Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-26
borse Department.
THE DAM OF ETHAN ALLEN.
A. W. THOMSON SHOWS THAT SHE WAS
THE OLD RISING AND BALLOON MARE
ADDITIONAL LETTERS.


Bolton Landing, n. Y,
Dear Sir Il wish to learn what | can
in regard to some of the horses that were
raised in Hague from 1925 to 1910: and,
as understand you were born there i'll
1871, am in hopes you can give me
some information about the horses of
Hague. | will leave space under my
questions for you to give your answers.
and wish you to fill out your answers
and return this.
q. Did your father, Ambrose Potter,
have Il brown or dark-colored mare in
1925 that was along in years? \. He
had black mare about that time.
think he got her in Hague.
q. If he did, state where he got her
and what became of her. \. | don't
know what became of her.
Q. When do you say your father first
kept horse or horses? You might tell
by thinking how old you were when you
first knew him to have one. \. | should
think was about II years old when he
owned the black mare.
q. DO YOU remember his having IA
mare that he raised colt from: and if
so, how old were you when the colt ran
with the mare? \. | never knew him
to have mare that had colt.
Q. How near did you live to Reuben
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a. | do not know the man and am not
related.
Q. DO you remember his having a
gray stud colt that he sold to Rufus Ris-
ing? \. do not remember his having
colt.
Q. How near did you live to Rufus
Rising, and did you know of his having
small gray mare? y. Not at that
time.
Q. Do YOU remember of Rising's OWL
ing two small gray mares at the same
time? \. No; do not.
Q. 1t has been claimed that one of the
horses Asa Curtis owned, when a colt
jumped the fence and got with the mare
and sired the little gray mare Rufus Ris-
ing Owned others claim that it was
Reuben Potters gray colt that sired the
Rising mare. State what you have heard
said or know about it, 4. | have one
one brother, Royal Potter; he lives at
Ticonderoga, Essex Co.
Yours respectfully,
ALLEN W. THOMSON.
WOODSTOCK, Vt. June Is, 1856.
ANsEL POTTER, Esq,
Dear Tr:-Iour favor received, and
many thanks. There are one or two
points | want to get and | think you can
help me.
q. DO YOU remember, or did you hear
your folks say. that your father had the
black mare of VIM. Bevims of Hague !:
4. | don't remember where he did get
her.
Q. Do you remember hearing it said that
William Bevins took the black mare from
Rutland. VT. and that she was brought
from Boston. Mass: \. No.
q. | was in Hague in 1876. and Mr..
Bevins told me he let your father have
the black mare: that she ran in a pas
ture by the side of Asa Curtis'S pasture,
and that he had gray two-year-old
colt that jumped the fence and got with
the black mare and got her in foal, and
the next year. 1875. she brought a gray
filly that your father sold to Reuben
Potter. and he sold her to Rufus Rising
in 1929: \. | don't know that my father
ever had Il mare that had a colt.
q. How long should you say your
father kept the black mare: \. He kept
the black mare | think about year.
q. You think you don't remember
her having a gray mare colt | didn't
know but you might by thinking it over
sometimes we cannot remember at first
how it was, and after Il while it will
come to Us just as it was. What do you
think about her having a colt when your
father had her: \. | don't think she
did.
Q. Did your father have any other
horses after he had the black mare; and
if he did, how old do you think you were
when he had them: \. He had a white
mare when | was about II years old.
q. Did he have a gray mare or Il gray
mares colt; and if so, where did he get
them; A. He got the white mare of
Col. Cook of Hague.
q. DO you remember Rufus Rising
having small gray mare from 1880 to
1891: and if so, state all YOU can remem-
Der about her, what became of her and il
she had a colt. Some claim the black
mare your father had was the mother OF
the gray mare Mr.. Rising owned :; do you
think YOU ever heard it so claimed? A
/ know nothing about it.
q. Describe the black mare the best
you can; was she large, fair size and die
she have white foot behind? A. She
was IA far-sized mare; know nothing
about the white foot.
q. How much older or younger are
you than your brother Royal? \. an
II years older than my brother
Please answer soon and Oblige.
ALLEN ". THOMPSON.
WOODSTOCK, VT, July p, 1856.
Geo. JENKINS, ESQ,
De0r Sir :Eben GlaZier of SaXton'
River writes me that he thinks you cai
give some information in regard to "A gray
mare that his father owned in Hague, y
Y, in 1926 or Whereabouts.
q. State where his father, John ella
zier, got the mare and who of: \.
don't know anything about where he go
her.
q. How long do you think he owned
her. Eben says he thinks his mothc
said she was three when his fathe
bought her; how do you say? \. JOIN
told me she was three when he bough
her.
q. To whom did Mr.. GlaZer sell tn
mare! Some say it was to Dea. IIayfor
and that he sold her to Rufus sRising
What do you say? A. | don't know
whom he sold her to.