Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-12-11
HORSE NOTES.
News of General and Local Interest to
Horsemen.


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in," p. o. Box 634, Mddlebury, any news Of
deaths. sales, foaling, perform ances, etc, OF
horses that are OF enough consequence to be
noted in this department., which will be main.
tanned with view to making it OF interest
both local and widespread
Lou Dillon has been awarded by turf
writers the soubriquet of 1.-THE dainty
trotter, "!'much as Flora Temple had
that of ''the little bob-tailed mare"
The two weeks "Old Glory" horse
sale by Fasig-Tipton Co., Madison Square
Garden, New York city, which ended
last Saturday, produced no very large
prices, but there was good average of
over $500: and an excellent attendance
, throughout will mention those which
brought $500 and over, of which the
| first was Belsire, brown stallion, ~
years old, sired by Electioneer, dam that
wonderful brood-mare, Beautiful Bells,
by The Moor, and the latest of her
produce to enter the list, with a record
of 2.18. His breeding is ultra fashionable.
| He fell to the bid of A. NJ. Hamilton,
Wheeling, W. Va, $500. That extensive
breeder, James w. DAILY, of Mt Kisco,
IN. Y. } Farm, offered his premier stallion,
ORC Wilkes, black, 10 years old, by
Sable Wilkes, dam Ellen Mayhem, by
Director, and performer who took
two-year old record of 2.21l, which he
lowered later to Pill. j. Witherill, of
Gait Ont, bought this fellow for S4050,
James Butler, the rich groceryman, who
has more than one hundred stores in
New York city, for positions in which
none but the Irish can apply successfully,
made quite a large consignment from
his East View Stock Farm, principally
by Direct and Drectum Kelly. For
Cole Direct, blk. h., 2.124, years old, by
Direct Miss Alcantara, |. Schleissen-
ger & Co., Vienna, Austria, paid $3.50;
while j. H. Rogan, New York city, gave
Sl700 for Trilby Direct, fve-year old,
black pacing mare, record 2.OS4, also by
Direct, out of Bessie Wilkes. Sidnut, b.
g., 2.12, five years old, by Sidney. dam
Ninette, went to the $500 bid of David
Lee, New York city. Fanfaron, 2.11!. a
six-year-old bay mare, by Tommy Brit
ton, dam AXtellene, was purchased by
c. w. Marks, of Chicago, for $500, and
few minutes later genuine sensation
occurred when her sire himself was led
into the ring. He is brown stallion,
record 2.064, ten years old, got by
| Liberty Bell, dam Keepsake, and was
one of the most popular trotters few
years ago. The opening bid on him of
| $1,000 was at once doubled, and after
that the contest was spirited between
William O'Neil, Lexington, Mass, and
| trainer William j. Andrews, New York
city, they raising each other 500 at a
time until the former offered S6.40O,
Andrews considered moment, and then
remarked "$7000," which got the prize.
He will winter the horse at the Jewetts-
vile, N. Y, covered mile track, and
means to campaign him next year in the
| 2.O7 class.
The Capital City Stables, Concord, n.
H.. made a consignment of six select
animals upon which buyers were very
sweet. The lowest brought an even
$1,000, and the highest $1,000, and the
total for the half dozen head was 1913. 200
an average of S3.S66 Those reaching
my $500 mark We're Lucie May, bay
mare, PAGER, aga, SIX years old by
Oakland Baron-Kate Clay, purchased
| by A. NJ. Carr, Butte, Mont, 1880; Lizzie
A, roam filly, three years, 2.114, by
| Alfred G.-Spanish Maiden, Charles
Tanner, Cleveland, o., So $50; Directum
Miller, br. h., PAGER, 2.0S4, five years
old, by Directum-May Day, Mart.
Demarest, Hartford, Conn, $500;
Wainscot, b. h., 2.093, four years old,
by Alley Wilkes-Sorceress Schleissenger
Co., Vienna, Austria, $4,000, and Prince
of Orange, br. g., 1904, seven years
old, by Prince of India-Annie D.,
bought by Vance Nuckols, Cleveland, o. +,
to go into the stable of c. X. G. Billings,
owner of Lou Dillon ~ 800 This latter
horse has the fastest trotting race record
by gelding this season, and is thought
to be capable of reaching the 200 mark
| Wainscot was considered a bargain for
the Austrians. Charles Tanner sold
Lizzie A back to her former owner, James
Y Gatcomb, for an advance of $500,
so it cost the latter, including the auc-
tioneer's commission, S795 for the privi-
lege of seeing his mare offered for sale
The preceding sales, from Sidnut down,
took place Thanksgiving Day, which is
generally selected for the best offer
ings
Friday andl Saturday, Nov. 81 and %,
prices were lower, only three horses SELL
ing for precisely 1900 each. These
were Dick Berry, b. g., 2.114, six years,
by Anderson Wilkes-Ida Downing, buyer