Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-02

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So years of age, says that the first horse
that he remembers was Rockingham, a
large bay horse, ID kept at Pittsford by
a Mr.. Baxter. This was when l was
about 10 years old, or 1914. The horse
stood here a number of years, with son
of his, also bay; left some nice stock for
business. Baxter kept the hotel. After
wards there was an Arab horse here call
ed Arab; he injured the stock, for they
were only playthings. About 1922 the
old Magnum Bonum was here, bay or
brown; he was one of the handsomest
horses / ever saw, prompt, nice-built
horse, over 80 years old when he came
and died at 81. He left some fine colts,
not so heavy as the Rockingham breed {:
he was horse of fair 1000 pounds. One
of his colts came here afterwards from
Cambridge, called the Long Horse. The
old Magnum Bonum came from Long Is
land, brought here by Dean. The old
horse was high on the withers and the
stoutest horse l ever saw of his size,
chunked, bold, high-headed, thick-built,
right up prompt. In 1926 was at ROch-
ester, VT, and saw three stations there
that they called Morgans-all bay, low
horses, heavy name and tail, heavy limbs
and short between joints. The Churchill
Horse was owned by Azam Churchill of
Chittenden; he was a good horse and left
the most colts of any horse that ever
stood here; he was by Black Hawk
Churchill bought him of Wetmore when
five years old. Wetmore bought of Mr.
Nichols, who raised him. There was an.
other Black Hawk stallion here, bred by
Miles johnson of Pittsford and sold by
him to Dan Dyke of Chittenden. Dyke
sold him to Furman of Bethel, who also
bought the Churchill Horse. The Dyke
horse was year younger than the
Churchill; he was badly marked, but
was good horse and left extraOrdinari
ly good stock. His dam was daughter
of Green Mountain Morgan; she had foul
white feet and white face.
Hammond had descendant of Ole
Magnum Bonum called Hammond's Mag
mum BOnum. Hammond was fine man
left rich by his father but died poor
There was French horse kept here cleal
back, and afterward one season a hors,
called American Eagle, large blacl
horse, l6 hands, 1900 pounds, that lief
coarse colts. Longs Eclipse was alsc
here. There was thick-set chunk of
horse here also called Bulrush. Ham
mOnd brought him here he went to mar
ket with a drove of horses and came bacl
with this horse. He left some gooc
chunks of horses here, but they ran t.
heaves. Hammond also brought from
Crown Point four or five year old sol
of Black Hawk who stood here one sea
son and was killed. He was larger thar
the other Black Hawks here.
There was Hitchcock here, formerly
who married into the Taft family anC
moved afterward to northern New Yorl
-Messena-where the Tafts followed
him. When / was 2l-in 1924 gra,
horse stood here one year that they called
Messenger. His colts were large; h,
was not light travelling horse, but step
ped long. remember one of his colts, +,
plaguey homely horse, but would 20 be
yond all calculation. The mare had
good deal Of speed that brought him
Churchill of Pittsford raised him. II
1921 or 20 Messenger horse was here
always went by the name of Messenger
while here-gray, IL or 1900 lbs, II
bands, heavy, thick-set, not pony bull
like Magnum Bonum; never had horse
here that they liked as Magnum Bonum
The Messenger horse did no great bust
ness; it was before was 81. l remem
Der of hearing of Bishops Hambletonian
He had the strjng-halt dreadfully; hi