Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1893-09-08
THE VERMONT NEWS.
The Horse Breeders.

me Annual Meeting Mt white River
junction Not n Success-Cobden, tr.. Re-
d"ces the state Record to 2iI5.
Inc annual Horse Breeders meeting nj
Billings park, White River Junction 7as
week, was not a brilliant success MOT.
outstanding that large premiums were Of
iered there were only small number Of
horses on exhibition. The attendance
even ON Thursday, when the exciting races
were held, did not reach the 1000 mark
In the Kent stakes for foals of 1900
Madge Wilkes, owned by w. J. Howes of
hydeVllle, was the winner. fastest heat
2;23t. In the Little Otter Stock Farm
stakes for foals of 1892 Christonber
Columbus, owned by r. f. Weller of Bnr-
llngton, won, the fastest heat for the half
mile being 1:24a. w. P. Otterson's Rob
ert IL. of White River junction was the
winner of the associations guarantee nurse
OF S4OO for the 2;45 class, the fastest heat
being 2:274; Polly B., by Freestone. dam
Polly, owned by o. H. Durham of Row
alton, was second in each heat For the
S4OO stakes for the 2:35 class Pearl. owned
by Mr. Moulton, made the fastest heat in
Z:25t. For the pacing stakes, foals of
1889, Duck, by G. E. Monegon, of Bur
IngJOn, won, fastest heat 2:241
There were three matched races Thurs
DAY. Allen Wilkes, by Abdallah Wilkes.
beat Roadster, by Rex Patchen, fastest
heat 2:29; Expert beat Montrose, fastest
neat 2:26t and Opal beat Nixon, fastest
heat 2:3O. There were six starters in the
Worcester Hill Stock Farm stakes for foals
of 1891, and Greenhorn, by Matterhorn.
owned by John E.Rutledge of Fair Haven,
won, the first heat being trotted in 2:35R.
The best race of the meeting was for the
guarantee purse of $500 open to PAGERS
eligible to the 2:30 class. G. E. X. drew
the pole, with Schoolboy second, Edison AL
len third, Matterhorn fourth, Dartmouth
NTH and Golden, jr., sixth. Edison Allen
won the first heat in 2:17t, with Golden,
lr., second. Codben, jr., took the next
three heats in 2:174, 2:15, 2:174. with Pc
ter Cooper second.
Euroclydon won the three-minute class
in two heats, trotting the first in 2254,
and Batchelder Wilkes took the three-year
old race, trotting one heat in 2:34t.
In the second heat of the three-year- old
race the first Wednesday Madge Wilkes
broke the state record for her class, 2:254,
made by Nancy Harkaway last year. Ii
will also be noticed that the state record of
boro last year, was broken in the PAGERS
race in heat, standing now to Golden, jr.'s
credit at 2:15.
Among the principal premiums awarded
were these Standardized stations of any
age, with four of their get, none over two
years of age. First, $50 to Solicitor 1925,
b S, sired by Belmont, dam Blandina,
shown by A. B. Manchester & Sons, West
Randolph; second; $25. to Goldville 1904,
bl S, sired by Goldbeater, dam Goddess of
Liberty, shown by c. NJ. Hazen of West
Hartford.
The Battell premium for Morgan stall
lions, open to all stations that are record
ed in the Morgan register First, $50, to
Maxey, CHI s, sired by Ben franklin, shown
by Smith & Furman of Woodstock; sec
ond, $50, to Edison Allen, blk s, sired by
Ethan Allen, dam Kitty, shown by B. A.
Austin of Winooski third, $50, to Lord
Dunton, b s, sired by Aristos, dam Nellie
Mills, shown by j. A. Happen of Panton.