Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-27

ties which have been unjustly placed to
the credit of other lines.
His conclusions, however. are evident
ly the result of natural prejudices
rather than of careful study of facts
found in the records. Speaking of the
Black Hawk strain. which he apparently
detcsts from the bottom of his heart. on
account of its success in producing trot-
tiers after being prescribed by him. he
remarks, as published by the Mirror and
Farmer, that sit is not well enough to
steal the honest fame of the Morgans and
give it to Il uSurper BLACK Hawk. 1t
only shows that the worshippers of the
unknown god are not all dead yet. When
the news came of Names glorious tri-
umph ut Mystic Park, a Montpelier man
remarked that if it could be shown that
one drop of Black Hawk blood ever
went into the State of Maine an attempt
would be made to give all the glory Of
the race to Black Hawk horses. Very
soon the American Cultivator made the
announcement llldl tIle hUOAeS were Il
branch of the Black Hawk family. No
sooner did Gen. Knox become famous
than it was proclaimed all over Addison
county, VT, that he was sired by the
Myrick Horse, son of Hills Black
Hawk, but it was easily shown that
that could not be. Now it is claimed
that it was some other Black Hawk that
sired Gen. Knox, forgetting all the while
that the dam of Gen. Knox was near re-
lated to old Clifford Morgan
The feeling which prompts the allusion
to the Cultivator was started some two
years since, when +. f. b. sent an arti-
Gle to this paper concerning the origin of
Black Hawk, which showed upon its face
that it was written by one who neither
knew nor cared anything about the facts
concerning the early history of that dis
tingushed trotting sire, and was return
ed to the author, who finally found some
one willing to publish the production
without editorial comment, thus leading
such of the rising generation as were not
posted upon the subject to believe that
Black Hawk was chance animal of no
known breeding. originating in Canada
and in a drove of horses that passed
through northern New York.
1t is evident from the above remarks of
+. f. b. that he did not even know the
breeding of Gen. Knox until he saw it in
the Cultivator, which is an open ac-
acknowledgement on his part that he has
never wasted his precious time i'm study
ing standard works. No well-posted horse
man who has ever read one of his arti-
Giles. however. need be told that, as each
production bears the evidence upon its
face Judging from his remarks con-
corning Gen. Knox. it is evident that he
did not read the pedigree as given in the
Cultivator, for he can scarcely be so stu
pid as to attempt to msrepreSent Il pub
lished statement now upon record.
Whenever the pedigree of Gen. Knox has
been stated in the Cultivaeor, the breed.
ing of his dam has invariably been given
He labOrs to convey the idea that the
dam of Searcher is entitled to the
lions share of the renown which the
Knox family has attained.
Clifford. sire of the dam of Searcher
which got the dam of Gen. Knox, was in
many respects one of the very finest spe
cimenS of the Morgan family. He wa,
by Woodbury., son of Justin Morgan
dam by Henry Dundas, grandam said tC
be by True Briton, sire of Justin Nor
gan. Clifford lived to a good old age
and it has been represented that he 90
upwards of 1000 foals, number greatly
in excess of that produced by most othe
members of the Morgan race. This lib
eral patronage is sufficient proof OF Gift
ord's great merit and the excellence o.
his stock. His progeny were noted TO
superior road qualities, as well as grea
endurance, wonderful symmetry of form
and matchless .style. 1t is doubtful i
the horse has ever been produced tina
excelled Hale's Green Mountain Morgan
in these respects, particularly under tn
saddle.
1t may have been owing to the excel
lent road and saddle qualities of the ge
of Woodbury. Morgan and his best son
Clifford Morgan, that they did not in thei
early days achieve greater distinction IA
turf performers. The records show tina
only one of Clifford Morgan's get eve
won race upon the turf; that was Beg
pc, whose saddle record is , rs. 1t fail
to appear in the records that Woodbury.
sire of Clifford, ever got "A winner. The
also show that Searcher, whose dam wa
Il daughter of Clifford, got but two son
and daughters that contested for tur
honorS. These were Champion Searche
and Lady Beaumont. Champion Searcl
er's dam was by Grinnell's Champion
sire of Kings or Scobey's Champion
which got Il number of noted trotter,