Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08

him after that until 10, getting nine colts,
namely:
Kittie Porter, ch. m. foaled 1869.
Aristos, record, . ~ L.; br. II. foaled, 1870.
Adele j. record :33, h. IN. foalcd, 1871.
Annie Page, record, 2:27 IA; br III. foaled
1872.
Barren one year.
Oh. IN. burned up 1874.
Champlain, CHI. H.. record, > 81; foaled, 1875.
Aurora, CHI h. 1876, owned by L. ID. Vaughn
Kingsbury, Washington Co., NY
NJ. Y. D. colt record, 33 ch. m, foaled, 1877.
Lambertus, b. h. fOalcd, ISIS.
After this she had:
Bl. Ii. by Adonis, 1879
Is. f. by Bay Lambert, 1850
Missed to Woodward's Ethan Allen, 1881.
CHI. f. by Daniel Lambert, lSS2.
Missed, 1888.
Oh. f. by Daniel Lambert 1884.
Il. f. by Daniel Lambert, 1885.
And bred to Alcyone.
The following further information we
had from Mr.. Porter:
Jubilee Lambert, br h.; record, , % !;
now owned by \. III. Davenport, LeXing-
ton, KY, was bred by John Porter and
lIlOuldS harvey lp'tl'Ns lpp-r Silt, i''ih-
icl Lambert, dam by Taft Horse, son of
Vermont Black Hawk. He stood until
1872 at Ticonderoga, except tbs season
of 1870, when he stood al Whitehall. n.
Y. At TicondefOga he sired many cred
table colts, among them Crown Point
Maid, $50 1-2 dam, the Townsend mare
by Ethan Allen. In 1872 Mr. Porter sold
him to Mr.. Weber of Boston, who sold
to John A. Sawyer of Allston, Mass.
Champlain, the Messrs. Porter sold to
Mr. Fabian of Boston. who sold him to
David Snow of Andover, Mass, and he
sold to w. 4. Mcneil, Esq, of Oskaloo-
sa, Iowa, who now owns him.
Bay Lambert, b. h. ID II, 1000 lbs,
bred by John II. Rich, Shoreham, got by
Daniel Lambert; dam, Hambletonan.
Both Mr.. Porter and his son said they
saw Bay Lambert trot a mile on half
mile track in , 80. He went to Boston
Adonis, bl. h.. Is 1-2 hands, about 1000
lbs, foaled 1872; bred by Dan Mace
Adonis was got by Ethan Allen, dam
loltt II IlIllill : Hldlt.
Mr. Porter stood this horse at III in
1873, when few colts were sired by him.
among them Eolus, bl. H., Is - hands,
owned by c. B, Wright, Crown Point
trotted in 2 40.
Taft Horse, bl. s., some white feet
10 "a, about 100; good style, good gait
by Vermont Black Hawk. Bred by Mr.
Taft, Crown Point, sold West.
Mr.. John Porter said:
ETHAN Allen was foaled in May OF
June. i saw him when but few hours
old; it was certainly May or June"
John Porter bought Daniel Lambert
when four months old for $500. His dam
chestnut mare, l5-l or 2; long bodied
long neck, big-gaited mare; good look
ing mare for brood mare: good barre
and chest. Mr. Porter sold Daniel Lam.
bert when coming five for $1,000 to Mr.
Dana of Boston. lie got record wher
years old of Pap.
Dam of Ethan, chunked, gray mare
not over - hands, neck rather thin. not
long. She could 90 in about 4 minutes
not very stylish. She was p or IS years
old when she died. Next year after
Ethan was foaled they filed her teeth and
she could not eat and so died. They said
man by name of Pell had her or heI
mother, and brought from New York.
She was flea-bitten grey, trappy young
mare.
On reaching III village we called or
Mr.. William Arthur. Unfortunately he
was out of town, as was also his brother
Frank, whom we met with him at the
previous interview. We then drove on
toward Hague. 1t was a warm Septem.
Der day. The country was clad in its
most brilliant dress. The fields were
clothed in plain green, but the trees up.
on the hill-sides were decked out in the
gaudiest colors they could put on. AL
lowed to choose for themselves, they were
not afraid of looking too pretty. They
arrayed themselves in green, in yellow,
and in scarlet and stood peeking down
the valley, and looking up over the hill
tops. Certainly it was not their fault il
they were not admired.
The Densmores of Hague! We made
enquiry and were told that one of the
family, though youngerly man, lived in
brick house on the main road.
1t was a small brick house, with neat
ish yard, and small orchard. Mr.. Dens-
more appeared to be very well-meaning
man, but did not know whether there
was Gershom Densmore, or not. He
said that he had a brother older, who
lived to the right of the road about two
miles, that might know; but we kept the
straight road for Hague. We had before
passed the summer residence of the Rev.
Joseph Cook, newly fitted up building
of castellsted and somewhat imposing ap-