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


Jack Merrill's track, Burlington, and
died in two or three years. Mr.. N. Ii.
Douglas of Cornwall bred Black
Hawk stallion, dam by Barney Henry.
This dam was afterwards owned by
Mr. Eells, who bred from her Thunder
bolt aud the Miner mare, both by Ma
zeppa. Thunderbot was sold by Mr..
Eells to a builder in Brooklyn for
S1175. One stallion colt by Mazeppa
was owned by Timothy Cook of Canas-
tota, N. Y. Thunderbolt trotted in
1856. Gardner Harrington of Sud
bury, VT, bred Black Banner and an
other Black Hawk stallion from pair
of small black mares said to have been
Morgan. Jed. Hyde owned the same
mares previously. Mr.. Eells thinks
that Black Banner went to Canandai-
qua, N. Y. MIR. Dana of Cornwall
bred Black Hawk stallion which went
to California, taken by Francis De-
Long.
Mr.. - Barnard of Brandon states
that the Butler horse by old Black
Hawk was owned in Pittsford by a Mr..
Butler. (Will some correspondent
give us full pedigree and history of this
horseO
Mr.. Elmer Barnum of Shoreham
states that DR.. Nekanah Needham of
Shoreham owned small gray mare
about 14.2 or 14.3, by Col. Doolittle's
Post Boy, that he bred to Black Hawk,
and raised colt sold to David Hill and
afterwards went to Ohio, called Onder-
donk. This colt was kept by Mr.. Hill
till three or four years old and some
colts sired by him in Vermont. James
Frost afterwards raised stallion by
Black Hawk from the same mare, called
Gold Hunter, also known as Broken
Leg; stood by Mr.. Frost at Shoreham,
and left some very good stock. Gold
Hunter was a small but very handsome
horse; Onderdonk 10, 1000 lbs. plus,
thick-set. The dam of Prophet, SOD OF
Black Hawk, was sired by Sir Charles,
and bred by AFRO Northrup, sold to
Gilmore Jones, who bred her to Black
Hawk and raised Prophet, Red Jacket
and Jenny Lind. Prophet was sold by
Mr.. Jones to Gustavus Austin. Red
Jacket went to Iowa. AFRO Northrup
bred Vermont, by Black Hawk, from
another Sir Charles mare; good type
of Morgan horse; square built. Proph
ct was more rangy. Mr.. Barnun
thinks Vermont went to Ohio.
Mr.. William Arthur of Tconderogs
says that he brought Fanny Cook, s
red chestnut mare, dam of Daniel Lam
bert, from Chester, Orange county, n
Y, to Ticonderoga in May, 1858, she
having been bought the winter previ
ously by Mr.. w. V. Cook of Ticonder
oga of some gentleman name not re
membered--for two hundred dollars
The previous owners had had some &C
cident with her.
Mr. Sidney Smith, now of Sboreham
Vt, states that he formerly lived il
Lafayette county, Iowa, close to where
Widgeon, sire of Mountain Quail, wa,
owned. He states that Widgeon was
black chestnut, 10 hands, 1850 to 110(
lbs, all Morgan in his appearance, af
ter the pattern of Hale's Green Noun
tain Morgan. lie always understood
him to be Morgan horse. Mr.. Smith
also states that Mr.. Wainwright of Sal
isbury bred Black Maria, dam o.
Young Columbus; sold her to Jen
nings of Cornwall, who sold her tC
- Benton of Shoreham, of whom sht
was bought by German Cutting o
Shoreham and sold to o. q w. Smitl
of Shoreham, who SOLD her to Gustav(
Austin of Orwell when she was five
years old. Mr.. Austin sold her to Jacl
Williams of Granville, N. Y, or there
abouts, who sold her to Boston party
She was bought back by Mr.. Sidney
Smith of William Il. Hanchett of Ma
tick, Mass. CORNER owner of the Black
Hawk trotting gelding Know Nothing)
She was gone twelve years-bough
back in 1852. She was a handsome
bony mare, about 1913; weight, $50 lbs.
possibly 1000 if very fat---thin should
er, slim neck, clumsy ear, fine head
big nostril. She was a kicker. Ger
main Cutting said that Wainwright tolC
him she was by Harris Hambletonian
Mr.. Smith also gives the following
description of the dam of Ethan Allen
A little grey mare 10 hands high
(about $50 lbs.), rather bony, rather
gamey, good length with long, slim
} neck. Mr.. Smith further says tina
Old Columbus stood at Bak ersfield
VT, known as the I.othrOn Horae