Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-05


of Allen, lives here now, and gave us
most hospitable welcome. The house is
of stone, very high between joints,
large two-stOry house. built in 1924: the
date over the door. We stopped to see if
Allen Smiths papers could be found.
There were none of them at the house:
Mr.. Smith thought perhaps there might
be some with a daughter at Port Henry.
Mr.. Smith said: "Allen Smith died
February, 1862, aged -. Don't think he
kept stud book. His only son living is
L. \. Smith, Americas, Georgia. Allen
Smith raised a son of Green Mountain
Morgan from mare bred by him from
old Black Hawk. This colt was chest
nut, little white i'm face and think some
white feet u hands, 1850 lbs. good stout
horse; think foaled about 1850. He
went to Georgia the winter of ls60-Gl.
Allen Smiths son took him there. They
called him Morgan. don't think he had
any other that he used much after Pone.
got this place in 1864. The best horse
of late years in this section was the Frost
Horse, by Daniel Lambert, out of dam
by Ethan Allen. They sold him to Ohio,
and he died there. He got excellent
stock"
Mr.. Sheldon Smith, man something
over 20, whom we met on the road Il little
south of Elisha Smiths, said:
"Should think Allen Smith had Young
llambletonian when he had Liberty. He
had him quite long time. We raised
three colts from him-one bay. one sor-
rel, one black; all small. Most of his
stock were small; he was small horse"
We crossed the lake by the old-fash-
Toned ferry-boat such As has piled, we
suppose. a hundred years between the
two shores. 1t is called Frost's landing
on the Bridport side. Crown Point is op-
posite. At Crown Point there are. near
the lake shore, large iron works in
successful operation, which gives an air
of thrift to that side of the lake. The
village of Crown Point is beyond this,
side the old Frost hotel has scarcely life
enough for a ruin. The hillside looks
fOrlOrn. The railroads have DESTROYED
the business that formerly hourishcd
ON Lake Champlaln. The stores that
used to prosper at its landings are things
of the past.
The following day we drove to ri. \
second call at Mr.. Foster Breeds elected
the fact that he bought the dam of the
Breed Horse, by Black Hawk. of Swim
ton of Bridport; that he said she was by
Post Boy. IL went over there and dug
it all out: she was out of Post Boy"
Mr.. Breed sold this horse for $500 to
Jerry links and partner, st. Clair. Mich
Sold one black colt by the Breed Horse.
100 lbs. weight, middling coarse made,
by Breed Horse, dam Joseph Thomas
mare of H., at two years old to DR.. Good
rich, Michigan, who afterwards sold him
at Sl200
Alvah Bennett, who lives on the road
between Crown Point and III. at second
interview said:
''The first horse had was called Mes
senger; got him about ls3G-S of my
brother, Clark Bennett of Mount Vernon,
Ohio; only kept him one day: sold him
to a man named Beers Tomlinson, who
kept him the next season at H., and re-
turned him to me. He was to give me
SlOO for him, but failed up and paid for
his use and returned him. After his re-
turn kept him three seasons; sold him
to Andrew Wright q Son of Shoreham ;
they didn't pay, either, but traded him to
Ormsbee of ChI man Point, Orwell. He
died there; lived IA good many years af-
ter had him, and did great deal of SER
vice. He had IA dropsical leg that killed
him. He was twelve to thirteen hundred
in weight, but pony built at that.
| think he was five or six when | got
her; he had been trained to run. think
he lived as much as ten years in YER
mont. He had big, heavy shoulders,
head right up: was good roadster; had
rather IA fine head and good heft of name
and tail. don't know as any stallion
was kept from him; much of his stock
was dapple gray.
"'rhe next horse | had was dun horse
| raised from a likely horse, breeding un-
known, owned by Dea. Harris of III.
sold this colt at three years old.
"'rhe next was a jet black colt with no
marks, which bred, by Vermont Black
Hawk; dam bay mare, of twelve hun
dred pounds, by the Burge Horse, son of
Sir Charles-both my mares were by the
Burge Horse; | raised them both. | sold
this colt at three past to Clough & Iol-
cOmb of III. for six hundred dollars.
They sold him West, and the last knew
of him he was at Little Falls, y. Y. He
was about u - hands, 1850 lbs. They
called him Black Alvah. Holcomb in
jured him by driving. He was kept en-
tire