Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03

from it, too. Winthrop Messenger, a
genuine son of old imported Messenger,
stood there for years, and left numerous
progeny. lie was popular, aud several
of his sons were kept for stock purposes.
Several sons of RysdYk's Hambetonian
have also done service there at different
times and have left some very valuable
offspring. The most successful trotting
sire that ever stood in that State, how
ever, was the inbred Morgan Gen. Knox
He not only got Il far greater number of
2.30 trotters than have ever come from
the best of the Messenger stations kept
in Name, but his offspring have shown
much greater breeding on or perpetuating
capacity than those of any stallion that
ever stood in the Pine Tree State.
The next most successful sire that ever
did sefv vice there was Winthrop Morrill,,
one of the strongest Inbred Morgans
that conld be found in any part of tile
country in his day. No horse that eyer
stood in Maine entered upon his stud
career under more adverse circumstances.
We first hear of him doing duty in the
shafts of IL pedler's cart. from which he
was bought for considerably less than
$780, One of the first trotters he got
was Glengarry (2.27), also known as
Uncle Abe. The owner of Winthorp
Morrill, received the muniticent sum of
$3.50 for the service fee which resulted
in the above trotter.
Winthrop Morrill, is credited with nine
in the , 30 list. Four of his sons have
sired go performers. and his daughters
are credited with eight in the 2.30 list.
, One of the latter is Otis Shaw Q 1919,
by Don Carlos CPD, By the way,
Otis Shaw was the first of Don Carlos 5
get to enter the 2,30 list. He is the
fastest by the records of any of Don
, Carios's performers.
r Vermont has had some excellent repre-
= sentatves of Messenger stock, but nc
= stallion that ever did service there is
= credited with one-ffth as many 2.3C
| performers as Daniel Lambert, whose
sire was the strongly inbred Morgan
e Ethan Allen (2.253). Some of the de-
D scendants Of Daniel Lambert have beer
Y able to compete successfully with the bes
e of their age that New England has evol
| produced even by the most fashionable
+ of Hambletonian sires. The grey fillN
e Helen NJ. was the first New-England
: bred two-year-old trotter to get recorC
Y of , IS. The sire of Helen NJ. was Cob
o den (2:2Sl) and Golden was by Dame
# Lambert, out of daughter of Ethan
Allen (2.254). Helen NJ. gets severa
additional Morgan strains through he
dam.
Tom Gillig is the champion yearlin;
trotter raised in the East. He is tn
most remarkable trotting yearlng eve
produced in New England. His sir
was Mr.. w. w. Moore's beautiful stall
ion Gilig (2.23D, whose likeness ar
peared in the Christmas number of tn
Breeder. Gillig's sire was the inbre
Morgan, Arstos (2.27D by Daniel Lam
bert. Aristos's dam was the renowne
brood mare, Fanny jackson, by Stone
wall JdChSOu, sun VI w lllldlllSOu DldC
Hawk, by Vermont Black Hawk.
The dam of this precocious trotter
Tom Glllig, was Gypsy, by Ben Franklin
another inbred Morgan. Ben Franklin
sire was Daniel Lambert. His dam, tn
great brood mare Black Kate, was b.
} Addison, son of Vermont Black Hawk
p The second dam of Tom Gillig was b,
l. belongs Ethan Allen, son of the beauti
n full trotter Ethan Allen (2.254).
u Tom Gillig is one of the most intenseI
= inbred representatives of the Vernon
; Black Hawk branch of the Morga
: family living. He is "A handsome, smooth
" ly turned, chestnut colt, much bette
looking than the cut indicates, bred BY
b. j. Williams, Brandon, VT, and foalet
- May 8. 1891. His dam Gipsey was neve
trained for speed. She was bred t
= Leicester (217D, when but two year
~ Old and produced filly when three
She missed as IA fOur-year-old and wa
/, bred that season to Gillig 2:23l). Tn
> result was the subject of our ilustra
y ton, which she produced when five year
- old.
Tom ran with his dam until he wa
. five months old, when he was weaned
g After he was weaned his daily ratiol
j" consisted of four quarts of wheat bral
and oats mixed in equal proportions
and what good hay he would eat. Ill
~ also got little cows milk occasionally
but not regularly. Mr.. Williams Qwne'
another foal the same age, which h
8 thought more promising than Tom, ant
this one got most of the milk.
g When Tom was about two months ole
r. he was broken by Master Frank w
=. Williams, an lS-year-old son of b. j
q Williams, who was then attending school
- and broke the colt tor amusement. ii,
n was only broken to wear light harness