The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-03-27

! ciCnt proof that there was something
wrong, and such foal was not ono of
! Ehan's get. 1t is a matter of history
| that in 1858 Mr.. james Frost, then of
Shoreham, VT, bred daughter of the
gray stallion Harris lIamb ,etonan to
EthQn Alien. The dam of this mare was
! by Tippoo Saib, Il son of Chiches.
ter's Duroc, and out of bay mare
| BY old Mambrino, son of Messenger.
| Chichester's DurOc was by Duroc, the
chestnut son of imported Diomed, and
out of mare by Volunteer, by i'm
ported Messenger. Now as Harris
Hamblctouan was gray, and the dam
of Ethan Allen of The same color, while
| the Durocs were mostly chestnus, it
would be reasonable to suppose that
the produce Of this daughter of Harris
Hambletonian to the cover of Ethan
Allen would be bay, gray or chestnut
1t proved, however, to be the black
stallion Superb, which, when develop
ed stood nearly sixteen hands high,
aud was a very beautiful, stylish ami
mall
Several years since, according to
"Walace's Monthly" "superb, -
fourin.h hand, composed of this horse
and three of stallion sons, all black and
each about sixteen hands high, made
the rounds of he prominent fairs in
the State of New York, and won many
high compliments from prominent
hOrsemen, as well as the public press.
Many of Superb's get were black HiS
representatives ia the 30 list are 20
black gelding Great Western e. 28) .
the black mare Emma {. (23O) and
the bay gclding Harry Conhling G. 2G).
Experienced horsemen WAC have
travelled extensively IN those localities
where the descendants of Vermont
Black Hawk aud Ethan Allen were
most numerous, state that there was a
very strong resemblance between many
of the get of lhcse two noted animals
Besides superb, above mentionel there
now occurs to mind several other
blacks and browns of Eihan's get
among which are the black mare Lady
Close, with wagon record of 2.36 !:
Black Brss. a black mare, whose record
t. harness was 50 Black Eliza. an.
other black trOtung mare OF some local
note; Young Sutton, Il black trotting
stallion, with record OF 2 10 -; the
brown stallion Panic (24O; Brown
Rover G. 81 80: the brown mare Car
RE a. esq, and the brown gGldng
II nesty (2.iO 1-D. Paul Revere
(2,jO) was another brown geldiug got
by him, as was also the brown gelding
Ethan Allen (2.4j LAY, the brown
mare Easter, and many others which
search of the stud books would bring to
light. In view of these facts, which
are accessible 10 all, no writer will ben
eft the Flying Morgan cause, or in
crease his own reputation for intelli-
gence and veracitv, by asserting pub.
licly that none of Ethan Aliens get
were black
Some fifteen years after J. w. liOl-
comb perpetrated his Flying Morgan
joke, the owner of Ethan Allen volun-
tarily stated to Mr.. j. II. Wallace, au-
thor of "Waliace's Trotting Register"
that there was no truth in the Flying
Morgan story, as will be seen by the
following extract from an editorial ar
ticle in "Walace's Monthly:
zone day at the Fashion Course, in
the spring of 1867 as | was looking at
Ethan Allen while he was taking his
daily exercise, either Mr.. lIOlcomb or
Mr.. Rowe-and | believe it was the
former-came up to me and expressed
a good deal of solicitude TO know how
| was recording the pedigree. lie APP
peared gratilied when | told him | had
no doubt that he was a son of Black
Hawk, and had so entered him. He
remarked that was right, and said the
Flying Morgan story originated in a
practical joke, aud it should not be per-
milted to go into history as a fact"
Mr.. joel Holcomb also made SINH
lar statement to Joseph Laid, promi-
nent business man well known
throughout the Eastern, Middle and
Western States twenty years ago, and
whose reputation for veraclty was new.
er questioned. Mr.. Ladd was thorough
~ acquainted with the horse stock of
Maine, Vernon New York and Ohio,
and owing to the nature of his business
probably enjoyed as good an Opportun-
ity of comparing the get of Ethan AL
len with that of Vermont Black Hawk.
and NOTING the distinguishing chlrac-
teristics of each, rs any man that ever
lived. He states that he has seen colts
and grand colts of + han Allen AZ near
eggs. Other intelligent hOrsem N have
| iVliIdIhtu 'lt shlnC, dulOUS WHOM IL
Mr.. A. &. II iris who for years was u
partner of Mr. Bates in the oWupr-hi y
OF Cream Hill Stock Farm, Snurenau,
! VT, the hume OF The renowned aliDn
Daniel Lambert. in which he also own
ed an interest. Mr.. Harris has assured
the writer that he had noticed a resem-
blance between many of the get of
! Vermont Black Hawk and Ethan Allen
sufficiently strong, even in the absence
of other evidence, to warrant The con-
| ciusion that they were closely related.
The circumstances under which Hol-
comb gave the facts OF the Flying Nor
gan story to Mr.. Ladd were such as TO
remove every shadow of doubt of its
truthtulncss, and were given to the
public by Mr.. Ladd, through oval
lace's Monthly several years since, as
follows:
81 had very good opportunity, in
the early history of The Black Hawk
and Flying Morgan controversy, to
hear both sides of the question, hence