Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-20
WILSON'S BLUE BULL, ETC.

From the American Cultivator.l
We are indebted to the owner of Will
sons Blue Bull at the time of the horses
death for the following description of
that renowned trotting sire:
"EdtOr Of the american Cultirdtor:-
Blue Bull has been written up by almost
every man in the country. All know his
pedigree, but all have it different. | do
not believe any one knows his breeding.
Col. r. S. Strader of Lexington, KY,
told us shortly after we got him that his
dam was by Black Nose, by Medoc, etc.
You will see that some have him sired by
a striped-backed and striped-legged Blue
Bull from Pennsylvania. Such folly.
of his produce would have been
that color if that had been the case, but
they were all bays or chestnuts. There
was a striped-backed and striped-legged
set Of horses, Blue Bulls, in this country
before Wilson's Blue Bull was ever heard
of, and if n of the mares from these
stations were bred to a jackass the colt
would be striped; they would breed af-
ter themselves for generations.
"That is one reason why | do not think
Wilson's Blue Bull is of that kind of
stock. Moreover, the descendants of
these striped Blue Bulls were all big,
coarse, heavy animals, while Wilson's
Blue Bull was just the picture of the
thoroughbred runner He never had any
hair on his legs or fetlocks at any time of
the year, but was always as clean there
as though shaven with a razor. Charles
Kohlhier of North Vernon, Ind, saw
Blue Bull was by Old Wagner, the four
mile racer; dam by Pilot, Jr. Write him
and he will give you his reasons. think
he is enlightened more than any one else
on the subject.
"Blue Bull was foaled in Kentucky
about 1859. for he came to our place in
1865, and was called a five-year-old then,
but am allowing him to be six, though
he was not over that. He must have been
bred something similar to Kohlhier's rep
resentatives, to get so many trotters from
such cold-blooded stock, for none of the
produce of these mares by other sires
were ever distinguished for speed. Will
sons Blue Bull got trotters from draught
mares and Texas ponies.
"SAMP. WILSON.
"Rushville, Ind"
According to the trotting registers,
Blue Bull was foaled in Indiana in 1858,
but was taken to Kentucky and made the
season of 1863 in Boone county, that
State. The nan who will unearth the
breeding of Wilson's Blue Bull and the
PAGER st. Clair will confer one of the
greatest favOrs upon the breeders of
trotting stock in this country that they
can receive. Mr.. Kohlhier, above men,
toned, states that he knows Wilson's
Blue Bull was got by Old Wagner, out
of pacing Kate, by Pilot, Jr. Kate was
the second dam of Almont. Kate, he
says, produced four foals, one of which.
a chestnut filly by Wagner, was taken
to Indiana when young and there lost
sight of. We have written Mr.. X. for
the proofs to substantiate this statement.
a note from Gen. w. 5. Tilton states
that the stallion Lexington, inquired for
a short time since, is recorded in
"Thompson's Maine Bred Horses" Vol.
l., and his breeding given as follows:
Foaled about 1868, got by Gen. Knox:
dam an English mare. Gen. Tilton adds.
The was n of the best sons of Gen.
knox that | have eve seen"