Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-18
AMERICAN HORSE
NEWS DEPARTMENT
News Items Pertaining to all
Kinds of Horses are Solicited.


Kinds of Horses are Solicited.
Address Matter for this Department to
C. A. Chapman, Room 81, Battel Block,
Middlebufy, Vt.
The death of Miss Copeland 2:25l by
Almont Star 2:2S334, dam by Prophet Jr.,
grandson of Black Hawk takes very
conspicuous figure from the brood mare
ranks of the world as her daughter ES-
pectation produced Major Delmar 1;594.
Another daughter of Miss Copeland that
proved to be a great brood mare was
Wilkes Maid by Autograph 2:161s, she
produced Col. Delmar 2.1494, Marble
2:154, Lady Delmar 2:274, Copeland
094, etc. The blood of Justin Morgan
has very large part in the producing
of these horses. 1t doesn't seem to have
interfered with their getting low records.
The horse sale at Forest Park farm
Brandon, of which mention was made
last week ought to open the eyes of our
make an annual sale at some central
point by little work along the lines of
advertising and getting out crowd of
both buyers and sellers it could be made
an annual event and if held at Middle
bury would attract breeders from all
parts of the country. If these sales were
confined to the Morgan breed and drive
made to get out the Morgan admirers it
would tend to help our breeders and be
place that buyers would know where
to get what they wanted. 1t would be
necessary to have the affair thoroughly
advertised, and in order to get good
prices for the stock it would be Just as
necessary to have them in the best of
shape and show well. We trust that
some of our enterprising breeders and
owners will take some steps looking to
some such annual event. If you only
have the horses fit and the crowd, good
prices can be had.
Has it ever occurred to our readers that
Alexander 2:20l4 the greatest of the Sons
of Alcantara as speed producer, and Sir
Alcantara, 2:054, the fastest of the get
of Alcantara are from own sisters and
that these own sisters We're by grand
son of Gray Messenger (Hoaglands) said
to be by son of Sherman Morgan. 1t
would appear to one looking on that our
breeders after speed, would in view of
all these signs of the times, do well to
get little more of this good Morgan
blood. Now is the time for selecting the
stock for show at our Fair this fall and
hope that our friends will be out in full
force at the annual show and bring credit
to our state and breed by the quality of
the stock shown.
Mr.. Fred Dean of Cornwall is driving
par of large snowy carriage horses
with plenty of knee action. They ought
to attract some one as they are quite
conspicuous and look as if they could
pull heavy carriage. We noticed a
beautiful black mare being driven about
the streets last week and on inquiry
found she was the property of Hon. John
w. Stewart and that she was by Gen.
Gates and from daughter of Allen $3.50,
son of Star Ethan. This filly is intensely
Morgan, bred in speed producing lines
and has action enough for the show ring
in fashionable society.
The following clipping is taken from
the Horse World of last week and only
goes to show our readers that what we
have been telling them about the horse
again coming back to popular favor in
our:large centers:
Says the Philadelphia Record of May
81: THE pleasant driving weather yes
terday brought out large number Of
pleasure drivers, who crowded the Fair
mount Park drives from early morning
until nightfall. The horse-drawn rigl
fully equalled the automobiles in mum
bers for the first time in two seasons.
Philadelphia is not the only city il
which it is noticeable that horse-drawr
rigs are much more plentiful on tn,
park drives than they have been befor,
in two or three years. Another very
noticeable thing is the great increase O.
saddle horses ON the park paths anC
drives. Persons who have been using
the automobile exclusively have beer
told by their physicians to get into TIN
saddle and take brisk ride ON horse
back every morning in order to get re
lief from the effects of long-continuet
lack of exercise, an accompaniment o
automobiling carried to the extreme
There are several things which are nov
noticeable that will prevent the auto
mobile from taking the place of tn
horse as recreative agency. One. an
a most important one, is the outlay re
quired to keep an automobile outfit III
to date. The most expensive machin
of today will be behind the times yea
hence, and il is no light burden for tn