Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-01-04

Norfolk. X. Vests Old Fireaway No.
BOB, chestnut horse, seems to have been
a most impressive sire, if we may esti-
mate worth by the merits of his de-
scendants to the fourth and fifth gener-
alton. The famous Norfolk Cob of
Wright and Goods (No. 400, his
equally famous son, Bonds Norfolk
Phenomenon (No 522), and many others
trace back IN direct line to Vests Old
Fireaway No. 203.
OF the female progeny of Scot Shales
through Roper's Shalcs and of Jenkin-
sons Fireaway through Vests Fire
away. the most noteworthy was Elan
der's Fireaway, 2ll, whose portrait, en-
graved on steel, appeared in "Ihe An
nails of Sporting" His sire traced back
70 Frost's Adonis. which would appear
to have been of the old Norfolk trotting
variety, only the breeding of his dam
having been recorded while the grandam
of this horse was of Shales blood, the
dam was one-half Fireaway. The result
was one of the best horses of his day,
with speed and good action equal to
Jenkinson's Fireaway. The owner re-
fused many offers for him, but at length,
on his SAYING he was worth guinea IA
day" to him. Messrs. Wright and Goold,
who had sold Norfolk Cob, understood
this as an offer, paid down the money,
and took the horse before the old man
had time to repent the loss of his favor
lite. The description of Frost's Adonis
above mentioned is given in these words:
Great size, well proportional and able
! to carry twenty stone. Gentlemen may
be assured he is well-bred, capital
horse, very likely to get good coach
horses out of stout mares and hunters
and road horses from the smaller" An
advertisement in the Norwich Mercury
of May 10, 1857. says: "Adonis's action
WAS sixteen miles within one hour,
carrying 22l pounds"
Wroot's Pretender's fame was rvaled
early in his career in Norfolk by the fir st
BellfOunder (Stevens), 50, advertised as
five year-old in 1903. by John and Rich
ard West, as got by "Old Prelender the
property of Mr.. Wroot. of Long Sutton,
Llucolnshire." The advertisers say of
Young Bellfounder Gail stations under
six Years old at that time would seem to
have been entitled to the prefix Dung :
Wroot's Pretender had been Young Pre-
tender for few years. though he had
now grown into cd Pretender) that
Young BellfOunder is allowed by judges
to be one of the finest trOtters in this
county, and Is matched to trot sixteen
miles in one hour, carrying 1876 pounds,
for GOO, on the Attleborough Road, six
weeks after midsummer.
OF the horses tracing through stevens
Brllfounder back to Wroot's Pretender,
that bred by Roger Jary of Aslill and
Ilarling Water Mill. was not the least fa-
nous in his day, though all the Bell
founders made their mark for great stay
ing and weighl-carrying powers at good
trottng pace. This blood, as has already
been mentioned, was found in the veins
of Rysdyks Hambetonian. the king of
trOttng sires on the other side of the \ +
lantic. That Jary's Bellfounder was the
horse imported into the United, States is,
as may be fairly asserted. proved by the
following facts: Belfounder, imported
by James Booth of Boston, from Liver
pool, on July IL, 1922, was admittedly a
Norfolk bred bright bay horse, - hands
high, seven years old in 1923, got by
"that weli-known, fast and highformed
trOtter, Old Bellfounder, our of Velocity,
which trotted on the Norwich road, in
Is )6. sixteen miles in one hour. The
only horse of the name, age, height and
color i'm Norfolk, when the year 1922
opened, was BelltOunder, bred and owned
by Roger Jary, who was the owner of the
mare Velocity. No stock are found to
have been bred in England from Jary' 5
Bellfounder after the year 1922, and old
advertisements speak of him as having
been sold at Winnold Fair for 600.
Moreover, a mare Velocity did trot a
match us stated in the American card of
Bellfounder (printed in Derby for use
on the other side the Atlantic, and that
this mare was Jary's, the dam of Bell
founder, is proved by the following par
agraph contained in the Norwich Mer-
curry of November $, 1906:
On Wednesday Sc night the long de-
pending trotting match for one hour
took place between that celebrated
brown mare Velocity, the property of
Mr.. Roger Jary, of Ashill, and that fast
trOtting chestnut horse Doubtful. the
property of Mr. King, of Wymondham,
Tor fifty guneas. which was decided in
favor of Mr.. Jary's mare. The distance
they trotted within the time was fifteen
miles and half, and Mr.. jarys mare
had to turn round sixteen times on ac-
count of galloping, while the horse did
not turn round once.
She is also reported, on the American
card, to have trotted twenty-eight miles
in one hour forty-seven minutes in 1905,