Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-30

ty of Charlestown, Alstead and Marlboro
N. ii. When six years old he went 1
Philadelphia and won the great i~nterni
tional stallion race at that place and h
owner was offered $40, 900 for him, but RI
fused it. My horse was foaled in Charlie
town, N. H.; dam, a Clifford Morga
raised by Col. Fowler of East Bethel. A
admit she was a wonderful mare for road
ing and endurance and three horses die
by her side, it is said, whilst carrying I'll
British mail from Boston to Montrea
Her dam was by Gen. Hillard. 1 hay
the breeders name of my horse on m
memorandum book. 1 think it is Arse
Clark, Charlestown, N. II. l shall haI
my memorandum book in a few day
and if l have made any mistakes wi
write you. | bought my horse in Har
ford, CT, in 1874, when four years ole
and paid $500. VIM. B. Smith was trJ
ing to buy him and had got within $50 d
trading. | have had mares from Har
ford, Ct, every year at $50. His col
prove well. l sold a two-year-old at S37
and a five-year-old for $3.50 last seaso1
There is one quality they have-not afraf
of cars or bicycle OIL anything and goo
gated. | think my horse resembles Of
Black Hawk more than any horse | haI
ever seen; more than Plato or the Mort
horse or L. B. Peck's. His resemblan4
to the old horse Influenced me to buy hir
for | think he was the most perfect hor{
ever foaled on this continent, and l ougfI
to know something about him. l haI
seen him trot races, and in 1910 and Al
kept the Massachusetts hotel and stab.
in Boston. Benz. ThurstOn owned a circq
then and used to drive Black Hawk dow
and he would be at my stable most eve1
week, and when | sold out and was cou|
ing back to Bethel Thurston tried hal
to "a me take him or buy him at $50
or $500 for half of him. You will thi1|
it strange | did not take him, but to tell IL
truth | was afraid of him. He had troub|
with most all he had dealings will
Ben. Butler was his counsel, and l nd
beat him in a law suit, although he nd
witnesses that swOre my case out of wal
er, but the jury did not believe then
Thurston was smart and called a gamble
and as | had recovered about 500 of nil
| thought he wanted to trap me. As|
have said, | think l know something !
the Morgan horse. | became acquaintd
with them from my boyhOod. | was bot
in 1909; when l was 10 or 16 years odd
tended store for Simeon Willard, Han
land Four Corners VIM. Walker and SID
con and Spaulding Smith of that villad
who had sold the New Jersey horse
Chester Baxter of Sharon, Vt. III
Smiths then owning the Post Boy, II !
the New Jersey colts, then went to Bet
ell, VT, and bought of John Woodbuj
5 the Woodbury. Morgan horse and pal
$500. Walker bought out the Smitl
Q and kept him a number of years al
stood him for mares in that vicinity uni
he sold him to Peter Burbank of Net
l bury, VT. While he owned him he stod
5 him a part of one season at Bethel, BID
nard, and, | think, at Woodstock. | thu
owned Young Phoenix. He was Il cro}
=. black and weighed 1200 lbs; he was
1 high-headed horse and took well with Il
farmers. | met Woodbury. at Bethel al
+ Barnard. l charged IS; Woodbury. s.
- to warrant, and although Woodbury. WI
= far the best horse my horse got a larI
hai VI IN hAaiNos Us thS 4aihi4
thought SIS was eXtortion, and when Il
season was about half through Peter Bu
bank came to ROyalton on the eveniI
stage coach and early the next mon
ing he came to my stable, said he hi
a number of mares, l think he sal
five, and wanted to breed to the BID
horse and wanted to see my horse led on
and wanted to know how low | wou
breed them. | told him | had but OIL
price said he had heard a good deal sd
!, about the Woodbury. Morgan at Beth
/. and wanted to know what kind of a hoI
he was. | told him he was a good one
good stock horse; told him / lived
. Hartland when Walker owned hin
Now he says, 81 am not much of
k judge of stations; what would you a
wise me to do-to pay you IS or go 4
there and pay Sl5." The old gentlem|
Il had spoken highly of my horse and hi
V played his part well, and as l suppos|
Il he was relying on my judgment l coI
p not but advise him to use Woodbury.;
then said his name was Peter BurbaI
u and that he owned Woodbury.; said
had received IA letter from his ma sayil
my horse vas getting the mares and \
would not do much unless he reduced d
:. price that, he said, he would not do, al
his horse would leave him in one wei
and would never return. But for my a
o vice to use Woodbury. | could breed
mare free of charge. I did so, but 81
=, had no foal. He said he should give Sill
u eon Babbitt a colt his mare raised a cd
and l bought it, and it was all MorganI
have referred to this to show you my a
probation of the Morgan horse. l cou
write much more, but | fear much | ha|
N written will not interest you much.
II Yours truly,
l. GEO. f. BRADSTREET.