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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Today. the best for all purposes is N
best to use, no matter what family it n
longs to. The ungovernably sour. med
temper of that particular Abdallah tri|
dis sons and daughters, collectivel
speaking) never would allow the hai|
OF man to shape their ways or manner
going to Il whirlwind rate of trottirI
speed. hooked double beside the clatte
ing sound of running horses hoof
that would carry the weight of the emf,
outfit, rs well as part of his own vbiI
trotting mile in , :OS - or 2:15.
Ethan Aliens trotting career covered
period of fifteen years. What stallio
have we today that ha, been AN actui
trotter on the turf for 50 long "A pcrio,
He won first money in y races in sing
harness and piece of many another co,
test.
lie won eicrcU races hooked dolh
with running mate. I'm these contest
ne defeated such celebrities rs Ionter,
Brown George. Flora Temple and De,
ter. The public seem 10 know of him
IA double team rig unity when he defcate
Dexter in , %.
general in /. :. army who witne,
ed That performance recently said to n
tilat ne saw that race and stopped Ii
watch as Ethan and mate went under II
wire, nut 2:l5 was 50 fast that he clos,
his watch. thinking it was out of orde
and placed it in hi, pocket until the tin
was announced.
The influence of Ethan Allen a. a i
l. shown today in "Chester'S Connie
Irotting and Pacing Record" wha
Ethan's descendants are to be found
winners in 20 different places. The fc
lowing table will further illustrate II
same
PRODUCE IN The 80 LIST
\ lie.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
FROM DAM, or rAclNG ANCESTRY.

The four fastest OF the lot were well
backed up with the blood of old Doomed.
from which they unqucstionably Inherit
ed the pluck and endurance that forced
them ON to victory. In regard to the
breeding of Sally Russell. the second
dam of Maud =. there seem, to be a mis-
understanding. In lNS3 Mr. J. II. Wal
lace raised the question A. To whether
-hc was a daughter of Boston or not .
and from this fact some who failed to
keep well posted on both sides of the
matter got the impression that Boston
was not her sire. BY looking upon page
800 of fifth volume of Walace'> .llioiic0o
Ir"Uig RcgiStcr. published lSS5, it will
be found however that she i acllnowl-
edged by Mr.. Wallace to have been by
Boston. The latter it will be remember
ed was by TimolcOn. son of Sir ArChy.
and from n daughter of Florizcl. The
latter wa, by imported Diomed.
Following i list of those with records
of 10 81 or better produced by mares
of Vermont Black Hawk descent:
From NJ NHEs bI u AK II ANII, T,Es,'E<I
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

of Shoreham. We found it very diff
ficult to get the proper spelling of the
French names used by him, but with
these rendered as well as we are able,
Mr.. Mayhem said:
'The Bullock Horse was bred by Fran
els Boutier of Naperville village, san
Suppliaut, ten or twelve miles west of st.
Johns, and eighteen miles north of Cham
plain. His sire was full-blooded Eng
fish horse: we called him an imported
horse. He was chestnut ! lived there
in 1887 and IS. Boutier was then II
man about forty. | think the Bullock
Horse was foaled in 1882 He was five
years old in 1897. the time of the Papi-
neau war. An Englshman by the name
of Downer owned the sire. and stood him
there at Naperville year or two and
may be more. He had no other stallion
as know Of The sire was finc-looking
horse; have never seen a harness on
him. Downcr used to ride an old horse
and lead thi, stallion. The stallion was
dappled chestnut. 200 lbs. with long
bowling neck. splendid front, splendid all
around. | never knew about his age
He was strong rs hands. | never knew
a. he was a running horse; he was a
Square-gaited horse and not PAGER.
Downer went West, | think to Mchi-
gan. and took the old horse with him.
Downer came to Boutier. who lived sec
Ond house from me. within quarter of
mile, with his horse when Boutier's
it was dropped. II was a remarkable
colt. He kept him till four years old
and used him some a. a stallion. | held
a mare for him when he was three years
old. Bouticr sold him to my brother-in-
law, Joseph TrudO. of Napcrvillc village.
for $3.50 He was strong lG-hand
chestnut horse with chestnut name ami
tail. no white aS | can recOllect. unless
a little spot in forehead. am sure there
was not much white. Splendid shaped
neck. awful front. heavy front, right up,
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Ethan Allen was an everyday horse.
Before sleigh upon New England roads
in winter; upon the track in races in the
summer; trotting in his baby form with
the Rose of Washington; defeating the
best trotting competitor among the stall
lion performers of his day and ready to
be shown and used in harness by anyone
to the day of his death.
This was Il striking contrast with the
highly-pen-painted stallion representa-
tives of the So-called fashionable families
of to-day usually shown oHly in their
boX-stalls.
The Abdallah string has been tiddled
upon by many theorists, As being the
source whence has come all the recently
developed speed of this or that particu-
lar family, until it has Savored of hum
huggery this many year. There is no
more use of going back to imported Mes
senger and crediting him with everything
that is good in this day than there is of
going back to Noah.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
ITHACA, y. y, April ,, 1885.
JOSEPH BATTELL, ESQ,
c. VI. BLIvEN.
NEW YORK, April 5. 1855
Mr.. BATTELL.

MN DAIIETL,
Dear .Sir:-Received yours in regard
to the breeding of the Spotted Colt. No
one ever knew what horse was his sire {;
his mother was Il spotted mare that some
man brought into Chenango county and
traded of, and she was in foal with this
colt at the time. Chas. Bliven owned
him at the time | had him; he sold him
to James Hanley and Bob Morrow of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Gibson HORSE.

Woodbury. Dudley, II. Rounds and D..
W. Nash, all of New Haven, VT, insist
that the ChiSon Horse was a son of TIar-
ri,' lIambetonian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
ETHAN ALLEN.

The purity of the gait of Ethan Allen
cism of faStidiouS admirers of our great
American trotter. He was one of the
most prominent trotters of his day.
Ethan and some of his descendant, have
displayed willingness to stay at the
trotting gait in double harness. with
runner, that has never been cqualled by
any other trottng family. December !.
lN7j, in 1be >ptrH of thu Times. the wri-
ter said H. follows:
In the case of Ethan Allen. liz great
speed ha> been almost uniformly trans
mittcd to his get. But the friends OF the
Allen family have never rushed into
print at every opportunity to sustain
them Il ha- been the case with the
>o-caled fashionable family IIamblc-
tonian). Every hor>cInan knows how
general speed has been among Ethan's
get, and his grandson. Sensation, to this
day proves it by hi, performances,
"A young man, who wa, Ethan'> groom.
while ne was in Macc'- hands. related to
me the following: In those day, the
contests We're nearly all match races.
Ethan had been going very fast. and they
had been waiting some time for "a moon
light night to give Ethan his rattle a.,
they called it (his trial and rattl" him
that night they did. a. the result showed.
At the proper time. Mace came over to
Fashion Course, and this young man
rode the running mare Charlotte F. The
game little horse exceeded everything he
had ever shown them before. finishing
his trial mile in 2:lG to harness Mace
was overcome with joy. and issued Il
challenge next day. which was accepted
by five different parties.
y >lumbercr had lain i'm the stand and
caught Ethan'> time. When the rumUr
got out. all five, including BeckWith, of
Hartford, paid forfeit, although Ethan
was laid up lame in the stable from hi>
severe trial AT the same time. but that
was not known. Something had given
away in both front feet. the cartilage. or
side bones, or something of that kind.
The best veterinary attention could not
bring him around right JUST then. Col.
Maynard came down To Fashion Course
and took the horse. but he he afterwards
recovered sufficiently to trot, with rum
ming mate, his great race against Dexter
AT Buffalo.
Eight years after the above was writ
ten the writer came before the public
with the following in The Spirit # he
| Times of November "A. lSS3:
ETHAN ALLEN.
Let justice be done though the heav-
ems fall
Ethan Allen the performer or progeni-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Thrrp Of the above. from mares Ot
Black Hawk strain, are by sons of RyS-
dyk'S IIamhlctoniau, including the two
fastest. Three We're from pacing anccS-
scent two from SireS tracing to the trOt-
ting stallion Andrew jackson. by Young
Bashaw, and one is by a grandson Of
Mambrno Chief.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
DAMS OF TROTTERS
WIZ RECORDS BETTER THAN 2:2o.

The high reputation long since achiev
ed by mares of MambrinO Chief descent
in producing tirst-class trotters has been
fully sustained, as is shown by an analy-
sis of the maternal blood lines of the
2:l9 81 trotterS. Classifying those trot-
tiers under the families to which their
dams trace in direct line gives the fol-
lowing result:
ERnM nAIDIIIERs DE NJ AMnRINn CIIIIL
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

FROM OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF n,NnLEro>AN.

The blood of AlcXander's Abdalah is
found in seven of the above fourteen and
the lot the lIambctonian strain is found
also in the sire of the performer. The
Mambrino Chief strain occurs i'm six and
the pacing cross in an equal number,
while two possess the blood of old Henry
Clay and one of Vermont Black Hawk.
Next to the IIamblctonian family in
point of numbers. and superior to all
other families in the rate of speed, are
those whose dams trace directly back to
pacing ancestors. the list of which i "a
follows:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

NEW YORK.
JOSEPH BATTELL. ESQ.

JOSEPH BATIElL. ESQ,
Dcor SH:-I have finally found you Il
little information in the way of obtain
ing the pedigree of the Spotted Colt. if
il can be traced.
When drove the colt he was owned
by Mrs. Heath. and was parted with from
me to Mr.. Cha>. Blivcn. saw Mrs
Heath on Saturday last in Newark, y. j.,
and this i all that She knows about the
colt: The dam was brought from Can
ada and sold to IA man in WaterVille. y.
\. and she bred this colt; he was pur-
chased ny an Irish gentleman and kept
until three years old and then Mrs. Heath
and son purchased him from the Irish
gentleman. and the breeding of the dam
i reported to be a thoroughbred. She
says her son lives at Watcrvillc. Oneida
Co.. y. y. and he knows more about
him than any one. so will give you hi-
addrc>--Mr. David Pugh. Watrrville /;
and she said that he would give YOU all
the information he knew chccrtully if
YOU desired to write him.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
FROM MARES OF CLAY DESCENT

linda Rose. The MOOr........... lHis
Six of the above were by sons of Rys-
dyk'S Hambletonian, the other, Lady
Maud, was by Gen. Knox.
The dams of the remainder of the
2;l9 81 list traces directly to ancestors
outside of the above four leading fami-
lies, yet many of them are of kindred
blood. The dams of MaXey Cobb and
Alley trace to Long Island Black Hawk,
whose sire. Andrew Jackson. got the
founder of the Clay family. Two mares
are represented by two each that have
beaten 10 81. One is Miss Russell, by
Pilot Jr. the other, Columbine, is the
dam of Anteo (2:l6 ID and Antevolo
(2;l9 l-2). Columbine is by \. w.
Richmond, he by simpsons Blackbird,h he
by Camden, by shark, SON of American
Eclipse, he by Duroc, son of Diomed,
from Miller's Damsel, by imported Mes
senger.-ImericdH Cuitiudtor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Providence he afterwards went to Eng
land and is there now.
Yours truly,
CHAS. DICKERMAN.

Providence; he afterwards went to Eng
land and is there now.
Yours truly,
C1IAS. DICKERMAN.
Mr.. Otis Bort of Flushing. l.. l., who
first trotted Spotted Colt, says: ~ am
not able to give any information as to
pedigree of spotted Colt. will refer
YOU. however. to Mr.. Albert Bentley.
Oriskany Falls, n. Y. He owned the
dam at one time and may know"
\. -. Bentley, in letter dated Oris-
kany Falls, n. y, May ,, lSS5, says:
Yours of 2Sth came to hand and con-
tents noted In regard to the spotted
Colt, | traded for the mare in July.
worked her in a livery till the next
March traded her off. She had the Spot
ted Colt. She was an old spotted mare,
an Arabian. without any name or tail. |
got her of Al. Pope, of Rome. Oneida
county. He told me she was with foal
when got her, but | did not believe him
She was an ugly old brute and pretty
nigh worthless. He might give YOU
some information in regard to her.
Your truly, \. -. BENTLEY"
From Mr.. Pope came the following:
ROME, May .. 1850.
JOSEPH BATTELL.
Dcur Sir In regard to the spotted
marc-Shc came from somewhere in Os-
wegO county in this State. The parties |
got her of are all dead now, but knew
her about two years before | got her.
which was about May. ISL. and let T..
ID. Bentley have her the latter part of
July the same year. She was a spotted
mare with Il set-up tail and plenty of
hair on it, but thin name: was full gated
and good to saddle: kind and gentle cv-
cry way, but baliy single if fooled with.
| never had trouble with her. She was
no more than seven or eight years old at
the time. wish had her now a. good
a. she was thcn-thc road never was too
long for her: she was good one.
While | had her. one day. was at
Delta. five miles from here. at the tavern.
and the landlord. who j. not living now
50 far a. | know. had Il very handsome
gray stallion three years old past. lively
and very high and prompt stopper, but
with one hip down. lie got this colt
when three months old of tin pcdlar
from Vermont. This colt was bred to
that mare that day. This is all can say
about the matter. Yours. etc.
A. H. PORE
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

The total number of 2:19 81 trotters.
us shown above, that have been produced
by mares of Mambrino Chief descent, is
seventeen. The three sires most promi-
nent in the list are Mambrino Patchen,
Clark Chief and Mambrino Chief. Mann
brine Patchen. which has four to the
credit of his daughters. is the youngest
stallion in the lot, having been foalcd in
1862. Clark Chief, whose daughters are
credited with three, was foaled in 1851.
Bourbon Chief was foaled in 1850. Mann
brine Pilot and Bay Chief in 1859, and
Ashland in 1856. Bay Chief was cap
tured by the gucrilas in 1865, along with
AlcNandcr'S Abdallah, and died from eff
fleets of wounds received. He was cred
tied with trotting half in /. 0S as a four
year-old.
The trottcrS in the following table
were from mares belonging to the Ham
bletonian family;
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
SPOTTED COLI.

The following information has been
received concerning the sp. g, Spotted
Colt. record % II. in regard to whose
origin nothing authentic has hitherto
been published. Spotted Colt appeared
first on the turf in 1870, and was ell
gagged in trotting seven years, during
which he started in 76 races. winning 20.
and then went to England.
ITHACA, y. y, April ), 1855.
JOSEPH BATTELL, ESQ,
Dear Sr:-In reply to your letter
would say, ! owned Spotted Colt in the
years '73 and -. got him of woman
at Sangerstield, y. Y. (Mrs. Fitzgerald).
who got him of Il man named Pugh. who
bought him of an Irishman near Oriska-
ny Falls when two years old. Mr.. Otis
Bort, who is superintendent of Durkee's
stock farm at Flushing, Long Island,
broke and drove this horse up to the time
got him; he could probably give you
more authentic information about his
breeding than can.
Yours truly,
C. NJ BIINFN
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
lil> lIuls
THERON POTTER.


j, BATTELL, ESQ.
Sr:-lourS of the 81 is received As
10 the blood of certain horse. all can
say is this, that my father got horse of
+. &. Tinkem of Chicago; he represent
ing him to be- Morgan, sired in Vermont;
at what part do not know. | sold him
to a man by the name of &. Finch of this
county. and he sold him to Potter, and
finally he Went to Dubuque, Iowa: that
is all know of him; he got good
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Yours truly.
\. Il. MILLER.
- Richmond ST.. Newark. y. j.

CANTON. y. y. March II, lS>j.
JOSErH BATTELL. ESQ.
D'ur sir :-l'icking up the .NpiW ! no
tiCcd an article from you ON notable trot-
tiers. Having seen Ethan Allen trot his
first race at kceScvillc and also in after
years seen him make hi> wonderful time
double on the Island, anything relating
to him or his colts always interests me
very much but my reason for writing
YOU j. this; | see you claim the spotted
Colt a. Il Morgan. Nearly 30 years ago
| bought of Truman IIungcrford of Wa
tcrtoWn. jefferson Co... y. y, three
year-old colt got by old Mountain
Eagle. sold the colt to one
Henry Lewis; he kept him ten
years and traded him to one Sclm Newell
of Taburg, y. y. for house and lot
Newell kept him three years and sold him
back To Lewis. who kept him until he
died two years ago. About the time Spot
ted Colt was going fast. Newell was at
my place and he told me he was got by
his horse and was raised near him. |
asked him if he was sure of il: he said it
was fact and he could prove it. This
man Newell was a. reliable Il man a. ever
lived and have no doubt he j. correct.
Very truly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
ANSWER.

am unaware of what colt you mean
by the above; am not IA dealer in horses
and do not of course keep the pcdigreeS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
PRODUCE IN me ! 30 LIST.


Ethan Aliens daughter, have produce,
nine in the 80 list.
All this has been done without AN,
concentration of effort among the owner
of Descendants Of the best trnttiup sta
lion whose sire stood in Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
MIDDLEBURY. VT. April %. lNS5

SELnI NEWELL, ESQ.
Dcor .Nr:-Will you please inform me
about pedigree of spotted Colt (record
, :2G) and who bred him. am told that
YOU know about his breeding. Please
give me what information YOU have aS
specifically IL possible, and oblige,
Yours truly,
TASEnn u 1.Tl,I
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
SUNDRY LETTERS
THE POTTER HORSE.

SIRE OF BROTHER JONATHAN. 2 pa.

SANDWICH. H.. Feb. :. lN>j.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
ETHAN ALLEN.

d" Let justice be done though the heav-
ems fall
Ethan Allen the performer or progen-
. al
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-06-02
SLEEPY EYE CORRESPONDENCE.

Peter Clancy and wife of Wilmar
were spending few days in Sleepy
| Eye last week.
Mr.. Anton Brey of New Ulm was
in town last Friday.
Gallagher & Davis are now pre-
pared to loan money on frst.class real
estate security at nine per cent inter-
est straight.
-Messrs. Eckstein and Friedman
were up from New Ulm, a week ago
last Monday on some legal business.
Prescott & Sanderson are pushing
the construction of their foundry build
ing and will have it completed in the
near future and ready for business.
The memorial service to be held at
the Baptist church last Sunday was dis
continued on account of the death of
Mrs. Sanders mother at Faribault,
whose funeral occurred Sunday, necessi.
tating the attendance Of Elder and Mrs.
Sanders.
Decoration Day was observed here
last Monday by a large concourse of
people of all ages and from all direc-
tons and in way that does a patriotic
heart good to behold. The old soldiers
fought bravely for free country and a
happy home and it is good to see them
now receiving honor and praise for the
heroic deeds done years ago. For it is
indeed heroic to take one life in mis-
hands and hurl it at the bayonet or be-
fore the belching cannon for the sake
of country and freedom.
The school children and the members
Of A. 0. U. w. Lodge OF Sleepy Eye
joined the soldiers in the marching, and
forming in double column at the ap-
pointed hour near the G.. A. r. Hall,
the procession marched to the music of
the Union Band, through the principal
streets and out to the cemetery where
the people assembled to hear the adj
dresses and witness the decoration ex.
ercises. After prayer by Rev. A. Case,
and patriotic speeches
were delivered by Mr.. T. E. Bowen and
DR.. J. w. B. Welcome. y poem suit
able to the occasion was read by Rev.
Case and after singing the decoration
commenced. What tribute ever offer
ed TO the dead half so sublime as the
decking of the graves Of our dead
heroes with wreaths of flowers as a
token of everlasting love honor and
gratitude? Many are the touching
scenes enacted over the graves of our
Grants and Hancocks, but none more
touching than this tribute to the COM
mon soldier, common, but just as hero
ic, yes more if may say it, than
Grant or Hancock.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-06-02

The rain to-day will make the
armers rejoice.
Ell. Jacobus Jr. of Wausau, Wis,
was in town Friday
Our new barber is spending a few
days chasing antelopes in D. T.
The NJ. E. Quarterly Meeting was
held at this place on Saturday and Sun
day.
The Springfield Times will flash in
to existence in about two weeks.
If you haven't worked your poll
tax yet, now is the time to sieze your
schovel and join the crowd
w. Smith has been on the sick list
for day or two, but at present is con-
valescing.
Byron Van Valkenburg returned
from Mankato last week.
The Springfield comrades visited
Sleepy Eye Monday to unite with the
comrades at that place in exercises of
Memorial Day.
The concert given by the New Ulm
City Band was we'll attended by our
citizens, all of whom speak in congratu-
latory terms OF the boys and would give
them hearty welcome should they at
some future time decide TO visit this
place again.
Gust Nuessle visited New Ulm
Sunday. He reports having had
happy time with his old-time chums
while in that city.
-Chas Olson has given his paint
shop coat of polish.
Emerson & Erickson received a car
load of the celebrated Mccormick har-
vesters and binders last week.
Rev. Liscomb delivered an inter-
esting Memorial Sermon at this place
on Sunday. His remarks were very in
teresting.
Call and get a good meal at the
Springfield restaurant.
The new RollerzMill is no longer u
building on paper, but reality. The
carpenters are now putting on the sid
ing and the inside work will be begun
in a short time.