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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-11
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tOc Ave and ahalf Inch do, SOC six inch do,
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-Four inch Black SILK Spanish Lace, lSc a yard.
Five inch Black Silk Spanish Lace, lie. a yard
-Four inch Black spanish Guipure Lace, 2oc. a
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seven inch Black Spanish Lace, extra nne. SIC
sisSt inch black Spanish Guipure, SOC yard
Eighteen inch Black Spanish Flouncing, 81 10
Seventeen inch Fine Spanish Guipure Flounc
Pour and half inch Black Silk ChsntiIly Lace.
rive inch Extra Fine All silk Chantlly Lace,
4Hc a yard eight inch to match. sjc.
Three inch Black Real 6uipure Lace, &c a
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-FOUR inch Bead shot Lace, .Oc yard
Forty hve inch Black SILK spanish Lace Skirt
forty.nye inch Black Silk Escurial skirting.
fofty y.fve inch Black silk Spanish Guipure
Forty eiive inch Black SILK Chantiy skirting,
Black Silk Spanish Net. 21 inch wide, sso a
Black silk Spanish Guipure Net, u inch wide,
Black SILK Escurial Net. p inch wide, q IS a
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-11-11

I ,ANCAsTER AND MILLnNSV I
Cars leave Lancaster: ~ uu,.s-~~u.. =, =
~ ane li.0 m, and fdS Ga ~ ~ r.
VeIs Leave nilievvtiie tur LSSsS>S
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
DAM OF QUECHEE MAID. 2:25.

HARTFORD, Vt, Feb. u, lSS6
Edttor RegiFer:-I received IA letter iron
you addressed to my father, Ora Wood, VIII
has been dead over three years. The dam O
Qucchce Maid was owned by Ora wood unit
his death; since then have owned her till
few weeks ago, when she got killed. She wa
p years old last spring Her color was ba
with black tail and name. The Morse Hors
was owned by James Morse, who is also deat
The Morse Horse was the sire of dam of Que
chce Maid. | do not know who could give hi
pedigree. II is possible that Bernard McCab
of Hartford, Vt, might give you some into
nation, but do not know.
Yours truly,
r. y Wnnn
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
CONCERNING PEDIGREE HUNT
ING

We are of course aware that to some
of our readers the tracing of horse pedi-
grccS is Il matter of no particular inter
est On the other hand. we know by Il
multitude of assurances from all over the
country that by a large and increasing
class of our subscribers this branch of
THE REGISTERS work is deemed of pc
culiar value. They are interested in
breeding and realize the importance of
ascertaining with all possible accuracy
the lines of blood from Il given class of
horses has sprung.
The work of tracing pedigreeS and ar
irving at accurate results through long
unregistered generations is one of great
difficulty: is, IN fact, an art requiring
special talent and skill. as well as an eX-
perience which but very few have had.
VT, has long enjoyed the reputation of
being one of the most Skillful hunters of
pcdigrees in the land; and lin the absence
of Mr.. Battell it may properly be said
more recently, Mr.. Joseph Battell's sue
cess as an amateur in this line has been
universally recognized, and he has been
ndorsed by high authority a. 1.-THE best
pedigree hunter east of the mountains.
The work of tracing the dam of Ethan
Allen has been selected as "A typical case,
showing the methods of both these mas
tiers of the art, as well as illustrating the
amount of work required to arrive at
definite results in such matter. 1t il
Illustrates also the value that is to be
placed upon the work of those flippant
parties who run up for half day" ant
''look up a pedigree" and come back will
the oracular announcement that "ShC
turns out to be a Messenger mare
W. II. BLISS,
acting Ed. Horse Dcpt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
borse Department.

OUR work on MORGAN HORSES is progress
ing rapidly, but there are yet many horses
that should be entered here whose pedigrees
we have not received. We want full pedigree
and history of every meritorious stallion
descended in direct male line from Justin
Morgan, with name and residence OF the
breeder of such horse and of the several dams.
Blanks Tor this information will be furnished
free by addressing THE REGISTER, Middlebury,
VT. No fee is required for this registration.
1t will be perceived that we are publishing
a large amount of original information on
trotting pedgrees, and historical matter on
the early horses of this country, which cannot
be obtained elsewhere; and we recommend
to our patrons to PRBsEsvB THEIR flLRs OF
THE REGISTER, as they will form, with the full
indexes thereto, most valuable and availa-
BILE cyclopedia upon these matters. An index
will also be supplied for the Literary Depart
ment.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
GREEN ISLAND BLACK HAWK.

WHITING, VT, Dec. l., l>Sj
Editor Register:-Scvcral months ago | n
ceived blank from you in relation to I'll
Morgan horses. purposcd to have filled
out and returned it. | was careless, misla|
il and have not been able to find it.
own stallion called Green Island Blad
Hawk. presume there is not better bloo
ed horse in Vermont. He is l5is hands hig
weighs ll60, is jet black, has white hind fed
He was sired by Black Lion, owned by "
Pratt of Bridport, and he was sired by 81
iron gray Walker Horse, owned by Amos
Walker of Whiting some - years ago, and
was sired by Messenger horse. several yea
ago was ut the Addison House in Mddlebur'
David Hill, the owner of Black Hawk, WI
convcrsing with IL gentleman in relation
various distinguished horses Mr.. Hill mat
use Of the following language: "The old ire
gray Walker Horse, owned by Amos +. Wal
cr, was the stock horse in western Vermont
think can safely say that as for merry
bottom and endurance that the old Walk
Horse took rank with the original Morg;
horses.
II my horse had been trained ne would ha
/ been one of the fast ones. Without any trai
| ing he will trot Il mile in 40.
Yours truly,
ABEL WALKER
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
ENGINEER SECOND.

COMMACK, l.. l., Jan. 81, l>>o
Editor ReqiSfer:-ln reply To yours will ri
YOU what facts ! have gathered from n
grandfather, smith Burr - years old rel
tive to the horse Engineer 2d, sire OF Lad
suffolk. Alex. Lewis ot Long Island owned
good looking mare that could run fast, and
bred her to Engineer and she produce #
ginccr 2d. This mare was strongly bred. III
old gentleman torgcts how Lewis let mi
by name OF Smith have half of Engineer; ~
man took the horse cast; he says il was Cd
nccticut, and sold him. Or. Bowers and Jol
Vail OF Long Island heard where he wa
bought him ana brought him back to Lo
Island. smith Burr and Brewster Rose tn
purchased the horse and stood him for II
years mt my grandtathcrs farm. During Il
time he sired Lady suffolk. In the tall tn
sold him to "A carman in New York, who ant
ward sold him to Conklin CARL OF Long lsla
and he died the following spring. These fa'
| believe to he correct, rs my grandfather Il
his mind perfectly, the only thing botheri
him being dates, Hoping this will give y
information desired, l am
Yours truly,
CARLL :. BURR, JR
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
ooNKLlN's AMERICAN STAR.

SIRE OF ST. CLOUD IS AND STAR 80.
Pine BUSH, y. Y, Feb. Is 1SS6.
Editor Register:-Yours OF the 10 inst, receiy
ed. In answer will state that my brotheI
John bred the horse known as Young Ameri
can Star and afterward rs the Conklin Ameri
can star from the Old Seeley American sta
and II black mare named Black Maria, which
he purchased of George ID. Shafer with whom
am now stopping. Mr. Shafer says h,
knows nothing of her pedigree. He got her o
Robt. Moore of Newburgh, y. Y. Black Mari.
was jet black without white hair, 49,
hands high, and looked every inch of her
thoroughbred.
The horses in her day were very few tina
could out foot her. Black Maria and mat
ran away with my brother near Middletowr
y. Y, and she broke n leg, upon which m
brother shot her. (Shc had the colt upon he
at the time) ] always supposed the mare t
have been the celebrated Black Maria NJ
brother Johns address is kendallvillc, Ind.
Yours respectfully,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
PEDIGREE HUNTING:
THE WRATH OF THE OLD GRAY
MARE
BEING A TRUE HISTORY OF THE DAM OF
ETHAN. ALLEN.
ARGo, Carroll Co., H., Dee. 10, Iss5.

ARGO, Carroll Co., H., Dee. 10, lSSj.
If stated that had the gray mare of Geo.
Johnson made mis- statement. | had the
mare of Caleb Balcom ST., and his son, sam
uel ;. Balloon. They lived together ON the
Pell farm at the time. | think they had her
of Geo. johnson. samuel Balcom's wife was
Geo. Johnson's sister, and they had some
trade and dicker between them. Caleb Bal
com was an uncle OF mine. Curtis Balcom and
were cousins. / think it was in 1887 that
got the mare of Caleb Balloon and son, and
let her go i'm the fall OF 1872. | gave her To II
man by the name of Ira Wallace, and he sold
her the same tall for two bushels of c orn He
sold her TO man in the town of Bolton and
heard that the man that bought her of Wal
lace sold her for $35, and she was put into the
lumber-bush hauling saw-logs. That was the
last heard of her. | emigrated to Illinois in
the summer of lS43 and have not been back to
York State since left it. The mare | used to
own was of French Canadian breed, was half
hipped, and had long hair in name and tail f;
looked like colt when let her go. The rea-
son gave her away horses and colts We're
very low-priced and my hay crop was short,
and should have to buy hay, which would
cost me more than could get for the stock in
the spring. lived in the southeast part OF
the town and all OF the people that you men
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

wish you to describe. Her head, was ii large
or small? was it wide between the eyes?
would You say the head was rather largcY
Ans. The mare was iron gray, rather faded
out by age; had long name and tail, the hair
in her tail nearly reached the ground; her
ears were small and very handsome; her
head was quite broad across the eyes, but not
very remarkably finished out above; she was
medium height; her legs were what was the
fat-legged sort of the French Canadian horses.
There nothing remarkable about her
build; she was rather short ON the back; her
withers were about rs horses average, and
she was half hipped. This is about As good
description as can give from the recollcc-
ton have of her.
Her ears-werc they large, long and promi-
nent or small and pointed?
ANS. Her ears were small and remarkably
handsome.
Her neck was it long or short, arching or
bowling; or was it straight; or was it what is
called Il "ewe neck?
ANS. There was not anything remarkable
about her neck that rccollect of.
| Withers, were they high or low?
ANS. Medium.
Body, was ii long or short?
ANS. Rather short, but not remarkably so.
did it droop ut the setting on of the tail? Her
being halt hpped made some difference
were her quarters sloping?
ANS. There was nothing remarkable about
her back as near as rccollect, for that breed
of horses.
Were her hind legs crooked or straight?
Ans. Her hind legs were all right when |
let her go.
Did they incline to be curby?
ANS. She was sound wind and limb when
let her 90. What happened to her afterwards
cannot say.
Did she have n SPAWN or any unsoundncs>
when you let her go?
ANS. Not anything the matter with
her when | let her go, only that she was hal
hipped.
who do you think told you they numbered
with her the next winter after you let her go
and can you tell where they numbered Will
her?
ANS. That was what | heard about hei
after | let her go, that the man that bought he
last had gone to numbering with her
understand you think she would weigh il
common condition nine hundred pounds, an,
was not quite fifteen hands high;
ANS think that would be about the RICH
figures, but cannot say but that it would var,
some; never had her weighed.
when Rising owned your mare do you IN
derstand he had another gray mare like her?
ANS. don't know whether he had othc
gray mares or not; never was ut his plac
, and only him ON public days. | live
some six or seven miles from him in the soutl
east part of the town. and he lived in tn
northw west part.
> Please ill the answers the best you can an
return this and very much oblgc.
Yours respectfully,
ALLEN W. THOMSON.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
LULA. 2I5.

WAUKEGAN, H., Feb. l., lS>d.
Editor Register.-I bred the bay mare Lula,
also her mother Kate Crockett, and my faith
erin law, Col, Thompson,n now of Bourbon Co.,
kentucky, bred Mary Blaine, the grlnddam OF
Lula, of whom | purchased her. Lula was
foaled in 1864 bred by W. ID. Crockett scott
Co., Ky, got by AleXander's Norman, son of
the Morse Horse; dam Kate Crockett by Imp.
Hooton; I'd dam, Mary Blaine by Texas, re-
cord Is, Buffalo, y. V, August 10, 1873.
sold Lula September, ISL, to Mr.. Joseph
Hooker, Everett House stable, 3lst and S2d
SITS, New York city; since been sold To GOV.
stanford of California. | sold Kate Crockett TO
Mr.. Harrison Durkee of New York city in 1892
will mail you catalogue of my horses and
would be glad to show them at any time.
Sincerely,
W. ID. CROCKETT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
DANIEL LAMBERT, JR.
b. Z. WOOD.
BY AURORA.

VERGEsSEs. VI. Feb. % tsss
JOSEPH BArTHI Esq.
Dear Sir:-Thc horse smoke ot is ou,no, !,
william II. Hicks of Delta. Oneid, Go Y vi
nbout Il miles in thn couu+r,, FROM, i,, Il
Y. spcnt n few DAYS thor. tho foro ,,o,t :,
this month. and was told tb.ra v.,u
bert horse there that vvo. &, +,o,,o, ma, 49,,
went to see him.
The horse is a stallion obout six ,.,,r. ol
and sired bv Auror, mn hro,bo, 90 Il;
tos, 227a,. sire of Winsbin o.oc u.it
matc) bv Daniel Lnmbrrt mi. hor1
..,tI..i t,.....t
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
SUNDRY LETTERS.
CALIFORNIA PATCHEN.

MT. HOLLY, Feb. 10, l>Si.
Editor register Il bred the horse Geo. VI
Patchcn, Jr., known a. California Patchcn.
His dam was by Stockton's Brlltounder;
grand-dam by Hoot-a-laddic; he was II brown
horse, lGhands one-half inch in height, two
white hind ankles and Il little white on the
heels of both fore feet. / owned the mare;
bought her OF Nathan IIcndrickSon, Cross
wicks, Burlington CO., Nj. | sold the horse
to William Hcndricksou of SAN Francisco,
California.
Yours truly,
jos. REGAN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

ARGo, Carroll Goa Ill, Jan. %, 1856.
Respected Sir There is man by the name
off G.. Olney that gets his mail mt this Office
who lived ncighbor to John Glazier land John
Glaciers wife was u connection of hiss that
probably could tell something more about It
than can. | remember Joseph Cushman; he
has lived neighbor to me here in illinois many
years and lives in the village OF Thomson with
a nephew of mine. five miles from my place
of residence at this time He is man well
on in years, but is able to labor the most OF
the time. He was born in $500, you can
he is well on in years. He is is Il man of good
memory and is reliable. He has been coroner
and police Justice The Glazicr mare that
remember about was IL dark brown or black
mare. G. &. Olney probably can tell you
whether Glazier owned II gray mare or not
| do not know whether he ever owned the
mare that owned or not. / do not know any
thing about any dicker in horses between Ola.
zier and X. Rising. have no records to show
when bought the mare. remember that she
was called II years old when | bought her,
and that she was IL years old when gave her
to old man Ira Wallace and that the last colt |
raised from her was two years old past when
| sold it and II mate to it | had bought OF II
ncighbor to Colonel VIM. Cook in June, ls43.
That was the season emigrated from Hague,
y. " to Illinois. | sold the colts in June and
started the 18th OF July Tor the West That is
as near as can come to it, you can reckon
for yourself Perhaps e.. q. Oncy can tell
you who Glazier got the mare Of | do not
know whether he had more than one mare or
not; think he did not have but one at a time
but do not remember for certain. think q. G.
Olney would be likely to remember something
about it. do not know anything about who
Gazicr got the mare of that he owned. The
fact is that was no horscman and did not in
tercst myself in matters of that sort much
May be that G.. q. Olnev and Joseph Cushmar
can tell you more about it.
am, yours, etc,
WIN. II. BALLOON.
Letters from Dean Phillips of Bolton
y. Y, state that he has IA faint remem
brance of the mare that W. II. Balloon
used to own. and thinks he let RicharC
Wallace of Hague have her, instead o
Ira Wallace of the Bay.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09
MAGGIE BRIGGS. 2:27.
BN AMERICAN CLAY.

III ANEKIINN II.Nl'
CLINToNVILLE, Feb, 10, lSSG.
Editor register In reply to your enquiries
as to who owned the grand-dam and dam OF
Maggie Briggs will say that am the man.
was never able to obtain the pcdigrees OF the
grand dam, but she was supposed to be by
IIathaway's Halcom; the dam was by Sehas-
topol, he by old Whitehall, OF Maryland
Yours truly,
ISAAC STRIP.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

the place from Ticonderoga; do not remem.
Der their names nor who owned them.
Atherton and concluded that in all proba.
bility the gray horse his uncle brought from
New Hampshire was the sire of the mare |
used to own for the horse was at Ticondcr.
oga at the time she was sired, as near rs we
could make it out by his own age and the age
of the mare. This horse was dapple gray.
Yours with respect,
WV. II. BAICON.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

tion-Rufus Rising, Curtis Balloon, Geo. John
son, VIM. Bevins-and the rest of them lived
in the northwest part of the town some five
or six miles from me, so did not know very
much about their business.
WIN. II. BALLOON.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

As near as | can learn, the mare that used
to own was sired by II French Canadian horse
that Charles Athcrton brought from Glare.
mont, sullivan Co., y. H., about the year 1924,
to Ticonderoga, Essex Co., y. Y. man by
the name of Thos. Vaughn had span of very
fine gray horses sired by this Athcrton horse.
This man. Thos. Vaughn, lived in Hague, but
moved to Wisconsin about the year lSi0 ms
near as | can remember. Hoyt johnson,
brother of George johnson, lives in Hague, or
did live there the last knew of him. Per
haps he can tell something about the gray
mare that Rufus Rising and self used to own.
| think there is no mistake about it when |
say that Rufus Rising raised the mare that
used to own. Whether ii was the dam of the
Ethan Allen am not posted where Whit Hol-
comb got the mare that raised the Ethan Al
len cannot tell.
WIN. II. BALLOON.
Charley AthcrtOn got the aforementioned
horse f a man by the name of Lauk at Clare
mont, y. II.
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ARGo, Carroll Co., H., Dec. p, ISIS.

To \. THOMSON
Respected Sir:-I may be mistaken about the
time let the mare GO Rather think was. |
will say that | think the last colt was six
months old when let the mare go, and that
would make it that let her go in 1871. She
was II years old when | let her go. That
would make it that got her in 1886. think
that George johnson got the mare of Rufus
Rising and Caleb Balloon and son, samuel :.
Balloon, got her of George johnson. He must
have had the aforementioned mare, which
was known rs the Rufus Rising mare. suppose
that he raised the mare; ut all events he half
hippcd her in IL snow drift before he sold her.
About her having colts when he owned her
cannot say. About Ira Pottcr's, address am
not posted; write to his son, Julius Potter, ut
Mt Carroll, Carroll CO., ILL.,, ana probably he
will give the address of his father. Write to Il
man by the name of Dean Phillips in Bolton
Warren Co., y. y; perhaps he can tell you
where the mare went to from Ira Wallace etc
WM. IL. BALLOON.
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WOODSTOCK, Jan. -, l>>G
ALLEN W. THOMSON.

WOODSTOCK, Jan. -, l>>,i.
W. II. BALLOON, Esd.
Dear Sir think you said you bought the
mare in >:}i. W hat time of year WAS it, about
what month:
Ans. cannot say what year | bought her
only 10y the time | let her 20, which was in
the tall of ISL.
Did You breed her to horse the year you
bought her or the next;
Ans. Probably it was the next year.
Was there Il year after she had her first colt
that you did not breed her to horse except the
last one when YOU sold her:
Ans. / am not positive about the above,
but think she had colt every year right along
after the first to the last.
Give the years near as you can that she
had the colts.
Ans. The year the first was toaled ISIS
probably, second 30, third 40. fourth Al.
In lS43 i'm June | sold the fourth colt that |
raised from her and il was two years old past
that j., two years and probably two months
old. If remember right the mare was not
with toal when bought her. | think il was
in the fall when bought her At all events |
only raised tour colts from her while | owned
her. | had her five years and got four colts
| from her. She was called twelve years old
when got her and called her seventeen
when let her 90.
Ihder date jan 20 1884, MI baicon
states further to Mr.. Thomson's ques-
ions as lolloWs:
VuhslloN' Jake 1t 'i'e iour eo''S y gu rnis''
AS ynm ,r, ri,,lt ,hont thc ohova
FURTHER AxswERs1 do not say had
a talk with Bevins. l have not been back to
VI 7'''' 9'"O' ''.' - ''' ' "'
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mann. ''''' ''''' w,
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htr' Inc mar h''" Nv ''''' 'l'''' VII nv "''''
l lei her :" 'h"' rci'l''i'"'l ""o"''
1t will be observed that these letter.
,vore vritten nv Mr.. 'rhomson. who STATE,
:..-.;,,...,.lI ,.,+ IIo,,I.- f., ,l,.. ~.
M wv '''' -
pies llleA are given IL til'H Ncic ~
turned with the answers written in the
blanks by Mr.. Balloon. The method in
,,l,.,. .,,,,,,, li,tl, ,.,,.titio, b,,t i var,
cHeclNe III Sc'tihS P"i'lO"i'IN'
We addressed letter To Mr.. Balloon
about This gray horse of Atherton's an,
; r,, .,.ilo,..o tb,t hi, ,,r,,. mara ,v,,
o..
sHc" u! 'hl9 H'' ~ an" ~
that gentleman, VINO displays the great
est patience and good nature in this mat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

WIN II. BALLOON, ESD,
Dear Sir If you bought the mare in 1887
and owned her until the fall of 1872, she could
not have been the dam of Ethan Allen. Your
description of the mare in some respects ans
wers to that of the dam of Ethan. Did Geo
johnson have the mare of Rufus Rising?
Did you know of Rising's having small
gray mare about 1880 to 1885, and did she have
any colts?
wish to get the address of Ira Potter again
He has moved from Lost Nation.
Yours respectfully,
ALIEN ". THOMSON
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-09

when Baby wAs nck. 40 gave her CAstoria,
When she was Child, she cried for CastoriA
When she became Miss, abe olung to CastoriA,
when abe had Children, shs gave them CASTOR,