Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-11-23

ton the trotting blood of II succession of
horses. several of which were named
Sportsmah. Frank Maw's Sportsman,
the oldest of thesc-whOse dam was by
Lord Clermonts Wentworth, son OF
the Saanah Arabian out of mare by
Cullen Arabian-is advertised as cal
lowed to be the first trotter in York
shire" Another tr0tting stallion which
attained fame in Yorkshire was Quaker
of Kendall. Westmoreland, whose dam,
got by Ironsides, trotted sixteen miles
within the hour, carrying 22l pounds,
and eight miles in p min. 3G sec. carry
ing 23S pounds. In those far-away days
it seems to have been held sufficient to
name the owner of the horse. Thus an
old advertisement mentions MIR. Bot
terills Horse, his sire, Monkman's
Horse: his grand>ire. Taylor's Old
Horse; his great grandsire, Old Leader
and nearer to our own times there is
mention made of Mark Bells famous
Old Horse: all these being mentioned in
the pedigree of one horse Symmetry,
coach horse. it is to be presumed. But
the information is of value a showing
the interest taken by Yorkshire breeders
in the correct recording of pedigreeS.
Another advertisement named Agar
| Dart. Agar's Old Rainbow. and Dun
slev's Old Horse among the progenitors
of five successive generations of mares.
In an advertisement of a horse Sports
man, foaled in 1907, the grandsiTe is
named as Leader, son OF "Robert W MI
ev's" Original Leader, which covered,
near the city of York, eighteen seasons.
/ Yet another mentions "a noted fast
trotter" Farmers's Delight, which was
lever allowed to get the best stock Of
hunters in the kingdom" The adver-
tisement of Valiant, foaed in 1902, says
his sire Active was got by Old Active,
son of Thomas PantOn's Old Lofty,
which was got by the Godolphin Ara
bian. Valiant was bred in Glamorgan-
shire, and Travelled large circuit, eX-
tending to Derby and Chcadle.
The last quarter of the eighteenth
century produced more reports on agr-
culture in Great Britain than all the
preceding years.
The reporters on the counties of Nor
folk. Suffolk, Cambridge. and Lincoln,
give no evidence; but fortunately John
Marshal and John Lawrence gave ample
Information as to this horse breeding
district TO Marshall also we owe our
knowledge of one of the means which
mace the road horses of the Yorkshire
had eyer been. He mentions that the
thoroughbred horse Ialap (by Regulus,
"A son of the Godolphin Arabian, out of
a granddaughter of Flying Childers)
got such excellent stock out of the
native breed Of road horse as to make
his name famous among the farmers of
the county. One such son of this horse,
known in the county as Trotting .Jalap,
was the progenitor of much stock whose
tlotting action was excellent, and the
register in this volume shows that this
blood yet exists in the county.
As to Norfolk, and the adjoining parts
of the counties of Lincoln. Cambridge
and suffolk. this is the evidence of John
Marshal, in his "Rural Economy of
Norfolk" Vol, l., PIP. 42-4D;
The farm horses of Norfolk we're TOR
merly small brown-muzzled breed
light boued. but stood hard word and
hard keep IN remarkable manner. OF
late. stations of the heavier black breeds
of Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, etc,
have been fashionable; and at present
(perhaps unfortunately for the country
the true Norfolk breed is almOst entirely
worn out. have heard sensible old
men regret this and complain heavily
= against the present breed: they ear vi
too much of their corn, and are not st
active as their favorite "Old sort.
Whether upon the road, or on the farm
the common practice is for the horses
to trOt with empty carriages. Formerly
, this admirable custom was carried toe
far: instead of trotting for dispatch
races were run at full speed upon the
road. The lead was the goal commended
= for: Il fore-hOrse which would. at wore
or signal, break out at tull speed, was
by the young men who took delight in
as invaluable Many wagons and some
: necks having been broken by this dan
gerous amusement, it is, at present, q
good deal laid aside, though not yet en-
tirely left off. have myself seen race
! of this kind: a following team broke
out upon common, and, unmlndful Of
the rutS, hOllOW-Ways and rOughneSseS
contended for the lead, while The lead
ing team as eagerly strOve to keep it
both of them going at as full Il gallOp a
. horses in harness could go, for con
siderable distance, the drivers standing
upright in their respective wagons. The
close of the race was the most danger
: Gus part of it; for so soon as the fore
| horse of the team which broke out found
that he had gained the lead, he rushed
eagerly into the road; which in that
place happening to he hollow, it appear
2 ed to me miraculous that no mischief
was done. Savage, however, as the
custom may seem, the present spirit OF
activity may be in some measure in
: debted TO il; and whenever it is wholly
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