Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-06-11
PEDIGREE HUNTING.
RESEARCHES ON HI RIG AND HlSTO
RY OF THE BLUE I'LL

Michael b. Toll, whom | met at Harri-
son. said that he was at work for lIeyl
when Michael Little came there to work.
1t was either in 1910 or 1850; was mar
ried in 1919, and at marriage did not work
for Heyl, so it must have been after that
John HoSper of Harrison said that Lit
tie was "A small man. who stopped when
walking. His business was taking care
of Il stud before he went to lIeyl's.
James X. Pruden of Harrison town.
ship, Ohio, says: My son, William II.
Pruden, traded for the stallion sam in
El~izabethtown. o.. about the time of the
Morgan raid, which was July II. 1863.
sam was a natural PAGER, blind in one
eye when we got him. | lived then at
Logan township, Ind. Old Sol. Bedinger
raised the horse; it was foaled his. He
gave him to a hired man, Mike Little.
who knocked his eye out with the end of
Il halter. Think he was Il or Is years
old when we got him. ! traded him to
ed him in Cincinnati. where he died. |
sold him for $50. The horse was rather
short, good height. sorrel. bald face.
white legs, stripe over shoulder and line
on back: was a fast PAGER. The sire of
this horse came from Pennsylvania on a
four-horse wagon. Joe Cooper got the
sire of him-my son got the horse from Il
man near Rising Il Ind. of Il man
named LawtOn or Lawric or some such
name. The old man Bcdingcr and Mike
Little both recognized the horse. un-
derstood he was sired by the old horse
got out of Il team from Pennsylvania.
My sol William went over to old Sol.
Bedinger'S with the horse. and he rpcog-
nized him. They called him the old Blue
Bull Sam.
Geo. Prudcn (son of James H. saws:
Bedingcr had a black nose mare that he
thinks was dam of old sam.
Mr.. Samuel Bennington of Harrison. o..
says: Il have seen the original Blue Bull
that was driven here from PENNSYLVANIA.
He had Il very large white face and four
white legs to knees. to the best of my re-
collection. Kind of a blue color. black
stripe down his back, about lG hands.
might be over. nOt less. pretty heavy
horse. built like the Dutchman's horse
from the ground up a powerful horse.
large flat bone, very good mover for "A
horse of his size; got himself up in good
style, but nothing speedy about him. |
took a mare to him over forty years ago.
Have seen him since the Harrison cam
paign year. ! wen to Pennsylvania in
lS4l and was gone six months. am
sure | saw him after that.
II had "A Tiger Bull stallion myself out
of a Tiger mare. Tiger was out of the
old Friendly Tiger that stood at Glen
Dale when | was a boy. He was a rum
ming horse-Saw him make a race after
he was p Il dark brown horse. very -tv-
lish, ID ID hands. lie was Il powerful
horse, and | think thoroughbred. | sold
my stallion: he went to Aurora and KEN
lucky. He was called Tiger Bull. Dave
Morris raised Morgan Tiger from II Nor
gan mare and the Friendly Tiger horse.
\ Vermont man brought Il Bulrush Nor
gan horse here from Vermont. lie was
a. fine Il horse as ever saw step on feet:
bay, fourteen and Il half hands, powerful.
a good trOtter and went in beautiful
style. He stood him at Venice Bridge,
and afterwards at Rugsley Corners. But
Ter county"
a Mr.. Hooper of Harrison said that old
Bill Grisley owned two Blue Bull stall
lions, one a blue horse about sixteen
hands, black stripe. DIR. Little owned
him too; he had white feet and blaze face
and was an old horse when | knew him
i'll lS37-S-9 or 40. | think he must have
been the old original Blue Bull horse.
DIR. Little owned him when he died. |
knew Grisley before he got married. |
am y years old came to this country in
1897. The Blue Bulls were considered in
those days the best strain of horses we
had.
Michael wilkins, an intelligent farmer.
II years old, Crosby township, said that
John Merring kept the original Blue Bull
the first season he was here. He was a
blue horse, black name and tail, bald
face, some white feet, black stripe over
shoulders, one glass eye if not both,
about 10 "a. Don't think he was lG
hands had big head a good stallion.
Grisley had the old horse | think after he
was old, some time after Merring had
him. He was the best form ever in this
section, equal to and something like the
Normans; not suitable for carriage, not
action enough. Some of his colts had