The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-04-02

beat Ethan Allen was never equallec
 under exactly the same conditions. HORSES AT WOODBURY. Some time ago Joseph Atchisor bought the seal brown colt Ancelot
 2S,SSS, and placed him at the head of the breeding farm at Woodbury, Conn.,
 where he intends to raise young stock
 that will be desirable in a market fol
 large roadsters. As MT. Atchison is breeding from trotting bred horses of
 good pedigrees it is possible that some
 of his young stock will develop into
 speedy and valuable race horses. Al though Ancelot is only four years old
 this season he is a large horse, stand ing sixteen and one-half hands high
 and weighing 1900 pounds, which is
 fully as large as desired by breeders
 who desire to raise stock of good size.
 Ancelots pedigree is excellent as fol-
 lows. He was sired by Lancelot 223, he
 by Messenger Duroc, one of the noted
 sons of Hambletonian. Lancelot is the
 youngest son of the celebrated Green
 Mountain Maid. Ancelot's dam is Ka1
 ra, standard and registered, and sired
 by Lord Russell Ca full brother of Maud
 S., 2:0S%) by Harold, he by Hamble-
 tonian. Kara is full sister to the Allen form trotter Kremin, ,2:07&. Ancelot was
 bred by William Russell Allen of Pitts
 field, Mass, and is now in the hands of George Winn of Waterbury, who will undoubtedly win with him.
 MT. Atchison's fast mare Eulate, 2:2S%, recently lost by premature foal- ing, twin colts sired by Ancelot. The unfortunate death of the foals is much regretted.
 Another race mare in the same stable is Fife Wilkes, 2:26, trial 2:15, that is due to foal soon to Ancelot
 Landlord Curtiss of the Curtiss house at Woodbury owns a fast young horse, sired by Bion, 2:19A. Horsemen expect to see considerable speed when the owner is ready to show it.
 HORSE THIEF SOCIETY.
 In the vicinity of PeekslSill, N. Y, is the headquarters of an association for protection from horse thieves. Mem bers of this worthy society have pur- sued many a horse thief With a Ven- geance and have earned credtable record for the recovery of, stolen horses and the conviction and sentence of the thieves During fifteen years the asso citation has recovered every rig stolen from members and have secured more than twenty horses stolen from other owners not members of the society. Whenever any clue to a horse thief is obtained the members never abandon pursuit until conviction is obtained.
 An illustration of pursuit and cap ture is afforded by the following. On March IS, 1S93 a slick rascal stole horse and vehicle from Ebert Kipp of Peekskill, N. Y. The president of the society and the owner traced the fellow to Hoboken, N. J., where the horse was recovered. From Hoboken the thief went to Philadelphia with a horse stolen from Morgan Brothers, residents of New Rochelle, N. Y. After a hunt for the thief he was located in prison in Indiana, after which he served term in prison in Philadelphia, which term expired on the 14th of March of this year. From the Philadelphia prison he was taken to White Plains, N Y., and tried for the theft of Mr. Kipps proper ty. The thief was convicted, and on the Fist of last month was given the full penalty, five years in Sing Sing prison. When his time is out the Nor gan Brothers want to see him. They will probably secure his conviction and a sentence of five years. He has many aliases but was recently convicted un- der the name of Charles B. c. Curtis He has been described as a man about | forty or forty-five years of age, of god | address and manners, who might be taken for minister or high salaried | clerk On account of his crooked worl1 he has spent many years in jail. He has finished one term in Sing Sing pris- 1n, has served term in Indiana, two in and is now in Sing Sing for the second time, with the prospect | If another state prison sentence when ais present time is out. He has prac- iced law and has made some real es- ate deals, but is styled a horse thief, 'orger and confidence man.
 Considerable credit is due to MT. xipp and members of the Anti Horse Thief association for the pursuit, cap ure and punishment of a criminal of character