Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-15

excellent trOtter, was a son of this horse,
and got the Seely American Star of
which Levi Shredder, Kingston, N. Y,
said 81 saw American Star when Du-
bois owned him. He was noted horse
then and about the only trotter we then
hal In this section" SO Black Hawk,
another son of Sherman Morgan, him
self in his day noted as II trotter of long
or short distance. got the famous trotter
Ethan Allen.
1t may be well to call the attention of
Mr.. Backman and others to the kind of
a trotter that one of the sons of Sher-
man Morgan got, though not the son
that we have been the most directly in
terested in, in this argument, and to do
this we quote from men of very high
authority, two of whom at least, like Mr.
Backman, have always been more friend
ly to the rival family. Great merit,
however, conquered their preiudices,
which is certainly most complimentary
to them.
"Of all the horses that have been
tavorltes with the American people no
one has ever approximated the populari-
ty of Ethan Allen. His remarkable
beauty, his wonderful speed, his perfect
action, aud, above all, his kind and
gentle disposition, made him the admir-
alton and the pet of everybody" writes
Mr.. Wallace G., Wallace's Monthly,
1860. mo one has ever raised a doubt
as to his being the handsomest, finest
styled and most perfectly-gaited trotter
that has ever been produced" writes
Mr.. Parlin, of the American CultivatOr.
Grand old horse, Others have beaten
his time, few others (and very few
have beaten his stud career, and other
families have risen to greater popularity
than his, but in all the course of trot-
ting history no other stallion ever gained
and held such widespread admiration
from the people, or was ever so taken
right to the public heart. What words
can picture his grace of action, mis- per-
feet pOise and animated glow! He
carried the magic wand that commanded
!
They loved him tor himself. Long
after he shall have passed away the
brightest encomium that can be paid to
the action of Il trotting horse will be
that he is gated like old Ethan Allen.
That compasses all. 1t is the end of the
law" Hank Comstock (Peter c. KEEL
logg) in 1873.
John II. Wallace in his Monthly of
April, 1877, thus describes the great race
between Ethan Allen, with running
mate, and Dexter:
"When the horses appeared upon the
track to warm up for the race. Dexter,
driven by the accomplished rensman
Budd Doble, was greeted with Il shout of
applause. Soon the team appeared, and
behind it sat the great master of trotting
tactics, Dan Mace. His face, which had
so often been puzzle to thousands, had
no mask over 1t on this occasion. 1t
spoke only that intense earnestness that
indicates the near approach of supreme
moment. The team was htched to Il
light skeleton wagon. Ethan wore
breeching, and beside him WAS a great,
strong racehorse, fit to run for mans
life. His traces were long enough TO
fully extend himself, but they were so
much shorter than EGhan's that he had
to take the weight. Dexter drew the
inside, and on the first trial they got the
.sonH nh tUithnnt aithap haNinur 81 ~
inches the advantage. When they got
the word the flight of speed was absolute
ly terriiic-so far beyond anything had
ever witnessed in a trOtting horse that
| felt the hair rising on my head The
running horse was next to me, and,
notwithstanding my elevation. Ethan
was stretched out so near the ground
that could see nothing of him but his
ears. | fully believe that for several
rods at this point they were going at a
, 200 gait.
at was impossible that this terrible
pace could be maintained long, and just
before reaching the first turn DeXter's
head began to swim and the team passed
him and took the track reaching the
first quarterpole in 81 seconds, with
Dexter three or four lengths behind
The same lightning speed was kept up
through the second quarter, reaching
the haIf-mile pole in :04, with Dexter
still farther in the rear. Mace then took
Il pull on his team, and came home
winner by six or eight lengths in 2:l5.
When this time was put on the black
board the response of the multitude was
like the roar of old ocean. Although
some distance away, through the second
quarter of this heat, | had a fair, I'M
obstructed side-view of the stallion aud
of his action, when going at the light
nino ratn of , los 10 the niIn nnuld