Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-08
PEDIGREE HUNTING;
OR,
THE WRATH OF THE OLD GRAY
MARE.
BEING A TRUE HISTORY OF THE DAM OF
ETHAN ALLEN.
Continued.

1t is six miles from Shoreham village
to Larrabee's Point, opposite the old fort
grounds ut ii. We passed number of
fine residences. for the country is fertile
and the farmers rich.
From Mr.. Elmer Jones. now an old
man past 50, we got some information.
He said that he raised Prophet. He
called him l5-2, 1000 lbs, foaled 1917;
and otherwise repeated previous history.
Red Jacket he thought very stylish;
more like the Morgans than Prophet
Prophet took back more to Sir Charles
not quite so fast as Prophet
David Hills first horse, Aurelius, was
Il very lazy horse.
bay horse, 1G hands, very fancy, got
good stock.
Thinks Alien Smiths Liberty was got
by King William, horse brought in by
Col. Dooittle. Doolittle had King Will
liam before he had Post Boy. DR.. Need
ham had small bay mare by King Will
liam. This King William got fine small
bay stock, very lively and smart. Post
Boy Il red roam. The Bishops Horses
stock not thought SO much of; heads
were large.
FELTON, Horse was bred by Ben Breed,
Crown Point. Guess he sold him to
Wicker of I'll then he went to Dixie Mer-
rick and he sold to FELTON, at Sll00.
Beauty, rangy; trotter; high bred.
Breed Horse bred by Foster Breed;
black, - hands, 1000 lbs, stocky, good
horse.
We called also, before reaching the
lake, upon Mr. Larrabee, 50 years old,
and as hospitable a man as we have met
in all our travels. We wanted to ask
him about Il colt said to have been bred
by Judge John Larrabee. He remem
bered well very fine bay stallion colt,
bred by Mr.. Larrabee, that he was Of
fered very high price for, for those
days. when a sucker; thought afterwards
it died or something happened to it.
Didn't remember the blood, but finally
suggested it might have been Hambleto-
MAN. 1t was about 1920. To the ques-
ton if Allen Smith didn't get this colt,
he thought he might, but couldn't tell.
At the ferry we took down pedigree
of Young ArissDs, bl, h.. two white hind
feet, foaled 1877, rs IL hands, llS0 lbs,
by Aristos, son of Daniel Lambert dam,
black mare. bred by Widow Charlotte
Cook, New Haven, VT, by Billy Ring,
son of Young Columbus g. d., said to be
by son of Harris IIambletonian. Bred
and owned by L. Martin, Larrabce's
Point. Showed ID mile on ice in :0S ID.
Lake Champlain, that for 100 miles
forms the boundary line between Yer
mont and New York, at this point is
something less than mile wide. 1t be-
gins narrow creek at Whitehall, and
continues to widen until nearly opposite
Burlington, at what is called the broad
lake, it has width of 10 miles. The
scenery from this lake is of broad char
acter. We have the Adirondack group
on the west, with patches of farming land
dotted in between them and the lake.
North of these comes broad eXpanse of
rolling country in New York, lined with
distant mountains. The Green Mountain
range extends along the eastern sky; be-
tween it and the lake the beautiful cOun-
try of western Vermont. Directly north
the plains of Canada entice the eye, sug-
costing the wedding of the sky and earth.
As a whole, we believe there is no lake
on this continent that presents scene so
varied, extensive and beautiful.
Crossing the lake we were in the great
State of New York. Before going to the
village of III we visited the farm of John
! Porter q Son, owners of the celebrated