The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-30

of Liberty. The Liberty stock were to
large extent bay. The dam of Black
Lion was a good-sized dark bay mare,
about 100 lbs, got by Liberty, and
square built, like her sire. Reuben
Gillett bought her of Uriah Miner, who
had her when or 5 years old of Benz.
Peacock, who probably bred her. Mr..
Pratt owned her till she was 81 or 30
years old. He thinks that Mr.. Hemen-
ways Diomede was by Post Boy. A
horse called Eclipse stood at HilPs in
1S43, and afterwards at Vergennes;
said to have been by old Eclipse. lie
was a very stylish chestnut horse, rath-
er light limbed, 16 hands, IL to IL hun
dred pounds. Mr.. Pratt thinks that a
chestnut stallion was bred by Freeman
Smith of Addison, sired by Sherman
Black Hawk and from an Eclipse mare.
The Walker horse of Whiting was sired
by Black Lion; dam, black mare,
1000 lbs, by the pld Walker horse,
grey of Canadian blood, as Mr.. Pratt
thinks. Mr.. Cyrus Stow of Weybridge
raised two stations from Black Lion;
sold one at years old to Stephen Ben
ton of Cornwall, who took him to
Illinois and sold him there. He was a
black, Is hands, 100 lbs, foaled 1852.
The other was also black, 10 hands,
1000 lbs, and was sold to Gov.
oprague; dam said to be by old Black
Hawk. B. NJ. Hanks of Addison bred
a nice black colt of good size by Black
Lion from pacing mare. This colt
went West. John Child of Wey-
bridge sold to some parties in Pennsyl
vania (he thinks) likely black colt,
with white strip in the face, got by
Black Lion; dam, a black mare. There
was also nice bay horse by Black
Lior in the north part of the State from
a one-eyed bay mare taken there by
Fred Smith of Ripton. Philo Jewett's
Black Hawk was bay. Is hands, 1000
lbs, foaled 1S47; dam Che thinks) by a
horse called American Eagle, very
likely stylish horse, Is l2 hands, 100
lbs, stood in Cornwall So years ago, by
a man named Delano. Joel Randall
bred two stations from Black Hawk,
that went West one, a chestnut, white
faced horse, IA 3-4 hands, 1000 lbs. that
went to or near Madison, Wis; the
other, larger, - 1-2 hands, 1850 lbs,
dark bay, star and snip, went to Ohio
thinks western Ohio south of Toledo.
Refers for further information to Mr..
Frank Hall of Bridport. A bay stallion
by HIPS Young Black Hawk was bred
by Frank Hall Of Bridport and taken
West, he thinks to Ohio-a stylish,
pretty horse. Another horse was a
, chestnut with little strip in face,
= ID L. hands, 1000 lbs, foaled 1915 or
'4G, bred by Hiram Hall, Bridpcrt, VT,
= got by Vermont Black Hawk; dam by
Sir Charles. Taken to Syracuse when
Austin took Prophet and Wicker took
Flying Cloud and sold Che thinks al
that time) and went to Ohio, where he
, was kept by S. G.. Foote and other:
, several years, and then taken by Hiram
Pratt to lroquois county, Ill. Another
Black Hawk stallion was bred by Cy,
, rus Abernethy, Cornwall, VT, and sold
by him to Abram Foote and by him tC
Ezra Foote of Lockport, N. Y. This
was handsome small black horse
about IA 3-4 hands, $50 lbs, called
Black Hawk, jr. His dam a little
3 smooth-turned handsome bay mare
about 900 lbs, bred by Allen Howard
of Addison. (Mr. Linsley states that
this mare was by son of Hambletoni-
: an. Probably this was the Young
, Hambletonian owned by Allen Smith.
, Jared Foote of Cornwall, VT, sold 6
stallion by Black Lion, that went West
Flying Cloud, black stallion, white il
face,o or two white feet, 10 1-2 hands
100 lbs, thick-set horse, bred by Gus
tavus Wicker, Ticonderoga, N. Y.
foaled 1847, aud sired by old Blacl
Hawk, was sold to ID. w. G. Doane O
Shoreham aud taken by him to Ohio
He was sharp trotter. Mr.. Pratt
, thinks Solomon Jewett bred a grey
stallion from Black Hrwk, out of
large grey mare by Harris Hambletou
ian. This mare was tall and raugy, with
long neck-a pretty good looking mare
DIR. III iris raised spotted stallion
from Old Black Hawk; dam, a spotted
Arabian mare got of DR.. Eells of Corn.
wall, Vt. Deacon Barrows of Middle
bury bred two stations from Blacl
= Lion, black and bay, and took them
, West. Prophetby Black Hawk, dam
, by Sir Charles, was stylish, beautiful
horse, IL hands high, and weighed
1850 lbs. lie was taken to the State