Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-09

ildrrlS IlaHlOleUOnlan OF brlStOl llanDle-
tonian. Mr. Francis bred her to Warrior
and in the year 1914 old Royal George
was foaled. Mr.. Francis sold him to
Mr.. Forshee, who sold him to Mr. Mum
ger, who sold to Mr. Dougherty, hence
the name of the Forshee Horse and
Dougherty's Royal George.
"There is no doubt that ROYAL George
must have had good deal of hot blood
in his veins, for he was made famous as
quarter-mie runner and in olden times.
when we wanted horses of all ways of
going, he was the champion of Canada
for three miles mixed, viz, one mile
walk, one mile trot and one mile run. |
will not mention any of the trotters de
scended from the lons of Royal George.
but he was evindently of good running
stock. as he was the sire of Palermo
winner of the Queens Plate, which was
at that time, and is at the present, the
most coveted prize in Canada for the gal
lopers.'
The above shows conclusively that old
Royal George was remarkably versatile,
somewhat resembling the original Justin
Morgan in his accomplishments, but hav-
ing great advantage over the latter in
point of size. The fact that he was the
sire of such a race horse as Palermo is
news to us, and shows conclusivelv that
he could not have been of plebeian ORR
gin.
Accompanying the above letter was
very interesting work comprising the re-
port of the commissioners of the Ontario
Agricultural commission, for which we
acknowledge our thanks to Mr.. Ash
baugh. Speaking of the ancestry of
Royal George this report states that !:
"The Tippoos and Royal Georges are
emphatcally a Canadian stock They
originated with Isaac Morden of Prince
Edward county, near Belleville, or Nap
ane, in 1916 or 1878. The original found
er was Tippoo, styled Old Black Tippoo.
He was the produce of Il mare that was
brought to Canada, it is said, from the
United States, by preacher, Mr. How
ard. She was in foal when Mr.. Morden
obtained her from Mr.. Howard, and she
produced this black colt in the spring of
1917. The sire of Tippoo was never
known. though it has been claimed
without proof that he also belonged to
the United States.
"From Tippoo we had Warrior. War
| ,,ior uas a Iiront Io-conJnu. oe 'r;,,,o
Warriors mother was an English-bred
mare belonging to an officer of the army
of the lst Royals. She was of the War
rior lineage. and was brown, although
the Tippoo family was black, and from
her we have u brown horse. which i,
known as Black Warrior. His owner.
Mr.. johnson, in 1910 intended to take
the horse to Michigan, but on his way h,
got lame, and was traded to Mr.. Barnes
: living twenty miles south of London
who kept him until he died. Many o
his get were PAGERS.
''From the veins of Warrior we hav,
Royal George, and from the loins Of
Royal George we have the best breed OF
horses that ever lived in Canada"
, In the above statement no mention i,
made of the breeder of Warrior. Thi,
would seem to indicate that the account
, of his origin was given to the author by
parties whom he considered trustworthy
but who in turn had the information
from other parties. The first authentic
information concerning him seems to be
that he was owned by a Mr.. Johnson
who traded him to Mr.. Barnes. Mr..
Ashbaugh has taken the trouble TO get d
statement from Mr.. Barnes, who owned
Black Warrior at and for several years
, prior to the time of his death, concerning
that horse, and very kindly forwarded il
along with the report above mentioned
Mr.. Barnes had evidently carefully read
the account of Warrior as given in the
commissioner report. His statement,
which differs very materially from the
r report in some important points, is as
follows:
3 "Dear Sir-I here explain what know
about the Warrior Horse. | bought hin
from one Cushman, who moved here
from Bay county, so called, in 1899, and
: settled in Southwoold. Cushman bough
. him when eight or nine years old, from
the person who raised him, and lived il
{ the same neighborhood. This man sale
Warrior was sired by an imported horse
= brought out by an English officer, anC
d was from breed of horses called Warri
: or. The officer took the sire of Warrior
? to Long Island and sold him. The dan
q of Warrior was fine brown mare from
the Tippoo breed. This is where thu
1 Tippoo comes in the pedigree of Warrior
1t was the sire of Warrior which wai
imported instead of his dam. Warrior
Y was sixteen hands high, we'll proportion
= ed, of dapple-brown, not black, anC
, good-tempered. Now this Is the only
Y pedigree | could get, and | think it i
S true, as got it from the man who knew
| both 81 and dan, Now for the paliUrpt