Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-14
WOODBURY. MORGAN AND BREED
ING OF FLORA TEMPLE.
BY A. w. THOMSON.

vertisement for the season 1880. The
following is copy
"Thc celebrated Horse Morgan, formerly
owned by +. Parkhurst and John Woodbury.,
and afterwards by VIM. walker and smith of
Hartford.
Terms, $40 the season, and no deviation.
May 10, 1880 ABEL DENNEl"
1t states that the horse will stand at
Barnard, Bethel and Woodstock.
The advertisement shows the horse
was not kept at Bradford the season of
1880, as stated by Mr.. Linsley; that is,
not all of the season. | have heard old
horsemen say Woodbury. stood one sea-
son at Woodstock and that he was led
down from Bethel behind the stage. The
Mr.. Smith that owned Woodbury. with
Mr.. Walker was the Mr.. Smith that adj
vertised Slow and Easy. The price,
$40 the season, for Woodbury. shows the
estimation they had of him, as the price
at that time for common horses was but
two and three dollars to warrant.
The following advertisement is from
the Vermont Courier:
"Morgan Horse at Auction. The well known
Morgan stallion called the Walker horse and
lately the property of z. Burbank, will be sold
at auction at Wells River village in Newbury,
the 9Th OF May, next.
Wells River, April, 1896.
J. KENT, Jr, Auctoneer."
The suppositiOn is the horse was not
sold or was bid in, as Mr.. Linsey states
that the administrator of Mr.. Burbank's
estate sold Woodbury. in September,
1896, to Norman Bagley of Alabama,
who took him to Gainesville, that State,
where he died in 1898, being - years old.
The horses was called the Burbank horse.
the old Pete Burbank horse. the Walker
horse and the old Woodbury.. He is now
generally called the Old Woodbury. Nor
gan. As early as 1850 heard it talked
and claimed by those that were friendly
to the Morgans that Flora Temples
grandam was stolen. that she was taken
from Vermont, and that her sire was
Woodbury. Morgan.
In 1867 | commenced looking up the
story to see what there was to it. Moth
ing is said in regard to the blood of Flora
Temples grandam | succeeded in trac-
ing the story to F. a. Weir of Walpole
n. II. a letter from him said that he
could tell all about it.
He soon had business at Woodstock
and | saw him, and learned what he
knew about it, and give his statement
I IL
said that he had frequently stopped with
William Ferguson, the owner of Old Ken
lucky Hunter, sire of Bogus Hunter and
One-Eyed kentucky Hunter; that he
had stopped, too, with the Loomises of
East Hamilton, n. y. That they bred
Bogus Hunter and One-Eyed Kentucky
Hunter. That One-Eyed Kentucky Hun
ter was bay and Bogus Hunter sorrel
with white feet and white face; that he
was large and that when he trotted he
padded; that Bogus Hunter was the sire
of Flora Temple: that he had Samuel
Welch's sworn statement in regard to it
that Mr.. Welch was living at Reedsburg
Wis, at the time he got it. Mr.. Well
said the Loomises had the name of being
great thieves; that they robbed bank
and that one of them told him that he
stole Flora Temples grandam in Pom
fret, VT Mr.. Weir said about 1887 ht
was through Pomfret, VT, after Wood
bury mares and that he was told at Wins
lows hotel that there had been "A very
nice one stolen close by but a short time
before. Mr.. Weir said, too, that he haC
one of Old Kentucky Hunters bilh and
that he would send it to me with u.
Welchs statement, and in due time | re
ceived them and Immediately sent then
to Mr.. Wallace and he gave the facts il
his January number of the Monthly TO
1873 and this was how the public Learned
that Bogus Hunter was the sire of Flora
Temple. One fact more; Mr.. Weir stat
ed that Ferguson's Old Hunter was no
called Kentucky Hunter until he, Mr.
Weir, took Morgan Hunter out there
then the Kentucky was put on for show
The following is Mr., Welch's statement
To whom it may concern /, samuel Welc
Oh hteusDuIB, Suuh county, W lscOnSlI AM
formerly of Sangerfield, Oneida county, y. Y
say that the celebrated trotting mare, Flor
y Temple, was toaled in May, lsi5. Her sire wa
Il Bogus Hunter, owned by Washington Loomi
*of the same place. At the time the hors
Served my mare lothian Chase of sangerfel
WAS present. Bogus Hunter was II sorre
b,srse. He was not the horse called One Eye
kentucky Hunter that has been erroneou,
" Jailed the sire of Flora Temple. In tn
sum mer OF ls45 sold Flora Temple and he
dam 70 Archie Hughes OF Sangertield.
SAMUEL WEIGH.
State OF Wisconsin, Sank Co. The toregC
ing stat, sment of Samuel WEIGH, sworn to bt
fore me md signed in my presence this oct
day OF June, A. d. 1873.
A.w. PitRRY, Notary Public, Sank Co., wis
wrote Mr.. Welch and the following
is copy Of bis reply