Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-03-16
HORSE GOSSIP.
Harry tiny C2;e0) Mares.


says the Horse Breeder. Those by Elec-
tioneer are trotters and have records of
2:25a and 2:2Gi respectively. Both OF Je-
rome Eddy's are PAGERS. Their records are
2:2i ard 2:2Sl. Electioneer and Louis
Napoleon, sire Of jerome Eddy, were bred
In much tho same lines The former was
by Rysdyk's Hambletonian from n daugh-
ter of Sayre's Harry Clay the latter by
Volunteer, son of Rysdyk's Hambetonian
dam by the same Sayre's Harry Clay eco.
Daughters of Sayre's Harry Clay have
long enjoyed an excellent reputation as pro
ducers. Several OF them are in the great
| brood mare list including Green Mountain
| Maid, the greatest producer ever foaled.
There is considerable Harry Ciny blood
scattered through New England, aside from
| that coming from Green Mountain Maid
through Electioueer. 1t is found in Col. II.
S. Russells Edgemerk (2:l6), whose sire,
Victor Won bismarck, was by Rysdyk's
! Iambletonian, from Hattie Wood, dam OF
! Gazelle (2.2n, as well as OF the producing
sires Louis Napoleon and Backman's Idol.
| lilo has scarcely been exercised to har-
mesa for years, yet he trotted to a record of
| . .29}, and he is a sire Of such game race
trotters az T. T. 5. C2:l9!l.
Vermont breeders get the same strain
/ through w. j. Howe's promising young
stallion Victor Wilkes They also get it
through the great brood mare Lady Finch
which produced Gilroy (2:2Si, sire Of that
excellent campaigner Roy b. (2:24S, whose
death was mentioned in these columns
short time ago. Lady Finch now has four
| producing sons, viz, Gilroy (2:2St) 10y Mes
! senger Duroc, New York, by Rysdyks
/ Hsmbletonian, Haw Patch, by Rysdyks
| Hambletonian, and Volney, by olunteer.
I New York got the successful OHIO stallion
! Reveille t2:2l4, now credited with eight in
! the 2:30 list.
! Vermont breeders can reach this Harry
! Clay strain most directly through Gilroy
| ,2:2SN. II we remember correctly, he is
| the only stallion in Vermont whose dam was
u daughter of Sayre's Harry Clay. We can
not now call to mind single stallion in
| New Hampshire from Harry Clay dam,
aud Alcayo one, by Alcyone (2:20, is the
only one in Maine. The best of the produce
of Harry Clay mares, and in fact nearly
all that have attained distinction either as
trotters or sres, have been by Hambleto-
nian stations Perhaps the reason for this
is that the dams OF both Rysdyk's Handle
tonian and Sayrs's Harry Clay were by i'm
ported Belltounder.
| Pu'se and Dates flor the Meeting of tho
Barre a ISOLATION.
The Green Mountain Trottng Park asso-
citation of Barre has arranged for four
meetings TO be held on the track here this
summer The dates of the meetings are
Saturday, May 81; Friday and Saturday,
June % and "a; Tuesday and Wednesday g,
July and g. Friday and Saturday August
20 and 20. For the first three meetings the
amount Of purses and the date for the clos
ing of entries have already been fixed and
are as follows;
Saturday, May 81. $40 class, purse
$50, $50 class, purse SO; 2;3S class, purse
500; 2;30 class. purse Sl25, Entries close
May 20 at l ! O'Clock P. IN.
Friday, June %. $40 class, purse SO;
300 class, purse 800; 2;3S class, purse
$l25.
Saturday, June "a. 300 class, purse
$75 245 class, purse 500; 2:30 class,
$50. Entries close June II, at / O'Clock,
p. m.
Tuesday, July 4. 2;5O class purse S125;
2:3S class, purse 100; 230 class purss
$40.
Wednesday, July >. 800 class, purse
500; 2:45 class, purse $l21; free for all,
purse $500. Entries close juno II, at / |
O'Clock, p. N.
One OF the features is the offer of 800 to
the horse which, in the free for all, to be
below the present track record of 2:24 12.
Good Demand for Morgan Horses.
good Morgan horse never goes begging.
Scarcely week goes by that this inquiry
doesn't reach the office of the Manchester
Mirror and Farmer: Can you tell me
where | can find a good Morgan horse =
1t is a question not easily answered. The
old fashioned type OF Morgans, the premier
al 81 ha 81
most extinct. Now and then you find one,
but not often. The late john b. Clarke,
editor OF this journal owned at his death one
which now belongs to his estate, that, he often
remarked, attracted more attention and com
ment on the road than any animal he ever
owned. lie drove her, two summers ago,
from Manchester, n. H., to Vermont, Can
ada and the White Mountains, thence over
into Maine and home, the last day covering
GJ miles, and she came into her stall al
night with a rush, grabbing bunch of hay
and dsvouring it greedily before she could
be hitched. She never lost pound of flesh
on the trip, in fact, coming hom, fat, and
ready start and to GO il ove
again the next morning. This mare
is not big, she doesn't stand quit
: 143 hands, but she is powerfully built al
over, weighs 1000 pounds, and her capacity
parently can road with as much ease, draw
lug tour persons in two-seateC
wagon, as if hitched TO a light vehic
containing one. Her reading gait is abou
six miles an hour, and sue can carry i
from sun TO sun, and day after day, aut
week after week. There is, apparently, n
end to her capacity for work, and when i
comes to a general using horse about towI
she is perfection itself; standing anywher
without tying, and getting round, with he
l trappy gait, as only Morgans can. Mir
! Clarke picked her out of a tin peddleri car
l II Vermont about six years ago, in which
l was her duty to pull between one and tw
y tons OF rags over the hills OF Vermont TAI
5 she did it on the trot, and had twice re
!, fused $500 for her as family horse. Their
is not IA better family and using horse o
y earth than she is, and she is not for sale an
o never will be- Now, who has got anothe
o That they do want to SELL
MI. Erowneil Replies to tho Challenge ,
> MI. Whitcomb.