Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-20
OLD HORSE ADVERTISEMENTS
From vergennes vermonter, 1881

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foaled June 3, 1917; got by Black Hawk.
Keokuk, Black Hawk colt, at Z. S.
Champions in Vergennes.
1858. Black Spanard, 1872, 1900 lbs,
by Nimrod, son of True American by the
celebrated old Quicksilver of Josiah Bel
lows, Walpole. Quicksilver was bred by
Gorham Parsons of Brighton, Mass.
Nimrod's dam was bay mare by old
Morgan. Black Spaniard's dam beau
tiful black mare bred by A. Bell.
Ticonderoga, and sired by Morgan
horse owned by John Graham of Putnam,
VT; g. d. imp. mare owned by VIM. Bell.
To stand at East Monkton, etc.
CHARLES A. HURLBURT.
Black Hawk Keokuk. This celebrated
Black Hawk stallion, raised and owned by
the subscriber, will stand at Charlotte
and Vergennes; was four years old June
4, 1852, and weighed 1850 pounds; dark
bay, ETC. EZRA CHAMPION.
Young Mambrino Paymaster at North
Ferrisburgh; five years old, by Mambri-
| III sy llldSlcl, cue.
GIDEON FULLER.
Woodbury. I'd again.
Second advertisement of Keokuk gives
pedigree as follows: By Black Hawk.
son of Sherman Morgan by old Morgan
horse. The dam of Black Hawk was
three-fourths blood English mare raised
in the province of New Brunswick, who
could trot a mile in less than three min
utes and weighed 1915 lbs, and was in
every respect most perfect animal. The
dam of keokuk was sired by Young Ham
bletonian and he by the old Bishop Ham
bletonian, which was by the imp. Mes
senger; g. d., by Morgan; dam of
Young Hambletonian by old Leonidas :;
G. dam, by Bellfounder, mare of
great excellence brought from New
Hampshire by DR.. Nicenor Needham
into Shoreham, VT, and there used her
in the practice of his profession.
Green Mountain Morgan at Middlebury.
Bay State Morgan by Green Mountain
Morgan at Vergennes. SILAs HALE.
Young Sherman Morgan by Black
Hawk; dam, bl. m, owned by L. d.
Stone, Charlotte. Young Sherman, six
years old June, 1858 dark dapple chest
nut, compact and beautiful form, etc.
Also Pirate, colt of Black Hawk from
Hambletonian mare that could travel 10
miles an hour. Third and last as good
MambrinO as ever in State,
II. r. ROBINSON, Ferrisburgh.
English looking stallion Topsy and
Woodbury. I'd again.
1854. Young Sherman Morgan again
by T. r. Robinson.
Robert p. Satterlee advertises a four
year-old Black Hawk at North Ferris
burgh.
Woodbury. I'd again.
Flying Morgan at Burlington; also
Flying Morgan Sprout.
Snake Mountain Black Hawk at Bristol
and Lincoln; five years old 10th Of June,
1854; 10 hands, 1000 lbs, got by Black
Hawk Jr., well known as Myrick Horse,
now owned by Col. North of Champaign;
dam by Magnum Bonum, owned by Mr..
Guindon of Ferrisburgh; e. d., owned in
Missouri, brought to Addison by C. Foot
and was well known as the Black Nettle.
o. N. WHITFORD.
1855. Morgan Black Hawk advertised
by Robert p. Satterlee.
1856. Black Hawk Napoleon, four
years old May 13, 1856; jet black, 1850
lbs, l6 hands, at Charlotte. Combines the
blood of the two best races of horses ever
improved by the American people, that
of the Black Hawk and Messenger.
A. C. PALMER.
Account of second Champlain Valley
Agricultural fair at Vergennes speaks
of Sherman Black Hawk present and
Hemenway Horse, ridden by Marshal
Grandey. We never saw his superior in
style, pride and beauty. G. A. Austin,
Orwell, exhibited his pair of royal chest
nut stations, Red Jacket and Osceola.
among the last of old Black Hawks
colts. They made snowy and superb
appearance as Mr.. Austin drove them
around the track, and could not probably
be bought for many thousand dollars.
Another pair of matched Black Hawk
stations owned by Julius Crane of Bird
port. Another notable was old Mazeppa,
owned by E. c. Eells, Esq, Sudbury.
Geo. b. Pease, Esq, Port Henry, exhibit
ed his two well known first-class stall
lions, Fashion and Lunkhead. b. j. NV
rick exhibited superb black stallion, six
years old; son of the Myrick Horse.
Mr.. Barbour of Burlington exhibited his
well-known fast trotting mare, Flora,
who made the greatest time of any one
on the track. Hon. II. S. Morse of Shell