Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-10-02
THE HORSES.
Young Stock Was Very Much
i'm Evidence.

Local Exhibits Were Wen Up, and the
Watson Entries Carried the show to
High Average.
The show of exhibition horses was bet
ter than in any recent year. The number
of animals may not have been very much
greater, but the quality, especially of the
young animals, was such as to interest OBJ
servant horsemen. An exhibit which
greatly strengthened the horse show, and
to whose excellence everybody gave cheer
full recognition, was that from the Forest
Park farm, Brandon, owned by H. r. G.
Watson. The animals sent by Mr.. Wat
son included
Girdlestone, bay stallion, years old /;
sire Grosjean, 2:244, son of Belmont; list
dam Undine by Electioneer; I'd dam by
Peck's Idol. This is young stallion of
royal breeding and highlfnish, and has
great promise as a track performer.
Bay mare Valissa e years old, record
2:19), by Vascoe, dam Chess by Magic;
foal at foot by the world-renowned sire
Red Wilkes.
Brown mare Undine, by Electioneer,
1st dam by Peck's Idol; foal at foot by
Ben Gillig son of Gillig, 1924.
Brown mare Owenee, by Alcantara, dam
of Ortolan, 2:2St 1st dam Wenonah by
Hambletonian, $50.
Casually, by Castaway, yearling bay
FLY, dam by Ben Franklin.
Marina of b, sire Castaway, 1st dam by
Viking, I'd dam Nette by Ben Franklin.
This is a beautiful FLY, showing all the
characteristics of the Belmont family, with
the high finish of all Lambert stock.
Many visitors viewed with personal in
terest A. N. sKngsley's Almaboul, which
has been regular visitor from the Ashue-
lot, n. H., stables ever since he was in
troduced to the outside world as a year
ling of glt-edged breeding. The beauti-
full stallion has grown to be sturdy four
year-old, large, well-matured, shapely, with
promise for speed on the track. Mr..
Kingsley also showed Ashuelot, 2-year-
Old stallion by Guy Wilkes, 2:15t, dam
Blanch, with five in the list. He is a
chestnut in color with light name and tail,
and is an animal especially pleasing to the
eye.
Linden, the handsome stallion owned by
j. Z. Clark Uf Holyoke, and known and
admired by all ,ccal horsemen, was shown
by c. G. Winchester, who also exhibited
Linda, two-year-old filly by Linden, dam
by Calling.
G. S. Sergeant exhibited a brood mare
by Robert Fulton, with nice Linden FLY
by her side, and w. c. Cushing of Yer
| non good brood mare with Linden foal.
W. +. Walker of West Brattleboro was
| justly proud of his exhibit which included
his brood mare, Kitty W., by Sheridan,
with her Linden foal, and a shapely year
ling, also by Linden, which was prize
winner in 1895. This FLY is well develop
ed and weighs 700 pounds. The sucker
tips the scale at 400 pounds at four months
old.
The exhibit Of T. J. Miller comprised
his 2-year.old stallion, Harry Chimes, by
Aurora Chimes, he by Chimes; 1st dam
was Young America I'd dam by Black
| Diamond; a four-year-old mare in the
| gentlemen's driving class dam as above,
sired by Hollender; and a five-year-old
pacinAmare by Hollender-all creditable
animals.
| F. X. Smith of Wilmington brought, in
the driving class, his 7-year-old gelding by
Grandee. Chauncey Smith of the same
town brought his 7-year-old stallion, Clay
Bell, by Secure, by Mambrino Patchen
dam by American Clay, bred by b. B
Wilson of Lexington, KY. Mr.. Smith
also brought a pair of Grandee driving
mares, bay, five and seven years old, bred
and owned by Fitch Brothers of Dover.
Arthur Lowell of Putney exhibited hi:
five-year- old Bay Wilkes driver, which car
show 2:30 clip. Willis Braley of West
minister brought his bay mare Maggie, si2
years old, sired by Clematis, dam by Res
cue, a son of Satellite. She was raised BY
Chandler Puffer and is nice lookinl
| mare.
The exhibit brought by Fred c. Rand o
Saxtons River included his gray mare Bes
sic, six years old, 10y BayaTd, dam by Ham
bletonian, and a pair of bay mares, Ton,
and Belle, four and five years old, sired b,
Clematis, dam by Hambletonian Chief
These mares are full sisters and so wei
mated that they can hardly be told apart
A well developed specimen of the Wilke
family was shown by o. F. Bennett o
Dummerston in his roam Jail Bird, son o
Jay Bird, jr., dam Tina G, by Brattleboro
Michael Murphy's Percheron stallion
which attracted attention last year, wa
shown again this year.
An excellent exhibit was that of P
O'Brien of Rockingham, who contributes
to the exhibition class his 5-year-old stall
lion Sherman Wilkes, by Bay Wilkes, b,
Bourbon Wilkes, dam by Bayard; his big
|
by Ben Franklin, 1920, dam by Youn
Draco, with a Sherman Wilkes foal a
foot, and a yearling, Franklin Wilkes, b
Sherman Wilkes, dam Bessie Franklin a
before. This is remarkably clean, vel
made yearling.
Chesterfield, N. H., exhibits included
H. Morgan's stallion Peabody, and veal
ling and a two-year-old FLY by him;
| Darlinpis twO-vaar-Old stallion nv Peabody
Howe & Rice's brood mare and colt, daI
by Grandee, foal by Peabody; G. NJ. Di
vis's brood mare and colt By Peabody.
Leavitt Stafford of Keene, n. H., brougf
his big registered Norman stallion, a n
markedly good animal in his class.
Several entries came in late, after thes
notes were made, and, as always, ther
were several pens containing entries, bu
with no cards to show their ownership c
breeding.