Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-01-12
HORSE GOSSIP.
Some of the Sires whose Get Won the
Most Money Last Season.

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and pursss invite force competition. The
successful sire will be tbs one that gets the
largest number of winners of such events.
| 1t 10 the custom of those turf statisticians
who give attention to the thoroughbrcds, to
compile each year, at the close of the racing
season, tables showing the sires whose got
have won large sums during that season.
| The one, the winnings OF whose get agere-
gate the largest amount, is accorded the
leading place. Similar statistics regarding
trotting horses have recently been gotten
out and they show that Happy Medium
| dead holds the leading place for 1892.
Twenty seven of his got started for money,
winning % races. The family won e44,
4S7 80, but $33, 600 goes to tho credit Of
one mare, Nancy Hanks, which did not
start in one race during the season. Per
haps first place rigbtfully should be accorded
10 Guy Wikse, 10 less of whose progeny
rtnrted, yet winning the same number of
racea. Tho total winnings Of this family
foot up to %32, 6j5 so, nearly $40, 0U0 of
! which was won by the four-y ear old iily,
Muta Wilkes, in competition against the
whole country.
Fourteen directors started and won $780,
800 ani third place in the list for their sire
The biggest winner was tho three ear old
D,vcctum, whose earnings foot up nearly
$751; 600.
Alcyons, which occupies fifth place, died
five years ago. Twenty five of his get
started and won ~ races The PERCENTAGES
OF races won 10 the number OF starters is
larger than that OF any horse rnUking
ahead OF him in the list, and they also fin
ishsd second in 10 races, aud ID I'd in IA.
Eiectioneer comes next in the list, his
get winning $40, 1l6 This horse placed 80
new ones to bis credit in tho $3.50 list, in that
respect leading all srss of the year, and yet
but II o. this number won money in races
Sixteen previously in the list gave him 80
mcuoy winners for the season. The largest
Sum won by any one was by Beliefiower,
$S3l5 She won four races.
Seventeen Wiltons won money in races
The two-year-old Silicon captured sic 270
and the other 1G bring the total up to $40
$50 -. Moquette, which took four year
record Of 2:l0 won four races, but only
$3.50.
Twenty-sevon Mamhruo King, won IS
races and so, $50. Nightingale was the
big winner, $500 The showing is the
poorest made by Membriuo King for some
years.
Alexander to Go Into Golden's Stable
Alter short se"son In the Stud.
In an interview with Mr.. +. +. Brownell
yes terday, FREE PRESS reporter learned
thnt it is bis intention 10 have Alexander,
2:22, make short season in the stud this
year and then send him to James Golden ri
Mystic Park, Boston, to be trained and
raced. MIR. Golden is one OF the best tram
ers aud drivers in the country, and he is
con tident that he can mark Alexander below
2l7, barring accidents.
Golden drove him only three miles pre-.
60 - y
Park last fall, which Alexander captured
easily. Aftor the race Mr.. Golden said
that hs considered this son Of Alcan tara a
great horse. md, in his estmation, he had
not reached the limit OF his speed by several
seconds. or course, if Alexander goes into
Golden's hands he will be seen battling for
supremacy in the grand circuit
The Middlsbury Register says: 1--WE are
informed by Mr.. Harry K. Lawrence of
Brattleboro, chairnon of the committee on
selection Of Morgan horses at the worlds
fair, who called at our office last week after
a trip of inspection over the State that
there will be TO difficulty in collecting the
full quota spoken of--j0 horses. We
derstand that the stations Gilig and ak
will be among the number to be SHOWN, and
also worthy doscendant OF the Green
Mountains, owned in the eastern part OF the
State. There will bs several other stations
and the rest Of the exhibit Will consist of
mares and colts, with perhaps one or more
fine Morgan pairs. "
The horsemen OF Montreal will soon have
iirst-olsss ice track ready for winter rae
ing. A splendid sheet of ice has already
formed over the st. Lawrence and the
lumber for the stands has already beer
carted to tho river. The winter trotting
one.
The list OF renewals to old stakes and the
en- tries IN the new stake which closed on
January assure some great races for the
New England Breeders association, when
these stakes mature, says the Boston Courier.
Stakes 35 aud AZ seem to have caught the
popular fancy. In the former 70 out OF
$50 original nominators msdo the second
payment, and the chances are that the
lucky four who may win monsy in it viii!
divide $4,000 or more. Stake AZ closed
Jan. !, and promises to DO even moro valua-
BILE than the other one, There is one entry
from Minnesota and another from Virginia
in this one. These two stakes are called
stallion produce stakes. They are open to
the get or every stal ion owned by mem
Der Of the association whose owner may
subscribe the price Of one stallion fee to the
stake. The rich man who owns high
priced stallion which he stendn at $500 pays
his $500 and poorer man pays whatever
price his horse may stand at. This rather
equalzes things up at the TART. The colts
entered In stake No. A. the one
iuat closed, were foaled in 1892. Jan. /,
| 1894, those who wish to stay in pay $40 on
each colt. One year later they pay an
equal amount. This brings up to 1895
when the colts are three years old and the
race is to he trottsd at the meeting of that
year. Ten days before the meeting a pay
msnt OF S25 is required for each colt in
tending to start. BY this system OF added
money and easy payments a very tidy little
sum ia gotten together which Is divided
among the four colts which finish first, sec
ond third and fourth In thu race.
A stake of $40 900, open to all tour-year-
old stations, will be opened by the Nara.
gansett Park association Of Providence, r.
l., early in this year.
Ono hundred and Ave thousand dollars
was refused for STEAMBOAT and Nancy Lee
before they left California.