The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-07-17


by S. e. Larabie, Deer Lodge, Mon
tana, and there used the next three sea-
son in the stud. This period of rest
and fair treatment seems to have re-
stored to great extent his natural
trotting powers, and when in 1884 he
was purchased by M. Z. Grattan, the
well-known turf writer, of Preston,
ILL.,, although then in his nineteenth
year, it was decided to give him anoth-
er opportunity upon the track. lie ac-
cordingly trotted through Minnesota
and Wisconsin in special races and free
for.all, eleven races, of which he won
seven, and was hard fighting second
i'm the other four. lie entered the sea-
son of 1884 with a record of 2:26 "a
and five heats below 2:30 to his credit, ,
and closed with a record of 2:24 1.2 and
nineteen heats to his credit in 2 80 or
better. His record was made in a six
heat race with Silas Wright at Roches-
ter, Mimi, on track several seconds
slow as compared with Narragansett
or Charter Oak, and it is the general
opinion of good horsemen that he was
capable any good day aud track in the
fall of 'S4 to have beaten 2 30 on first
class eastern mile track. The record DIS
it stands (2:24 - made at eighteen
years of age) is the fastest ever obtain
by a stallion sixteen years old or over.
Herod is a black horse, fifteen hands
high, and is one of the most compact
and blocky trotting stations i'll the
world, with clean limbs and the best OF
feet. lie is one of the most intensely
| inbred Morgan stations living. lie
was sired by King Herod and his dam
was the Elder Swayne mare, by Green
Mountain Boy. King Her0d was by
Sherman Black Hawk, son of Vermont
Black Hawk; his dam was by Vermont
Black Hawk, second dam by Revenge
son of Justin Morgan. Green Noun
tain Boy was by Vermont Black Hawk
out of daughter of Clifford Morgan.
Mr.. Grattan, who now owns lIerod
and from whose catalogue the above
facts are largely derived, says: "ThC
Morgan family is in my opinion thu
most valuable, all things considered
that has ever been bred. They no
only have speed, but they have sound
ness, constitution, good temper, ant
adaptability to all kinds of work"
Herod is now at the Preston Stool
Farm, Preston, Minnesota.
The pedigree of King IIerod as above
given is as registered by Sanders anC
Wallace, and is generally accepted a
correct. 1t is quite possible, however
that it is inaccurate. lie was bred b,
A. l.. Beach of Charlotte, VT, foalet
1880. or thereabouts, and taken by Mr.
Beach to Cleveland, Ohio, when for
years old, with another horse, probabl,
a full brother. Mr.. Beach, as we ar,
informed, was taken sick and died a
Cleveland soon after arriving there ,anC
the horses were sold to pay their owl
board bills. We do not know wh'
furnished this pedigree it is yer.
probably correct. But we have an in
timation that the horses taken to Cleve
land by Mr.. Beach at that time wer,
got by Vt. Black Hawk instead o
Sherman Black Hawk. We should b
glad to get further information on tn
subject. King IIcrod died in the fal
of 1867, and his period of stud servic
was short, but among his get are llerod
2:24 II, Foxie ", 2:26, Billy Barefoot
2:2S II, and Little Mink, 2:3O. Tw
out of these four, Billy Barefoot an,
Foxie ", are in the tifty-race list, AM
it would seem that Herod might easil
have taken his place there. The breed
ing of trotters OF such iron endurance
is of great interest and should not b
left in uncertainty. Win some of on
Charlotte friends tell what is known G
these two colts of Mr.. Beach.