Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-21
THE BULLOCK HORSE NORTH
AMERICAN.
- Liberty street,
NEW YORK, Nav |, lSSG

- Liberty street,
NEW YORK, May !, lSS6.
Editor Register Il have been reading with
great interest your various articles and notes
published in your REGISTER under the head.
ing "Horsc Department" Every lover of
truth must be thankful for the great pains you
take in ferreting out the right pedigree of eel.
brated horses. am particularly pleased with
your taking also an interest in North Ameri-
can, the Bullock Horse and his progeny.
In your issue of April 30 you publish: awe
intend to trace, il possible, the pedigrees of
Barney Henry, signal and Henry" which en-.
courages me to ask you whether you will not
include in your searches the pedigrees OF
Whitehall and of his sire, North American?
The pedgrees published OF these celebrated
horses in Wallace's Imericdn Trotting Register
seem to me to lack completeness.
own n null brother to Governor Sprague,
which keep at my stud farm at Schroon Lake
for stud purposes. As he seems to turn out II
great stock horse, am naturally very anx.
ious to obtain his correct pedigree, and would
be willing to pay n reasonable amount toward
defraying expenses naturally incurred dur
ing the search.
| had Mr.. Wallace questioned for his author
titles and information, which induced him to
make so many changes in the pedigrecs of
North American Whitehall and Rhode Island
and all that he showed on the subject were
publications in Wallace's Honthly ls>O pages
81 and Cos.
Mr.. Wallace published the pedigrcc~ OF
North American, Whitehall and Rhode Island
in Walaccs ImeTicdR stint Book, 1867, Vol. |,
PIP. g9l and 1914, in Walace's .fmerican Trot-
ting register, ls7o.Nol. |, PIP. 249 30 and BIZ;
lS74, vol. II, p. $50 and different ones from
n cd ohoNn N Fol ft1er
can Trotting Register, lss2, vol ", PIP. 36l,
$50 and22.
would feel obliged for an answer and re.
main, Yours truly,
WIN. PICKHARDT.
We have been long aware of the trou-
BILE occasoned to breeders by Mr.. Wal
lace's manner of stating pedigrees. The
peculiar RIGHTEOUSNESS arises not 50
much from what Mr.. Wallace does not
know on these matters (Which, however.
would fill large volume) as from his
stating what is ascertained and what is
not ascertained in precisely the same
: way, giving no authorities in either case,
and thus leaving the breeder to doubt
: what is really settled and to rely upon
: what is wholly conjectural in equal
1 measure. We are trying to enable breed
ers to distinguish what is known from
1 what is unknown, and are pleased to
learn that our efforts are appreciated by
= so excellent an authority as Mr.. Pick
= hardt We do expect TO investigate fur
: Their the blood of North American and
hope to be able to state his pedigree viii
= certainty. As to Whitehall, we have al
1 ready shown in the paper referred to by
Mr.. Pickhardt that he was a son OF
: North American and from a daughter OF
Barney Henry.
: We will give a brief resume of wha
, has appeared in the REGISTER on the
: Bullock Horse, or North American.
/ In our issue of Jan. 20, last, appeared
$ an interview with Gustavus Wicker, Esq
: of Ticonderoga, y. y, who said 9Th,
1 Bullock Horse was big chestnut hOrS,
that came from Canada to Isle La Motto
V where my uncle, Benager Wicker, bough
e him and sold TO Bullock of Fair Haven
/ about 1910. He was said to be by a 81
h Walter horse. The Bullock Horse wa
e lG-l long, round barrel and long neck
e He was quite trotter."
+ In issue of Oct. 30, last, Mr.. Sidney
a Smith of Shoreham, W., gave the fol
9 lowing description of North American
Y Full lG hands, thin shoulder, roacl
back, long, sloping hip, tail set wei
V down, long, thin neck, name and tai
o fine and wavy. He would weigh lljt
5 lbs; color, dark chestnut He paced
e good deal and was also good trotter
e could trot better than three minutes.
: In the same issue we showed that SIN
circular issued by Geo. w. Adams o
n Whitehall, dated May, 1859, advertising
i American, son of Whitehall, NOrtl
t American is given as by Sir Walter, b!
B. Badgers Hickory" and in issue of Nov
: G, last we published letter from Geo
!, w. Bullock of Kalamazoo, Mich, VIII,
!. says: My father was the owner o
It North American, or the Bullock Horse
as he was commonly called. l canno
e give you the pedigree in full of thi
: horse, but can give all that father eve
: had. He was sired by Old Sir Walter
II His dam was an Eclipse mare. lie wa