Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

ting stock, mostly weanlings. during the
past week for S2650.
At Potsdam fair, with "a entries of
brood mares and colts, the sucking colt
which took first premium, filly which
took first premium, also the colt that took
first premium with its dam, as brood
mare and colt, were all three sired by
Leander Lambert, full brother to Motion,
record 2.29.
Doctor j. W. Day has sold seven head
of stock from Patchen farm within three
weeks. Three go to Philadelphia and
two to Gloversvile. He refused $1,000
for the champion three-year-old stallion
Sunrise Patchen.
There was little stallion named Union.
son of Volunteer, that was brought from
Poughkccpsie to western New York by
Dick Mabbett. with another animal named
Dutch Boy. They trotted many races in
western New York until 1871. when
Union disappeared from view He was
unseXed after he was here some time.
consequently he appears in Chestcr's
work as stallion with record of :36 and
as gelding with record of , 3S. The
breeder of Sarah b. @ 20 80 says that
this Union was the sire of Little Jack.
sire of Sara b. The owner of Little
Jack says that he knows nothing of his
breeding. Can any of our readers who
live in Schuyler county, y. Y. furnish
us with the facts as to who bred Little
Jack, and something of his history.
When the little mare Lady Whitefoot
q % 81 made her record we supposed
we had her breeding all straight, as fol-
lows: BY William NJ. Rysdyk, dam by
Matthews Black Hawk. son of Vermont
(Syracuse) Black Hawk. he by Hills
Black Hawk. We have struck snag,
for a well-posted horseman assures us
that Matthews Black Hawk was by
VOORHEES, Black Hawk, and not by YER
mont. As Mr.. Matthews lives in the
vicinity of Ovid, we hope one of our
Seneca C1mpany's friends will shed some
light on the subject. There is an essen-
tial difference in these versions. as Noor-
hees' Black Hawk was to the best of our
belief horse of unknown breeding. His
former owner always represented him
to be by Hills Black Hawk. Mr.. Noor-
hees is dead. but his brother. who is liv-
ing. can give no information at all which
can let us know the horses origin. He
says his brother and Il man who lived i'm
Skancatces. y. V. bought Voorhees,
Black Hawk at or near Saratoga, about
1870. Voorhees, Black Hawk. though a
a fine and probably wcll-bred horse, was
ton from the Black Hawk type.
There are many who use the following
syllogiSm in their arguments. MeS>en-
ger was the progenitor of trottcrs. but
Messenger was Il thoroughbred. therefore
thOroughbreds sire trotterS. Aside from
the rules violated in the construction of
the above argument, we wish to say.
with the French. there are thoroughbrcdS
and thoroughhreds. One essential differ
encc between Messenger and other thor
oughbred> is noted by Sir Francis Hast
ingS Doyle as follows: "MeSscugcr went
to the United States. and has good deal
to do, believe. with establishing the
own trOtting powers were noticed whilst
he was in training. aS considerable for Il
horse meant only to gallOp. Lord GrosVe-
nor offering to bet that he could accom-
plish fourteen miles within the hour"
Wherever a man can find a runner able
to cover fourteen miles with the rigs used
in England a century ago, he can find u
legitimate ancestor for our modern trOt-
ter.
\ correspondent at AnSonia. Ct. wants
to know if we can tell him anything
about Kentucky Black Hawk $50. He
was black horse, foalcd about 1853. got
by Smiths Black Hawk. son of sherman
Black Hawk, by Vermont Black Hawk.
His dam. Ellen, was by kentucky's King
William, son of Pontiac: grandam hy
kosciuslo. Bred in Kentucky, owned
by Simon Slaughter, near Danvillc, Ky.
He was the sire of Gen. Garfield, 2:2l.
j. j. Thornton, West Cambridge. N.Y..
writes: sin looking over Horse Notes in
last weeks Cultivator.I noticed in speak
inc of Joe Young they gave the sire of
his second dam by simpson, Blackbird,
sire of the trotter Blackbrd. etc. ID
Was the trOttcr Blackbird stallion:
There was Il black horse here twelve or
fourteen years ago by the name of Black
bird, or more generally known a the
DOlan Horse. He is the sire of Kitty
Ives and several other good ones. have
a mare by him. He stood at Eagle
Bridge and Johnsonville, Rens. county,
and at Cambridge, Washington county.
y. \. CD | would like to know his
breeding. The trotter Blackbird, record
u l