Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-10

ed Eagle, and expresses himself as conf
dent that he was a son of the Morse
Horse. The man from whose widow Mr..
Stevens bought him always so stated, and
as he bought him in the section of coun-
try where he was raised the breeding
given was probably correct.
Mr.. Stevens describes Gray Eagle as
a powerfully built but clean. nice fashion,
ed horse, with handsome head and fine
clean-cut throttle. He was somewhat
sway-backed but this might have been
on account of age. lie had very smooth
hip and as good feet and legs as ever sup
ported horse. Every one who remem-
bers loot speaks of the superior excel
lence of her limbs and feet. GRAY Eagle
stood about 1872 and weighed ordinarily
in the vicinity of 1850 pounds. He was
a prompt driver, and with the exception
of his back being trihe hollow was an
attractive looking animal. He was a re-
markedly pure-gaited trotter. wore no
boots. was never known to grab his quar-
D
could speed Il 2.4O clip to road wagon,
which i'll those days was remarkably fast.
MIR. Stevens is an excellent Judge of trOt-
ting stock and knows what speed is.
hence his statements can be relied upon
as correct. Among the trotterS owned
by him was Garibaldi. record :33. He is
confident that with the handling which
first-class trOtterS now receive this gray
stallion would have been as fast a, the
very best. This horse never was upon
a track for the purpose of developing his
speed. but was always kept as private
roadster up to the time that Mr.. stevens
parted with him.
While owned in South Carolina he
probably got fifteen or twenty foals a
year, and produced a very few while at
Swansea, but no books were kept. 1t is
not known that any of his get were hand
led for speed Mr.. Stevens raised one
colt by him from "A Black Hawk dam that
grew to be sixteen hands and could pull
a road wagon mile in three minutes.
The name of the party to whom he traded
the horse is not remembered by Mr..
Stevens, and he knows nothing of his
history after disposing of him.
The substance of the above, briefly
stated, is this: loot, the dam of Alright.
was bred at Swansea, Mass. and foaled
the property of Mrs. f. ID. Fairchild.
upon the place of Col. :. p. Kerr. Mount
Eve, Orange County, y. Y. June "A,
1852. She was got by a gray stallion
owned at that time by Mr.. f. :. Stevens.
swansea. Mass. said to be a son of the
Morse Horse. Her dam was smooth
coated. black mare bought from a dealer
in Boston. who represented that she was
bred III Vermont and was of Black Hawk
Morgan stock. loot has raised not less
than six foalS. two in New York and the
remainder in Connecticut. where She died
several years ago. from the result of an
injury received while running at pasture
with foal at foot.
The Morse Horse, which undoubtedly
got the sire of Allright's dam. also rot
AleXander'S Norman. sire of the celebra-
ted trotting mares Lulu q I'D and May
Queen q :20). This Morse Horse strain
appears to have nicked well with that of
Vermont Black Hawk in other instances
than that of Allright's dam. Blackwood.
a son of AleXander's Norman, got several
trotters of note, five of which are found
in the , 30 list. The fastest of these are
Protein cas- and Blackwood Jr.
(2:22 l-2.) The former won tifty-two
heats in , 80 or better and the latter
sixteen. The total number won in that
time by the other three was only thr-
teen. The dam of Blackwood .Jr. was
Belle Sheridan, by Bloods Black Hawk.
Protein's dam was Sally Chorister. and
she was by Mambrino Chorister. from
another daughter of Blood's Black
Hawk. The latter was son of Yer
mont Black Hawk.
Alright has proved his ability TO get
fast, game trOtters, and will continue to
produce them with the same uniformity
that he did when his dam was believed to
have been by Rysdyk's Hambletonian.
The success of Gen. Knox as sire of
trotters was for years attributed to the
Harris Hambletonian strains in his pedi-
gree. 1t was finally proved that he had
not drop of Harris Hambletonian blood
in his veins. His progeny keep right on
winning. however. and continue to per-
petuate speed from one generation to an
other. The same will undoubtedly prove
true of Alright.
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