The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-24
MORGAN HoRsEFUTuRITYsTAKE
Contest Which viii be Of Interest to
Horse Breeders

The first annual national Morgan
horse futurity stake conducted by the
Morgan horse club for foals OF 1912 is
to be contested at the Vermont State
fair. White River Junction. The ell
gibles are:
/. Every registered Morgan stall
lion may be nominated in this stake
by his owners complying with the
following conditions: (a) By nomina
ting his stallion on or before April
LIST, 1912, and by furnishing full list
of the names and addresses of the
owners of mares bred to his stallion
in 1911 Oh BY his paying on or be
fore July LIST, 1912, five dollars $500
2. Every Morgan mare bred in 1911
to a stallion nominated in this stake
may be nominated in this stake by
her owner nominating his mare and
paying to the state three dollars (S3)
on or before July LIST, 1912.
3. Every foal of 1912 sired by a
nominated stallion and produced by q
nominated mare, shall be eligible to
compete on its owners making the
payment hereinafter specified. provid'
ed the payments on behalf of the sire
and dam have been duly and fully
paid. The name, color, sex and date
of birth of each foal, with name OF
sire and dam must be furnished on or
before August LIST, 1912, and at or
lefore such time there must be paid
n fee of two dollars (S2) for each foal
to make it eligible Tor competition
Payments
All payments and all nominations
must be made to c. c. Stillman, Urea
surer of the Morgan Horse club. 165
Broadway, New York City.
Division OF Money
All money contributed to this stake
except ten per cent C10) retained to
cover advertising and other expenses,
shall be paid TO prize winners as
follows
LIST prize foal. % per cent.
End prize foal. 20 per cent.
Ord prize foal, Is per cent.
4th prize foal, 10 per cent.
9Th prize foal, s per cent.
Sire OF LIST prize foal, per cent.
Dam OF LIST prize Ioal, 6 per cent.
Total. 80 per cent.
Manner Of Showing
All foals must be halter broken and
shown on halter, without their dams
Judges
The judge or judges will be select.
ed by the executive committee OF the
Morgan Horse club.
General
The Morgan Horse club acts as the
holding agent OF all nominations and
payments, and. except as herein spec.
ideally provided. the Morgan Horse
club assumes no responsibility for
this stake. or any division thereof. The
right is reserved to declare the stake
of not later than September LIST, 1912.
II 1t does not ell satisfactorily, and
in case Il be called of, all fees will be
refunded. The right is reserved to
decline and refuse any nomination
deemed Objectionable by the execu.
tive committee for any reason. IN
case a mare fails to produce a foal.
produces a dead foal or twin foals,
or her foal dies, the right to substitute
another foal from a nominated mare
and sired by nominated stallion, will
he permitted, but such substitution
must be made on or before September
LIST, 1912.
The executive committee OF the
Morgan Horse club reserves the right
to interpret and determine all Ques.
lions affecting this stake and the on.
tries OF all parties received are sent
in with the distinct understanding
that the executive committee Of the
Morgan Horse club Is the sole arbiter
OF this stake in case of question or
dispute.