Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

considerable speed, ana was always useu
on the farm. AT one time she was rid
den 81 miles in II hours, and carried
man weighing $50 pounds. The mare
was foaled mine and was never traded
for anything or to anybody. Little Sam
the Blue Bull horse-was foaled in the
spring of 1854 and as to his sire | know
nothing. You will have to go to Mr..
Daniel Dorrell of Ohio Co., Ind, for that.
AS for me trading cattle for the mare, 1t
Is all bogus: not one spark of truth in
the statement. And as for me being
dead that is false. | am living near
Stones Crossing. johnson Co., Ind.
What have written is correct, though
the information is very meagre. would
like to have been able to have given you
fuller account of both the mare and
the horse, but it is too late for that. |
close, hoping this may give you clue to
all that you desire to know
Yours truly,
ELIJAH STONE.
In reply to questions, which are pub
lished in the same article with their an
swers, Mr.. Stone gave the following fur
ther information:
'She (the damp was foaled mine. 1
owned her and put her to the horse. The
name by which Blue Bulls dam was
known in our family was Queen, and the
name of her dam was Bet. She (Queen)
was foaled the spring of 1913, and | lived
in Switzerland county, near Powers
Landing on the Ohio river. Nicholas
Sedan owned the horse Queens sire)
and lived near Enterprise in Switzerland
Co. He Queens sire) was black and
about 16A hands high. He was called
Young Selim and was natural trotter.
The old TruXton was owned by a Mr..
Sprague of Switzerland Co. He was
beautiful bay horse of considerable speed
and a natural trotter. Bet was nearly Is
hands high, bright bay and trotter. |
got her from Mr.. Barcus, near Enter
prise, as above. AS to her ancestors,
know nothing.
Size (of Queen) Is hands, inch; a
chestnut sorrel, well made and of good
action. She was foaled in the spring of
1S4S and died in the spring of 1858; she
produced no other PAGER. fix the date
(of foaling of Blue Bull. 1853 by the
circumstance of my marriage to Mr..
Dorrell's sister. / cannot explain why
the horse was called Young Selim, but
suppose the old horses name was Selim.
The sire of Wilson's Blue Bull was kept
in Switzerland Co. near Powel's Land
, ing. He was kept that year by Mr.. Dan
iel Dorrell. His name was Sam while
Mr.. Dorrell owned him. The sire of Lit
tie Sam (Blue BulD was about 16 hands
high, if memory serves, and we'll made
in color, a clay-bank, with a stripe on
his back and down his shoulders. / be-
lieve he was PAGER. l never knew the
horse till after Mr.. Dorrell got him, and
. but short time afterwards. Don't know
, what became of him. | called him (Wil-
= sons Blue Bul) Little Sam. | sold him
, in 1857 to Mr.. Daniel Dorrell. He passed
E through Mr.. Dorrell's hands direct tC
Mr.. Wilson, if my memory serves me
' right. He paced few days when frs
: foaled; then trotted till he was three
e years old. When he was first broke t(
: saddle he struck pace and never trottet
afterwards
4 The true year of the foaling of Little
' Sam is fact of the first importance.
was originally given by Wallace as 1858
f His breeder, Mr.. Stone, gives it 1854, a
5 above. Daniel Dorrell, owner of Ole
y Sam, agrees with Mr.. Stone that tina
horse was the sire of the great Littl
g Sam, but originally claimed very post
/. lively that the colt was foaled in 1856, an,
d fixed the date by his own marriage, say
~ ing: II was married the 18th day o
+ March, 1855, and Little Sam was foale
!, in April, 1866" As will be seen below
Mr.. Dorrell's first recollection, that tn
\ horse was foaled in 1855, was correct
If Letters to us from James D. English, da
n ted in February, 1885, and published i
the REGISTER of June 26 of that yea
; state that he (English) got Old Sam o
s one Michael Little in May, 1854, and tina
}, Little brought him from Ohio in the fal
~ of 1858; that he (Englsh) sold the hors
y to Charles Giffin. Daniel Dorrell bough
II Old Sam of Giffin. 1t does not appea
how long either English or Giffin had tn
&c horse, but it must have been a shoI
" time. English is now dead. He must b
mistaken in his dates, as will appear BIZ
re low. Little has been dead some years
&c 1t has already appeared that the origins
re Blue Bull (Ohio Farmer) was brough
to Harrison. Ohio, at about four year
N old by man named Jacob Snively
a. about 1926, and directly sold to John Mel
e ring, who kept him for service. He wa
Il large, well-made dun horse, with
black streak down his back, and prob;
y, bly,, though the testimony is somewhf
IN conflicting, no white, unless a star; wa
es a stout horse over l6 hands and weghe
ID 1900 pounds and for that new countr
NJ and the heavy work there required Wa
re considered the best horse in that region
he Merring sold him to one Jennison O
jameson Creek, Ohio, who sold him
% Edward Bebb of Morgan, o., and he a
s forwards passed into the hands of ma
Ill named Grisley, who kept him six or Sc,
ne en- years until the horse died. Thel
tv were two brothers Grisley, Henry an
ID William, and there is some clash of tie
er timony as to which had the old hors
pa but it now seems pretty clear that Hem
i' Grisley had the old horse and his bIotl