The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-27


'about 1913 rumOr was started and
very strong claim made that Black
Hawks sire was not sherman NJ lr9an,
but horse called Paddy, that Mt Bel
lows had with Sherman the season OF
1882. Mr.. Bellows books showed that
Black Hawks dam was bred ID Sher-
man, May Il, 1882, but it was claimed |
I hat the hostler at the hotel at Durham
told that after the mare was bred to |
Sherman he bred her 10 Paddy, but
this was not known to Mr.. Bellows or
the owner of the mare, Mr.. Kelly"
No doubt the correspondent who
penned the above statement was hon.
est, and merely expressed what he had
heard from some other party, bellev-
ing it to be true. That he was labor
ing under very grave mistake, how
ever, is proven by the statement OF one
whose personal knowledge of the facts,
and the straightforward manner in
which the details are expressed settles
this hostler story beyond the shadow
of doubt.
The writer, who claims that the rnmor
concerning Black Hawks being son
of Paddy was started in 1913, also
states, concerning the dam OF Black
Hawk, that "she was large, coarse,
homely mare little ways OIL she may
have been called black, but not close
to-" The author of the above is con-
| scientious man, and no doubt stated
wnat he believed to be facts, but never
having seen the mare, aud getting his
description from hearsay, he has been
unconsciously lei into an error.
The parties who owned this mare,
and others who knew her well, have
always described her as black. In All
article published few years since III
Wallace's Monthly, 5. H. Green, NJ
D., makes the following statement; 81
was the family Physician OF MIR. Beng
min Kelley until his death, which DC
Cured about twelve years ago, aut
he related the history of Black Hawk
to me several times aud de
scribed his dam to be coal black" An
f other correspondent of the above pub
licatiou, who took the ground tina
. BlacE Hawk was by Paddy, says o
Black Hawks dam, that "she was
spirited aud fine looking black mare.
In communication from Mr.. Solomon
: Jewett, published in the america
l.
speaking of Black Hawks dam, h
states that "it was from this strain o
. blood that the crow black hairs wer
+ derived. This English dam was cos
or crow-black." "Linsley's Essay o
q Morgan Horses" Frank Forester
"Horse of America" Walace's "Tro'
q ting Register" and the Breeder
e TrOtting Stud Book" by j. H.Sander'
all agree in describing the dam of Blac
: Hawk as black hence it is evident tbs
9 The attempt to change her color an
form at this late day, by parties VIII
q never saw the mare can have no weigl
= among intelligent horsemen.
The rumor that Black Hawk was tt
~ get of Paddy might have been revive
q in lS4S, but was started and proved
r. be false long before that date. VI
q Howard Henderson, now living III Ne
+. Hampshire, recently made the follow
!. inc statement to a correspondent Of Il
l. .SpirH ofthe Times. The facts CO
!. tanned in the statements came und
p. his own personal observation, aud
>, candid men who are seeking for tru
+. will have much more weight than Il
y. mere opinion of those who never h.
as any personal knowledge, but depel
8. entirely upon hearsay. Mr.. Henders'
NJ states that he "knew the dam OF BIa
n. Hawk well. She was a black man
y with three white legs and blaze fac
=, about fifteen hands high, very fac al
n blood-like, with very little hair III h
nj legs. She was Shark mare, sired
,ir the same Shark that sired Judge Bel
pd horse, an could trot fast.
ae II often used to drive my team Ov
ret the bridge just to run them by the 81
M. of her to see her trot When she W
nt owned by Benjamin Kelley, % kC
ito a public house at Durham, he had
q served by Sherman Morgan, who "
iu- then owned by JOhu Bellows of l.
~ caster, and gave Bellows his note
OK S14 for the service fee. John Bello
as also kept Paddy, principally as "A teas
nv but served some mares with Nun at
on "Kelly soon thereafter sOld the ma
cd with Black Hawk i'll her belly, to +
alf kial Twombly OF Durham, who agrt
od to pay the service fee. When 1t ca
as. due, Twombly claimed that he und
mr. stood the mare was bred to Paddy, q
nd that only 81 was due. John Bello
,rL then sued Twombly to recover the
the for Sherman Morgan, viz, Sl4.
an. case was tried, the note produced
cir evidence, and upon the testimony
of John futile, kelly's hosler, who sw
that he held the mare while b.
of served by Sherman Morgan, aud
the testimony of John Bellows, who owl
avs and handled Sherman Morgan, '
A. dict was rendered in Bellows tayor,'
vas he rec we're the fee for Sherman NJ
the gan in full"
ON Although the date OF this law sui
iIv not mentioned by Mr.. Henderson,
,nd evident that it occurred 10 Z bel
ed 1913, as the note for service must h
nse been given in 1882. MIR. Hender
de. not only states that the mare wa bls
col but describes her from personal kno
eri- edge as being very fine aud blood-l
)io- which corroborates the statements
his others who knew her, and scri
and her as a spirited and tine-looking 81
are mare. 1t is shown, too, by Mr.. h
a a derson's statement, that the hostler,
,vn stead of starting the story that the