The Newtown bee., 1894-03-16

general work, and there is no better horse in the world for such business than the trottiDg bred horse, provided you combine those points. Now, so far as any of the last named points are con- cerned, if in any. l don't think that eith- CT Fleet or Pueblo has anything to fear. Unfortunately for Fleet, he hasn't any of his get around here that is over Il year old this coming spring. Fleet was bred by K. W. Conn 6 Co.,, Valley Sta tion, Ay., bought and taken to Long Is- land by H. l.. Fleet. I am informed he had but seven foals the first season. Two of them were put breeding and the other five were broken when three years old. One trotted half mile that fall in l.22, the last quarter in 3S seconds, an- other half in LIS and one of the others trotted a full mile in 3.06, and all are good size and none of them are out of standard mares. | will also agree with Neighbor Johnson. in saying Neighbor Peck has kept Pueblo rather close for the last year or two, but will give him credit for being ever willing to show up his stock, for there is hardly a time when we meet at our track but what you will find two or three of his colts there, and l am sure he need not be ashamed of them either, and there is none of them that has had any professional handling except Brown Dick, and he but very lit tie. We should all get out with our stock. I guess we shall have to ask Neighbor Johnson (with the exception of Hurlingham) if he isn't keeping his stock pretty close or trotting them around the stove, for l never have seen he has some from good dams that I be- lieve are broken. 1 think he is little tardy about showing up his stock. l think it little unkind in Neighbor Johnson to class Chauncey T. in with the stallions, he being younger than any of them and shutting him out of the four-year-old class, he having two
 he says, by Birmingham, the same age and broken the same year, but suppose it was an oversight. Now I alway! have been great lover of the horse
 and the little interest I have in them il
 not done expecting to reap a great finan
 cial harvest, but for the enjoyment I ge
 out of it and at the same time to pro
 mote the horse interest in this section 0
 the country among our farmers an'
 breeders, for by so doing we not onl,
 help them but ourselves as well. Nov
 hoping this will be looked at in tha !, light, 1 would say to my neighbors il the business, that 1 would be happy L meet them at all convenient times an
 places and to talk the matter over in
 friendly manner, but please excuse m from any newspaper controversy. Yer
 truly yours.- E. Taylor.
 P. S.: The following letter was r } ceived recently. It speaks for itself
 Dear Sir-Have you the stallion Flee yet? And how is he going? Have yo
 had him handled any this past summer 5 l have not done much with my colt tbi
 season as l expected. He went lame
 get him right so turned him out, too
 him up about the 10th of October. Ha not shown any signs of being lam Y since. l can drive him now over an
 good track a quarter in B seconds. l nothing happens he will make a very ia:
 horse next season. l measured hi Y stride one day, last week. It measure
 2l feet six inches, so you see if he gel e to picking up rapid he cannot hel
 going fast. Very respectfully your
 W. W. Litchard, Riverhead, l.. I.