Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-10-16

breeding establishments in the world, |
but is also one of the most systematically |
Here / made my first "lay- |
up" stop, and haven of rest and a thea
ter of pleasing surprises it proved to be.
The duke of Brook Nook and the brain !
dynamo of the establishment was not at
the estate on my visit, but Henry l..
Miller-he of "Yankeeland" and wide
general acquaintance and spotless rep
utation as gentleman speed maker and
race driver-head trainer and special su
perintendent of the horse department,
and Charles Gooden, general superin-
tendent of the "whole show" at once
made me at home with their cordiality,
and rendered my stay at the ranch ex-
ceedingly pleasant.
was piloted to the place and attended
while there by w. NJ. Neal, well known
to many Western Horseman readers, and
former attache of the training depart
ment of the ranch, and this added to the
pleasure of the occasion.
Brook Nook Stock Rancho is domln-
ion of itself, being a magnificent and
highly improved beautiful valley estate
of some $4,000 fertile acres AS trot-
ting horse establishment it is perfectly
equipped with track. training barns,
stallion barns, paddocks galore, miscel-
laneous buildings, pastures, meadows,
grain fields, the valley ends of innumer-
able mountain streams, and grass lands
as big as "all out of DOORS in an ordinary
country. The ranch is stocked with
nearly a thousand standard. bred horses
Of the best strains and of various ages,
and half as many head of pure bred
shorthorn cattle.
The trotting sires at present in use are:
Alcone, $3.50 (sire of many fast trotters),
son of Alcyone, 2:27, and Lady Hill by
Hambletonian, 10; The King Red, ;204,
by Red Wilkes. and sire of the stake
winning youngsters, Diadem, 81 2:l2l !;
Forest King (3) 2:1Sf, and many other
successful campagners; Spokane, 2:154r,
(Morgan), sire of ten trotters; Kismat, by
Keller, 2:134, dam Kiona dam of Knick
Knack, 2:11D, by Altmont $780, and
Letrado, (2) 2:25, by Alcone, dam Lilili,
by Alfonso, 2:293. Letrado is Brooke
Nooke product ard he is one of the hand
soonest and best young trotting stations
that it has been my good fortune to see.
The brood mares are by such sires as
Commodore Belmont Ansel, 2:20, son of
Electioneer; Electioneer Red Wilkes;
Atamont, 2 1863; Alfonso, son of Baron
Wilkes, 2:lS; Alaska, ? 80, son of Elec-
tioneer; Copper King, son of Wilkes
Boy, 1924; Jerome Eddy, 2:16!; Malcolm
566l, son of Robert McGregor; Field
mont $3.50, son of Almont 33; Woodford
Wilkes; Victor Bismark, 1876; Bay BIRD
1914, son of Jay Bird; Lockheart, 2 :0S4
and other sires of equal note. The mum
Der of brood mares may be guessed at by
the fact that $50 now have foals follow
ing them.
Brook Nook furnishes breeding stock
both colts and fillies, to the entire North
western country, and every spring about
200 fine roadsters and race prospects
young geldings and mares, are sold at {
special sale at Portland, Ore. AL
through the trotting stock at Brood
Nook, including stations. brood mares
raw" and partially developed rae,
prospects and young things, equal il
quality and breeding, those found il
Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio or an,
other State.
l would like to mention number O
them fully, but space will not permit.
may undertake this some other time
Mr.. Miller has been the head trainer her,
for number of years, and besides beinl
a grand master in his profession, is
most accomplished and courteous gen
tleman.
One of the most surprising things il
connection with Brook Nook is the re
markable productiveness of the soil, no
only of the valley land, but of the noun
tain foothills, or "bench land" fifty t
one hundred feet above the valley level
On high plateau of many acres of thi
"bench land" watered by irrigation
bitches, | waded through oats shoulde
high. The oats output of the ranch thi
season will reach some 5000 bushels
and the hay, timothy and alfalfa som,
900 tons.
AT the Ruby Dell grain and hay ranch
an annex of Brook Nook, fine estate o
5000 acres, ten miles down the Rub,
valley, is grown immense quantities o
timothy, alfalfa, oats, barley, etc., all o
which is consumed by the live stock o
the two ranches. Ruby Dell is managed
by William Brookman, SUPERINTENDENT.