Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-09-28
THE HORSES.
c Onnecticut River Stock Farm or IL,
field Leader.

Prince Lavelard as an Exhibition n
--'FIne Display by Chauncey sm,,,
OF WilmingtOn---Othsr Notsbi. a.
fractions.
The entries in the horse department fiji
year were few, but Of a superior onaii tl'
and lovers Of good horse flesh had nIan
TO interest them. The largest exbibi, any
one which is credit to any show S ra.
made by the Connecticut River Stock Pa,
of Hatfield, Mass. The string was headedbu
the famous stallion ElectmOnt, 2 % I1Sy
Chimes, 2 03 "a, dam, Cologne. whose H..
is Mambrino King with six ia the 2 10 lie,
Electmont was accompanied by seven y;
his get; Mabel w. and Allie, pair of fonr
year-olds shown here last year; a tbrea.
year-old and a two-year old fily, both or,
Of a Patchen Wilkes mare; yearps
whose dam is Ollo with three.year.oi5
mark Of 20; three .year.old gelding FROM
a Pelatka dam; and colt at the side N .
mare by Joe Patchen. All of the Elect.
mont stock bear the mark of their sirs
combining beauty with 4 strong show Of
speed.
Among the horses shown, Prince Lava.
lard was notable. He is a stallion eiOb,
years old and has a record of 2.121 He
is owned by William Swan of Athol. Whom
yearllng he made a record of IA ana
when two years old entered the 2 50 Class
and has lowered his record every year until
the present season. He was sired by Biz.
tator, full brother of Dexter, the fsmop,
stallion, for which Robert Bonner pald
SAC, 900. His dam was Daisy Young bv
Studaway, one of the fastest in the conn.
try at the time of his death, nearly 20 years
ago.
A. G. Batchelder of Keene, N. n hon.
ored the fair with a stallion trio whose
breeding, individuality and show.horse
qualities make them worth going 2 lone
way TO see. The 11-year.o old stallion. SuI.
phite Wilkes, is by Alcantara by George
Wilkes out of Alma Mater. His dam Ia
by Ben Franklin. Veroy, a black stallion
two years old, is by Roy Wilkes by Adrian
Wilkes. dam Veda by Electrotype. son of
Electioneer. The two-years- old chestnut
Axtola, is sired by Administer by Wilton
by George Wilkes, and his dam is CAM.
tola by Earl Of Aberdeen out of Capitola
by Knickerbocker.
Chauncey Smith of Wilmington was in
Brattleboro for the first time In six wears
During this time his stallion Clay Bell nv
Secure, by Mambrino Patchen, has ma.
tured into the type our forefathers used to
see so and Is years ago, a graceful horse 10
look upon, the acme of perfection as
roadster. Clay Bells colts show the same
happy characteristics with little regard 10
the breeding on the side of the dam. Mr.
Smiths exhibit included brood mare by
American Wilkes with a colt BY CLAW Bell
at her side, a mare by Pilot with a Clay
Bell Colt, and six-years-old gelding, also
by Clay Bell.
Col. Richards Bradley exhibited the
yearling Torpedo by the hackney Max.
MILAN and out of the Morgan mare Mag.
gy. This cross is strongly advocated by
hackney men as bringing back the type Of
the hardy Morgan road horse and the re-
suits so far have been very satisfactory to
breeders who have attempted the expert.
ment.
Walter Walker of Dummerston, a long
time exhibitor, showed colt by Madison
Wilkes and a four-year-old gelding by
Linden, the dam of both being By Phil
Sheridan, jr.
Gary, a remarkably promising looking
stallion owned by Elmo D. Starkey Of
Keene, n. H., attracted no little attention.
This colt is sired by Hyperion, son of
the great race horse Piedmont, and carries
the speed producing strain of Ethan Allen
through his dam, Ella Wilkes.
W. +. French exhibited Daniel Wilkes,
an excellent colt by Madison Wilkes out
of daughter of the famous Daniel Lam
bert.
R. L. Lowell of Springfield, this state,
showed an excellent matched pair of geld
ings sired by son of Alcantara, and A.
Z. Torrey of Hinsdalr, N. H., showed a
brood mare with a colt at her side by son
of Green Mountain boy. Mr.. Torrey's
mare is the dam of the beautiful driving
mare owned by T. Frank Turner of this
town. r. L. Sargent's stock was under
lock and key, and G. D. Noyes's mare and
colt were not labelled.