Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-30
PEDIGREE OF FRANK PALMER.

Until the results of The REGISTERS
researches appeared. the brown gelding
Frank Palmer. II winner of twcnty-SiX
out of total of siXty-nine trotting con
tests, and with Il record of , % 1t.
has been entirely of unknown pcdi-
gree. We showed by a letter from his
breeder that he was bred by Jerry Will
liam., now of Burlington, VT; that hi,
sire was horse called Tom Hycr. owned
in Wil,boro. y. Y. by one james VI.
Tucker: that his dam wa, bred by Ever
EFT Rich of Charlotte. VT. got by "A son
of Foot, IIambletonan: and that hi,
second dam was a mare afterwards pul-
chased of Everett Rich by Jerry Will
lams' father. and described aS "a Nor
gan mare said To be the best bred in the
county. small and very pretty and fast
roadStcr. Til, Foot'S IIamhlctonian j.
said 10y job. &. Weller of Ilinr>burgh.
VI. (cNccllcnt authority to have been
son of Bishops IIambletomian, but this
is not definitely settled. Mr.. Henry
lhurp of Charlotte. VT. (al>o excellent
authority j. very much of the opinion
that this Foot, IIamblctonian was the
sire of Whcclcr'S Ilambletonan. which
got Sawin'> llamblctonian. sire of the
tifty-racc trottcr. Joe Ripley q 20.
Thi, Wheeler'> lIambletonian was bred
by +. II. Wheeler. formerlyo of Charlotte.
VT, and a. Il colt was we'll known to
Mr.. Thorp. 1t is also of interest to note
that thi, Everett Rich Morgan mare,
grandam of Frank Palmer, was also the
second dam of the noted sire of trottcr>.
King IlerOd; She was sold by the father
of Jerry Williams to Charles &. Beach.
now of Ettrick Wis, whose brother,
A. l.. Beach. since deceased. hired her.
and. breeding her to Vermont Black
Hawk. produced the dam of King lIerod.
Mr.. Chas. G.. Beach. whose letter we
have published. states that She was Il
bright bay mare II hands high and
that he think, she was bred
by Judge Chittenden of Willi,ton, VI.
Her sire j. not yet aScertainrd. The ped
igrec of the mare that is the grandam of
two horses of such distinction a. King
IIcrod and Frank Palmer i, of great in
tereSt. Cannot some of our NilliStOl
friends throw light on the matter:
Now, a. to this Tom Ilyer, sire OF
Frank Palmer: We will reproduce here n
letter from his breeder published in oui
issue of Aug Is, last, and give further
correspondence that has been hitherto
mislaid:
WILIsBORO, March n, 1850.
JOSEPH BATTELL, Esq,
Dear Sir Yours of the Nth inst. re
ceived. Tom IIyer was bred by myself
His sire was Il Morgan horse owned b,
Reuben Phelps; his dam was got by
running horse, owned by Peter Sharp
called Blind Eclipse; wa, imported
Respectfully yours,
j. NJ. TUCKER.
MDDLEBURY, VT, June II, 1850.
j. NJ. TUCKER, Esq,
Dcar Sir Yours of March 2lst wa
received, for which am much obliged
Will you now please give ii description
of Tom lIyer and of the Morgan hors
that got him, and. if possible, pedigre
of this last named horse; or give addres
of some party who can give it. What
Reuben Phelps address?
Yours truly,
JOSEPH BATTELL.
ANSWER.
WILLsBORO, y. V, June Is. 1883.
Tom Hyer was about 1913 high, dar
bay, one white foot behind has trOtte
the old sand track in , :4G with a yer
little training. He was the sire of Re
Dan, Fitzpatrick, and several other sharl
going horses.
The Morgan horse owned by X. Phelp