The Newtown bee., 1896-04-24
Ln Litchfeld County
WO0DBURY.
AMONG THE HORsEMEN.


 Woodbury has long been noted for it's fine horses, and for a small place prob ably contains az many horse enthusiasts as any tOWL in Connecticut. Among the many fine sttppers in WOOdbury, one ai-
 ways takes satisfaction in visiting the Stahiee of J. E Capowell & Co at West
 Side. Mir CapeWell is an expert at break ing horses, and horses are brought here to him for this treatment from all direc- ti0ns. Just now he has hOrses in his srableS belonging to w. R JanVier of
 New York, of Pears soap fame, c. w.
 Vhdrews of Naugatuck, c. N. Brewster and C. B. Gold, John Calhoun and Roger
 Ives of West Cornwall and many others
 Mc-sTs CapeweIl & Co. are just enlarging .hGir quarters. Contractor Wallace Ward ia putting up a barn 4Sx2G, to give him moro stable room.
 The center of attraction just now at these stables is the fine stallion Mir Cape. well has brought in from York State, AL patra, No l5 235 A. T. F Alpatra is one If the youngest sons of the great Alley one out uf Cleopatra, dan of Jed. Davis , 6 and Alrandor , 20 l ,, who is sire of eight from .0S B. to , 30, He is 8 rich golden chestnut. with small star, and lirc}" N Whjte on hind fret. He stands l5.2 aud weighs lU50. He is a very stylish horse, "f great substance and symmetry has strong back and loins, good barrel, powerfully muscled quarters and fore rms, with good legs and feet. He has a very fine cut head and neck, and a more intelligent or pleasanter disposition no one ever saw. He possesses great speed tud will be givpu race record this con- ing srAson. Alpatra never stood for ser vice, therefore never had an. opportunity 70 sire speed, bur will certainly do so if
 ,4 it,, ] l. is from a producing family on both sire md dams eide He combines in a mark
 Il degree the blood lines that nave pro.
 iUct Il c1rly and extreme speed. He
 r0c-s 10 less than five times to Import ,d Messenger, the founder Of the Amer- can tTOtter. His Wilkes Mambrino Patch en blood courses through the best chan ncls of those great familipe, and these coupled with his Clay and Morgan cross os on stout thoroughbred foundation, iusures his success as q fire, with fair opportunity.
 MT Capeweil has also brought in 8 beautiful! mare. Sable NOTe, sired by Sa- ole Wilkes. Her dam was Directress.
 Another horse fAv0rablY known to breeders is the stallion Town Talk. Town Talk is da!k bay, standing lG hands two inches high, and weighs lIG0 pounds. Registered number 35S5, Vol. VI, Amer Ican ITotting Register, (etaDdaTd under rule 6. He was bred by Hon Elzur Smith, Highlawn Farm, Lee, Mass, and was toaled in 1883. He has never been trained for speed, for his owners wanted bis services more in the stud and wished 60 keep him sound, and let bis produce show for him; his gait is free and open. md there is every reason to believe as he should he, from his superior breeding, a y7n H. than 90 if he had an opportunity. His colts are of good form and disposition, all show fine trotting action and some as Lhree-year nlds show better than three minutes without much training. He took first premiums in his class at Danbury fair in lSSS and 1890.
 Aacantara, the sire of Town Talk, has during the season of 1890 been brought prominently before the public through the great number of is get that have en- tered the 30 list, the number of new corners was 2l. being greater number than any sire has had to enter in one season, and his total number of 33 in the Iist is larger than any horse of his age (l4 years) has ever had to his credit. As d four year old he trOtted eight races mostly against aged horses winning six of the number and gaining a record of , g. He is a born Crotter possessed of 8 rugged constitution, great resolution and indOmitable courage and game and re- liable race horse, as the summary of his races will testify. He showed halves in his work in LOG and had his development been continued would doubtless greatly | reduce his record. George Wilkes sire of Alc8ntara, stands ahead Of any stallion l that ever lived as a sire of speed, he is | credited with 70 in the } 30 list, Ii of l which number have records of 2 20 or l better. Alma Mater, the dam of Alcan- | tara, is one of the greatest brood mares | that ever lived, her first six foals have | either public records or well authenticat- 3d trials better than 30 which has never been equalled by any other mare of her age, But Alcantara does not have to re- y upon his ancestors for his popularity, great as they are, for he has already de- nonstrated that he is trotter himself, md that he has also the power to trans nit the trait to his progeny.
 Violet, the dam of Flown Talk is y Administrator, son of Rysd yk's Iambletonian and out of.Dolly Halstead, y Mambrino Chief, thus combining that potent cross which has produced such esults as Director, } F; Piedmont, II F IA; Nam mbrino, 221 fl, Mat ie Graham, 2.21 l2, etc. Admin strator, the sire of Violet, was a asG GfoCGef nlmseIT, bav'ng nine in the 3 30 list, although his % 1-2 is no cri. eriOn of his speed, while his daughter, atchfy IS l-4, was fast and game erf0rmer, and his next best McMahon H .2l could trot close to 15, but like a reat many other fast1performers he was ever allowed to obtain fast mark, alley Rose, the grandam of Flown E alk," was by Idol, son of Mambrino hlef, while her dam, Target, was by E ir Wallace, and her dam was by Kosci- K skoy son of Sir Archy, thus giving it le thoroughbred backing which is so esirable and has achieved such good E suits, Messrs Capewell & Go. are K rtunate in having a good half mile s aek on the place, which is enjoyed by E oodbury horsenlen. 5 Seymour L. CapeweI now occupies e George A. Capewell place, having owed last week. Mrs CapewelI. and E9 70 daughters, Mabel and Carrie, and 8 ns, Leon and Fred, have all recovered 5 pm an attack of the measles. a c, N. Brewster, a well known farmer s5 West Cornwall, has been passing a b5 W days with Jnhn E. Capewell, the 9 palar@ horse trainer. s Q E. Cartwright, who has been very Es of pneumonias is on the convalescent v 6. Ward is to build barn for J. E. . powell in West Side. Iss George F. Crane is tax collector for the enaug fire district.