-
ter OF the great Mambrino Chief II; the
greatest brood mare progenitor that ever
lived. she is the only mare that ever pro-
duced six sons sires Of 81 in 2.30, and seven
in 2.20, besides producing daughter hav-
ing one with record OF 2.15,and a daugh-
ter producing a three-year-old with
record of PA IA.
His second dam, the Bureh Mare, an un-
beaten prize winner, dam of two below
2.30, producing son and two daughters
producing nine sons. sires OF S6 from 2.1S
to 2.30, and two daughters producing four
from 2.15 to 230. His paternal grandam,
Belle, by Mambrino Chief, has one in the
list, four sons sires of n from 2.14 1-2 TO
230,a fifth son sire OF producers "a oaugh-
ter having five in the list and two sons
sires of % with records from 213 to 2.30,
two producing daughter and each line OF
blood breeds on from generation to gen.
Grafton. That Solicitor will continue to
uniformly produce large, courageous
horses of high finish and natural speed is
as sure as can be proven by the laws of
heredity and experience.
nThat he is a most wonderful cross for
Vermont mares has been proven beyond a
doubt, and at the low service fee of $50 to
insure, those breeders will be wise who se-
cure one or more foals by Solicitor, ,wheth-
er for immediate gain or to lay a founda-
tion for future success based upon blood
lines that have achieved the most msgnifi
cent results OF the past and present and
are the blood lines that figure conspicu-
ously in the trotter that has reached 2.04,
and will be paramount in the trotter that
first acquires record OF two minutes.
A. B. Manchester & Sons believe in the
Morgans, and when anyone impartially
reviews the history OF these noted horses,
and reflects upon what they have accom-
plished on the road, under the saddle, to
the plow, hitched to the express wagon,
the family carriage or the sulky. he
must be at least peculiar man not TO
believe in them. The Morgans are good.
sThat old Morgan mare is the best horse
ever owned, lis a common expression to be
heard on many farm from Nova Scotia
to Nebraska.
The Valley Farm has Clay Morgan,
son OF Como, by Billiards. c.
M Clay, Jr., son of c. Clay, sire of George
M. Patchen (2.23 1-2); dam, Old Kit, an
inbred descendant of Justin Morgan; Sec
ond dam, Fanny Morgan, good enough
Morgan mare for ALB. Manchester & Sons
to own for nearly 20 years. Clay Morgan
is solid, dark chestnut, 1872 1-2 high,
weighs 100 pounds, OF the smooth, at
tractive Morgan pattern. He is getting
stock and is very popular sire
Of handsome youngsters that will develop
into first-class gentlemen's drivers.
Some OF the brood mares are Bell Gio-
vanDi, by Don Giovanni (235), by Hamp-
ton, son of Hambletonian 10; dam, Fanny
Morgan. She is prize winner. Bessie
Lambert, by Challenge,son OF Daniel Lam
bert; dam said to be by son OF Vermont
Black Hawk; Big Nary q .33) Lady Dean,
by Dean Sage, son OF Hambletonian; dam,
Fanny, by Hale's Green Mountain Nor
gan. There are colts aud hllies on the
farm out of these mares, by Solicitor, that
are extra good in all respects.
Near by is Hillside farm, the property of
d. II. Morse, who has IA finely bred ones. |
Mr.. Morse is a liberal patron OF Solicitor,
and is a wide-awake, progressive horse
man. He has twc-year-old filly by So |
Iicitor, dam, Lady Sessions, by Aristos |
(2.27 3-4), that has been exhibited several |
times, and not yet failed to bear away the |
blue ribbon. There are also granddaugh-
Iers of Ben Franklin, fillies by Leicester
(2.l7 l-4), Pastoral, son of King Rene, and
here is owned the brown mare, Lady Bur-
ley, by Aristos (2.27 3-4), with foal at
loot by Solicitor.
Valley Farm consists of 200 acres of
meadow and wood land. Ii is delightful
ly situated on the banks OF Ayers Brook,
a tributary of the White River. The main
barn is 100x40 feet, with an l. 82x30. There
are other barns all having commodious
and convenient facilities for keeping in
perfect condition the mares sent to Valley
Farm, and right at the door OF the stables
there has lately been completed one of the
best half mile tracks in the State, and here
will be developed the get Of Solicitor, and
those sent to the farm to be trained by its
capable and experienced drivers. A short
distance from Valley Farm are the foot
hills of the Green Mountains, ano farther
away tower skyward the grand old noun
tains in all their massive and magnificent
beauty.
With the destinations surrounding de-
ightful country home, with all the ap-
oointments of a first -class stock farm,
by natural scenery quite the
equal, perhaps, of any on this continent, A.
B. Manchester & Sons ought to feel that
heir lot Is happy one, especially as they
ire contributing their share of fine horses |
or use and companionship of men.
How's This.