Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-04-30
AMERICAN HORSE
NEWS DEPARTMENT
News Items Pertaining to oil
Kinds Of Horses are Solicited.
Address Matter for this Department to
G. A. Chapman, Room 81, Battell Block,
Middlebury, Vt.

There are great number of stations
in Vermont and particularly within a
radius of 80 miles of Middlebury and
it would seem as if the people of this
section could assemble these stock horses
at Middlebury on some day in late
spring say about May Is and have
regular annual stallion show similar to
the annual event in Kentucky when all
the stallion owners come out and exhibit
the stations with a view of mating their
mares. This gives the breeders the
opportunity of carefully comparing the
different horses and selecting suitable
is done annually at Sheldon in June.
There they have some races and
some small premiums for the best stall
lions, colts, etc., but the Kentucky plan
of holding free show, no prizes or en-
try or anything but a stallion advertise
ment seems to appeal as an educator and
also An attraction to draw people to our
section and keep them interested in our
type of horses and get them coming reg
ularly with no other purpose than to
inspect the horses. With a united effort
on the part of stallion owners this can be
done and it would seem as if it would be
a stimulant to the breeders in every
way. believe that many stations
would come to such show and many
from quite distance. All the horses
of the country should be invited. The
more the better. Mares are sent from
all parts of the country to some stations
and stallion owner could well afford to
ship him from one to two hundred miles.
A few years ago, being in Ticon-
deroga and meeting prominent
horseman of the historic "Old
IT, ON the street and the conversation of
course running to horses and kindred
subjects, said, you haven't had any
ice races here for quite a few years."
"No, said he, 1--WE used to be able to give
meetings with good big purses, get the
crowds and then win all the money our
selves and keep it at home, but since we
quit breeding Norgans, and went to breed
ing into other families we can't do it any
more. We offer the purses and somebody
comes in and takes away all the money
and we couldn't stand it so we quit Civ
ing the ice races. 1t makes me think of
story about breeder in the times of
Black Hawk This breeder lived in Wey-
bridge and had sold Morgan mare with
foal at foot, to a gentleman in Philadel-
phia for $1,000. The purchaser was COM
ing after the mare and colt and stopped
over night at Whitehall, and in the
evening some local horsemen were brag-
ging about some local horse and belittling
Black Hawk. They said that Black Hawk
was quite pretty horse and quite a
roadster and that all his colts could trot
in three minutes but none of them could
go very fast. The stranger heard their
yarn and said nothing until he got ready
to go to bed, when getting up he turned
to the crowd and said Gentlemen,
have heard your remarks about Black
Hawk and want to thank you very much
for the great encouragement you have
given me. A short time ago bought a
mare with colt by Black Hawk and am
just going after them and have many
times wondered if | was foolish to pay
$1,000 for purpose of getting Black
Hawk stallion for our section, but as
you assure me that his colts can trot in
min utes, l shall go to bed and sleep
easy, for if all the get of any horse can go
that fast he must truly be a wonderful
horse, and one could not make any mis-
take in getting one of his sons. bid you
good night, gentlemen"