Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-03
ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH ISLES

"In 1882 Stockvc won thousand guncas at Newman
m was first vote for Epson Derby but not placed c
rc bcinr little Daniel ORourke) he the St Lcgcr and
nine other in the year The following he was beaten
by Tcddngon Ascot the Empress Cup and his career on the
the end OF his fourth year having won during INA"
period the value OF rather less than ten thousand POUNDS
But as the great SocNe has had no
equal For several years his death his fee was one hundred
guncas and his subscription always full Amongst his stock
we're included ST. Adams, Blair Atho Lord Lyon Achievement
three Dcbcs and four St. Legers with several
running second and those whilst his winning grand
sons and granddaughter may be counted by scores
'Wcst Australian 1883 the two thousand gnneas the
EPSON Derby and the Lcgc At four years old he
won three races then put the stud The late Lord
Londcsborough setting up racing stud purchased HIM Tor
L4z5O a series OF frscass mares he got nothing worth
recording turf annals the death of Lord Londcsboough in
1900 he by auction the Come afterwards Due dc
Mornv for thousand guncas In France he was equally
the Due de Mony death the Emperor the fccn
purchased him for $780, but he died without beng sire OF one
good any kind His French stock whether race horses or
steepechscrs all broke training Yet he one OF the
best promising colt than Stockwe
THE FLYING DUrcH,lN volmGEUR.
British turf has produced pair OF famous animals
which, like Bay Middleton and Els Charles the Twelfth and Euclid
Lord Lyon Kaiser and Gang Forward invariably
suggest thoughts and "reminiscences of each other Such will always
be the the Flying Dutchman and Vogeu
mentioned with PRIDE and although within the last dozen or
fifteen years cass have fallen almost without exception
to the equine champions South twill be long before two such
noble representatives British thoroughbred will be stripped
upon sent by the north to do battle TOR Epson
great race 1910 and Flying Dutchman by Bay Mid
dcton Sandbcck bred in IS46 by Mr. Van"
star at Yorkshire but his BREEDER who died in
1913 was spared the Duchman iumphs three
yeaod Epson and Doncascr The colt passed Immediately
his birth into the possession of the late Earl of Egnton Who
victories wOear-od of the Flying Duchmans hah
brother Van Tromp entered into with Mr. Vansitar
binding him give thousand guncas for perfectly formed
foal thrown From the when yeang the
Flying Ducman stables Mddeham OF Fobert his
anticipated with confidence that he would gain the
highest honors the besOw His fame
preceded him Newmarket where he stripped for the first time
in public competitor the July stakes and such the i'm
preston produced by his grand appearance his aucs action and
by easy victory upon that OCCASION that he at once backed
the Derby, and during the intervening eleven
months July and the May IS49 his hackers
never for single day regret their spirited invest
Flying Dutchman OF those exceptional animals
which, and three DID, are never sick or sorry for an
hour and such the perfection OF his respiratory organs that
impossible make him blow hard even
after miles gaop He had the misfortune to both for
Derby Lcgcr when the ground deep and holding
which that of hunter and his large feet enabled
him hold his in both Hotpur him close for the
Derby but the St Leger easily won than when he
rompcd home in front of Nunnrd and eight other starters AS
our-yearod example of his field in the Ascot
Cup Mr. Grcve proclaimed him be the best animal that in
his long experience he had ever seen.
Nevertheless destined that his coors should for
Earl of Zetands VOgcur reserved the
honor accorded to the Wellington by French print which
short time in Paris after the battle of Waterloo and at
which printed the significant words III vancu
linVnCbc NOtgeur daribrOWn horse standing teen has
three inches hgthc color and the stature the
the light the paddoc at Hart in Durham
Sephensonhe paddocks which subsequently pro-
Vago perhaps the best of this century Vogue the
son of and Martha Lynn only started twoyea
old had little difficulty winning the Wright Stakes at
Yorkshire. After this he purchased by the
late Earl thousand guneas with the promise
five he should win the Derby The Earl Zetand
thought heay-shoudeed but persuaded become his
owner urgent Mr. Williamson the brother Lady
Zeand purchase and the popular spots of the
Ascwch have been adopted and rendered amou
at the Anpodes Robinson late Governor of New
bv The