Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-11
PRINCESS, 2:3O.

PRINCESS, 2:3O.
We hold an article of Mr.. ThOmson'S
on the horse Princess q 300 and the dam
of Happy Medium. The pedigree of this
mare it was assumed was traced by Mr..
Thomson and from this tracing she was
credited to Andrus' Hambletonian. 1t
seems to be quite certain that Mr.. Thorn
sen traced Il mare. owned at one time by
IA Mr.. y. y. Billings, to her breeder. and
found that She was by AndruS' Hamble-
tonian. 1t is assumed that the mare Top
sey. that trOttcd in Chicago in 1851. and
Princess, that trotted in California in
ISIS, is the same mare. This is perhaps
true and quite possibly can be establish
ed. perhaps has been, although we have
not seen it. and Mr.. Chester i'm his very
comprehensive work did not discover it 4:
but we find no proof whatever that the
mare bred in Middletown. VT. by l.. b..
Adams and sired by Andrus' I~Iambleto-
lings is the mare TopScy that trotted in
Chicago.
We + Mr.. Thomson that we should
not care to publish the article until this
point is established. AS We did not consid-
er it of any value. and asking for the
proof,
He furnishes us with a letter from a Mr..
+. G.. Culver, dated Hartford. VT. April
Is, '73. a. follows:
MIR. ALLEN ". THOMSON.
Dear Sir In regard to your inquiries
about the mare Princess | will say | had
charge of her some three to five months
in lS3j. ! lived in Grafton. Mass. Mr..
y. y. Billings made it his home with me.
Princess was cross then: Mr.. Billings did
not want | should let any one take care
of her but myself.
In the fall of 1850 | went to Ira. VT.
to buy the dam of Princess: Mr.. Billings
had been there and got the price of her.
| staid all night with Mr.. Adams, the
man that raised Princess. He had sold
Princess dam. 1t is my impression now
that Mr.. Adams said he bought Princess
dam when she was with foal with Prin-
cess and that she was by a Hambletoni-
an horse from Maine. did not tell Mr..
Adams anything about Princess history
since | sold her.
f. G. CULVER.
Also the following letter, dated Hart
ford. VT, April -, 1873:
Mr.. \. W. THOMSON.
Dear Sir:-I have read the letter in
the SPIRIT Of the Times. May %. 1872.
in regard to the mare Princess. and it is
man nj u n1.rsnI A "
myself | live in Hartford. but it is so
near the line that many think | live in
Pomfret. The year 1859 | think Mr..
\. \. Billings came to my place to know
of me where ! got the mare Princess.
Some three or four years after Mr.. Bill
lings got Mr.. +. G.. Culver of Hartford
To go to Ira to find u about the pedi-
gree of the mare Princess. and | have
talked with Mr.. Culver about his find.
the place where | got the mare.
Yours. etc,
"a iT9G WILLIAM fOwDRY.
Mr.. Thomson adds: BE ara
WOODSTOCK, VT, June l, 1856.
JOSEPH BATTELL. ESQ.
Dedr Sir Enclosed find the statement
of MeSsrs. Culver and Cowdrv. These
you can return. They said at the time
they did not know but it was Middle
town where Adams lived. Mr.. Culver is
wrong in regard to what he thought
Mr.. Adams old him. After | learned
that the sire OF Princess was the AndruS
horse | told Mr.. Culver and he said he re-
membered that it was what Mr.. Adams
told him when he was there. Mr.. Gull
yer told me that he saw Princess trot at
the United States fair at Chicago i'm 1859
and knew her to be the mare that he took
care of for Mr.. Billings. | think Mr..
Billings was with him at the time. j.
b. Farnsworth is a lawyer, that did live
at Windsor. | think he now lives at
Weatherstield. He is brother to a. NJ.
Billings present wife. He used to live
at South Woodstock, not far from Mr..
Densmore, that traded a wagon for Prin-
cess. Mr.. FarnswOrth told me that he
knew Princess when Mr.. Densmore
owned her and after Mr.. Billings got her:
knew then that she came from over the
mountain. ! tried to get Mr.. Benefits
statement. ! used to know him at Hart
ford. He got my letter | learned, but |
took it he did not want to say anything
to mix Mr.. Billings up any. If Mr.. Ben
nett is living | presume his statement
can now be got, though | don't think
there is any need of it for if the breed
er, sire and origin of a trotter have ever
been established Princess have been.
Now we don't understand at all what
this talk about mixing Mr.. Billings up
means. We didn't know that it was in
tended to make Mr.. Billings into a lem
onade, but we should say that we are ut
terly surprised, not to say d~ismayed, at
the evidence which Mr.. Thomson sends