Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-01-26

The barns ana paddocks are reached
by beautiful avenue lined on either
side with shade trees. The grounds are
models of neatness and cleanliness.
Majestic live oaks, whose foliage is
evergreen, dot the landscape here and
there. On either side of the avenue are
the paddocks, each containing half an
acre or more. More than one thousand
horses, trotters and thoroughbreds have
been reared on the two farms mentioned.
An army of men is required to feed and
care for the horses, the trOtters especial
ly having u host of attendants. Only
the most reliable and thorough men In
their work were ever employed. and il
an employee were seen to strike an ami
NAL it meant his immediate discharge.
The most perfect system prevails. The
work Is in charge of a superintendent
with corps of assistants. The men are
furnished board and lodging, and paid a
stated salary per month. The offices,
barns, stalls, scales, blacksmith shop and
feed mills are conveniently located. The
greater part of the feed consumed Is
grown upon the farm, and consists of
barley and wheat-hay cut while in the
milk. Ground barley constitutes the
grain feed. The manure is placed in
large receptacles or heaps, and at fire.
quent interval large quantities of water
are thrown upon it to hasten decay
One man is assigned three horses to
take care of, and nearly all his time is
required in feeding, keeping the stalls
clean and attending to the horses.
Each trotter is trained two days each
week by a skilled trainer. The colts
training begins at six months old. An
oval track, eight or ten feet wide and
four or five hundred feet around and
entirely enclosed with boards is called
the kindergarten. The colt is led around
this track by halter until it becomes
accustomed to it and understands what
is required. when the halter is removed
and the animal is allowed to go alone.
A man stands at each end of the track
and urges it onward as it passes him.
In few hours one man Is all that is
necessary to look after the animal, and
he takes his position in the center of
the track and gives the commands go"
"Stop," "rurn around" and the orders
are obeyed as though the colt were a
mere machine operated by the hand of
the workman. This system is continued
for weeks until the colts speed is devel-
oped, when it is placed under harness
and taken to the main track. The
wonderful development of the animals
is largely due to this system of early
care and training.
Since the death of Senator Stanford
large number of the horses have been
sold, and hereafter only small number
of the most promising horses will be
kept. a short time previous to his
death, the senator arranged an exchange
with the Gar of Russia, whereby three
of the choicest bred trotters on his stock
farm were to be exchanged for similar
number of the Russian OrlOhs. These
horses have attracted great attention
wherever shown. II is intended to
cross them with the famous Electioneer
stock. Although the Stanford farm will
not be as noted Il horse farm as it was
before the senator's death, in point of
yet it is the intention of Mrs.
Stanford to retain those horse which are
most promising.-I American Agricul-
turist.