The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-08-28

I firmed by Mr.. Charles b.
Cook of Charlotte, who lived at that
time just across the road from Mr..
Beach and was then breeding to Sher-
man Black Hawk. They both state
that Godolphin was foaled in 1851 and
King IIerod in 1852, which is some
years earlier than stated by Mr.. Wal
lace. They give pedigree of King
Herod as follows: King Herod, ch.h.,
IA 1-2 hands, $50 lbs, foaled 1852; bred
by Aaron l.. Beach, ir., at Charlotte,
VT; sire, Sherman Black Hawk; dam,
a chestnut mare, bred by said Beach,
sired by Vermont Black Hawk. Sec
ond dam, a bay mare bred by Everett
Rich at Charlotte, VT, sire unknown
to them.
Mr.. Lemuel North of Champlain, n.
Y, a well-known horseman and sever
al years owner of Sherman Black
Hawk, being referred to by Mr.. Thorp,
replies. to our letter: 81 cannot give
you any information relative to the
dam of Mr.. Beach's mare. The mare
was undoubtedly by Vermont Black
Hawk and was here and bred to Sher-
man Black Hawk two or three seasons.
| remember that one of the colts was a
chestnut. | never trained her, but used
her on the road two or three months.
| She could show a three-minute clip any
time on the road"
We do not know upon what authori-
ty it has been laid down in the books
that the Everett Rich mare, second dam
of King lIerod, was a daughter of Re-
venge, and, ss has appeared, we are as
yet unable to affirm or dispute this
breeding. Revenge was a dark bay or
brown horse, II - hands, 1000 lbs,
foaled in 1915, bred by Cyrus Moore of
Claremont, n. H., sired by Justin Nor
gan and out of a light brown mare that
both trotted and paced, but whose
breeding is unknown. Revenge was
always owned and kept in or near
Claremont, n. H., and died in April,
1897.
We add the following letters as sup.
%plementing Mr.. Bliss researches as
to pedigree of King Herod and also
giving pedigree of the tifty-race trotter
Frank Palmer; record, 2:26 Ia, that
both Sanders and Wallace register as
unknown:
CHARLOTTE, Aug. /, 1885.
JOSEPH BATTELL, Esq.
Dear SRI am pOS,tire that the
two stations, the black one and the
chestnut, were both raised from a
Black Hawk. The mare | knew from
a colt one week old till she died; saw
her almost every day, for Mr.. a. l..
|, Beach resided Just across the street
from me, and he and | were both going
to Ilill's at that time with mares, and
was taking mares to the Sherman Black
Hawk or North horse at the time Beach
took his chestnut mare to that horse,
and know that both stations were
from said mare and sired by the North
horse and had several colts sired by
the black horse before Beach took him
to Ohio.
Now, as to the old mare, l shall have
to say that | may be mistaken, for all
who think they know are against me
and say it was the old Rich mare. If
it was the Rich mare, Charles q. Beach
would know for he owned her before
his brother, A. l.. Beach. If he says
the Rich mare was the dam of the
chestnut mare, | will give up and say ]
am mistaken,
The stations were not much alike
the black was a beautiful horse, while
/ the other was not. | never saw a colt
/ of his get and don't know that he ever
/, got one in Vermont.
Yours truly,
G.. b. Cook.
A previous letter from Mr.. Cook
stated that this g. d. of King Herod
was bought in Williston, Vermont.
, BURLINGTON, February 10, 1885.
Mr.. BATTELL.
f Dear Sir:-In reference to the horse,
Frank Palmer, | bred him. His sire
was a horse called Tom Hyer, owned
in Willsboro, n. Y, by James Tucker,
!, He was a good stock horse; that is,
got a good many good roadsters and
some trotters. The dam of Frank was
Morgan and Hambletonian.
/ Yours respectfully,
,, JERRY WILLIAMS.