The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-09
MORGAN HoasEFuTuRrrYsTAKE
Contest Which VIII be Of lnteres. TO
Horse Breeders

The first annual national Morgan
horse futurity stake conducted by the
Morgan horse club for foas 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
lst, 1912. and by furnishing full list
OF the names and addresses Of the
owners of mares bred to his stallion
in 1911 (b) 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 (S3J
on or before July LIST, 1912.
3. Every foal of 1912 sired by a
nominated stallion and produced by a
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
before such time there must be paid
a fee OF two dollars 1927 for each foal
to make it eligible for competition
Payments
All payments and all nominations
must be made to c. c. Stillman, Urea
surer OF the Morgan Horse club, l65
Broadway New York City.
Division Of Money
All money contributed to this stake
except ten per cent (lO) retained to
cover advertising and other expenses.
shall be paid to prize winners as
follows.
lst prize foal, % per cent.
2nd prize foal, 20 per cent.
3rd prize foal, 10 per cent
4;h prize foal, 10 per cent.
5th prize foal. per cent.
Sire Of LIST prize foal. per cent
Dam of LIST prize Ioal, 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.
it II does not I'LL satisfactorily. and
in case IL be called of, all fees will be
refunded. The right Is reserved 20
decline and refuse any nomination
deemed Objectionable by the execu.
tive committee for any reason. In
case 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
be permitted, but such substitution
must be made on or before September
1st 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