Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-12-18
AMERICAN HORSE
NEWS DEPARTMENT
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THIS DEPARTMENT TO C. A. CHAPMAN,
Room 81, BATTELL BLOCK, MIDDLE
BURY, VERMONT.
Last week we had the pleasure of tell
ing our readers bout the beautiful stall
lion "Red Oak" at the Government fam
in Wey bridge. This we.kNwe would like
to cay few words about one that Mr..
Battell bred but did not sell. This is the
yearling stallion vermont" a bay of
good size, fine conformation, good head,
nice throttle long neck set into SPLEEN
did pair of shoulders, sloping back and
merging into strong loin, well coupled
to long speedy hip, best of legs and
feet. This colt strikes me as being one
of the best yearlings / have ever seen;
and be is a mover, one Of the straight
cut In front kind, which his breeding
warrants, sired by Gen. Gates, whose
dam was the dam of Lord Clinton, 2:09a,
and out of Maid of Orleans by Norris M,
2:25, son of Molock, 2:17, by Stranger
out of Goldsmith Maid, 2:14. Second
dam Betty Molock, by Molock again
Third dam Beth, by Beriah, son of Bow
man Clark Chief; by Clark Chief. Fourth
dam, Romula, by Bashaw Hambleton-
ian. Norris NJ, 2:25, is out of Nora by
Bashaw Hambletonian. Second dam
Nettie by Bambrilot, son of Romulus.
Hambrilot's dam was Kentucky Maid,
by Mambrino Pilot second dam Molly
Harrison by Cassius NJ Clay, Jr.
Bashaw Hambetonian was got by
Romuus, son of Hambletonian, and his
Dam was Nancy Switzer by Sargents
Bashaw, son of Green's Bashaw His
second dam was Yellow Bird (sister to
Bashaw, Jr., by Green's Bashaw. Third
dam Fanny Foss, by Young Green Noun
tain Morgan. Fourth dam Fanny Green,
by Hale's Green Mountain Morgan.
Fifth dam a superior road mare by Sher-
man Morgan; the dam of Romulus was
by american Star.
Molock, 2:17, lat 4years) is by Stranger,
a son of Gen. Washington, he by Gen.
Knox, by Vermont Hero, 10y Sherman
Black Hawk, by Black Hawk. Molock S
dam is Mystery dam of Police 2:27f and
Molock 2;l7,) by Socrates, son of Ham
bletOnian. Socrates dam was by Ameri
can Star, second dam, Daisy Burns, 2:294
by Shenandoah, third dam by Harden
Horse. As Stranger was out of Gold
smith Maid, 2:l4, and his sire. Gen.
Washington, was cut of Lady Thorn,
|IS4, it will he seen that this colt "Ver-
mont has great speed inheritance as
well as great per cent of the best Nor
gan blood, and it would seem that he
was well enough bred to head any stock
farm when the breeding of both beauty
style and speed were the detectives. AS
this colt has two close up crosses TO Nc
lock, 2:l7, it might be well to state that
Molock started through the central Hi
nois circuit as three year old in eight
races. winning five, was second in two
and behind the money once only, coming
home with record of 2 :244. The next
year he was raced through the western
circuit at Dubuque in four year old class,
when he was second in a five heat race.
AT Terre Haute, Ind, in the % class
he was fourth in field of 10. At Lex
ington, Ky, in 90 class he was fourth
in a large field and at Nashville, Tenn,
he was second, winning second heat in
2214 The next year as a five year old
he started twice only in the 10 and q
classes, against Eioln, eos, and five
others. He was second to Elorn after
five heat race. In the other race he beat
Elorn, he being 3-1-2-0-l. getting his
record, PIT, in the fourth heat of this
race, which was never finished, but the
race was declared off and purse divided
So that in IA races he was first five
times second six times, fourth twice and
behind the money once only.