The New York herald., 1876-09-16
DEATH OF ETHAN ALLEN.
From The Now York Sportsman. !

From the New York Sportsmanl
This famous horse died full OF years and honors at
Lawrence, Kan, last Sunday, at the age OF twenty
seven He was bred by the late Mr.. Joel Holcomb at
Ticouderoga In this State and it is said that he
got by Hills Black Hawk. This, however, has often
been disputed His dam little gray mare, re-
puted to have been OF Messenger descent. Her son,
Etban Allen, did not resemble the known descendants
OF Messenger at all He was unlike them In size and
shape aud though he had great speed and beautiful
action he WAS stcker. except when he had power
fu and determined runners like such as Socks and
Charlotte to take the weight and pull him along In
the great match between him and George Wilkes at the
Fashion Course, when tho latter practically troted his
first race, Ethan had tho foot Of him at the beginning
OF the heats but unable TO maintain tho pace and
beaten In straight heats. Ethan Allen
natural. trottcr, and fast when young He beat
Rose Of Washington when they four years
DID, though Smith Burr protests to this day that he
was 1vc He travelled m uch and trotcd many races.
Mr. HolcomD took him as TAR as New Orleans He
the first we'll the greatest Of those who have trot
ted very last in double harness, aided by runner He
and Socks had several races with Flora Tempe and 1t
after OF them that some jacks In Office sezed
tho mare Long sand and tried 10 have her confis
caled, upon the pretence that her owner Mr. William
Macdonald, OF Baltimore, was rebel That was tho
last of her races, and she then perfectly sound
full OF re and vgor and jus. in her prime The thor
oughbred mare Charlotte i. was Ethan Aliens mate In
double harness for years Dan Mace had bought
her of Dr. Weldon when she was miseraby
OF condition, and must do Daniel the
justice TO say that he soon got her right The
next time Eph Snedikcr saw her lie did not know her
and protested that II was not CharlotteF BY intimate
ASSOCIATION with Ethan, and through much jogging
with him, the thoroughbred learped TO trot her
sel and liked IT, She very strong. though blood
ike, and when Mace had young Pocahontas in the
same stable It hard to say which Of the young
mares the most beautiful. Charlotte +. had moth
ing like rst rate speed at trot Her best rate not
much better than three minutes but she could keep
a day, and Mace offered TO back her tO trct fifteen,
sixteen and seventeen miles hour to wagon.
She and Ethan rotired and bong then joined
IN the bands OF matrImony they produced
several fine foals, all of them natural trotters.
Ethans greatest performance with runner
the Fashion Course, when the incompatible Dex-
ter made them go IN 2:15 2:16 In that second heat
Dexter carried to tho outside showed tho perfection Of
trotng, and II the rules had been strictly admins
tered he would have got tho heat Ethan WAS obliged
to we'll his mate TO head the king OF the trot
ters Tho vast multitude did not notice It, and tho
judges could not It, by reason of the density OF tho
crowd but old trottng men, such rs John Doty, Cap
tam Ryndcrs, &C. know that II was so. On that day,
although beaten by the composite team, Dexter made,
take all in ALL the best performance OF which Tho
American trotter has yet been found capable Ethan
Allen very successful as stallion, and when he
had good mares his progeny showed no lack of gamo
and resolution.