Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-26

lected his fathers peddling; of his being
at Goshen, VT, one time.
We next saw Hoyt johnson of Hague,
a man of about 20 years. He was broth
er of George johnson. lie remembered
his brothers having the mare, that he had
of Rufus Rising. That Mr.. Rising got
her in Vermont. Mr.. Rising went with
a span of horses on snow one time to
Vermont, taking his wife and daughter;
that he was gone about two weeks; that
when he came back he had this gray
mare. He thought it was at Rupert
where he swapped one of his horses for
her and says she was called the Green
Mountain mare. Mr.. johnson knew she
was the dam of Ethan Allen; the others
did not.
Before going to Hague we were told
that VIM. Bevins of Hague would be apt
to know about the gray mare; that he
had lived 30 years in Hague and was well
posted about the horse matters of the
place, and entirely reliable. We were
disappointed, not finding him at home,
but left word at his house, if he knew
anything about the gray mare, where
she came from, to write.
We soon received letter from him
(from his wife for him) stating that Mr..
Rising had the mare of Reuben Potter of
Hague; that Mr.. Potter had her of Am
brose Potter of Hague; that Ambrose
Potter raised her; that she was sired by
IA gray two-year-old colt owned by Asa
Curtis of Hague; that her dam was an
English mare taken from Boston. Mass. /;
that the gray mare was a catch colt.
This caused us to visit Hague again the
following November, and, after talking
with Mr.. Bevins and others, we were
satisfied that what he told was true. He
said that his father-in-law, John Buffers
of Rutland, VT, went to Boston in the
fall of 1923. with one horse: that when
he started to come back home, having
more load than he wanted to draw, he
bought black mare and put in with his
mare, and drove her home to Rutland.
That he. Mr.. BevinS. was at his father
m-law's soon after. and his father-in-
law told him he might have the black
mare. and that he accepted the present,
and took her to Hague that fall and sold
her that fan to Ambrose Potterof Hague.
That the mare was called English
blood. and was smart to 90. She had
one white hind foot. That in the sum
mer of 1924 she ran in a pasture adioin-
ING Mr. Curtis where he kept Il two-year-
old gray colt; that the colt got with her
and got her with foal; that the blacl,
mare. the next summer. in 1875. brought
a gray tilly. which Reuben Potter bought
and sold to Rufus Rising about 1923
or 80.
Mr.. Bcvins did not know the blood OF
the two-ycar-old: said that Mr.. Curti,
gelded him the next summer, and got q
mate for him. and worked them awhile
that when Mr.. Rising owned the gray
mare he. Mr.. B., had smart horse and
that he and Mr.. Rising used to drive to.
gether to see which was the fastest. and
that the gray mare was the fastest
Testimony of Mrs. Rufus Rising. takeI
by Mr.. Thomson. 1876 -"She remember,
of starting to go to Connecticut with hel
husband and sister: that they went Will
of i,rl = IA,
sleighing was so poor that they did no
90 farther than Rupert, VT; stoppe,
there with Mr.. \. sheldon. Il relative OF
her husband, and that while there hci
husband bought Il tive-year-old sorre
mare. and took her home. That the sor
rel mare was all the horse she ever knew
of her husbands getting in Vermont"
Mr.. Thomson also received lette
from Ira Potter dated Lost Nation, Iowa
| He states THAT he was born in 1878
| left Hague for the West in 1855. Reubel
| Potter was his brother. That he knew
that Rufus Rising owned the dam o
Ethan Allen, and that Rufus Risin;
raised her. That she was by gray col
that Mr.. Rising owned and that he after
wards gelded. Ethan's dam was the on
ly one the gray colt got. The grand
dam of Ethan was a gray mare called tn
John Caller mare; that he sold her t.
Deacon John IIayford and he sold her t,
Rufus Rising.
Mr.. Thomson continues: Mr.. Potte
agrees with Mr.. Bevins in two points
First, that Ethan's dam was raised il
Hague, and was sired by gray colt. Il
regard to his other statements he is cer
tainly mistaken. He is entirely mistak
en-. If Rufus Rising raised the dam
his widow and brother would have know
it. The fact that they did not know
where he got her shows that he did no
raise her.
Mr.. Warner Cook gave $50 for tn
dam of Ethan. lie numbered with he
one winter and then it was that bon
SPAWN was got on her right hind leg W