The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-04-10

MORGAN, VERMONT BLACK HAWK AND
ETHAN ALLEN.
We propose to republish from the
american CUltjcdtOr series of arti-
cles ON the above topics. The eleventh
instalment is given below. The sub
ject under discussion is Ethan Allen:
The fact that the sons and grandsons
of Ethan Allen produced trOtters with
the greatest certainty, when bred to
mares of Black Hawk descent, is strong
evidence that Ethan Allen possessed
the Black Hawk strain. Daniel Lam
bert, Ethan Aliens best son, has TWEEN.
ty-tive representatives in the 2.30 list,
more than half of which, including
Gomez (2.l9 Ia and seventy.one heats
i'll 2.3O or better), were from mares
which trace directly back through their
sires to Vermont Black Hawk, Abra-
ham, AristOs, Jubilee Lambert and Ben
Franklin, and Judged by the perfor-
mances of their sons aud daughters
upon the turf, are among the best ell
tire sons of Daniel Lambert, and all
are from dams of Black Hawk stock.
Abraham, the Oldest of the above, is
already credited with five $50 perform
ers. The dam of Abraham, Polly Cook,
was daughter of Vermont Black
Hawk.
The fastest of Abraham's get is the
bay gelding Frank, with harness re-
cord of 2.2O -, and hitched with
running mate 2.0S 1-2. Frank was
first at the wire in race at Providence
last season in ,. Is Sd, but Il charge of
foul driving was made against the driv-
er and sustained by the judges. 1t was
alleged that i'll taking the pole III that
heat he was driven SO closely in front
of another trotter as to throw the lat
ter off his stride, otherwise his record
would have been 2.1S 81 instead of
2.2O -. 1t was at one time claimed
that Franks dam was by Motifs indie
pendent, but careful investigation
brought to light the fact that she was a
daughter of Green Mountain Boy, he
by Vermont Black Hawk, from a
daughter of Clifford Morgan. This
Green Mountain Boy, according to
Wv allace's Trotting Register" was
toaled in 1880, bred in Randolph, VT,
and at one time owned by Gilbert
butcher, who sold him to DR.. Quincy
OF Evansville, Wis. Frank is not only
the fastest of Abraham's get, but has
won nearly twice as many heats below
? 30 as all the others got by Abraham
Next to Frank comes Kitty Cook,
with a record of 2.26. Her dam was
by Ethan Allen, out of Fanny Cook, by
old Abdallah, making her full sister to
Daniel Lambert, Abraham's sire. Belle
by Abraham, has record of
2.21 l-2. Her dam was by De Longs
Ethan Allen, son of Ethan Allen. The
record OF Alice, by Abraham, is 2.2S,
and her dam was also daughter of
Ethan Allen, while her second dam, the
DR.. Dixon mare, was by old Abdalah.
The dam of Alice is now owned by
Mr.. Townsend Of Crown Point, n. Y.
She Is full sister to Clara, dam of Cob
den OPS 3-D. Pearl, which has a
pacing record of 229 ii, was by Abb
raham, her dam being by Gen. Wash
ington, son of Vermont Black Hawk.
Boston Boy has rec )rd of 2 so ii and
can speed quarter close to a PIP gait;
he is by Abraham, his dam being
daughter of Ethan Allen. Nettie Hale,
W it'll a record Of 2 81 IA, was also by
Abraham, her dam being by American
Ethan, son of Ethan Allen. Mary L.,
with an ice record of : "a l-2, is anoth-
er of Abraham's get, her dam being
daughter of Sherman Black Hawk, son
of Vermont Black Hawk. Report saws
she has lately been sold for $500.
Here are eight Of the fastest of ABR
hams get, the dams of two being by
Ethan Allen, the dams of three bv
Ethan Aliens sons, while the dams Of
the remaining three also trace directly
TO Vermont Black Hawk.
belongs Ethan Allen, sire of Belle
Shacketts dam, has two representa-
tives in the $50 list, viz. the bay
gelding Arthur G. &c l-2) and the
bay mare Lucca esq. The dam
of Arthur was by Vermont Black
Hawk, the dam of Lucca being by
Thurston's Black Hawk, son of Yer.
mont Black Hawk. As these are the
only two winners of public races he
ever got, it is evident that he onlv
nicked wish the Black Hawk strain.
The English, who understand the laws
OF breeding better than any other civil
lied people in the world, long since
learned, as stated by "Stonehenge,"
"that when some of the elements (bloOd
lines) of which an individual is COM
posed are in accordance (of the same
stralns) with others making up those of
the dam, they coalesce in such way as
to make what is called hit" This,
in breeding, means an instance of sue
cess, but Tough it often occurs, the
reason for it is not always very clear.
My own belief is that it generally re-
suits from reunion of blood lines
which have been often kept separate
for several generations. Thus il is a
fact $50 patent that every W ritter on the
breeding of the horse, of late years, has
admitted its truth) that the Touchstone
and Sultan blood have almost invaria-
bly, hit. The reason, granting the
premises which lay down, is plain
enough: "each goes back to Selim,
the former through the dam of his sire,
Camel, and the latter being son of that
horse" lie also states that the return
must be to line only removed two,
three or four generations, to be at all