Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-18
PEDIGREE HUNTING.
RESEARCHES ON THE ORIGIN AND HlsTo
RY OF THE BLUE BULLS.

RtStARCHeS ON HE ORIGIN ANU HIS "
RY OF THE BLUE BULLS.
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John Bedinger of Harrison. Ohio, says
his father owned a Blue Bull stallion
from the old horse. He was yellow
with a black streak. no white, Ii hands.
heavy horse, about 1900 or 1900. | think
he got him of old man Laughlin; Rob-
eIt Laughlin of Connersvile, Ind, would
know. 1t was before | was married:
about u or years ago when he got him;
the colt was then three years old and he
kept him till six or seven. He sold him
to some man that trained him: he became
very fast. Michael Little worked for
father two or three years between $50
and 1915. think. | was married in 1S4G.
do not remember my fathers ever let
ting Little have Il colt. Little went away
about year before | was married and
did not work any more for father. Don't
rememember fathers raising any colts or
keeping any brood mares. On sugges-
ton. 1t seems in my mind now that
Purden is right; that Little did get
colt of the old gentleman.
James Gold owned an old Blue Bull
stallion. He lives near the county seat
of Madison Co., Ind.
Mrs. Bedinger, widow of solomon Bed
niger. an old lady of 50. thinks they
raised some colts from the sam horse.
Michael Little use to work for them.
"kind % seems to me he got IA colt from
my husband. Appears to me like it was
kind of a spotted colt. Appears to me
my man had the mare kept here till the
colt was pretty good size. | think she
was kind of red; had her good while.
| know that; thought good deal of her.
think it was stallion colt. Little
worked here that summer and kept the
colt in the pasture. 1t was before John
was married. Tolerable good-Sized mare
an awful nice mare, Sorrel: pretty
good stepping mare. 1t appears to me lie
raised other colts from her; think this
colt might have been sired by the stall
lion we had. | understood the stallion
was Blue Bull. think the colt had
white face and three or four white legs.
and was kind of a red color"
Jacob Bedinger, born 1898. son of SOL
ONION. says he remembers Michael Littlc's
having stallion colt that his father raised.
sorrel: TO question may have had white
on hind feet; called him sam. | couldn't
have been more than 5 years old. |
l. T.,t
have been at this time that he owned the
Blue Bull stallion. Little traded th,
colt of for some property. He kept him
till he had broken him to drive and rode
him. ! remember his driving him to sui
ky; he drove him while he lived with
father. He traded him for house and
lands. The colts eyes were all right
when he left here.
John Bedinger, whom we met again,
upon suggestion, says he was mistaken
and is now certain his father got the Blue
Bull stallion of McIane. We saw. the
next day, at Harrison, O., Mrs. Morse.
daughter of solomon Bedinger. Her
mother, whom we had interviewed the
day before, was visiting her. Mrs.
Morse thinks that Little had the horse
after she was married, which was in 1918.
She remembers colt with white legs.
rather a fine colt kind of white colt !:
seems to her that Little had this colt.
The old lady says she is almost sure he
had colt of her husband; rather thinks
he had both of them. They bred a mare
they called Flora, between bay and sor-
rel, as appears to old lady. The daugh-
ter says she was pretty nag, smooth as
could be. The old lady says they had
her about the time her daughter was mar
ried (ls4S); kept her till she died. Jen-
ny was sorrel bay, "A nice mare: Flora
was something like her. Sam was fast;
think he paced. He would get down and
run. Flora was good size, about same as
Jenny. "Seems to me Jenny was a sam
colt" (Daughter.) Father raised Jen-
ny know; think he raised Flora. He
was not accustomed to buy little colts to
raise" (Old Lady,. "He raised Flora,
too. Seems TO me Flora and Jenny were
same stock, both by Sam"
Mr.. j. NJ. Schroyer afterwards inter-
viewed these two ladies as to the sire of
this colt raised by Mr.. Bedinger, which
they had tried to describe. Mrs. Morse,