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

won race in straight heats, time 2 -. |
20, 2 ;3S 1-2, but the track was short) /
Black Weasel, 2 80; Edward Everett.
:36 ii; Lightfoot, 2:3s; North Hawk,
:3S (sire of Earthquake which got Rex
30 I'D Black Douglass, , :I3; North
2 :52 l-2. His sons, other than Gen.
Knox, that have produced winners are
Challenge, sire of Doty, 2:2l; King He
rod, sire of Billy Barefoot, rs l-2.
FoXie v, , :23 81, and Ilerod, J ~ l-2.
The latter got his record when eighteen
years of age. Daughters of Sherman
Black Hawk produced Baron Luff q :27)
and Little Crow (2:2S ID. The above
facts show the speed-producing capacity
of the two Morgan lines which centre in
Gen. Knox.
'SiXty years ago" says +. Z. b.. "Ner-
mont was in the habit of sending Bull
rush Morgans down East. The old Bull
rush stations went to Maine several
seasons; the Morrlls were cross Of
Bulrush aud Hambletonan blood. and
went to Maine: Morgan Caesar, the sire
of the trotting horse Mac. Royal Morgan.
the Clark Horse or Rather, Young Bur-
bank, Morgan Trotter, Morgan Rat and
Enfield Horse were all noted stations.
and all went to Maine, and a host of
Others of which no records were kept"
There is no doubt that these Morgans
all left excellent road stock, but an ex-
animation of the records shows that
neither Bulrush, Young Burbank, Royal
Morgan, Morgan Trotter, Morgan Rat or
the Enfield Horse ever got a single Win
ner of trOtting race. Morgan Caesar.
by Woodbury. Morgan, was bred to a
daughter of Bush Messenger. and pro-
duced the noted trotter. Mac, which made
record or Pas to harness and 2.27 to
saddle. If fame is to go where it belongs
which will receive the most credit for pro-
ducing Mac, Morgan Caesar, that got no
other trotter, or this daughter of Bush
Messenger, the latter being the founder
of family of trotters whose fame extends
from Maine to California and from Can
ada to Texas!
Whalebone, sometimes called the Clark
Horse, from mare whose breeding was
untraced, got the well-known little black
trotting mare Blackstone Belle. which.
in the hands of j. j. Bowen. won a num-
Der of important races. getting record
of 2.2S IL near this city, July 2. 1866.
WhalebOne also got the trotter Whale
bone, that, hitched with Lantern. beat
Stella and Alice Gray on Long Island
in 1886. getting a record to pole of 2.42
Lady Uamlin. that won "A race at Wash
ington, ID. c., May 2, 1864. getting q
record of PAL l-2. was also by Whale.
bone. and daughter of his bred to tn,
Eaton Horse brought the celebrated stall
lion Shepherd Knapp, that was taller
across the water and won Il race il
France, trotting 2 Ia miles in six minute,
and fourteen seconds. averaging a mil,
in 2.29 10. The second dam of Hopeful
OH Sd. the fastest trotter ever bred il
New England. was also by Whalebone.
This Whalebone. or Clark Horse. was
son of Sherman Morgan, sire Of Hill,
Black Hawk, and the dam of the Aver,
Horse. sire of the Eaton Horse. was alst
Il daughter of sherman Morgan. Whale
bone got Pollard Morgan, from mare o
Messenger descent and Pollard Morgan
got the noted trotting mare kettlebal
(2.3l ~. He also got Lewiston Boy
sire of several fast trotters, includn!
the roam gelding Dispatch (3.24 Ia, Kit,
5. (2.32 ~, Little Pete abb 3D.
Auburn Boy (2.37 Ia and Doctor c
@. 46 ~. A daughter of Lewiston Bo,
bred to Gen Knox produced Knox Bo,
(2.23 Ia.
The Sherman Morgan line, with sin
gle exception, appears to have been tn
only one in Maine that had the ability t.
get speed from unknown dams and per
petuate it to sufficient extent to pro
duce winners in the second generation
This every one who has carefully stude
the records has learned. Among tn
Morgans evidently unknown TO f. +. b
which have produced fast trotters in tn
Pine Tree State is Matchless, by Prime
Albert, by Green Mountain I'd. IN
, dam of Matchless was by importe
Trustee. Matchless was an eXcellen
horse and left superior road stock. Bre
, to daughter of the Beale Horse he pre-
duced Palma. with a record of 222 3
and winner of four heats in 2.30 or better
Palma was the only one of his get. Il,
, cording to the records, that ever won
heat in race.
Brown Harry, by Thurston's Blac
f Hawk. son of Vermont Black Hawl
? dam, fast pacing mare, was kept fo
stock purposes several years in Maine
where he got the following sons an
daughter that have beaten 2:30, viz.
Cora F, (2;2S), st. Elmo q 20 ID an
f Jennie w. 2 800. A daughter of Brow
, Harry, as was stated in recent ISSUE