Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-19

horses; once | fell of: two colts jumped
over me. Couldn't tell the color of the
one | rode. Widow keziah Ilayford. wild
ow of Alvin IIayford. lives at Puts
creek. eight miles from III ON the SchroOn
road. She lived right in sight of us when
| was nine or ten years old. ! think they
moved of before my sister was born, in
lS3S. They might and they might not.
We lived at that house two or three
years in all.
Il have heard father speak of trading
horses with George Johnson. rcmrm-
Der now when | was five or six or seven or
eight years old. before we went to Sara
toga. mother. father and | started with Il
pair of horses and Il sleigh to 90 to Suf-
field. CT. Got south of Rutland and the
>now went of: staid there several days
with some friends or relatives. then came
home. While there a young man rode a
horse up: was very anxious to sell. and
father bought the horse, with saddle,
blanket and bride. and led him home.
Guess it might he a gray: don't know.
He did not keep it very long. Rather
think he sold it to George johnson.
Know it was %prcviou, to our going to
Saratoga: think it was four or five years
before my sister was born. Guess it was
at Rupert where We stopped Cribs after
Rupert had been suggested. Think ii
was Il youn@crly horse: can't say posi-
tive about the color. was nine or ten
when we went to Saratoga. II was some
time before that. We went to Rupert {:
that was the place: and he bought. |
think. and got it cheap. this horse. of a
young man that was in SOM debt or
trouble. | think it was Il %youngcrly.
~high-lifcd horse. 1t was no Old plug. 1t
i possible that this i the one he traded
for mare and colt at saltwater.
Samuel .Ackrrman: "Thc first pair |
knew Rufus Rising to have were bays:
before he went from the old place. Then
he had II pair with a Smalli>h beast, gray
mare. II hands. slim built. slim neck. He
had her quite Il number of wears. Think
he had her when he lived ON odd place.
Wouldn't say whether he had her when
he went ON to the present Rising place :
should rather think he did. Don't know
what became of her. Don't know how
old she was. | am q next March. 1t
strikes me Warner Cook did have such a
; gray mare. Rufus Rising drove either a
, dark bay or brown mare or horse with
the gray mare. 1t was larger. but not
very heavy"
= Mr.. Alderman we saw upon the road
a. we were driving to Hague and at the
1 hotel at Hague.
+. Leaving the Adonis gclding, we went
| direct to III. reaching there after dark.
The following description of the dam
, of Ethan is from Mr., VIM. Arthur
"White mare. about l5-l long slim neck
: good length of body crooked sickle hind
r legs: had curbs when llolcomb owned
+ her: good chest: sharp shoulder; not a.
/, high behind a. forward. Good pointed
: mare: prominent big eyes. \ plucky.
/. nervy mare. Ear right up; just IA fair
= ~lI'N val I'l IlI - S'"i NV hNh''' NV
I large, Just fair size. bony, n~ice--hapcc
r head: no meat on it. Head well W
Il don't think she would ever weigh more
than $50 Good nice name and tail man'
e hipped mare: shortiSh back: long ON the
+ belly: good feet. Lame when llolcoml
g had her, but don't think She was hipped.
g Mr.. Arthur said: II heard Beyin.
n brought the mare in and asked Bill Bev
II ems about it while he was alive. was talk
ing with him aboutit. lie said he brough
e the old mare from Massachusetts that ha,
: her. He raised this colt from her an,
sold it; sold her when she was a colt
j. No dispute about This being the sam
Il mare that Bevins had in the first place
y That was what they talked at llagu
r when | kept hotel there - years ago
Never heard it mentioned that Georg
II Johnson sold this mare to Cook. | Wen
to Hague in spring 1861 and came ava,
Ie December, 1853. | talked with VIM. BE
l. wins then. | will bet 500 to ten cent
II that George johnson never sold the mar
1t to Warner Cook. Abe Rising said h
xdn't know whether he ought to hav
kept her and bred her or not. VIM. BE
Sc wins bred the colt here. so he said
/; couldn't tell what horse sired it. Didn'
n know but it was George JOhnson's horse
lr Cook had this mare before 1896. | know
rs because my brother-in-law moved ava
he from here May 6, 1896, and | went U