Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-20

ner StrOke, as even rs Illat OF great |
engine, her smooth and easy way of 60 |
ing, presenting almost the appearance of
a trotter. was to me one of the most
scenes of my life. Taking into
consideration the fact that the Queen
City is considered long track every
thing convinces me that at the time she
went East, Pocahontas, properly handled,
good day and track, could have paced
her mile in 2.05, and | would not have
been astOnishcd had she done it in two
minutes
Pocahontas was kept at the Union
Course some six weeks when all efforts
to match her failing, she was sold to
Messrs. Joseph Goodwin and James ID.
McMann of New York for S2j0O. She
was finally matched against the PAGER
Hero for $1,000 side, Pocahontas to 90
to wagon and Hero to harness. The
race occurred at the Union Course, Long
Island. June n, 1855, the mare distancing
her competitor the first heat in the
wonderful time of 2.l7 l-2, mark which
has only been beaten by one other PAGER
to wagon up to the present time, and
that by only one fourth of second by
Sweetscr at Chico, Cal, Nov. 81, 1878,
where he started to beat Judge Fuller
tons time, and accomplished the feat,
winning the first heat in PHI IL This
was the last appearance of Pocahontas
upon the turf. Her speed was then
known to be 50 much greater than that of
any other animal of her time that no one
was willing to make a match against her
and like the famous race horse English
Eclipse she retired from the arena UNI
beaten.
1t is stated that during the two seasons
she was in Mr. WoOdmansee's hands he
often drove her on the road TO buggy
when she inclined to trot and would jog
IA 3 80 gait with ease. She was nevel
driven to q break while speeding upol
the track. but is reported by him as be
ing Il remarkably level headed. gooC
natured, easy driver. After being HANDLED
by Mr.. Dimmick. however, and bein!
allowed to show her speed upon tn
home stretch. she soon developed s.
strong a resolution to come to the wir
like tornado that it was impossible t
restrain her, and this fact accounts TO
her distancing her competitors in he
last two races.
Pocahontas was finally bought by MI
Reuben ). Denny of this city and put t
breeding. Her produce have proved re
: markably speedy, particularly the dc
, pendants of Tom ROlfe. which. a. ma
already been stated. was by Pugh
AratuS. fine styled. beautifully gaiteC
, lG - hand. l3OO-pOunds, bay horse, bre
by John Pugh, Wayne township, Blu
, Ter Co., Ohio, and foaled in 1872. AftC
becoming blemished. this Pugh's AratU
was sold undeveloped in 1850, whe
: horses were low. for 500. to Mr.. IIo
= nady. who took him to lllinoi, son
! time in 1853. and no traces of him hay
1 yet been discovered 50 far a. known.
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