Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-09-07
VERMONT MORGAN HORSES
A Vermonter's Public Spirit Dem.
onstrated.
Something about Uhlan That WiH He
Feature of tho Coming Stntc
Fair--Fnmous Pedigree Of
Famous Family OF Horses.

building a trans-mountain railroad from
Rutland to stockbridge and Bethel asked
| editorlaly If there were not a few Yer
mont men and women of means who
would like to do something really hand
| some for the state by providing the cant
tai for such an enterprise Now comes
| the news of a man, neither OF Vermont
birth nor residence. who without thought
of pccuniary reward Is willing to do for
Vermont something really handsome and
| quite out of the ordinary He does not
purpose to give Vermont a railroad. but
he intends to treat Vermonters to an ex-
hibtion of far older variety of loco
motive power than most railroads now
employ.
The sporting fraternity know who Chlan
Is. Most other people know him by repu-
taton in general way; but for the bene-
fit of those who may not be acquainted
with this interesting personality It may
be stated that THAN Is a horse. He Is
black and he Is about Is hands In height.
He Is a horse OF great beauty of form and
action. He was bred by Arthur H. Park
or Of Bedford. Mass. and was foaled In
1901. This makes him seven years OLD
thlan Is trotter-not PAGER but a
square trotter and very fast one. SO
great Is MS speed that a year ago at
Cleveland. O.. he trotted one mile in one
minute. fifty-eight and three fourths sec
onds This is record No other horse
| that ever lived in any country in the
world has ever trotted a mile so swiftly
To see this wonderful horse go at the
wonderful speed of which he Is capable
Is a sight never to be forgotten. His
present owner bought him for only s35, 600
thlans owner is Cornelius Is. G. Bill
ngs Of New York. Chicago and Ceve-
| land. It was from both his father and
his mother that Mr.. Billings inherited
his love of horses. Mr.. Albert Billings.
, the father of Cornelius x. G. Billings.
| was a native OF Royalton. VI. and one
| of his horses was tho mare, Princess,
which he bought from ]. NJ. Densmore
| of Hartland VI. Princess, In her day
and generation. was fast. She trotted a
mile In two-thirty and she became the
| dam of the great trotting- horse, Happy
| Medium. A beautiful painting of Prin-
| cess Is one of G. X. G. Billings most
treasured possessions. Albert NJ. Bill
| ings married Augusta Stone Farnsworth,
daughter of Captain Jonathan Brewer
Farnsworth of Woodstock. W. She knew
| horse7 we'll and was a good fudge of Nor
| gans. Her father owned the Ralph
Horse" a son of Woodbury. and a typical
| Morgan of the old stamp. While Prin-
| cesss history and antecedents are not
fully known. c. 4. G.. Billings, who is a
believer in the value of Morgan blood and
who Is member OF the Morgan Horse
club, is confident that she carried much
| fat lat
her she was In foal to the Morgan horse,
Green Mountain Boy. owned by James
Madison Mackenzie of Iartland. VI.
Green Mountain Boy was the son of
Hale's Green Mountain Morgan and his
dam was by Rising Sun by Woodbury.
From Princess, foaled about 1884, "a
| t'hlan. the horse Of to-day. Is Iona span
OF wears. hut so carefully has THAN
| family tree been investigated that his
ancestors have been traced back to the
MorEnns Of the early days. Among them
are Bla X Hawk, Stockhridgo CHIEF, Sher-
man Morgan, Billy Root, Red Jacket
Brutus tsaid to he a son OF Justin Nor
gam. anG StolN'> american Star Cclaim-
ed by Colonel Joseph Rauel the dis.
| tingulshed authority on Morgan history
, to have been n sou of Cock of the Rock
by sherman Morgan Although -hlan'.
Morgan ancestors probably did not trans
| init to him his marvellous 0cetne~S. 1t is
not unlikely that he owes 70 them much
of the strength of limb AMI stoutness OF
heart that enable him to maintain for
distances his astonishing speed and tC
pass under the wire ahead II every com.
| petitor
The lineage of 6. X q. Billings and the
lineage of lhlan have been the real cause
Of purpose most interesting to Vermont
and to New England, for on September
10 1t Is the intention Of Mr. Billings &c
visit Vermont, the home OF his ancestor.
and to bring with him his famous horse
For Chlan also it will he n visit to thu
home OF his ancestors, for not only die
the organ breed originate in Vermont
but several of U'hlans ancestors passed
the greater part of their lives In the Greer
Mountain State. Quite appropriately. thu
Vermont State fair al White River June
ton is to have the honor of this join
appearance. The idea of having UhlaI
at the Vermont State fair had It's begin
ming in the following correspondence be
tween II. ). Wardner of Windsor an,
Mr.. Billings:
New York March 81, 1911.
c. X. G.. Bangs. Esq,
Fort Washington Road and ls6th stree,
New York City,
My Dear Sir:
| want to know If you would like to d
something handsome for the State Of Ver
mont few years ago. throrg'l the en-
ergy of MaxwNl Evarts, the State fai
was institute. aud has been held an
= | nuallV beginning with 1907 at White Rive