The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-11-27

man Black Hawk; dam by Smiths
Young Hambletonian (Pone) bred by
Daniel lockwood of Bridport. / knew
the dam; she was large bay mare,
100 lbs. or more. do not know only
what | have been told about her breed
ing, but believe it correct. l had Yer
mont Hero and kept him till he was
six or seven years old and sold him to
one Fisk of Coldwater, Mich. Yer
mont Hero while | owned him got
Gen. Knox. 1 was present. Gen.
Knox was bred by Daniel Heustis,
from big, good fashioned bay mare"
Mr. Zenas Myrick of Shoreham, VT,
born Aug. 3, 1906, says:
81 bred Young Black Hawk, black
chestnut horse, foaled about 1854 about
Is hands, short 1000 lbs; sire Vermont
Black Hawk dam, a black mare
which | got with mate of man named
Leggett in Keesevile, N. Y. l do not
know her breeding. l kept Young
Black Hawk some years entire and he
got some stock. He was csstrsted at 9
years old, before l sold him. l knew
the dam of Sherman Black Hawk. She
was Is 1-2 to 16 hands high, black
mare, long and rangy. She had a long
neck; nose stuck right out. Dea. Alb
ner Wilcox bred her. | understood
that Pone got her; he was nice bay,
rather dark, little horse, would weigh
not over 900 lbs, Smith used to ride
that pony always on gallop. l do not
know whether he could trot or not.
Smith bought him when he was colt.
| have the impression, and think got
it from Smith, that he had the colt of
DR.. Needham, and that DR.. Needham
raised him. l was boy then. work
ed for Smith the summer was eight
cen years old QS2D and he had then
both stations, Liberty and Pone. He
built his house that summer. Liberty
was the older horse. should think he
was then between twelve and twenty.
He had been 80 hardly used he had got
little weak across the back. | think
Smith sold him to some one across the
lake. He was doing some service that
summer. Liberty was from ten to
eleven hundred in flesh; not leggy, but
good built; Is 1-2 hands strong a
good square-built horse. He had one
white foot. do not think Smith knew
what horse got him. He bought him
when a colt of neighbor named
Kingsland. Pone in 1924 might be six,
seven or eight years old. Smith was
riding him that summer. Pone did
some service that summer He had a
nice front nice neck; rather sloping
behind; a ug-built horse, with black
name and tail, good and heavy nice
head pretty horse; not very big ear
about medium size. | never heard OF
Judge Larabee's breeding this colt. l
got the impression that he was foaled
DR.. Needham's. l don't know where
| got it. Allen Smith said he was a
Hambletonian horse; he did not say
what horse got him. | do not remem-
Der of hearing of any Hambletonian
horse standing in this region before I
worked for Smith; do not remember
that | knew of any anywhere. The
mare that brought the dam of Sherman
Black Hawk was very big bay mare
twelve or thirteen hundred pounds
rangy, long-necked, snowy mare
Stuck her nose out in travelling. l do
not know what horse got her. She
was one of pair that Dea. Wilcox
bought, probably near home. | thinl
the Peacock mare, if trained, would
have been quite trotter. Peacock al.
ways used to drive her by at smar
lope, yellow dog following behind.
think Pone was bred to good many
mares, think the service fee of both
was five dollars. Old Liberty was the
best looking horse. Pone carried hi
head rather down. He had rather al
arching neck of good size. Old Liber
ty and Pone were not built any alike
and did not look alike except in color
Pone was little darker. Liberty wa
a square herse-excellent. Pone wa,
rather sloping behind. The Peacocl
mare was good built mare; squar,
behind; good rangy mare, black as
crow. She was more like the mar
that brought her. | think Allen Smitl
would tell it just as it was. He was
real business man; would buy all tina
a man had to sell. l think he though
the colt as Hambletonian."
To the question asked Mr.. Barne,
Myrick at another interview, whethe
Allen Smith consulted any stud bool
or records when he gave breeding o
this Deacon Wilcox mare, he said tina