Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-12-14

SnaleS Is 10 De lOuuu III lhc COuh'y
newspapers, or in the Sporting Maya
zine, his fame would appear to have been
founded on his great excellence and i'm
pressiveness as sire.
The Original Shales' other son, Driver
No. lS7 in English Hackney Stud
Bool<-was the sire of JenkinsOn's Fire
away-the horse which Lawrence CON
founded with the same owners older
horse, Useful Cub. 1t is recorded OF
him in the advertisement of WeatherilIs
Pricliwilow, G2l, put forth in the year
1851, that cold Driver was kept at
Newton-upOn-O use," and there got a
mare, the great grandam Of Prickwillow,
CPL, which "trotted 10 miles within the
hour, carving 2l0 lbs, on Leeman
Lane, winning large sum of money
In the advertisement of Vests Driver,
ISIS, issued by james Pears, Of Benni-
thorpe, Doucaster, in the year lS2G, it is
asserted that "Old Driver troted Il
miles in one hour. Ola Driver was got
by Scales Shales which was The fastest
horse of his day'-information doubt
less carefully recorded by the Yorkshire
breeders, who had most of his stock in
their possession. An advertisement in
the Norwich Mercury of April %, l773,
shows that Drivers name was then well
known in Norfolk and adjoining counties,
"A four-year-old son of Poiyphemus being
i, y IlriX
chestnut; height, l5.2 hands, his dam
being also the dun of Old Driver.
.Jenkinson's Fircawav, POI, which was
contemporary with Scot Shales, got so
much good stock that his name is found
in many pedigreeS. He is reported in
old advertisements as having covered
ia London several years at five guineas
Il mare, and trotted two miles on the
OXford Road in five minutes; was after
wards sold for one thousand guneas.
/ Through Wroots Pretender. 59G, this
horse greatly Influenced not only Nor
folk aud Lincoln, but also Yorkshire and
/ North of England stock generally. An
advertisement shows that ne covered by
subscription in l795. the humber of
mares being limited to one hundred and
/ thar in the preceding year he Travelled in
Norfolk. visiting each of the principal
towns in succession. Lawrence, who
has been hitherto relied upon for the
record of the breeding of This horse,
says Inc Wa got by Useful Cub out OF
daughter of Preteuder, the race horse,
"a son Of Marsk." On the other hand,
the breeder and owner, Christopher
Wroot, of Long Sutton, in advertise
mpmts of rounds, when the horse was
young, says he was got by Ienkiuson'
Fircaway. cut of mare by Joseph An
drpws' (alsO the dam of Aileuby' :
Atlas), sister to Mr.. Cittou's Old
Statesman, and Mr.. Alenby's Diana.
both excellent racers" On February
-, lS0G, Pretender ana two other
Hackney stations were sold by public
auction at MIR. Wroot's. The old adver-
lisement, which appeared in the Nor
wich Mercury of February Is, 1906, is
N'lNI luOAluS a. lN5"iN9 liC thiNO
horses
Lot l.-Ths celebrated horse Preten-
der. He Is generally allowed to he the
best stock-getter in the country. and his
performances equal to those of any
horse in England. When five years old
he trntted sixteen miles in one hour.
carrying 224 pounds, beating Mr.. Allen
by's Atlas. for which he received two
hundred guineas, aud which is the great
est performance ever done by any horse
of the same age. The amount of his
three last covering seasons was f7Gl
los. Cd, exclusive of the servants fees.
Further encOmiums need not be passed
on this horse; his superiority as to shape
and action placing him above all other
horses of his description. He was got
by Mr.. Jenllnson's Fireaway, dam by
Joseph Andrews.
Lot 2-JuSiice, a beautiful chestnut
colt, three years Old-had IA few mares
last season. He was got by Pretender,
dam by Hercules, grandam by Hub
bard's Pagan. the great-grandam by
WinSley's Cub-for Cub see Racing
Calendar
Lot 3.-Gimcrack, brown colt, three
years old, was got 10y Mr.. Reads Fire
away, which was got by Pretender
Glmcrack's dam. by Mr.. JcnknSon'
FreaWay, her dam by Viewers Driver
for Drivers blood see the Racing
Calendar. This i, Il maiden horse.
ITO be Continued