The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-05-23

as the sizes of the dams of the
fast ones, but where do they find the
facts TO sustain any such assertion.
Harris Hambletonian certainly cannot
be claimed as the sire OF, the dams of
Belle of Saratoga, Ethan Allen or Ian
Get, the three that are credited in the
2:S0a class to Black Hawk as sire. Col.
Stowell says: "But the reputation of
Vermont today stands higher with the
horsemcn of the entire country for her
Hambletonians than her Black Hawks
or. Ethan Aliens Whore does he get
the proof of this? | find in Wallace's
Monthly for April, that Vermont Black
Hawks and Ethan Aliens stand credited
with 1914 per cent. of the horses that
t~rottedlin the 2:30 class. in 1873; in the
same list the Clays and Patchens fur
nish A per cent. only of the winners
of heats in 2;S0 or better for the same
season. The Hambletonians of the
whole country are credited in the same
list with 1872 per cent. oftl.e winners
of heats in 2:30 or better. Just how
many of them should be credited to
Harris or other Hambletonian horses
used or bred in Vermont, it is impossi-
BILE for us to say, but methinks the pei
cent. would be most r~idiculously small
beside the 1874 per cent. that appears to
the credit of Black Hawks and Ethan
Aliens. The entire Morgan family is
credited with furnishing IS per cent. OF
the winners of heats in 2:30 or better,
during 1873, being the second highest
family in the scale, or nearly twice as
large a per cent. as the Clays and
Patchens. Verify Col. Stowell will
have to take some other horses than the
latter, before he can convince the public
they had better not breed from the
Morgans because they are mot fast
enough" and taking stations that have
stood in Vermont as the test, the Ham
bletonians, Clays and Patchens will
make but a poor show compared with
the Mprgans, Black Hawks and Ethan
Aliens. IfCol. Stowell wishes to make
up a list of 2;30 horses that have been
been sired in Vermont by stations of
the Hambletonian, Clay and Patchcn
families, we will furnish one of the
horses of the same class that have been
sired by Morgan stations within our
state, and we will see how they will
compare; or if he chooses, we will fol-
low the lines of sires in other states,
only the starting point shall be in Ver-
mont.
Col. Stowell gives us a great deal of
TAX about the uusaleable Morgans, and
the certainty of success and profit by
breeding to stations of the Hambleto-
Man, Clay and Patchen families. Let
us compare notes on these points, and
see what reason he finds in facts for his
opinions. There is no doubt but that
the horse market is overstocked, and
the poorer part of all kinds will not
bring prices that will pay the breeder
or raiser, but those that sell at prices
hat pay, arc not all confined to those
bred according to his theory, and those
mat bring low, unremunerative prices,
Are not all after the Morgans, ETC.. as
Col. Stowell would have us believe. If
his was not a fact, Col. Stowell would
not be obliged to buy so many of those
sired by the latter to make up some of
finest pairs he has sold during the
asst year or two, one pair of which he
sold for 1920 it is said, and | am told
sold a pair this spring for 81, 0 one
If which was sired by Belongs Ethan,
md the other by the Spalding or Foote
lorse, we do not now recollect which;
10Th these stations are Black Hawk
horgans. We have not had time to
ook up many of the sales, but can give
ome of the colts sired by Belongs
ethan. A mare bred by George PAYNE.
'ridport, sold to a gentleman in Boz.
on by the name of Golden for 81, 900:
1--WE have not the name of the
'reeders) were sold to gentlemen of
BOSTON, one for $500, and one for $500.
Otis Briggs Of Middleboro, Mass,
nd he has another that he conld soil
81 900, and the same dealer has sold
many as ten for 5000 to $3.50. f.
'homas OF Salisbury sold one to Henry
oper for $3.50. James w. Peak. West
ornwall, sold one to Mr.. Brooks of
for $500. Mr.. C.. p. Bar.
er of Benson sold one to Henry
ofFairhaven for $500. E. Ad-
ms of Addison, sold a pair to L. G.
aker, Jr., of Dedham, Mass, for 800. 4.
the Davis Bros of Moriah, N. Y. b
lie for S275, to MI. Rice ofCambridge.
. Y. Mr.. Barnard of Randolph, Vt. t
Brooklyn, N. Y, bought one of Tim +
'isell for $475, and one from Abel
ice, Bridport, for 1926, and one of Geo. \
'tterson, Westport, N. Y, for 5000. C
1man W. Payne, Cornwall, sold his s
Jung stal ior, c Allen, for $500 to t
enfy Delong, Several more have had g
ers for colts sired by this horse, OF A
I'm $40 to $3.50. Mr.. Tappan OF Fl
hton is reported 10 have sold one for Of
10, and Mr.. Cheney of Rutland, one ft
$500. Mrs. Purcell Of Orwell sold 2
to j. ID. Needham for $500, and T. 2;
nderland sold Mr.. Needham one for b,
30, that he has since sold TO a gentle 81
n i'll New Jersey for 5 $1,000. There 70
probably a good many more which
could give had we time to look them 10
1ol. Stowell, III M OF ms most bril- II
and wittyimoods, likened the prog h.
: of these Morgan and Ethan Allen q.
lions TO suckers that had TO he sold -