Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
HORSE NOTES.
From American Cultivator. !

corning the breeding of the stallion
Dodge Morrill,, and in response, Mr.J. II.
Jones of Barre, VT, who took pains to
look up the facts, sends the following
ain looking up the history of the horses
Winthrop Morrill, and Dodge Morrill,, |
find that years ago there was an English
mare which was bred to the Carson Horse
owned by one Flagg Abbott, and the
produce was filly. When matured this
| FLY was bred to Old Bulrush, the result
also being FLY, which at maturity was
bred to Morgan Eagle, the produce being
filly known in after life as the Water
man Mare. This Waterman Mare brought
two full sisters, one of which became the
dam of Winthrop Morrill, and the other
of Dodge Morrill,. These mares, dams
of Winthrop and Dodge Morrill,, were
got by the Huckins Horse. He, too. was
a Morgan. but have not yet learned by
what horse he was got. You can easily
learn, however, by writing to Charles
Hucliins, Vermont Chester Huckins,
w. Topsham.
IL remember the old Waterman Mare
well when Il boy. Should say she was
about 1872 hands high. weight about
1850 pounds, dark bay with large star,
and a bad one to tackle on the road when
going home from meeting. The dam of
Dodge Morrill, looked very much like her
mother, more so than the dam of VIM
throp. She was also bay, but not so
dark, with star and one or two white
hind feet. Morgan Eagle was owned in
this town and tended by one Emory
Fales. His son, now living, tells me he
thinks Morgan Eagle was got by old
Bulrush. and says he came from Tun-
bridge. VT. to this town.
BY the above it will be seen that Win
throp Morrill, possessed at least one Nor
gan strain for which he has never
received credit in the Register. The
Huckins Horse. sire of the dams of VIM
throp and Dodge Morrill,, was by Royal
Morgan, son of Sherman Morgan, and
the Morgan Eagle mentioned was by
Woodbury. Morgan. Can some of our
Vermont or New York subscribers give
son Horse? Within few months we
have heard of a horse of that name
which died somewhere in New York State
at the reputed age of forty-four years.
The Carson Horse, which is found in the
pedigree of Winthrop Morrill,. was by a
horse called Quicksilver, got by the Ara
bian horse Dey of Algiers. This Quick.
silver was taken to Maine. and has been
described to us by one who knew him
as Il remarkably handsome, attractive
: animal.
f Knowing that Mr.. p. NJ. Jetierds was
> well posted in regard to the best horses
in Maine in his day, it was thought that
! he might be able to give some light upon
, the breeding of Jules Jurgensen's dam
p \ recent letter of inquiry concerning the
f matter brought the following reply: IL
I do not know the breeding of Jules Jur.
: gensen'S dam. He was bred in Nassal.
p boro, Me-, or vicinity, and purchased
p during a State fair at Waterville by JOIN
, Iittlefield of Abbott, Me-, when two
: years old. being called at that time Gen
Logan. His colts, even from common
mares, We're good ones. Among then
were Iron Age (2:l9 ID and Nellie Wal
ton @ :26 l.2.)
= "All his get had the natural trottine
/, instinct. Ash Savage told me that h,
/ was driving on Fashion Stud Farm whel
V Jules Jurgensen died, and that II. y
=, Smith said he would rather have lost al
l.. the other horses on the place. and tina
r he trotted faster trial mile than any
z other stallion had at that date. | saw
j. Jules Jurgensen trOt IA half-mile whel
IS five years old in IA. almost the frs
Il time that he was ever on track. Tn
: Young Abdallah that Mr.. Pierce speak
n of was owned by myself, and got by Far
l. merS Beauty, from Lady Mack, by AID
+ dallah, making him full brother to Tag
# CARTS Abdallah. had him of Herman
k Woodward, father of Ollie Woodward
He was game little trotter, but no
IlluCIl VI Il SuCCtSs ds Il STOCK morse.
1t seems from Mr.. Jefferds' statemen
e that there were at least two Young Al
= dallahs in Maine. In rhompsons "Main
% Bred Horses" Jules Jurgensen is record
=. ed as by Gen. Knox, dam by Young At
y dalah. Some have got the impre,
sion from this that Jurgensen'
70 dam was by Cobbler, which wa
sometimes called Young Abdallal
n. This, however, was an imposs
~ bility, as Cobbler was not foaled unit
1867, while the date of Jules Jurgensen'
birth was July ~, 1865. Neither coul
this mare have been by the full brothe
of Taggart's Abdallah. Lady Mack pr,
duced -four foals by Farmers Beauty
- The first was bay filly, foaled in 1855
y the second, Taggart's Abdallah. foale