Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
INTERVIEWS.
TContinued.l

Joseph Wooley, Rutland, VT, 92 years
old, says: The Weasel think was owned
by Weir of Grafton. He was small horse,
good for saddle, crossed well with the
blind Goodyear Horse stock. Weasel
was bay; his stock were very active and
sprightly. This was about 1912, when l
was l6 years old. l think he was there
several years. Traveller was owned in
Springfield. He was good stock horse,
got good sized horses. The Goodyear
Horse was blind. 1t is thought he was
stolen from the South. He was blind
from running. He was owned in Putney
or Westminster, and was one of the best
stock horses ever owned in that county.
l think Traveller was proportional like
the Black Hawks-a rangy horse. There
was black horse owned by Baldwin in
Brownington-very nice stock horse
whose dam was by the Goodyear Horse.
His father owned this mare. The mans
name was Parker that owned the horse
you inquired for before. He owned a
gray horse. l had one of his colts.
Traveller was brown bay, rangy horse.
/ raised Lady Allen by Black Hawk; sold
her for thousand dollars. Chamber
lain, who bred Lancet, was Bakers
brother-in law. They were great Nor
gan men. My son took his mare and
mine to Bridport, and l took them back
in the fall. Chamberlain's mare was
black. He got her in Canada, called her
old Squaw. She was got by horse
owned in Canada by the counterfeiters !;
the weghtiest breed of horses ever owned
in that country. A son of LeeboO got
her. l know it as well as l know any
thing. went once to buy old Squaw.
She was 1872; coarse, low-headed, but a
slamming going mare; went as if she
would go over everything. The parties
lived in Stanstead that owned her when
l went to see her. She was five years
old; was blowing. | rode her after
Chamberlain got her. Leeboo was sired
by horse, think, that was ridden from
Boston into Canada without stopping to
eat or drink. The LeebOOs were a re-
markable kind of race of horses; have
never seen any horses that had the
muscle they had. There were a good
many at that section. | never saw the
one that was ridden from Boston. Saw
his son, nearly black, called Black Snake,
and guess he sired old Squaw, but am
not quite sure. Leeboo was owned by a
Mr.. Snow of Barnston; was nearly black
not large horse, about Is hands, rangy,
straight, a pretty pattern of horse
smooth, right up; old Squaw not that
kind. went into Canada in 1888. Lee
boo may haye been Morgan horse.
Mr.. Broughton, Poultney, says Long
owned a very fine made horse, between
bay and chestnut, not over 1872; not over
1000 lbs, at same time he owned Eclipse
James Biggert owned large bay horse
1000 lbs, about l6 hands, called Sir Hen
ry; solid and blocky built for larg,
horse. Biggert kept hotel in Pawlet
John Clarke was neighbOr. Barney
Henry was sired by smaller horse called
Henry -. Yes, there was hors,
called Signal; got some very substantial
colts through here. l think Signal wa
the grandsire of Barney Henry. jim
Rogers of Whitehall is now at home an,
ought to know. think Signal was
smallish, homely, pOny-built, bay horse
good, square, blocky fellow. think cous
in of mine owned horse called Leonidas
60 years ago,at Granville Corners, an oil
horse. think the horse that got Barne,
Henry was by him. My cousins nam
was Lyman Broughton and he lives a
Covington, Wyoming Co., N. Y. Hi
father, John Broughton, owned Leon
das. Halves of POultney owned MOI
gan stallion forty years ago bay, 800 lbs
Is hands. There were other horses Gale