The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-06-12

surgeon. Odell bought the mare from
Ronalds, where she stood, aud for n
song almost. lIc showed me the little
building that he fitted for her as loose
box, and where he kept her until the
sale to Sutton the following spring, in
April he thinks.
| made three trips to Wcstchestcr
county endeavoriug to fluid some one
that could tell me from whom these
mares came to Ronalds, and where
from. The prevailing opinion was that
they came from Duchess county, and
one party,a very intelligent gentleman,
when | ked him to describe the mares
said he could do so no better than to
say "they resembled the Hambletoni-
ans of the present day, with the excep-
ton that they had finer heads and ears"
found some of the former employees
of Ronalds, but got no information of
any Importance from any of them.
Thos. A. RJnalds and his brother
William have been dead many years
learned that there was another broth
er yet alive residing in Europe, having
spent most of his time there for the last
twenty years. | obtained directions
from the family agent in Mercer street,
New York, where letters would be
most likely to reach him in Europe,
and wrote him three letters, to which |
had no reply. On his return to this
country | was notified, and had two in
terviews with him. He remembered
the mares, but could tell nothing as TO
where his brother got them. Finally
he happened TO remember that there
was an old colorcd man, "Uncle Ned"
edward Roberts,, over 80 years old,
that had always been III the family, and
had been a groom for his brother
Thomas, and that owing to his honesty
and faithful services during the active
portion of his life, was family pension
or, and would continue one as long as
would make could be fully depended
upon. | saw Uncle Ned, and found
his memory somewhat trcacherous, and
seeing him the second time, he said, al
have got it now. remember how the
mares came to Mr.. Roualds lust as
though it was Yesterday. A light-col-
ored man by the name of Frasicr
brought them down from near Cler-
mont, or back Of Hudson" He said
he was not sure where Frasier lived,
but that he saw him Sin the village of
Clcrmont about 10 years ago" | spent
two days in that vicinity (Clermont),
making my starting point from Hud-
son, and visiting Germantown, Tivoli,
Clermont and other villages, but could
hear of no colored family by the name
of Frasler. | then thought "was up
stump" until the idea suggested itself
of writing to all the postmasters of
Duchess and Columbia counties. | re-
ceived answer from j. 5. Cole, post
master of Jackson's Corner, Duchess
county, saying that the Frasier | was
looking for was Egbert Frasier, who
died in 1861, but that be had a brother,
Alfred, some four miles from there and
that he had just driven over and seen
him, and that he knows all about the
mares. Jackson's Corner is in Dutch
ess county, close to the Columbia coun-
ty line, near Pine Plains and Ancram.
At Jackson's Corner | learned that AL
fred Frasier was a man of considerable
property, owning two farms, and liv-
ing in fine white house, much better
than the average houses in the town,
and was a man of more intelligence
than most of the white men living
there, and a man whose statements
could be fully depended upon. drove
to his house, and learned that his broth
er had bought in the town of Ancram,
about eight miles from there, five or
six year-old bay mare, sired by son
OF Andrew Jackson, that stood in that
region, and as he did not know of any
mare that would mate her, and he |
(Alfred) being in the employ of the
Peoples Line of steamboats, between
Albany and New York, his brother
Egbert asked him to be on the lookout
for mate for her. On Saturday after
noon, in Albany, he saw farmer driv-
ing bay mare that looked very much
like his brothers. He learned from
this farmer that she was > or wears |
old-he has forgotten which-and that
he bred her. and that he was not so |
much ola Sunday man but that Frasier
could come over, Just back of Green.
bush, opposite Albany, next day and |
ride after her, which ne did and bought
her. She cOnld then show about a |
three-minute gait, was bred by this |
farmer, and was sired by another son |
of Andrew jackson, and her dam was
by son of Sir IIenry-he had forgot
ten the farmers name, who was rem
ter on the Van Rensselaer, estate, but
said he remembered the pedigree per-
fectly well, more particularly because |
both mares were sired by sons of An
drew jackson. His memory was that !
the son of Sir Henry came from the
north of there. There was but one Sir
Henry north of there, and that was
Biggart's Sir Henry, sired by Garrett
horse, son of imported Leonidas, dam
by Bishops Hambletonian, son of i'm
ported Messenger, and was the sire of
Confidence and the famous Biggarts
Rather, sire of Joe Brown, record
1922, who sired Judge Davis, record
2:21.
There was another horse in that re-
gion, Longs Henry H., sometimes En-
roneously called Sir Henry. He was
by Henry, dam Sir Lovells dam; I'd
dam by imp. Messenger. 1t is the
strongest kind of probability that the