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

put on such burst IF speed as IT, over
haul the flying Dexter in the, third
quarter, when he broke again, anl NIce
mad to pull him nearly toa stand-.,ill
before he recovered. Dexter VA nov a
full distance ahead, and the he ap-
peared TO be his beyond all prrldvrn-
ture. was watching the team ~ its
trouble very closely, and my idea ul dis
lance lost was the result of IA del ate
and careful estimate TT the moment; aud
the query In my mind then =,
whether the team could save its di- ,nce.
AT last the old horse struck his gaIf aud
1t was like a dart from catapult, or II
ball from rifle. The team not unly
saved its distance, hut beat Dexter home
five or six lengths, in 2:l6."
The descendants of Ethan Alden con-
stantly exhibit his same unrivaled gait.
And it should be remembered that for
years, and until very recently, the fast
est trotting, at any way of going, was
in the Morgan family, inbred AT hat,
and doubly inbred, as it undoubtedly
will be again soon.
Does Mr. Backman think. or does any
body think. that the above time of Ethan
Allen and his descendants, when made
the fastest to date, was accomplished
with short, trappy gait? Does Mr..
Backman or does anybody else think that
when Ethan Allen dropped his body
into line for those wonderful flights of
speed that Mr.. Wallace thinks equal or
better than "A two-minute gait, and de-
scribes as ''like dart from catapult
or ball from rifle he exhibited a
short, trapuy gait? Certainly not. That
kind of a gait could not accomplish such
II result, although the gathering quick
ly that belongs to short, trappv gait
undoubtedly enters into the great speed
of the Morgan, and is very essential to
all great speed.
No family has developed a greater APP
titude to speed than the Morgan, and to
no family is the American trotter more
indebted for both his speed and en-
durance. | have before had occasion to
say that the spread gait is quite com
mon in the Lambert family, Lambert
being the same remove in straight male
line from Sherman Morgan as Seely's
American Star. The following ans wers
to questions asked, from an especially
intelligent Vermont trainer and driver,
refer to this point. The three get Of
Lambert mentioned Notion, Bertha and
Annie Laure-Were extremely fast, al
though never trained but little. The
late W. II. Wilson, Cynthiana, KY, and
there could be no better Judge. said of
Motion, to Dan Mace He is as good
trotter as ever struck the turf, and if
you take him you will drive him every
heat in Il race under , 20" This was
some years ago. when that meant about
the fastest stallion record.
Did Motion spread behind when trot
ting fast:"
YES
did he reach far: What was his
reach:"
"Quite Stridy; do not know how long"
allow did he hold his head?"
"NOt h;gh-headed, but carried it very
we'll"
Answer same questions for his sis
ters-Annie Laurie and Bertha. Also
for the average Lambert family"
"Annie Laurie did not spread much,
rapid-gaited, good knee action, carried
head well up. Bertha-wide- gated, had
more stride than Motion, carried head
low. Average Lambert trotter wide
gated and very stridy for horses of their
size; head not so very high up"
do Dennihg Aliens colts spread be-
hind in trotting?''
Yes; with high hook action"
Did those of the Old belong horse
that trotted FAST"
mo"
But if Lambert, one great grandson
OF Sherman Morgan, had Il spread gait
with extended action, and got horses
having such, there. Of course, could be
no reason, so far As breeding is con
cerned, why American Star, another
great grandson, should not have done
the same thing. As Il matter of fact the
trotting action of Seely's American
Star suggested his Morgan origin. This
we perceived at once, rs did also Mr.
Wallace, though he preferred to call it
Canadian. And, indeed, it was impossi-
Bile for any skilled hOrSeman nor IN ner-
celve it, whilst, on The other hand, only
the densest ignorance, of thar kind that
is utterly hopeless, where there Is not
only no knowledge, but no desire for anv.
could have ever supposed him To have
been got by the large ana coarse running
horse, Stockholm'S American star.
JOSEPH BATTELL.