Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-02-28
NEWS INTOWNS ABOUT.
SILVER LAKE.
ON THE SPEEDWAY.
Noat Lane

The track cannot last long.
Mr.. Holmes Andal and Fred Aikens
potIy Wilkes are working little for theii
match race, which will come soon.
Fair weather and a passable track
brought out some local horses the past
week but no matches OF any importance
and no fast time made.
Some of the ladies' are practising for
their promised race and show quite turn
Of speed, We notice Mrs. II. l.. Brownell
with her handsome grey, Mrs. George y,
Wheelock with her bay mare, Elm WOOD
Girl. and Miss Dora Aikens with her only
Polly.
An article In the American Horse Breed
or. giving an account of hne horses IN
Montpelier, says sc. A. Gale owns hanu
some pair OF bay pacing mares, long, iuli
tails, six and seven years old, own sisters,
susie B. and Brsdlieu, records 2;ZS l,4 ano
2:35, by Bradlaugh by Egbert. A iulI SIS,
ter older has three year.oio marx ol
2:23 Id. which these would equal II IN
hands OF a professional, but they are q
model team for road purposes at present;
The three mares were raised in Barnard
by John A. Moore, dam Morgan anu
Thoroughbred"
NV friend in Minneapolis has sent more
accounts OF ice races near that city. III IL
astonishing what fast time they make
40 seconds less In half mile than betnel
blue streak races. This would leave our
neighbors within call of the starter when
heats are finished. Even Judge Howard
is shocked and hardly knows where he Is
at. think my friend up in the nortn-
west must be a subscriber to the HERALD
AND NEWS, for he wished me 10 ask
Judge Howard ~ that COW was still living
that gave ten quarts OF milk out OF one
teat called his attention to my frlenu' ;
inquiry and he said the COW was dead ana
on some accounts he was not sorry, Tor,
her bag being so heavy, he was obliged 10
milk her mornings before she could get
mn. The Judge thinks he and Minneapo-
lis are two of the biggest liars In the DEM
ocratic party.
Leo ID. Reagan owns a three year.old
Bradlaugh gelding, standing lb-3, weigh
ing 1000 pounds, bright bay in color. But
Leo wants him to pace and is spending
some time In teaching this nne colt tne
lateral gait. Mr.. Reagan is a mechanic
and II he fails IL will be the first time.
PAGERS are fast increasing in popularity
and the prejudice against them yearly dis
appearing. With many be is now the
favorite road horse and for racing can
beat the trotter every time. so long as
these facts continue, PAGERS Will be bred
extensively. Gen. Tracy, proprietor OF
the Marshland stud, has completed inter-
estinR statistics showing the great IN
crease OF PAGERS over the trotter. He saws
that in 1891 the new sires had three 10 one
In favor OF trotting standard colts. NOW,
in 1900. the pacing colts have long lead.
The general is an old fashioned trotting
man and views this great change with
alarm, thinks there is danger OF the trot-
ter being weeded out entirely, but prac'
tically he, too, may be hankering ior
A.. Enfa n hPQad hiQ
Lord OF the Manor filiy to John II. Gentry,
holder OF five worlds records, the smooth {.
est going PAGER that was ever bred and II
the colt should pace many believe Gen.
Tracy would be the happiest man on the
earth.
1t is the small breeder with one or two
mares that meets with success and makes
the most money. Ebeuezer Holmes, own
er OF the Silver Lake House, has probably
two OF the best brood mares in this sec
tion OF Vermont. 1st, Daisy boone, a
black pacing mare by Daniel Boone by
Hambletonian 10. She Is fast, handsome
and gentle. Her produce show the re-
markable blood which runs in her veins.
I'd, Felipe, standard and registered. a
bay mare 1852 1-2, weighs 1910 pounds
sired by Mansfield by Messenger Duroc by
Ham bletonian 10, dam Kate Clark lin the
great brood mare list by Hambletonlan
10, second dam by Edwin Forrest, third
dam by Denmark, fourth by Medoc.
Mansfield was out OF Green Mountain
Maid, making him half brother to the
great Eectioneer. Felipe trotted full
mile at four years old in 2:20 ! 2 and was
then sold for $4,000. Her dam is by the
greatest OF sires, Hambletonian TO- with
the crosses OF Henry Clay, Edwin Forrest
and that great race horse, Denmark, on
the foundation OF American Eclipse
Thoroughbred. Mr.. Holmes, being q
horseman and a thorough student oil
breeding, was naturally particular where
TO breed these choice mares. Studying
pedigrees and individuality coupled with
extreme speed, he decided upon John Nj.
Wilkes, 2:24 Ia, as the best In Vermont
. within his reach. Johns style, conforma
tion, perfect manners and excessive knee
action make him almost a counterpart OF
John X. Gentry. 1t is said that Gentry
showed this knee motion to such an ex-
tent at Madison Square garden that the
crowd were taken by storm. He was
awarded the blue ribbon without hesitan-
cy. No horse in this vicinity can show
this fashionable step better than John
Wilkes, and, what is more to his advan'
tage, be invariably impsrts the same te
colts. Like Gentry he is an easy goina
trotter 90 the road and a beautiful road
horse. We hope and trust that Mr.
Holmes will never regret his selection fol
the grand mares.